October 1973 Issue
When Is a Person Ready for Baptism?
Alfred J. Webb
NEARLY every ordained minister has been questioned by his conscience if not by his members because someone he baptized has apostatized. Why did he leave the church? Did I baptize him too quickly? Did I fail to explain the doctrines of the church? Did I bring him to the foot of the cross?
NEARLY every ordained minister has been questioned by his conscience if not by his members because someone he baptized has apostatized. Why did he leave the church? Did I baptize him too quickly? Did I fail to explain the doctrines of the church? Did I bring him to the foot of the cross?Church Management
Lawrence A. Appley
WHEN YOU have a great mission, approach the attainment of it consciously and skillfully and do not leave success to chance. . .
WHEN YOU have a great mission, approach the attainment of it consciously and skillfully and do not leave success to chance. . .Women's "Distinctive Duties"
Wadie Farag
Does lack of or little representation on the highest councils, along with the Biblical admonition given to women to submit to their husbands, constitute an admission that the woman is subservient to man? Is man really pre-eminent? Not at all. . .
Does lack of or little representation on the highest councils, along with the Biblical admonition given to women to submit to their husbands, constitute an admission that the woman is subservient to man? Is man really pre-eminent? Not at all. . .Ecumenism--The Old and the New
Raoul Dederen
HAS THE ecumenical movement gone as far as it can? Or is the present lull merely a rest period before another surge toward Christian unity?
HAS THE ecumenical movement gone as far as it can? Or is the present lull merely a rest period before another surge toward Christian unity?Baptism for the Dead--A New Look at an Old Problem
Hans-Gunther Leib
THE TOMB was no longer a one-way street. The grave was no longer a dead-end road. The resurrection of Christ was breaking the way into a new life. Now there was a way out, a way of escape to life. Incomprehensible? Yes. Unbelievable? No.
THE TOMB was no longer a one-way street. The grave was no longer a dead-end road. The resurrection of Christ was breaking the way into a new life. Now there was a way out, a way of escape to life. Incomprehensible? Yes. Unbelievable? No.Impact For God
Paull Dixon
"I RECOGNIZE your voice," blurted out a strange woman in a restaurant here in Greensboro, North Carolina. She then recalled having seen me on television and asked me to come by some time and answer some questions for her. I began giving Peggy, for that was her name, and her family Bible studies. After they had attended church for several months we began a series of evangelistic meetings. The whole family accepted God's truth and became members of the remnant church. Peggy speaks convincingly when she says, "I know the Lord led you to me that day."
"I RECOGNIZE your voice," blurted out a strange woman in a restaurant here in Greensboro, North Carolina. She then recalled having seen me on television and asked me to come by some time and answer some questions for her. I began giving Peggy, for that was her name, and her family Bible studies. After they had attended church for several months we began a series of evangelistic meetings. The whole family accepted God's truth and became members of the remnant church. Peggy speaks convincingly when she says, "I know the Lord led you to me that day."Is Baptism More Than a Symbol?
John W. Fowler
IN GALATIANS 3:27 (R.S.V.),* Paul emphasizes the point that "as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Baptism, then, implies a union with Christ Himself. . .
IN GALATIANS 3:27 (R.S.V.),* Paul emphasizes the point that "as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Baptism, then, implies a union with Christ Himself. . .Health Education in Ethiopia
Gladys Martin
HEALTH EDUCATION as such is a fairly new field. We as a church, however, have always believed in health education from the earliest beginnings of "health reform" until a more complete plan of health education was incorporated into the sanitarium philosophy of operating health institutions. . .
HEALTH EDUCATION as such is a fairly new field. We as a church, however, have always believed in health education from the earliest beginnings of "health reform" until a more complete plan of health education was incorporated into the sanitarium philosophy of operating health institutions. . ."Who, Me? . . . Become a Vegetarian?"
Grant Frazier
WHEN we became Seventh-day Adventists we soon realized that Adventists taught, although not all practiced, some rather unique health principles. Gradually we began to accept and practice many of these, but it was not until I became a student at the Loma Linda University School of Health that I really began to understand the scientific and Biblical backgrounds for these health practices. Prior to this, Adventists told me, "Oh, this isn't good for you" or "It's all right to eat this." But nowhere had I heard an explanation of why it was or wasn't good that really satisfied me. . .
