Roy Gane

The setting of the book of Leviticus lies within the Israelites’ epic journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the land that the Lord had prom­ised them (Lev. 1:1; 7:38; 26:46; 27:34). God provided this…

Fortune 500 companies to media firms to major faith communities are asking this question with interest: “What does it take to engage with the Millennial generation?”¹ The North American Division…

A Truthful Ministry

By L.H. Christian

We say we preach the Truth, and we may spell it with a capital " T." That is all right, but we should also have the truth that is spelled with an ordi­nary " t."…

Because the ordinances of the Christian church are so closely connected with the great gift of a loving Father to His earthly children, and because they commemorate the matchless love of a Saviour who held back naught…

Because there has been indicated, by the votes cast in many places in the United States, a decided trend away from legal pro­hibition of the use of intoxicating liquors, many have felt that the temperance cause has re­ceived a fatal blow.…

Every pastor and evangelist is at times con­fronted fronted with the problem of assisting a believer in arranging for exemption from work­ing on the Sabbath while retaining his position. While the direct command of God,…

We welcome these very practical suggestions on the small hall effort, prepared by one of our aggres­sive colored evangelist interns, and personally illus­trated by him—Editor.

In some…

I always found modeling clay to be a disappointment. Don’t get me wrong. I loved the vibrant colors, the shapable glob, and the fun machines that could squish it out as ovals, hearts, stars, even as stringy hair to be cut with plastic barber…

Our experience in the Pacific Union has demonstrated the fact that broadcasting the message by radio is one of the greatest and most prolific sources of contact, not only with the rank and file of the people, but with people in the upper…

It is sometimes a real problem for a white worker to determine what he should say when he is asked to speak to an audience of colored people. How can he best bridge the gulf to a common understanding, get into the good graces of his hearers,…

The appointment by the President of the United States of Myron C. Taylor as his personal representative to the Vatican was probably the event that most directly prompted the holding of the interdenomina­tional religious-liberty conference…

Better start packing up, for we will soon be going places," I remarked to my wife when news of the Pearl Harbor disaster was first received over the radio. As an officer in the Medical Corps of the United States Naval…

Desire to arrest and engage the at­tention of one's hearers or readers is laudable. Every worker, yes, every child of God, should have as his aim in life the giving of the gospel…

The newspaper public doubtless consti­tutes one of our greatest potential audi­ences. It has been observed that this is the only medium which has complete and as­sured coverage of our urban population.…

In the 1943 Ministerial Reading Course vol­ume entitled "Principles of Church Organ­ization and Administration," by Oliver Mont­gomery, the work of the Religious Liberty Department is recognized as a part of the "evangelistic" branch of denominational…

At the beginning of the nineteenth century it was generally believed that the drinking of alcoholic liquors was essential to health, but gradually there came an awakening to the evils of drink. Scientific enlightenment…

Forty-six years ago the Lord gave this message to the Battle Creek church through Ellen G. White: "The test of -d'scipleship is not brought to bear as closely as it should be upon those who present them­selves for baptism."—"Testimonies…

In recent weeks here at the Mountain Sanitarium we have had the privilege of seeing gratifying results in the united efforts of the medical and spiritual forces of the institution. Three patients are now keeping the Sabbath.…

A great deal of concern is being felt by many leaders of Protestant churches in the United States concerning demands being made in certain quarters that the Pope be given a prominent place at the peace table. It is com­mon, of course, for…

In the attempt to make all our efforts, whether of an evangelistic or of a pastoral nature, effec­tive in the communities in which our workers may labor, one point seems often to be overlooked—the establishing of friendly contacts with men…

Every doctrine that we preach is freighted with importance. When the Adventist minis­ter enters the rostrum, he is not there simply to "occupy" the hour, as many modern preachers are content to do. His task is not merely to "fill" the pulpit,…

To most ministers there come unpleasant experiences, incidents that they would gladly forget. Sometimes these are merely embar­rassing. Sometimes they are more serious and leave lasting sorrows. One of the latter kind happened to me in the…

A few weeks ago a Seventh-day Adventist man past middle age who was visiting Florida was taken to a hospital suffering from a severe heart attack. The doctor who examined him gave no hope. But the nurse on duty ob­served SDA on his admission…

Harold Lindsell, in Christianity Today, has raised the question, "Is Seventh-day Adventism evangelical?" His article and the decision of the editors to publish it indicate the Christian world is not dismissing Seventh-day Adventism…

