September 2004 Issue

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Willmore D. Eva

A new generation from diverse backgrounds and complex situations challenges the church's traditional way of preaching.

Is the Genesis Creation account literal?

Norman R. Gulley

Amid the far-reaching, contemporary shifts occurring in significant Christian circles, what are the implications of dismissing the Genesis Creation epic as a literal account of how the present world order began?

Amid the far-reaching, contemporary shifts occurring in significant Christian circles, what are the implications of dismissing the Genesis Creation epic as a literal account of how the present world order began?

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Sexual misconduct in ministry: victims and wounds

Miroslav Kis

The fifth in Ministry's series on ministers and sexual wrongdoing.

The fifth in Ministry's series on ministers and sexual wrongdoing.

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Preaching beyond modernism (part 2)

Gerhard van Wyk, Roelf Meyer

How must preaching change as many world cultures move into seriously different ways of thinking and viewing the world?

How must preaching change as many world cultures move into seriously different ways of thinking and viewing the world?

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Ministering in the midst of competing worldviews

Trevor O'Reggio

What remains the same and what changes in ministry as we seek to reach out to a changing world?

What remains the same and what changes in ministry as we seek to reach out to a changing world?

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The stripping process: broken down for breakthrough

Fredrick Russell

A powerfully honest story of personal growth in ministry: Year of World Evangelism feature

A powerfully honest story of personal growth in ministry: Year of World Evangelism feature

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The shape of the emerging church: a pastor's view (part 1)

Ryan J. Bell

What form is the church taking as it moves out of the old "givens" and into something new?

What form is the church taking as it moves out of the old "givens" and into something new?

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An enemy defeated: death and resurrection

Richard Rice

A fresh, Christocentric view of the twenty-fifth Seventh-day Adventist expression of faith

A fresh, Christocentric view of the twenty-fifth Seventh-day Adventist expression of faith

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From panic to purpose: the process and benefits of planning a preaching calendar

Derek J. Morris

How to successfully hold a preaching calendar, and how it can and will benefit you.

How to successfully hold a preaching calendar, and how it can and will benefit you.

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Letters to the Editor

As someone who deeply appreciatesthe ministry and friendship ofDwight Nelson, I am somewhat reluctant to submit this response to his article"Requiem and Resurrection for a FallenBrother." The article, as expected, waswell-written. On the whole, it was biblical and…

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James A. Cress

Full force vitriol came from the writer's suppositions that I had stolen a sermon outline from him which he had cited from another minister at a seminar he believed I had attended.