December 1981 Issue
Morale in ministry—a study of the pastor as a person
Roger Dudley, Des Cummings. Jr.
What are the greatest sources of frustration for the Adventist pastor? What areas cause the most satisfaction? How seriously does family life affect pastoral morale? A recent sampling indicates that personal factors, even more than professional expertise, may determine effectiveness and contentment in pastoral ministry.
What are the greatest sources of frustration for the Adventist pastor? What areas cause the most satisfaction? How seriously does family life affect pastoral morale? A recent sampling indicates that personal factors, even more than professional expertise, may determine effectiveness and contentment in pastoral ministry.Let's fight the right fight
C. Raymond Holmes
Justification by grace through faith has been the author's spiritual "bread and butter" for more than thirty years, both as a Lutheran and as a Seventh-day Adventist. Those, he says, who suggest that our message lacks theological validity because we have managed to produce some legalists among us, are fighting the wrong battle.
Justification by grace through faith has been the author's spiritual "bread and butter" for more than thirty years, both as a Lutheran and as a Seventh-day Adventist. Those, he says, who suggest that our message lacks theological validity because we have managed to produce some legalists among us, are fighting the wrong battle.The Pre-Advent Judgment
Edward Heppenstall
Have we so emphasized the eschatological aspect of the pre-Advent judgment that we have failed to see a wider scope——a dual role to Christ's sanctuary ministry——that involves both the saints and the antichrist?
Have we so emphasized the eschatological aspect of the pre-Advent judgment that we have failed to see a wider scope——a dual role to Christ's sanctuary ministry——that involves both the saints and the antichrist?Weeding the garden of prayer
Robert M. Johnston
Like weeds, thoughtlessness in the content and wording of public prayer has an amazing way of flourishing and spreading. Of course, God accepts even the clumsiest prayer when sincerely offered, but should we not seek to approach Him with all the weeds eradicated?
Like weeds, thoughtlessness in the content and wording of public prayer has an amazing way of flourishing and spreading. Of course, God accepts even the clumsiest prayer when sincerely offered, but should we not seek to approach Him with all the weeds eradicated?What's in a name?
James R. Hoffer
A visitor to church, a new family in town, a former member, a correspondence-course graduate——are they just names? Or do they stir in you visions of people longing for salvation?
A visitor to church, a new family in town, a former member, a correspondence-course graduate——are they just names? Or do they stir in you visions of people longing for salvation?Shepherdess: Pastors' kids are different!
Molly Rankin
Human nature urges one to conform, to be part of the crowd. Parents of PKs would do well to capitalize on the advantages of being different while keeping the liabilities in proper perspective.
Human nature urges one to conform, to be part of the crowd. Parents of PKs would do well to capitalize on the advantages of being different while keeping the liabilities in proper perspective.Sin and Judgment among the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians
Siegfried H. Horn
The evidence indicates that the ancient world recognized the maxims of a divinely instituted moral law known to the Judeo-Christian believers as the Decalogue.
The evidence indicates that the ancient world recognized the maxims of a divinely instituted moral law known to the Judeo-Christian believers as the Decalogue.Recommended reading
Various Authors
Pastors ought to give as much attention to the Biblical grounds for reconciliation as they do to establishing the Biblical grounds for divorce. This is the message of Geoffrey Bromiley's God and Marriage.
Pastors ought to give as much attention to the Biblical grounds for reconciliation as they do to establishing the Biblical grounds for divorce. This is the message of Geoffrey Bromiley's God and Marriage.