February 1978 Issue
Pastoral priorities
Eric Calvin Ward
1978 can prove to be an exciting year for both the pastor and his congregation. John McGraw and Eric Ward share with us some of their methods and formulas for ensuring a successful pastoral year.
1978 can prove to be an exciting year for both the pastor and his congregation. John McGraw and Eric Ward share with us some of their methods and formulas for ensuring a successful pastoral year.Recycling old resolutions and making them work
John W. McGraw
When I was a teen-ager, New Year's resolutions were the vogue. Usually we resolved to make a new start where we had failed the year before. Of course, our newly se lected goals were often not much more than youthful whims, and the resolutions usually passed more quietly…
Sounding brass or preaching with clarity
Ted Pettit
How to preach the Word with power and point.
How to preach the Word with power and point.When will the ninety-nine hear?
Kermit Netteburg
On news stories concerning evangelistic meetings.
On news stories concerning evangelistic meetings.Forces undermining marriage and home
Easy divorces, trial marriage, women's lib...
Easy divorces, trial marriage, women's lib...Gog and Magog
Josef A. Greig
Hebrew ciphers help solve a problem and knock some cherished speculations
Hebrew ciphers help solve a problem and knock some cherished speculationsMissing—a sense of community
Walter R. L. Scragg
It might pay you to consider what made your church a congregation.
It might pay you to consider what made your church a congregation.The new pastor and his wife
Ruth Runyan
Does the pastor's wife share an equal responsibility with her husband?
Does the pastor's wife share an equal responsibility with her husband?All hail the power of Jesus' name
R.J. Hammond
Hymn no. 156, Church Hymnal
Hymn no. 156, Church HymnalWorld Report: 1,087 baptisms in Bucaramanga
Suarez, Raimundo Pardo
Unprecedented results in a land that has long resisted the message.
Unprecedented results in a land that has long resisted the message.Needed—a theology of ordination
Thomas Blincoe
Is the divinely inspired decision-making process for the screening of ordination candidates being followed totally anywhere in our church?
Is the divinely inspired decision-making process for the screening of ordination candidates being followed totally anywhere in our church?A Theology of Ordination: A Seventh-day Adventist Interpretation
Raoul Dederen
Discussions during a 1970 conference between Seventh-day Adventist theologians and representatives of the World Council of Churches led to the request by the participants of the ecumenical group to present a concise, yet clear statement of the Seventh-day Adventist…
The Mission of the Church
Gotfried Oosterwal
1. The church has been called into existence for missionary purpose. Therefore its whole life and liturgy, work and worship, has a missionary intention if not a missionary dimension. Mission is the church's very raison d'etre. The members of the church, i.e., the…
A Theology of Ordination
Raoul Dederen
What is ordination for the Seventh-day Adventist Church?
What is ordination for the Seventh-day Adventist Church?Can the Bible and evolution be harmonized?
Dennis Priebe
Evolution has become the prevailing view of origins. Whether on television, in reputable nature libraries, or on guided tours in national parks, the basic assumptions of evolution are taken for granted. In evolutionary thought, allowance may be made for the existence…
Following God's manual
Marjorie V. Baldwin
Are we disregarding the owners operating manual for earth's most magnificent piece of machinery?
Are we disregarding the owners operating manual for earth's most magnificent piece of machinery?Less means more
Allan R. Magie
Rats are not especially attractive animals. Yet studies about their habits may have significance for us. Often people say, "Maybe that's what they found out about rats, but it doesn't necessarily apply to humans." All right. I'll agree with you on that point.…
How to have a healthy family
James F. Dyer
In well-adapted families there is a high degree of "we-ness" and a spirit of sharing, caring, and affection for one another. There is a basic trust among family members with this type of bond. They can depend on receiving love and respect from one another. Such confidence…
Biblical Archeology
Lawrence T. Geraty
Introducing the best new periodical of Biblical archeology
Introducing the best new periodical of Biblical archeologyThe leader's study and preaching the Word
Robert H. Pierson
Let us conduct a mini-interview with Ellen White on how to study, accept, and preach God's Holy Word most effectively. Her words should carry much weight with every Adventist leader. Q. What is the simplest and safest guideline for our study and preaching of…
The Shepherdess
Marjorie Lewis Lloyd
Why haven't we heard about the wonderful women who have been leaders in our church?
Why haven't we heard about the wonderful women who have been leaders in our church?Windows on Wisdom
Various Authors
How should we address God in Prayer?
How should we address God in Prayer?Farewell and welcome
N.R. Dower
There is quite a bit of gray hair, or lack of hair, on the heads of the men who occupy the offices of the General Conference Ministerial Association. There is nothing wrong with gray, or hoary, hair, for one of Israel's laws demanded youth " 'rise up before the…
News Briefs
Various Authors
Religious news from around the world.
Religious news from around the world.