[Every denomination produces at some time a preacher's preacher—one who can inspire and guide fellow ministers. Such a man was Carlyle B. Haynes. Who of us has not been blessed by the overflowing of his rich life? Author of some forty…

For the last six years I have been seriously pondering the questions: Do visual aids be long or do they not? Are they in or out? Are they cumbersome to the evangelist or are they effective? Do visual aids weaken the impact of this message…

ANY lack of good rapport between min­isters and laymen naturally inhibits the program of the church. In seeking the reason for such a situation both ministers and laymen should be willing to examine themselves. Of course, it may be that our…

[Our recent correspondence on retirement problems has brought this reply from a respected doctor. The author has served this cause in various capacities, including a staff appointment at the College of Medical Evangelists. At an age when…

Every working member of God's church loves to see and hear of people being baptized into the full gospel! This is the high light of every Seventh-day Adventist minister and lay member.

However, the mode of baptism is some­times very…

ADVENTIST medicine got off to a good start in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Aided by advanced concepts in the realms of nu­trition, sanitation, and hy­giene, combined with a per­sonal relationship to God that transcended the…

Battles have been lost, property destroyed, and homes broken up by failures in communication. In a broad sense, to communicate means more than the conveyance of a message. It implies identi­fication, sympathy, under­standing with and of another;…

WE HEAR innumerable pleas for balance and symmetry. But like most other theories symmetry does not always perform all the wonders we expect, simply because we do not realize the rather unsymmetrical process by which symmetry comes to be.…

AFTER the division council in Davao City, I decided to conduct an evangelistic effort in response to the challenge given by Robert H. Pierson, president of the General Conference.

A few months before the start of the series, I was…

Some time ago I heard about a man who lived in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. His home was on a little piece of land situated on a rocky mountainside. He and his wife and children lived in an old log cabin lacking most of the modern-day facilities.…

Have you ever tried being your own mother-in-law?

For the next 15 minutes, suppose that you take your daughter-in-law's place, and see if you like yourself.

Do you remember when you were first married and you didn't quite…

The singing evangelist must be inspired with the highest ideals, which means that he will be willing to pay the price of application and practice. Such a worker soon enters upon the joys of leadership. There is no joy to be compared with…

More than 3,000 churches of all denominations, in large cities and small towns, built of stone and wood, felt the ravages of fire in a recent typical twelve-month period.

Our national fire loss total, property-wise, averages out…

The need for a special denominational system of education was early recognized by the pioneers of the message; hence in 1874 an Educational Society was organized, and a brick building of three stories erected in Battle Creek. In its first…

HERE are five brief suggestions that have made a contribution to this objective in our home:

1. Help him to develop a personal library of Spirit of Prophecy books. A personal library, in addition to creating pride…

THE old-fashioned pastor, who traveled on horseback and spent much of his time in necessary physical exercise, was probably in much better health than the minister of today who spends a great deal of his time in sedentary activities involving…

JANUARY 1 to April 30, 1965, was the first union-wide organized drive to promote the erection of roadside and church grounds identification signs in the Southern Union. The program involved a four fold effort:

1. Registration of Adventist…

Fifty- five years ago the Lord gave this message to the Battle Creek church through Ellen G. White: "The test of discipleship is not brought to bear as closely as it should be upon those who present themselves for baptism."—Testimonies…

THE layman was reading with "proper" flourish and comment the promise of Isaiah 58, made to those who deal their "bread to the hungry" and to others who "bring the poor that are cast out" to their homes. There was in the chapter a very real…

For the past two years the publishing leaders and the colporteurs of the Pacific Union have been trying to develop a plan whereby the colporteurs can cooperate more definitely with the home missionary department, the pastor, and the local…

Since the last General Conference session the Publishing Department of the General Conference has been emphasizing the important place that the colporteur occupies in a great forward, aggressive, evangelistic program. Our colporteur evangelists…

The "Old Mother Hubbard" Sermon

THERE are three types of sermons that have been imposed on patient congregations times without number.

The most common one that comes to mind is the "Old Mother Hubbard" discourse. I take…

It is my conviction that a fitting appreciation of citizenship in the municipality, the county, the State, the nation in which one lives, will manifest itself in a proper contribution to all civic activities, in a full recognition of a…

RECENTLY, after the division council in Davao City, I decided to conduct an evangelistic effort in response to the challenge given by Robert H. Pierson, president of the General Conference.

