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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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