C. Raymond Holmes

WHEN THE preacher-to-be is confronted by God's call to the ministry he must decide whether or not he is willing to accept that office on God's terms. He must be aware of the fact that, from that point on, his entire life does not belong to…

WITH MOST Adventist congregations a prayer meeting is traditionally held each Wednesday evening. Attendance seems to fluctuate. Recent months
witnessed an attendance between 10 to 15 members each week in one Michigan congregation.…

LITTLE did I realize just how important these words would become to me! How desperately I clung to them as the events of 1968-1969 unfolded!

Up until my decision to unite with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in April, 1971, I had…

In the fall of 1970 I arrived on the campus of Andrews University as a Lutheran minister, with ten years of pastoral experience. I came with a critical spirit sharply honed by distressing professional and personal crises. I came to discover…

How do you evangelize a city like Singapore? That question emerged time and time again during the recent seminary extension class I taught at Southeast Asia Union College. There were twenty-seven pastors enrolled in the course; I thought…

On October 2, 1529, two spiritual giants of the Protestant Reformation met face to face for the first time in Marburg, Germany. They met at the invitation of Philip, landgrave of Hesse, in an attempt to reconcile their differences over the…

Previous articles in this series have stressed two foundational concepts, both of which have been stated by Norval Pease in his book "And Worship Him" (Nashville: Southern Publishing Association, 1967). (1) Worship cannot take place without…

What form does worship take in the very splendors of heaven itself within the very presence of God? Revelation 4 and 5 portray to us some aspects. These chapters are replete with liturgical symbols that are material, verbal, and dramatic.…

Seventh-day Adventists have generally viewed the terms liturgy and ritual with deep suspicion, equating them with formalism in worship and a lack of spiritual vitality. However, we need to recognize two vital truths regarding Christian worship…

Twenty-eight years ago a seminary professor said to me, "As preaching goes, so goes the church." His statement began what has become for me a love affair with the homiletic task. With great excitement and determination…

Seventh-day Adventists consider Revelation 14:6, 7 a premier text on worship: "Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth to every nation, tribe, language and people.…

Seventh-day Adventism is experiencing an identity crisis. Ironically, the present confusion is in direct contrast to the confidence of Adventism's pioneers." So states Kenneth R. Samples in an article in Christianity Today. He associates…