October 1983 Issue
Spiritual gifts: using or misusing?
Skip Bell
The doctrine of spiritual gifts must not become a substitute for the work of the Holy Spirit. Here is a timely challenge to avoid this danger by developing a Biblically oriented approach to spiritual gifts based upon a careful study of Scripture.
The doctrine of spiritual gifts must not become a substitute for the work of the Holy Spirit. Here is a timely challenge to avoid this danger by developing a Biblically oriented approach to spiritual gifts based upon a careful study of Scripture.Laws of the harvest
Lee Thompson
The laboratory of the soil becomes an ideal training ground for evangelism because the principles are the same whether you re planting corn or leading a soul to Christ.
The laboratory of the soil becomes an ideal training ground for evangelism because the principles are the same whether you re planting corn or leading a soul to Christ.Flight 90 and Laodicea
Robert J. Wieland
What doomed Florida-bound Flight 90 to crash into the icy Potomac River two winters ago? Drs. Trivers and Newton have advanced the startling opinion that it was self-deception on the part of the pilots.
What doomed Florida-bound Flight 90 to crash into the icy Potomac River two winters ago? Drs. Trivers and Newton have advanced the startling opinion that it was self-deception on the part of the pilots.Let's make the pastor a professional!
John W. Fowler
We have no trouble recognizing the impact the pastor has on the organizational life of the church. We don't often realize, however, the influence the organization has on the attitudes and actions of the pastor. Our church needs to develop a philosophy of pastoral ministry that recognizes the pastor as a true professional and the pastoral ministry as at least equal to other forms of ministry within the church.
We have no trouble recognizing the impact the pastor has on the organizational life of the church. We don't often realize, however, the influence the organization has on the attitudes and actions of the pastor. Our church needs to develop a philosophy of pastoral ministry that recognizes the pastor as a true professional and the pastoral ministry as at least equal to other forms of ministry within the church.The high cost of evangelism
David D. Dennis
An auditor who had often excused himself from personally becoming involved in public evangelism relates how reversing that situation has paid off in his own relationship with God.
An auditor who had often excused himself from personally becoming involved in public evangelism relates how reversing that situation has paid off in his own relationship with God.Where there's a will, there's a way
Jerry Lastine
You don't have sufficient assets to worry about making a will? You probably do, even on the proverbial "minister's salary. " But a will serves needs other than financial
You don't have sufficient assets to worry about making a will? You probably do, even on the proverbial "minister's salary. " But a will serves needs other than financialGood food evangelism
What happens when a church mixes the small-group concept with health evangelism principles? The result is a novel idea, the Good Food Party plan, which has proved successful in winning souls to Christ.
What happens when a church mixes the small-group concept with health evangelism principles? The result is a novel idea, the Good Food Party plan, which has proved successful in winning souls to Christ.