Herbert E. Douglass

Herbert E. Douglass, Th.D. (retired), lives in Lincoln Hills, California.

General Semantics and the Pastor

Part three of our exploration of the minister and words.

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General Semantics and the Pastor

Part II of why pastors should study words.

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Cities of Prophecy

Our adventure through old Babylon.

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Significant World Trends (Part II)

An address given at the Southern New England minis­terial council, January, 1962.

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Significant World Trends

An address given at the Southern New England ministerial council, January, 1962.

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God Does Not Play Word Games

God does not play word games when He goes about saving men. The issue has always been faith that attitude on man's part that trusts God and acts accordingly. The opposite of faith is rebellion. The rebel does not trust God; consequently, he does not obey Him at least willingly and is forever looking for ways to justify himself when he chooses not to obey Him. . .

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The Essence of New Testament Preaching (Conclusion)

PAUL is direct and clear sermons are born, not from within but from above. "We too believe, and so we speak" (2 Cor. 4:13). 1 Preaching is not a matter of giving all you've got within you. Such is not the work of an ambassador whose solemn task is to deliver personally a message for his king, or of a herald whose task is to make an official announcement. . .

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The Essence of New Testament Preaching (Part I)

WHAT was the nature of New Testament preaching that called forth the power and glory of New Testament faith? How is authentic New Testament preaching distinguished from a religious lecture or an impassioned exhortation? What should one expect of a sermon? What is its purpose? How should the preacher under stand his own relationship to the sermon? What is the "truth" that is to be proclaimed?

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Hooks—or No Hooks

The Adventist health-care system is to be different from other health-care systems.

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