August 1989

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August 1989 Issue

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Editorial

Two, three, or seven?

David C. Jarnes

How many ordinances do Seventh-day Adventists observe? I faced this question recently when I was filling out a survey on our beliefs and practices. (The man who sent the survey is writing a book comparing the different denominations in the United States.) Off the top of my head, I answered "Two—baptism and Communion." But then I thought of marriage and ordination, both as surely warranted in Scripture as the two I had given, and I began to wonder whether I… Continue reading...

What shall we do about movies?

Richard C. Osborn

Do we really believe that where we watch what we watch is more important than what we watch?

Do we really believe that where we watch what we watch is more important than what we watch?

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Reaching unreached people groups

Borge Schantz

While there are only 213 nations and areas in the world, there are more than 20,000 people groups. How can the church proclaim the gospel to all these groups?

While there are only 213 nations and areas in the world, there are more than 20,000 people groups. How can the church proclaim the gospel to all these groups?

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Twelve ways to cherish your wife

Kay Kuzma

Does your wife know that you cherish her? Here are a dozen suggestions for making it plain that you do.

Does your wife know that you cherish her? Here are a dozen suggestions for making it plain that you do.

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Aim: A Saving Bridge

Richard E. Green

Our church's media ministries touch many people in your district. Adventist Information Ministry puts you in touch with those who are ready for your visit.

Our church's media ministries touch many people in your district. Adventist Information Ministry puts you in touch with those who are ready for your visit.

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Pastor's Pastor: Ministerial internship: purposes and problems

W. Floyd Bresee

Policy suggests that a conference should not accept internship money if it fails to provide supervision for its interns*

Policy suggests that a conference should not accept internship money if it fails to provide supervision for its interns*

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GC Committee votes large pay increase

J.R. Spangler , J. David Newman

Ministry Reports

Ministry Reports

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Equality of wages

J.R. Spangler , J. David Newman

Is it time for the church to change its philosophy of remuneration? Are the counsels from the past still pertinent today? The following comments and quotations are directed only and specifically toward the denomination's ministerial, educational, and publishing forces,…

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The Senior Minister

Gordon Bietz

In The Senior Minister Schaller continues to provide helpful ideas for those who practice ministry in larger churches. (The Multiple Staff and the Larger Church, published in 1980, was also helpful.) Schaller's approach is to illustrate the needs and problems of the…

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Letters to the Editor

Corrections re women's ordinationArthur Patrick has pointed out sevenareas relating to the ordination ofwomen (April 1989). However, hishandling of them was disappointing inseveral respects.His suggestion that "most of the religious groups closest to Seventh-day Adventistshave…

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Pleasing God

Lyndon K. McDowell

As a group, Adventists have developed their own vocabulary to the point that visitors in some of our church gatherings almost need an interpreter. We are also inclined to use stereotyped thinking in our approach to firmly held doctrines. So it is refreshing to read a book by a non- Adventist author who believes as we do on a doctrine but approaches it from a new perspective with a different vocabulary and fresh illustrations. Pleasing God is a study on sanctification,… Continue reading...

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The Mystery of the Word

June Strong

The Mystery of the Word is not your typical Christian book, certainly not your typical Adventist book. Each of the six pieces of fiction is followed by a sort of explanation/exploration of the story. As a writer, I found the book fascinating. The stories have a mystical quality that stretches the mind around seldom-pondered themes. This is the book's merit, aside from the author's storytelling abilities. I found myself abruptly and painfully in two of Mason's… Continue reading...

Representing God in Washington

Representing God in Washington: The Role of Religious Lobbies in the American Polity

Gary M. Ross

If the proliferating literature on religion in American life largely overlooks the question of how religious sentiments are represented in Washington, the gap is narrowed by this readable and relevant investigation of the role of national religious lobbies. Drawing heavily on original inter views and data analysis, this study places religious political activism in its historical context. It surveys the Washington offices of various denominations from the standpoint… Continue reading...

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The House Church

Roger Dudley

This is an unsettling book, for its premises, if carried to their logical conclusions, would stand most of our present church organization on its head. The basic theme is that it is in the mutually committed fellowship of the house church and not in large, formal hierarchical structures that church renewal and revitalization are likely to be found. Birkey writes from a Mennonite back ground with its emphasis on mutual responsibility within the caring community.… Continue reading...