D. A. Delafield

An evangelist is described in Macmillan's Modern Dictionary as "an enthusiast or a revivalist." In this same dictionary an enthusiast is presented as "one who is very zealous or intensely eager (in support…

In Honolulu we conduct a regular paid Sunday morning broadcast. This half-hour program provides an avenue for release of the special truths held by Seventh-day Adventists to an audience of thousands of listeners throughout…

When I rushed into the studio of station KGU, Honolulu, about nine o'clock on the morning of December 7—that morning now so famous for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor—I put this question to the excited announcer: "Are we going to be on…

Recently I visited the First Baptist Church in our city. The pastor enlarged upon Jesus' invitation recorded in Matthew II: 28-3o. His sermon was evangelistic through and through. At the close he made a.quiet but posi­tive…

I like to preach with the Bible in my hand.

"As you take the Bible in your hands, remem­ber that . . . angels are around you, and could your eyes be opened, you would behold them."—Fundamentals of Christian Education, p.…

The hungry soul of man, craving recognition, responds to the sound of his own name. Just to feel that we are known is good. Man is intensely interested in himself. Show someone a group photograph and first of all he looks for himself. Display…

Most preachers and church members will agree with me when I say that it is a disgrace the way some pastors and local elders make a wastebasket and a "catch all" out of the church pulpit. Stacks of promotion and campaign material too often…

Every preacher since the days of the first prophet has been interested in getting an audience—the bigger audience the better. Isaiah 28 :23 says "Give ye ear, and hear my voice ; hearken, and hear my speech." This is what preachers…

The old-fashioned Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting answered as much to our un­derstanding of an evangelistic effort as does one of our modern camp meetings. At these gatherings, frequently held in large cities, the believers would congregate…

After a minister has served in a church, a conference, or an institution for a certain length of time, he may become restive and uneasy about his future. Men will feel this way when they receive no calls to connect with the work in other…

Five hundred Seventh-day Adventists is a sizeable portion of the total church membership of the Washing­ton, D.C.-Takoma Park area. This figure is only slightly higher than the number of persons who completed the Prophetic Guidance Course…

The plan of salvation pro­vides for the resurrection of all men. "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22). The physical resurrection of the human race will be one of the greatest of God's works. The…

Not everyone can live comfortably with his conscience, but the apostle Paul seemed to, and most of the time he enjoyed the associa­tion.

When the apostle appeared be­fore the chief priests and council in Jerusalem to answer…

In the year 1900 Ellen G. White wrote with a touch of sadness about the "influence of . . . older church members" who failed to practice the truth and whose in­fluence, she said, would certainly "leaven those newly come to the faith"…

Webster defines soporific as "causing or tending to cause sleep." The word is a compound word coming from the Latin sopor, meaning "a heavy sleep," plus the Latin word facere, meaning "to make." In other words,…

THE first lady of Amer­ica, Mrs. Lyndon John­son, is seeking ways for us to beautify America. She would like to take the slum sections out of our great cities and see magnificent public and commercial buildings erected. To see more flowers,…

"AND who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4 : 14).

We find in God's Book several stories of women in crises. Some­times the feminine role is played in the setting of a personal experience.…

 KATHARINE, the wife of Martin Luther, rushed into his study where the Reformer sat in gloomy introspection one day and declared, "God is dead!" She did this to awaken the great man to a realization that his worries were as unrea­sonable…

The announcing and use of gospel songs and hymns during sacred services is an aspect of the ministry that needs attention. One illustration will help to explain. The elder rises impulsively during the last song of the eleven o'clock service…

THE need for more expository sermons anchored in the scripture text, highly informative, and preached in the power of the Holy Spirit is sometimes painfully apparent. Such sermons should be heard by audiences attending our evangelistic meetings…

I WOULDN'T exchange a lifetime for the next five years."

