May 1989 Issue

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J. David Newman

"Help!" came the plea over the telephone. "Half my church board has resigned. I'm in trouble. Can you come help me?" As assistant to the president of a local conference, I was responsible for dealing with conflict. So I dropped everything to visit with this pastor. No hint of any difficulties had surfaced in his previous district, where he had conducted a highly successful soul-winning program. As I visited with him and his board members I soon discovered that… Continue reading...

The dynamics of ministerial morality

Lyndon K. McDowell

Temptations can sneak up on a pastor and catch him or her in an unguarded moment. How can you keep your guard up and still he compassionate?

Temptations can sneak up on a pastor and catch him or her in an unguarded moment. How can you keep your guard up and still he compassionate?

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If in doubt, cut it out

Fred E. Luchs

Many ministers do not begin at the beginning.

Many ministers do not begin at the beginning.

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Clergy stress: not so bad after all?

H. Newton Malony

Recent research demonstrates that while clergy may experience stress, it is not notably worse than what other people experience and pastors seem better able to cope.

Recent research demonstrates that while clergy may experience stress, it is not notably worse than what other people experience and pastors seem better able to cope.

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Reaching out to New Age people

Kenneth R. Wade

Have Christians contributed to the growth of the New Age movement by failing to meet people's needs? What can we do to win people to Christ who might otherwise join the movement?

Have Christians contributed to the growth of the New Age movement by failing to meet people's needs? What can we do to win people to Christ who might otherwise join the movement?

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Healing old wounds

Cathy McBride

The father-daughter relationship does much to determine a woman's success in life. What can you do if yours wasn't ideal?

The father-daughter relationship does much to determine a woman's success in life. What can you do if yours wasn't ideal?

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Pastoring the mentally ill

David Duffie

This article is provided by the Department of Health and Temperance of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

This article is provided by the Department of Health and Temperance of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

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How Science Discovered God

Daniel Lazich

On Science and Religion

On Science and Religion

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Book Resources on AIDS

Elvin E. Adams

The following books on AIDS have been reviewed for Ministry by Elvin Adams, M.D., M.P.H., associate director of the Health and Temperance Department, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. When AIDS Comes to Church William E. Amos, Jr., Westminster Press, Philadelphia,…

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Recently noted

Anonymous

Books worthy of note

Books worthy of note

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Letters to the Editor

From category two to categorythreeI have three basic categories for themagazines I receive. After looking someover, I routinely throw them into thelarge wastebasket in my study. Others Iplace into a kind of periodical catchall,thinking perhaps I might use themsometime…

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W. Floyd Bresee

Both consciously and subconsciously your sermon will grow as you are working.

The information contained in this book could save the reader from some very expensive mistakes!

Gary Jensen

Unlike many books on religion and politics that have flooded the market recently, this one is a thoughtful and balanced analysis of the history of Christian political involvement in America that examines both its strengths and weaknesses. In the first of three parts Noll, a professor of history at Wheaton College, shows how the course of religious involvement in American politics was set even before there was an America. When English Protestants fled their native… Continue reading...