W. John Cannon
Former Assistant Secretary, Education Department, General Conference
Articles by W. John Cannon
The Scriptural Basis for a Seventh-day Adventist Philosophy of Pastoral Care
July 1956
The term counseling among Seventh-day Adventists is not yet universally accepted, much less a defined concept or philosophy in this field. Scientific research in areas of psychology related to the work…
The Scriptural Basis for a Seventh-day Adventist Philosophy of Pastoral Care
August 1956
The Bible Way of Meeting Fear
Naturally in the search for the antidote for fear the first positive value to claim attention is the value of faith. Fromm directed his patients to expel fear by frantic activity. For two centuries…
The Hospital Chaplaincy
May 1958
It is interesting to notice that Jesus, when He read the lesson in the synagogue on that Sabbath day recorded in Luke, read from Isaiah 61. It outlined His mission as preaching, healing, delivering, restoring, and setting at liberty. In…
Now Is the Time
April 1964
At the entrance of the National Archives building in Washington, D.C., there are four inscriptions. One says, "What is past is prologue," the second, "Study the past," the third, "The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the…
Preacher, What About Your Home?
January 1973
THE cause of God is facing an unprecedented crisis. As we look around us we know beyond any doubt that the dragon is wroth with the woman and is making war with the remnant of her seed. (See Revelation 12:17.) As a matter of fact, he is working…
Save That Home
August 1972
WE ARE living in serious times. World conditions unmistakably declare that time is fast running out! The cup of iniquity is almost full. The desperate need of helpless, hopeless men and women leads them to grasp at straws. The whole creation…
The Call of the Elijah Message
July 1970
SIR, I want help. I am not an Adventist. I am not even a Christian. I have never voluntarily attended a church in my life." So began one of the many thrilling stories experienced during visits of the Columbia Union College Better…