August 1980 Issue

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The Third Angel's Message in Verity

Eric Webster

Eric C. Webster uses Ellen White's statement that the third angel's message in verity is righteousness by faith as a springboard to examine various aspects of the message in light of the current emphasis on Christ and His righteousness.

Eric C. Webster uses Ellen White's statement that the third angel's message in verity is righteousness by faith as a springboard to examine various aspects of the message in light of the current emphasis on Christ and His righteousness.

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Give Thyself unto Reading

Harold Calkins

If the apostle Paul considered books an important part of his life, should not we take advantage of this inexhaustible source of information and inspiration?

If the apostle Paul considered books an important part of his life, should not we take advantage of this inexhaustible source of information and inspiration?

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The misunderstanding of the church

Fritz Guy

The misunderstanding is serious and costly, but not incurable; the remedy may best be accomplished by identifying and then living out the possibilities of the church as a fellowship, a community of faith and the Spirit.

The misunderstanding is serious and costly, but not incurable; the remedy may best be accomplished by identifying and then living out the possibilities of the church as a fellowship, a community of faith and the Spirit.

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Not self but souls

Ellen G. White

We have no time for fretting over ourselves, no time to look on the dark side. There are souls to be saved. We must live in Christ and Christ must live in us, else we shall preach and labor in vain.

We have no time for fretting over ourselves, no time to look on the dark side. There are souls to be saved. We must live in Christ and Christ must live in us, else we shall preach and labor in vain.

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Arise & Evangelize

The church is in real danger of becoming so occupied with keeping its organizational mechanism moving that it has energy left for nothing else. We must direct our energies to the true business of the church evangelism.

The church is in real danger of becoming so occupied with keeping its organizational mechanism moving that it has energy left for nothing else. We must direct our energies to the true business of the church evangelism.

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As others see us

Dorothy Parfitt

A bit of doggerel on a bulletin board implies that our public image as Seventh-day Adventists does not match the message we have been commissioned to give the world. People should see the beauty of Christ's character in us.

A bit of doggerel on a bulletin board implies that our public image as Seventh-day Adventists does not match the message we have been commissioned to give the world. People should see the beauty of Christ's character in us.

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THe Power of Preaching

Roy Allan Anderson

The power of the Word that spoke creation into existence flashes forth from the pulpit when the congregation hears the voice of God Himself speaking through His ambassador.

The power of the Word that spoke creation into existence flashes forth from the pulpit when the congregation hears the voice of God Himself speaking through His ambassador.

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Imminence: Mainspring of Adventism—3

W.B. Quigley

In this last of a series of three articles, W. B. Quigley examines the reasons for the delayed Advent and the ways in which the church can hasten the coming of the Lord.

In this last of a series of three articles, W. B. Quigley examines the reasons for the delayed Advent and the ways in which the church can hasten the coming of the Lord.

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Apollos, Paul, or Christ?

J.R. Spangler

No Adventist pastor can afford to allow another human being to do his thinking for him or to command his ultimate allegiance.

No Adventist pastor can afford to allow another human being to do his thinking for him or to command his ultimate allegiance.

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Programs or People?

B. Russell Holt

Recently I attended the annual meeting of the Adventist Chaplains Association, hosted this year by Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. (It sounds like a log-cabin dispensary on an Indian reservation, but actually it is a modern, gleaming, highly…

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Brain Strain

J.R. Spangler

  Recently my wife and I purchased a microwave oven. It sat for several weeks without being used, simply because neither of us had time to master the voluminous book of instructions! Could a high school dropout possibly learn to operate this sophisticated piece of…

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Adventist Alcoholics Anonymous

L.A. Senseman

No longer can the church hide its head in the sand and ignore what is becoming an increasingly serious problem alcoholic Adventists.

No longer can the church hide its head in the sand and ignore what is becoming an increasingly serious problem alcoholic Adventists.

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A Christian View of Scientific Research

Brian Bull

A reconsideration of man's ultimate purpose results in a new understanding of the Christian scientist's use of his particular gifts.

A reconsideration of man's ultimate purpose results in a new understanding of the Christian scientist's use of his particular gifts.

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Archeology and the Sabbath

Siegfried H. Horn

Is there any basis for the claim that the ancient Hebrews borrowed the seventh-day Sabbath from their idolatrous neighbors?

Is there any basis for the claim that the ancient Hebrews borrowed the seventh-day Sabbath from their idolatrous neighbors?

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Cicada—Symbol of the Minister's Wife?

An ancient tale illustrates the support role a shepherdess usually plays. But is she limited to just one-note chirping?

An ancient tale illustrates the support role a shepherdess usually plays. But is she limited to just one-note chirping?

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Recommended Reading

Various Authors

ELLEN G, WHITE PERIODICAL ARTICLES, SUBJECT INDEX Ellen G. White Estate, Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, D.C., 1980, 1,072 pages, $19.75. Ellen White wrote some 4,600 articles that appeared in such journals as the Review, Signs of the Times,…

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