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HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF GOD (SEVENTH DAY) (2025)

OUR BEGINNING :   The Church of God (Seventh Day) grew from the efforts of dedicated followers of Christian living in western Michigan in 1858 called the Church of Christ, joined by a church in Iowa, established in 1863 called the Church of Jesus Christ.  The influence of the Church of God (Seventh Day) began to expand into eastern and central United States, due in part because of the publication of a magazine, "The Hope Of Israel".  This publication created an interest in the Church's "distinct" doctrines such as the seventh-day Sabbath as the day of worship.     Unified around these unique doctrines, the General Conference of the Church was officially organized in 1884 and incorporated in Missouri in 1899.  The offices of the General Conference were located in Stanberry, Missouri, until 1950, when they were moved to Denver, Colorado, where they remain today.  Over the years, the "Hope of Israel" was moved from Michigan to Iowa, then to Miss...
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HISTORY OF NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK

            The following information on the history from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia.  I hope you enjoy this latest entry in Starlight's Journal.           North Cascades National Park is a national park in the state of Washington.  At more than 500,000 acres, it is the largest of three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Complex.  The North Cascades National Park consists of a northern and southern section, bisected by Skagit River that flows through the reservoirs of Ross Lake National Recreational area.  Lake Chelan National Recreation area lies on the southern border of the south unit of the park.  In addition to two national recreation areas, other protected lands including several National forests and wilderness areas, as well as Canadian Provincial parks in British Columbia, nearly surround the park.  This National Park features the rugged mountain peaks of the N...
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THE HORRIFYING CASE OF THE ASHCROFT SISTERS

          This is only a story.....Riverbrook, Oklahoma does not exist.....two sisters in their late 20s, Eleanor and Margaret Ashcroft disappear from their family property...... The following narrativ e has been pieced together from fragmented sources, local newspaper clippings from the Riverbrook Gazette, police statements, personal correspondence between family members that surfaced decades later.....              In the summer of 1921, the disappearance of the Ashcroft sisters sent shockwaves through Elmore County, Oklahoma.  This story began as a missing persons case, but would unravel into one of the most disturbing documented incidents in the state's history.            According to police reports filed on June 19, 1921, on the evening of June 17, the sisters had gone on their customary evening walk.  When they failed to return for supper, their father Thomas Ashcroft, a respected ...
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WHAT IS THE GODHEAD? IS THERE A TRINITY?

          The definition of the Godhead: deity, divine nature, and essence of God.  God is a title not a name.  The Godhead is not physical, but spiritual.  There is a scripture that says the Father and the Son and the holy spirit are one.  That is a true statement, but they do not live in one body, God.  God is a spirit.  We are to worship him in spirit and in truth.  No where in scripture will you find that the holy spirit is another entity of God.  The Holy Spirit dwells in us through Jesus Christ, it guides us in our spiritual walk.  After Jesus was crucified and risen the third day and was about to return to his father in heaven, he told his disciples, Where I go you cannot come, but I will ask my Father to send you a comforter in my place.  I will never leave you comfortless.  The Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts (feelings) and our minds.            In the New Testament t...
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