September 1991 Issue
Internship or internment?
Lorna Arthur
Approached as a period of discovery and training, ministerial internship can truly contribute to the making of a minister.
Approached as a period of discovery and training, ministerial internship can truly contribute to the making of a minister.The Homilies
Patrick Boyle
Models for biblical, theological, and practical preaching.
Models for biblical, theological, and practical preaching.Every Minister Needs a Lover-Just Be Sure It's Your Spouse
Sandra Doran
The authors have designed a book with the busy pastoral couple in mind. Intended to be used as a manual for couples wanting to enrich their marriages, it is divided into 30 practical, readable segments dealing with every thing from finances to vulnerability. Although…
The mechanics and hazards of baptizing
M. Daniel Walter
Snakes, electric eels, and disappearing baptizers you'll never again take baptism for granted!
Snakes, electric eels, and disappearing baptizers you'll never again take baptism for granted!The neglected message of the creation story
Harwood Lockton
The doctrine of creation is more than an account of origins; it speaks to contemporary problems of poverty and environmental disruption.
The doctrine of creation is more than an account of origins; it speaks to contemporary problems of poverty and environmental disruption.Reduce the stress of ministry
Jonathan Barrett
Two simple charts offer you more control of your work and time, and more satisfaction with your ministry.
Two simple charts offer you more control of your work and time, and more satisfaction with your ministry.From maintenance to leadership
Don Fothergill
Pastors are not mechanics to maintain churches in good repair. Their call involves equipping the saints for the ministry.
Pastors are not mechanics to maintain churches in good repair. Their call involves equipping the saints for the ministry.When the enemy comes in like a flood
Noel O. Idiodi
What's a minister to do when the demands of family, congregation, and society all seem to conflict and to detract from the minister's task?
What's a minister to do when the demands of family, congregation, and society all seem to conflict and to detract from the minister's task?Criticism-bane or blessing?
Richard Cooper
Criticism can be a tool for growth-for both the giver and the receiver.
Criticism can be a tool for growth-for both the giver and the receiver.Letters to the Editor
Not so certainJ. David Newman's May 1991 editorial, "Are There Moral Absolutes?"raises some disturbing questions. Newmanattacks the denial of moral absolutes by retelling the pallid story of thecaptive woman who got pregnant by aguard in order to obtain freedom toreturn…