September 2005 Issue

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Willmore D. Eva

By the time you read this editorial, I will have, a month or more ago, left the editorship of Ministry, having returned to pastoral work and my new assignment as associate pastor of the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Maryland, U.S.A.

Affirmation and anticipation

James A. Cress

Changes in the Ministerial Association

Changes in the Ministerial Association

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The suicide of a teenager: a pastoral response

Andrew J. Weaver, John D. Preston

The signs of possible suicide, the struggle for those left behind, and handling suicide's stigma

The signs of possible suicide, the struggle for those left behind, and handling suicide's stigma

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Suicide affects us all

Marty Thurber

Patterns of speech and behavior indicating possible suicide and possible responses

Patterns of speech and behavior indicating possible suicide and possible responses

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Should Adventists consider evolution?

Ronald L. Carter

Aspects of evolutionary and scientific thought that the minister needs to understand and how they may be responded to

Aspects of evolutionary and scientific thought that the minister needs to understand and how they may be responded to

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Preparing the funeral

Drexel C. Rankin

Creating a personal information base for use in funeral preparation and how to use that resource

Creating a personal information base for use in funeral preparation and how to use that resource

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The heart of historicism

Hans K. LaRondelle

What is the central thrust of the historicist approach to biblical prophecy and how may it be effectively utilized, especially in the light of Christ

What is the central thrust of the historicist approach to biblical prophecy and how may it be effectively utilized, especially in the light of Christ

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The General Conference meets in St. Louis: a historic milepost

John M. Fowler

A reflection on the meaning of the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

A reflection on the meaning of the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

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Letters to the Editor

Faith and scienceThe article on faith and science(March 2005) led me to think thatthere would be a step toward resolutionof the conflict between scientific and literalistbiblical views of creation. Thearticle offered no such resolution.The inspired writer of Genesis…

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James A. Cress

The 58th Session of the General Conference (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) came along and moved the issue of women in church leadership dramatically forward without the topic of ordination even becoming a debate.