text: Thank you Dr Patterson for such a well written summary of such a complex issue. As a life time Christian Adventist it was refreshing to read ... and in such a way that even a truck driver could follow. I salute all of you in His service who are not so concerned with bottom up or top down when it comes to decision making but rather from the inside out. It has taken the Lord all of my fifty five years to teach me that all that really matters is Abiding with Him. Living as if in the face of our Holy Holy Holy Creator. May He bless each of you . 
  
   Sincerely, Brian L Schnackenberg