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The Repairers of the Breach

The Shabbat Shalom of the Poor

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Dwight K. Nelson

Dwight Nelson served as lead pastor of the Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University from 1983 to 2023. During his time at Pioneer he spoke on the “New Perceptions” telecast, taught at the theological seminary and has written books, including The Chosen. He and his wife, Karen, are blessed with two married children and 2 granddaughters.

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True Sabbath keeping: my way, your way, or God's way? How does God feel about worship that ignores social justice and action? Explore the deeper meaning of true Sabbath keeping.
Saturday, February 22, 2003

More In This Series

01/11/2003
The Road to the Future Lies Through the Past and the Poor
True Christianity heeds the ancient summons to be repairers of the breach. Jesus demonstrated what this means. There can be no modern revival without it.
01/18/2003
Poor Champions
What can make God laugh and cry simultaneously? Discover how you can walk where Jesus walked. It's closer than Palestine. But it's harder for the human heart to get there.
01/25/2003
Champions of the Poor
Jesus, an advocate for the poor, often slept on the street. He still does. When we help the poor and homeless, guess what we're doing?
02/01/2003
How to Be Primitive, Poor and Post-modern Simultaneously
What is the Christian view of equality? Equal material resources? Equal opportunities? Equal . . . ? Explore the equality that is closest to God's heart.
03/08/2003
Bones in the Garden - The Phenomenal Benefits of Loving the Poor!
Ever heard of the Mother Teresa Effect? Modern research results substantiate Isaiah's formula for health and healing.
03/29/2003
Poor, Poor Jesus - Let Us Follow Him
Do the worlds of science and spirituality mix? What does God ask in exchange for all the riches of heaven?
04/05/2003
The Truth of the Talking Bull: An Unapologetic Apologetic
Is there a spiritual way to respond to war? What kind of war are Christians called to wage?
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