Give Billy Graham credit for those lines! The popular evangelist based his remarks upon trends set in motion by the exciting developments of the 1960's---the tragedy of a world…

A Lutheran theologian, Ainos John Traver, de livered an address recently at Hamma Divinity School in Springfield, Ohio, in which he declared, "The current situation demands that the church train its ministry in writing as well as public…

WHEN Ellen White began her work as the Lord's special messenger to the remnant she under stood that her divine commission included "much more than the word 'prophet' signifies" (Selected Messages, book 1, p. 32).

She wrote…

IT ALL began one morning during chapel exercises on the campus of Pacific Union College in the fall of 1932. I saw a young lady standing near me who didn't have a songbook. So I handed her one. A year later we were married. It doesn't take…

PART II

It is a wonderful thing to be burdened down with a passion for lost sinners. Mrs. E. G. White described the Spirit- filled burden bearer in the work of God "as a cart [that] is pressed that is full of sheaves." Amos…

PART I

The commendable goal of a doubled church membership is being held before us. We have been asked to double our membership during the present quadrennium. We ought individually to take seriously this objective and work as…

AS WE do our best to develop a suitable answer to the question, Should the words "God Almighty" be "coupled together"? let us make this point at the outset. Reverence and respect in approaching God in worship, particularly in the use of His…

ONE Sabbath afternoon my wife and I were visiting in the home of Adventist friends discussing the relative impact of the Spirit of Prophecy writings upon the church and upon the world outside the church. Robert H. Pierson, who was present…

Some sermons should never be preached. Most of these can be categorized under the following Latin titles:

1. The ad hominem variety. The Latin words mean "appealing to a person's feeling or prejudices rather than his intellect."…

CELEBRATE the American Bicentennial in your church in 1976 by fol lowing the Annual Council recommendation to study the book The Story of Our Health Message, by D. E. Robinson. Through this program you can help prepare your…

"Dear  Brethren  and  Sisters:  The treasury in the Poor Fund, consisting of clothes,  et  cetera,  for  those  in  need,  is nearly  exhausted.  And  as  there  are cases  of  destitution continually arising, and  one  new  one…

* A chapter from the book Angel Over Her Tent by D. A. Delafield.

God had a special purpose for Ellen Harmon's life. She would represent Him to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In both the Old and New…

IN THIS brief article I wish to stress the vital role of the Word of God as a means of grace, and explain the relationship of the Spirit of Prophecy to God's Word. The following passage from the pen of Ellen G. White is relevant:

I…

"Confess your faults ["sins," R.S.V. and N.E.B.] one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16).

In volume 7 of the SDA Bible Commentary,…

Physical Habits and Spirituality

THROUGHOUT Ellen G. White's writings fascinating gems of truth appear. Interesting relationships develop between the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual nature of the human being. Very few…

A FEW years ago a small group of young people—including several young Jews from prominent families—became Seventh-day Adventists. Their first contacts were with a friend of theirs who was not a Seventh-day Adventist but who had been impressed…

IT WAS ten minutes of seven Wednes day night, January 19. Already hundreds of interested people had begun to fill the seats in the big Sligo church. This was the third Testimony Count down II class, and I was a bit apprehen…

In the book of Daniel a mysterious person known as "Palmoni," or "the numberer of secrets" (identified by some scholars with Christ) is introduced. He is indeed the Wonderful Numberer. (See Daniel 8:13, margin.) Only one with enormous…

Michael Faraday, the renowned English chemist and physicist (1791-1867), once occupied a full hour in fascinating demonstrations of electromagnetic force before a learned society of London. There was thunderous applause at the conclusion…

As I climbed the stairs to the little apartment, I heard the strains of the old song, "Lift up the trumpet and loud let it ring, Jesus is coming again!" I was on my way to visit Isaac V. Counsell, a 93-year-old retired General Conference…

Retired workers, especially preachers, retire with either strong anticipation of happy times ahead or with discomfort and fear of the unknown. Without official status and position, they become conscious of a paucity…