Articles by R. L. Klingbeil

Beware of Mechanizing the Bible Study

March 1957

During recent months I have become in­creasingly aware of a special danger that we are facing in a comparatively new phase of missionary endeavor—the presentation of our message by means of projectors and recorders.

That the recorder…

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The Challenge and Dignity of Small Congregations

July 1964

Why is so little said about the glory, the challenge, and the dif­ficulties of work for God in small areas? I think it is a privilege to work in so-called little places. The reasons are numerous. First, no one who has entered the ministry…

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"None of These Diseases"

October 1967

IF THOU wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these dis­eases upon thee, which I have brought…

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The Medical Ministry

November 1968

AT THE beginning of this third article  (see November, 1967, and February, 1968, issues) on the urgent need to install gospel ministers as practitioners of pre­ventive medicine, we can do no better than to listen to the counsel of the Lord.

The…

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Medicine and Religion

February 1968

The title of this article is that of an ad­dress by Charles Hudson, M.D., presi­dent of the AMA, given on the occasion of the centennial of the Battle Creek Sani­tarium. I borrowed it because it serves as a fitting introduction to some remarks…

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Lay Medical Evangelism and the Final Crisis

February 1960

I WISH to tell you that soon there will be no work done in ministerial lines but medical missionary work."—Counsels on Health, p. 533.

For some time these words have been ringing in my ears and giving me cause for serious…

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Needed---Emphasis on Prevention, Not Cure!

January 1971

WHY is it, that you as a minister and theologian are so involved in the promotion of physical fitness? Is not this area rather far removed from theology?"

These questions were asked of a professor from Union Theological Seminary on…

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