Articles
Barnabas--Ministerial Recruiter
BARNABAS is one of the lesser known of the apostolic missionaries who was scattered abroad from Jerusalem when persecution was begun against the infant Christian church, but judging from the few scriptural passages making reference to him, he must have been a successful trainer of ministers—young ministers. . .
Wither Too or Whither To? No. 2
LEIGHTON FORD'S opening remarks at the recent U.S. Congress on Evangelism have particular bearing on the Advent Movement. Fie tells of the inscription found on a huge granite pillar erected over the grave of Karl Marx, the father of Communism. It declares, "The philosophers have interpreted the world. The point is to change it.". . .
Easier Board Meetings?
AFTER pastoring a certain church nearly three years, it was evident that many of the urgently needed building repairs were not being done. This, along with disagreement as to just what projects should be done and how, shoddy workmanship on some past projects, lack of proper supervision, and other related problems, gave rise to a bold new idea—new at least to us. . .
Positive Evidence for Sabbath Observance in the New Testament (Part 1)
BIBLICAL theology and anthropology envision God as Creator and man as creature, and the supreme goal of man's existence to be to apprehend God, to enter into a vital relationship with Him, and voluntarily to fulfill the Creator's purpose for him. To this end God ordained a special revelation of Himself, a special place where man might commune with Him, and a special time for such communion—the Scripture, the temple, and the Sabbath. In this study we are concerned with the attitude and practice of Christ and His followers with respect to Sabbath observance in New Testament times. . .
For an Effective Ministry
WHAT priorities do seminaries maintain in training ministers? Do scholarly concerns eclipse spiritual values and curtail evangelism?
A Plea for More Awkwardness
WE HEAR innumerable pleas for balance and symmetry. But like most other theories symmetry does not always perform all the wonders we expect, simply because we do not realize the rather unsymmetrical process by which symmetry comes to be. For life gets on by jerks and bounces quite as much as it does by the gliding process. . .
"As Thy Days. . ."
HENRY VAN DYKE, one time professor of English in Princeton University, and moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, gave to the world a clear formula for successful living. . .
Don't Do It All
SOME ministers try to perform all the duties of the church by themselves. They spend long hours preparing their Sabbath sermon and half as many more for the midweek prayer service. Beyond this, fundraising campaigns, board and committee meetings, members' personal problems, visits to the sick, funerals and weddings, et cetera, occupy so much time that the pastor has little time or zest for his real job, which is fulfilling the gospel commission (Matt. 28:19). . .
Can You Wear the Mantle of Revival Leadership?
WE ARE talking about something we really know and we are witnessing to something we have actually observed." These words of Jesus as recorded in the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse 11, Phillips,* should be the testimony of every Seventh-day Adventist worker serving in the most challenging hour of this world's history. . .
The Remnant Sinless— When? How?
WHAT is involved in the blotting out of the overcomer's sins in the judgment now in session? Does it include, as some claim, the erasing of inborn sin and the scars of sin from his nature when he is sealed?