WHEN we became Seventh-day Adventists we soon realized that Adventists taught, although not all practiced, some rather unique health principles. Gradually we began to accept and practice many of these, but it was not until I became a student at the Loma Linda University School of Health that I really began to understand the scientific and Biblical backgrounds for these health practices. Prior to this, Adventists told me, "Oh, this isn't good for you" or "It's all right to eat this." But nowhere had I heard an explanation of why it was or wasn't good that really satisfied me. . .From Battle Creek to Battles Now
K. Robert Lang
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS have a long-standing interest and imperative in medicine as an expression and tool of religious thought and action. The ideals, purposes, and practices of religion in medicine and medicine in religious life have long been a part of our history. Today we find in all religious bodies a renewed, expanded, and vigorous resurgence of interest and demand for religionists and medical practitioners to unite in meeting the dilemma of the whole man as he faces future shock. . .
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS have a long-standing interest and imperative in medicine as an expression and tool of religious thought and action. The ideals, purposes, and practices of religion in medicine and medicine in religious life have long been a part of our history. Today we find in all religious bodies a renewed, expanded, and vigorous resurgence of interest and demand for religionists and medical practitioners to unite in meeting the dilemma of the whole man as he faces future shock. . .Man's Allotted Span
Francis J. Braceland
BY THE TIME this message gets into print the writer will have arrived at that age which the psalmist said is "man's allotted span," three score years and ten, and I thought I ought to write and tell you about it, for the experience is new to me. If you are like most of us you will have to be reminded of the occasion by your wife, your secretary, your daughter who bought you a necktie, or a son who bought you after-shave lotion. Actually, it doesn't hurt— there is no crossing a sound barrier, no sonic boom, no bells ring, no whistles blow—you just wake up and there you are. In fact, you are glad you did wake up and are there, for the alternative seems to be so final. . .
BY THE TIME this message gets into print the writer will have arrived at that age which the psalmist said is "man's allotted span," three score years and ten, and I thought I ought to write and tell you about it, for the experience is new to me. If you are like most of us you will have to be reminded of the occasion by your wife, your secretary, your daughter who bought you a necktie, or a son who bought you after-shave lotion. Actually, it doesn't hurt— there is no crossing a sound barrier, no sonic boom, no bells ring, no whistles blow—you just wake up and there you are. In fact, you are glad you did wake up and are there, for the alternative seems to be so final. . .Temperance Evangelism
E.H.J. Steed
THE INSTITUTIONAL financial crisis is looming larger every day both in government and in private sectors. . .
THE INSTITUTIONAL financial crisis is looming larger every day both in government and in private sectors. . .God's Appointed Role for Women
Fay Taylor
TODAY AS NEVER BEFORE women are playing a bigger role in our modern society. . .
TODAY AS NEVER BEFORE women are playing a bigger role in our modern society. . .Making the Sermon Perfectly Clear
Steven P. Vitrano
CLARITY and coherence should characterize Christian preaching. If the preacher is to "encourage" and "charge" men "to lead a life worthy of God," (1 Thess. 2:12) what he says must not be muddled, ambiguous, or confusing. Careful consideration should be given to the following points that make for clarity in preaching . .
CLARITY and coherence should characterize Christian preaching. If the preacher is to "encourage" and "charge" men "to lead a life worthy of God," (1 Thess. 2:12) what he says must not be muddled, ambiguous, or confusing. Careful consideration should be given to the following points that make for clarity in preaching . .Homeostasis--Evidence for Instant Creation
Asa C. Thoresen
EVERYONE knows that as soon as body temperature rises even as little as 2° or 3° F. above normal that an individual is ill. For a human body to operate efficiently, the temperature of that body must be regulated within a very fine limit. We call this and other regulatory functions of all biological systems, homeostasis. . .
EVERYONE knows that as soon as body temperature rises even as little as 2° or 3° F. above normal that an individual is ill. For a human body to operate efficiently, the temperature of that body must be regulated within a very fine limit. We call this and other regulatory functions of all biological systems, homeostasis. . .