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ne of the most profound rhetorical questions in the Bible is put to the disciples and a crowd of listeners by Jesus. Mark 8:36 (TLB) quotes Him as asking, “How does a man benefit if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process?” It’s a question worth considering every day. What are our greatest priorities? How are these demonstrated through the actions we take, the choices we make, and the activities we pursue? Adventist schools are commit-
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ted to the development of mind, to help create lifelong disciples of body, and spirit. One could make Jesus. A great many committed inthe case that this model is that of dividuals work behind the scenes the three-legged stool—that each to make this happen. element is equally important— Larry Unterseher serves as and this might be true. But it is How does a man benefit if he gains the certainly true that whole world and loses his soul in the nothing we accomprocess?— Mark 8:36 plish in this life is worth anything if we leave it without coming into a small schools pastor in the Northdeep and saving relationship with ern California Conference. Small Jesus Christ. Adventist schools schools are defined as those with take seriously their responsibility fewer than three teachers. There