For a few months before the beginning of…

SOME time ago a religious journal ran a series of intriguing articles under the general title, "If I Were a Minister." Every article was written by a layman whose privilege it was to "sit under" a particular preacher Sunday by Sunday. Ministers…

SUPPOSE from the time your children are old enough to sit up, they are snatched away from you for three or four hours a day by a powerful sorcerer. This sorcerer is a story-teller and spinner of dreams. He plays enchanting music. He is an…

Is it possible that Jesus crucified the Sabbath? Many Christians draw that conclusion from the fol lowing passage: "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing…

A deacon in the church I pastored was nicknamed by his colleagues at the newspaper as "Dr. Death" because his job was to update biographical files on 500 prominent people just in case one should suddenly die and the…

The historical-critical method is one way of interpreting the Bible, regarding which there is significant division among Adventist scholars.

Is it possible to develop a framework of understanding within which differences can be profitably…

I have been conducting Bible studies with a handful of children at my church’s elementary school. They are preparing for baptism and, despite the fact that the group ranges from third-graders to seventh-graders (which presents a number of…

Editor’s note: Dr. Roger Dudley is the director of the Institute of Church Ministry at Andrews University as well as professor emeritus of Christian ministry. For more than 50 years, Dudley has devoted his ministry and research to understanding…

We often hear that God's perfect love is best expressed in the Greek word agape while earthly love is best summed up with the word phileo. Is this true, or just an idea made prominent in sermons,…

Americans are expressing renewed interest in spiritual things. As Modernism has proved cold and unsatisfying, the present generation has begun looking for spiritual sustenance or emotional meaning elsewhere,…

Many Christians believe that when the Old Covenant of the Old Testament gave way to the New Covenant of the New Testament, Old Covenant law became obsolete² and therefore literal Sabbath observance as it…

Editor’s note: In part one that appeared in January 2008, the author affirmed that salvation is by grace through faith alone and not by works of the law. While keeping God’s law cannot save one who has already broken it, a sinner who…

 I recently sat through a very troubling talk. The speaker,…

In a court of law, a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. In the court of public opinion, a person accused of a crime is often presumed guilty without a careful review of the facts.

In 1980 Ellen…

Accusations of plagiarism often fly when similarity of wording is noted between two authors. This was the case in the late 1970s when Walter Rea discovered similarities in writing between Ellen G. White and the life…

It starts out innocently enough. A pastor is sitting in his office when a parishioner phones him. It turns out that he knows the campaign manager who works on behalf of a woman campaigning for a county board seat.…

It has been 25 years since the Los Angeles Times published a story under the headline, “Plagiarism Found in Prophet Books,” and since Walter Rea published The White Lie.It’s been nearly 20 years…

Editor’s note: Religious freedom and the relationship of church and government has been discussed and debated for many years. This article is an adaptation of a sermon preached to a Baptist congregation in the United States. It is our…

Editors Note: This article was adapted from a discourse of Christ-centered preaching delivered during the “H. M. S. Richards Lectureship on Preaching” at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs,…

Calling encompasses a concept normally associated with ministry. As Ken Crawford argued so persuasively in his article “Descending Into Administration,”* pastoral ministry is indeed a high calling. The biblical…

Editor's note: This article addresses a critical issue from the perspective of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and primarily in the context of North America. We believe, though, that similar challenges exist…

“Righteousness by faith” is foundational to the biblical concept of salvation. In Romans 3:21–26, Paul states that God reveals His righteous and just character not only through His law, but also when He extends mercy…

In one text, Romans 4:11, the words "sign" and "seal" are used interchangeably. In many other instances the word "sign" is used where the word "seal" would be inadmissible. Contrariwise, other texts using the word "seal"…

By Clifton L. Taylor

Last summer, on entering upon the  pastorate of a city church, I found that the young people of the church were drifting out of touch with our people, forming friendships and seek­ing amusement…

The art of introducing a speaker to an audience is one that should be studied by every gospel worker. Certain well-defined principles need to be understood. To make a successful introduction, one should not depend upon ex­temporaneous speech.…

Do we as seventh-day Adventists abstain from swine's flesh from physio­logical or theological reasons?

The distinction between clean and unclean animals is recognized in the first book of the Bible (Gen.…

Every minister, whether acting as local or engaged in a special evangelistic effort, should become acquainted with the municipal authorities of the city in which he labors. I have found that a visit to the office of the…

It is doubtless within the realm of exact truth to state that every social worker has been impressed with the variety of evils that spring from broken homes. Ignorance, pov­erty, and crime flourish best when the barriers…

The Minister as Spiritual Adviser to the Imprisoned

Requests have been registered for men fitted by special training and ex­perience to give competent counsel on prison and reformatory…