February 1983 Issue
How Adventism can stop growing
Dean M. Kelley
Around the country stand numerous empty, abandoned old churches. But they aren't Mormon churches. They aren't Seventh-day Adventist churches. They aren't Church of Christ churches or Southern Baptist churches. In describing why certain denominations flourish while others decline, the author also gives Seventh-day Adventists a formula for how to stop growing.
Around the country stand numerous empty, abandoned old churches. But they aren't Mormon churches. They aren't Seventh-day Adventist churches. They aren't Church of Christ churches or Southern Baptist churches. In describing why certain denominations flourish while others decline, the author also gives Seventh-day Adventists a formula for how to stop growing.Ritual and Adventist worship
C. Raymond Holmes
Perhaps it is providential the Seventh-day Adventist Church does not have many liturgical roots. We have the opportunity to start with a clean slate and create forms of worship that are distinctively ours and that reflect our unique beliefs.
Perhaps it is providential the Seventh-day Adventist Church does not have many liturgical roots. We have the opportunity to start with a clean slate and create forms of worship that are distinctively ours and that reflect our unique beliefs.Pastor and evangelist: closing the gap
John W. Fowler
In North America evangelists and pastors have increasingly been going separate ways. Evangelism is now something the church does one or two months a year, while its major emphasis is nurture of members. Such an attitude needs to change if the church is to grow.
In North America evangelists and pastors have increasingly been going separate ways. Evangelism is now something the church does one or two months a year, while its major emphasis is nurture of members. Such an attitude needs to change if the church is to grow.Peter: First-Century Revolutionary
Kim Johnson
Are we willing today to be a revolutionary as Peter was? Are we willing to give church members responsibility commensurate with their calling and enable them to become all that God plans for them to be?
Are we willing today to be a revolutionary as Peter was? Are we willing to give church members responsibility commensurate with their calling and enable them to become all that God plans for them to be?Don't make your people endure Communion
Charles Mitchell
The communion service doesn't have to be a marathon that exhausts not only children but adults as well Here are some suggestions for making it significant yet enjoyable.
The communion service doesn't have to be a marathon that exhausts not only children but adults as well Here are some suggestions for making it significant yet enjoyable.Making youth baptisms mean something
Leo Ranzolin
The decision of a young per son for Christ is an important event. Let's not sandwich it between the announcements and the special music. Make it an event to be remembered all life long.
The decision of a young per son for Christ is an important event. Let's not sandwich it between the announcements and the special music. Make it an event to be remembered all life long.The Advent near
Ralph Neall
Our church rose in a context of expectancy regarding the coming of Christ. What began as a sprint may have taken on characteristics of a marathon, says the author. Nevertheless, the spiritual attitudes of the sprint must be ours throughout the race, no matter how long it may be. Always we must keep the coming of Christ near and let it influence every decision of our lives.
Our church rose in a context of expectancy regarding the coming of Christ. What began as a sprint may have taken on characteristics of a marathon, says the author. Nevertheless, the spiritual attitudes of the sprint must be ours throughout the race, no matter how long it may be. Always we must keep the coming of Christ near and let it influence every decision of our lives.The inspiration and authority of the Ellen G. White writings
Various Authors
A statement of present understanding.
A statement of present understanding.Worship leaves a warm feeling
Noelene Johnsson
Who would come out to prayer meeting on the coldest night of the winter and with more snow forecast? And if they did, burst water pipes ought to chill their enthusiasm! But something happened to dispel the cold.
Who would come out to prayer meeting on the coldest night of the winter and with more snow forecast? And if they did, burst water pipes ought to chill their enthusiasm! But something happened to dispel the cold.Daniel and Revelation Committee: an interim report
The Daniel and Revelation Committee, authorized by the General Conference in January, 1981, completed its fourth session in a three-and-a-half-day meeting in Washington, D.C., October 24-27, 1982. Personnel for the group is drawn from Andrews and Loma Linda universities,…
What archeology can and cannot do
Larry G. Herr
Archeology can never be a substitute for faith, nor can it "prove" the Bible to be true and trustworthy. It can, when correctly interpreted, illuminate the Scripture record and aid our understanding of it.
Archeology can never be a substitute for faith, nor can it "prove" the Bible to be true and trustworthy. It can, when correctly interpreted, illuminate the Scripture record and aid our understanding of it.Recommended Reading
Various Authors
Monthly book reviews by various authors
Monthly book reviews by various authors