May 1977 Issue

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"Preacher, How Writest Thou?"

O. Afton Linger

  IN A former pastorate I took some news copy to the local daily newspaper. The editor of the society and church pages was a member of one of the leading churches of the town. Giving my story a quick once-over look, she re marked, "Oh, how I wish our pastor would…

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Biblical Archeology

Lawrence T. Geraty

The 1976 Excavations at Biblical Heshbon

The 1976 Excavations at Biblical Heshbon

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Christ's Great Success Formula: Giving=Getting

O.A. Battista

Sometimes ministers who are very liberal with the means God has entrusted to them are selfish with and jealous about sharing their insights and good ideas. O. A. Battista's article challenges us all to rethink and reform such practices.

Sometimes ministers who are very liberal with the means God has entrusted to them are selfish with and jealous about sharing their insights and good ideas. O. A. Battista's article challenges us all to rethink and reform such practices.

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Evangelism In the Australasian Division

C.R. Stanley

"Public evangelism must ever be the vanguard of the church's operation."

"Public evangelism must ever be the vanguard of the church's operation."

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Is Religious Freedom the Basic Freedom of All Freedoms?

William F. Willoughby

  ACCORDING TO Freedom House in New York, there is a sharp decrease, worldwide, in the number of people who enjoy what might be considered virtually complete human liberties, including the most basic one of all, religious freedom. But at the First World Congress on…

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Last-Day Leaders

Robert H. Pierson

God is depending upon us to give the quality of leadership that will match the awesome hour in which we live and serve.

God is depending upon us to give the quality of leadership that will match the awesome hour in which we live and serve.

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Medical Terminology in Luke

Reuben A. Hubbard

On the medical jargon of Luke

On the medical jargon of Luke

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Motivation

Orley M. Berg

  IN THE office of Strauss Photo Technical Service in our nation's capital I saw the little sign: "We are making a little effort to be pleasant for a limited time only. As soon as business picks up this will stop." It got me to thinking. How much of what we do is…

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Mutations and the Origin of Species

Eric Magnusson

"To be harmless, mutations must also be trivial; but to be trivial they must renounce evolutionary importance."

"To be harmless, mutations must also be trivial; but to be trivial they must renounce evolutionary importance."

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Sermon Notes That Serve

Benjamin F. Reaves

"Readability is supremely important and notes should be geared to the quick glance."

"Readability is supremely important and notes should be geared to the quick glance."

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Shepherdess: Mother, an Executive

Ann Gimbel

"Next to God, the mother's power for good is the strongest known on earth"

"Next to God, the mother's power for good is the strongest known on earth"

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The Fruitage of Faith

Sakae Kubo

"Not only must there be a death of Christ on the cross, there must also be daily crucifying of ourselves on the cross now."

"Not only must there be a death of Christ on the cross, there must also be daily crucifying of ourselves on the cross now."

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The Millennium, a Golden Age on Earth—Or in Heaven?

Arthur J. Ferch

We would do well to remember that Revelation 20 is the sole Biblical description of the millennium.

We would do well to remember that Revelation 20 is the sole Biblical description of the millennium.

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The Preaching of Clovis Chappell

Douglas Bennett

The conversations Chappell had with Bible characters helped to make the scenes incarnate to the listener.

The conversations Chappell had with Bible characters helped to make the scenes incarnate to the listener.

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Those Marvelous Microvessels

Kenneth A. Arendt

Microvessels are so small and so numerous that their combined length has been estimated at something in excess of 45,000 miles.

Microvessels are so small and so numerous that their combined length has been estimated at something in excess of 45,000 miles.

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