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d'Sozo: Reversing the worst evil
d’Sozo . . . comes from the Greek root which the New Testament uses for both spiritual salvation and physical healing. But as the Lord’s weapon to reverse the worst evil, d’Sozo grows to become an unshakable confidence in God’s provision for every need, which frees His people to practice Jesus’ combined ministry to body, mind, and soul; makes manifest the divine glory of self-renouncing love; refutes the devil’s assertion that self-interest is best; and proves that sinners can, through faith in Christ, become obedient to the "law of life" and safe for re-introduction to the universe of the unfallen. History, inspiration, and prophecy combine to paint a picture of the end like you’ve never seen before. God’s plan is do-able, and you can be a part of it!
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First published January 1, 2012
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January 9, 2014
One of the best books I have read. How do we combine the gospel and medical missionary/welfare ministry? How do we minister like Jesus did? How does this tie in with loud cry/latter rain? This book gives us a good start.
January 7, 2014
Dave Fiedler shares the beginnings and history of medical missionary work in the Adventist church. Dr. Kellogg was a huge proponent of sharing this message at the GC session meetings in 1893 stating, "humanitarian work, or medical missionary work, is just as much a part of the third angel's message as any other work is connected with it" and, "religion consists not simply in being good, but in doing good." He started Christian Help bands in Battle Creek and Chicago to reach out to those who could not care for themselves and provide food and clothing. The end of the book shares of John Corliss' comprehensive urban evangelism model in San Franciso, California including visiting the sick and destitute, finding homes for orphans, and work for the unemployed; nursing the sick, and teaching the love of Christ from house to house. "If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise in obscurity."-Isaiah 58:10. The book shares a powerful message of the work needed for this time, that all should read!
June 21, 2025
Read this for the HEALTH program but forgot to mark it as such. Putting together a list of my favorite books and had to include this one. Medical Missionary Evangelism is the future of ministry, but let’s make it the present wherever we are.
August 13, 2016
d'Sozo: Reversing the Worst Evil deserves to be read again at least twice. This is because the author has painstakingly made hundreds of references to historical sources which he housed for a reader under one book. I encourage the reader to find and study the historical documents to which the author refers. This book may prove to be the ultimate "textbook" for the most serious researchers and missionaries seeking to implement the true Isaiah 58 medical missionary work which Ellen G. White advocated.
A reader will be able to understand the importance of "d'Sozo" which is the combining of medical missionary work with ministerial work to properly reveal the gospel to humanity worldwide. As Dave Fiedler shows, a number of "entities" depend on the proper revelation of the gospel using medical missionary work. For instance, the author argues that suffering humanity depends on d'Sozo, the Loud Cry and Latter Rain future events depend on it, and even the Godhead is depending on it too (to finish the Great Controversy). Additionally, Dave Fiedler has put a context around these "plain and boring" historical source documents showing a rare storytelling skill that most of us can only but envy. The book features historical characters and institutions including Dr. John H. Kellogg, Ellen G. White, Alfred W. and Emma Semmens, Sister Louise, John O. Corliss, John A. Burden, John H. N. Tindall, W. D. Frazee, Battle Creek Sanitarium, Avondale College, American Medical Association (AMA), and the College of Medical Evangelists (Loma Linda University).
The book details the necessity of the Isaiah 58 humanitarian work to the Seventh-day Adventist Church's relevance. The name of the book is based on the following quotation in which Ellen G. White shows that the Seventh-day Adventist Church's failure to implement d'Sozo causes a separation of medical missionaries and ministers.
"My brethren, the Lord calls for unity, for oneness. We are to be one in the faith. I want to tell you that when the gospel ministers and the medical missionary workers are not united, there is placed on our churches the worst evil that can be placed there. Our medical missionaries ought to be interested in the work of our conferences, and our conference workers ought to be as much interested in the work of our medical missionaries." — Manuscript 46, 1904.
Therefore, Ellen G. White has indicated that this failure plunges the churches into "the worst evil" and robs suffering humanity of the greatest humanitarian demonstration of love which Jesus longs to reveal to them. Dave Fiedler's goal is to urge the reader to seek to "reverse this worst of evils."
Also, after reading Dave Fiedler and Larry Cook's own personal experiences in "reversing the worst evil" in this book, visit www.adventistcitymissions.org and read about their short but amazing demonstration of the d'Sozo concept in the 21st Century.
A reader will be able to understand the importance of "d'Sozo" which is the combining of medical missionary work with ministerial work to properly reveal the gospel to humanity worldwide. As Dave Fiedler shows, a number of "entities" depend on the proper revelation of the gospel using medical missionary work. For instance, the author argues that suffering humanity depends on d'Sozo, the Loud Cry and Latter Rain future events depend on it, and even the Godhead is depending on it too (to finish the Great Controversy). Additionally, Dave Fiedler has put a context around these "plain and boring" historical source documents showing a rare storytelling skill that most of us can only but envy. The book features historical characters and institutions including Dr. John H. Kellogg, Ellen G. White, Alfred W. and Emma Semmens, Sister Louise, John O. Corliss, John A. Burden, John H. N. Tindall, W. D. Frazee, Battle Creek Sanitarium, Avondale College, American Medical Association (AMA), and the College of Medical Evangelists (Loma Linda University).
The book details the necessity of the Isaiah 58 humanitarian work to the Seventh-day Adventist Church's relevance. The name of the book is based on the following quotation in which Ellen G. White shows that the Seventh-day Adventist Church's failure to implement d'Sozo causes a separation of medical missionaries and ministers.
"My brethren, the Lord calls for unity, for oneness. We are to be one in the faith. I want to tell you that when the gospel ministers and the medical missionary workers are not united, there is placed on our churches the worst evil that can be placed there. Our medical missionaries ought to be interested in the work of our conferences, and our conference workers ought to be as much interested in the work of our medical missionaries." — Manuscript 46, 1904.
Therefore, Ellen G. White has indicated that this failure plunges the churches into "the worst evil" and robs suffering humanity of the greatest humanitarian demonstration of love which Jesus longs to reveal to them. Dave Fiedler's goal is to urge the reader to seek to "reverse this worst of evils."
Also, after reading Dave Fiedler and Larry Cook's own personal experiences in "reversing the worst evil" in this book, visit www.adventistcitymissions.org and read about their short but amazing demonstration of the d'Sozo concept in the 21st Century.
September 25, 2016
Fiedler begins his book by painting an extraordinary, fresh vision of the cosmic conflict between God and His accuser. However, he then spends many chapters reiterating the importance of medical missionary work, and I'm not sure he managed to circle back round and fully integrate the conclusion with the introduction. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the rich, historic framework he provided for these issues.
July 26, 2015
A great book that spells out the clear mission that our church should be pursuing. This book brings to light historical references that have been poorly circulated which show a clear vision of the direction that God has for His church. The book spells out clearly where we are going and at times hints at how we will get there. This book is way better than a Revelation Seminar.
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