Wayne Hooper

When a minister speaks to a congregation, he measures his sermon by the attention accorded his words and by the negative or posi­tive reaction which he receives, as recorded in the faces of the hearers. I have also found this to be a comparatively…

Salesmanship is a fine art. Some things have to be advertised. Some articles must be demonstrated. And others sell themselves. In an evangelistic program we must use every method within our grasp to convince the audience that they came to…

Yes—for several reasons.

1. Some of the hymns in our present hymnal are passed over because they are not singable because of such problems as (a) awkward melodic leaps, (b) difficult rhythmic patterns, (c) no place to breathe, (d)…

Q. Why do we need a new hymnal, or do we? Tell us, briefly, the history of this project how it started.

A. About fifteen years ago…

When it comes to hymn singing, most of us are afraid of that little word new. If a leader announces an unfamiliar hymn we tend to think, Oh, it will be too difficult, or I wont like it! (We usually like what we know, and know what we like.)…

Most of us learned early how to use the Bible. We learned to say the books of the Bible in order so we could easily turn to a text. I remember in the junior Sabbath school the games we played in which we would see who could be the quickest…

Even though a number of years have gone by, I still have a clear mind's eye video, in full color and stereo hi-fi, of H.M.S. Richards preaching. Standing before a capacity crowd, he dramatically weaves into his sermon…

For 58 years I have been a more-than-casual observer of preaching. As a A career minister of music, it has been my privilege to sing for, sit behind, say amen to, and analyze the style of scores of evangelists, pastors, teachers, lecturers,…