October 24^th Edition

News & Views

The Great Disappointment.

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November Preview

Get a "sneak preview" of the next month on Strong Tower Radio (STR) by listening to our "Today" program. We interview Scott Ritsema about his STR Ministry News lead article: "The Great Disappointment and Thanksgiving." In

The next segment, we discuss the Your Story Hour and Youth with a Mission (YWAM) Abraham Lincoln Marathon on Thanksgiving Eve Day and our 30 Hours of Thanksgiving starting Thanksgiving Eve at 6 p.m. through all Thanksgiving Day. The final segment is interviews of community events throughout our broadcast area, which all airs this Sunday at 5 p.m., Monday at 10 a.m., and Wednesday at midnight on STR.

The Great Lakes Children's Museum in Traverse City is reopening soon.

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Great Lakes Children's Museum

Strong Tower Radio did a pre-open interview with the Great Lakes Children's Museum airing this Sunday at 3:30 a.m., Monday 4 p.m., Wednesday 9 p.m., and Thursday 1 p.m. only on STR stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

The current Strong Tower Radio Quartet (plus).

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STR Homecoming

Don't miss the Strong Tower Radio (STR) Quartet and Variety Hour "Homecoming" broadcasts on Friday at 1 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m., as we air an extraordinary event, the 10th-anniversary milestone of both the Strong Tower Radio Quartet and the Variety Hour.

They did a "double-header" of the original and the current quartet. The Variety Hour searched through its history to form a "homecoming" concert. Enjoy its total music program only on STR only on STR stations, STR apps, or STR.fm.

Sharing.

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STR Sharing Month

Every month is a good month to share Strong Tower Radio (STR), but the first time Abraham Lincoln Marathon and the STR 30 Hours of Thanksgiving are great reasons to proclaim STR to your friends, family, church, and co-workers.

The Lincoln Marathon will start Thanksgiving Eve Day with our archive of Your Story Hour's and Youth with a Mission's HEROES OF HISTORY —"Abraham Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom" written by Janet & Geoff Benge and read by Tim Gregory.

November is a good month to share one of our great presidents and our Thanksgiving programs with friends and family. Start by asking them what they know about it, listen, and then share the STR 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. program documentaries.

Variety Hour

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STR Events Calendar

Be a part of Strong Tower Radio by joining us personally at one or more of the following scheduled events:

10/26 10:45 a.m. Kam at Stewardson, IL SDA Church (Feature)

10/26 6:30 p.m.

STR Variety Hour at Stewardson, IL

Seventh-day Adventist Church

11/2 11:00 a.m. David at Idlewild SDA Church

11/2 11:00 a.m. Kam at 13th Street SDA Church, Cadillac

11/9 11:00 a.m. Kam at Holly SDA Church

11/9 11:00 a.m. David at Marion SDA Church

11/30 9:00 a.m. Kam at Mesick SDA Church

11/30 11:00 a.m. Kam at Cadillac SDA Church

"David" is David Bolduc- Founder and President

"Jilane" is Jilane Fenner- Public Relations and Board Member

"Kam" is Kam Ferguson- Development Director

"Tom" is Tom Mejeur- Production & Marketing Director

"CAS" is the abbreviation for Camp Au Sable

"SDA" is the abbreviation for Seventh-day Adventist

"STR" is the abbreviation for Strong Tower Radio

Hear the late Pastor Raymond Holmes' Reformation sermons.

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Sermons on STR

Here are the upcoming Fresh Manna sermons and speakers that will be streamed on StrongTowerRadio.org, STR.fm, and on Strong Tower Radio's local stations Monday-Friday at 2 a.m. and 11 a.m.

This Week's Sermons-

10/24 Raymond Holmes- "A Light Was Kindled Part 4"

10/25 Raymond Holmes- "A Light Was Kindled Part 5"

Future Reformation Month Sermons-

10/28 Garhett Morgan- "Sola Scriptura"

10/29 Garhett Morgan- "Sola Gratia"

10/30 Garhett Morgan- "Sola Fide"

10/31 Garhett Morgan- "Sola Christus"

11/1 Garhett Morgan- "Sola Deo Gloria"

STR Sabbath Sermons- Saturdays at 11 a.m.

10/26 Chris Holland- "A Nation Divided"

11/2/2024 Chris Holland- "God is Faithful"

Heaven with Jesus and Children

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Building in Heaven

A couple came to see their pastor and said that they wanted to give more money to the church and to world missions. “But we've always had this dream of a beautiful house in the country, and we've been planning on building that house,” they confessed. “But frankly, if we do that, we won't have money for the church and God's Kingdom. We keep praying about it, but we cannot seem to shake this vision that we have. We feel like God has given us our dream of this beautiful house. Are we wrong?”

The pastor thought about it for a moment and then said to them. “I don't think it's wrong. I think God has given you a dream of a perfect, ideal, wonderful home. The only problem is that you think you have to have that dream house here in this world.” God has a dream house far beyond anything we can comprehend. That dream house is coming. We don't have to build it here. Any house we build here is going to be ravished by time, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, carpenter ants, freeway bypasses, you name it! Even if, somehow, that house lasts, guess who isn’t going to? We will not last in this world, but we will last through all eternity. So, does it not make much more sense to lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven and give the building materials of our financial material assets to the Carpenter from Nazareth, right now, so that he can be using them to build that house in heaven?

Take a trip to a junkyard as a reminder of what will ultimately happen. Why are so many Christians today afraid to die? I think the answer to that question comes back to exactly the answer to the question, “What's the greatest deterrent to giving today?” The answer is that we have made this world our home. The Bible tells us something else -- we are pilgrims, aliens, strangers, and ambassadors. 

Most Christians are storing up treasures on earth. What does this mean? That means that every day of our lives, as we get closer to the day of our earthly death, we are backing away from our treasures because we've laid them up on earth. Jesus says to turn around, look the other direction, and face eternity head on. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. Then, every day of our lives, we will be moving toward our treasures instead of backing away from them. He who spends his life backing away from his treasures has reason to despair. He who spends his life headed toward his treasure has reason to rejoice. 

Strong Tower Radio has one goal in mind—Take this gospel to the world NOW! Join the team now! Send your building material on ahead, enjoy your mansion Jesus is building for you.

The late George Dronen

Quoted from BATTLE OF THE SPIRITS by G. Edward Reid Published 2001

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Ways for STR Giving

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Breaking news- STR now accepts PayPal

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Another Way to Give

PayPal is a popular way to make payments, transfer money, and give to Strong Tower Radio. We have now arranged to accept PayPal for giving.

PayPal is an easy way to give.

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First-time offering of a four-piece Strong Tower Radio pin set

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STR Pins 

Attention Strong Tower Radio fans! We have a brand new 4-pin set you can have for a suggested donation of only $5.00 per set plus shipping and handling. Go to STR.fm to see a sample set. Call 231-468-2087 to order your set.