Arnold Kurtz
Arnold Kurtz, Ph.D., is professor of church leadership and administration, Andrews University Theological Seminary, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Review of Basic Principles in Approaching Non-Adventists: Part III—The Rules of Correct Approach
Brethren, we have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go in our approach to non-Adventists.
Review of Basic Principles in Approaching Non-Adventists: PART II—The Right Approach
In the story of the Transfiguration the climaxing sentence reads, "And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only." Those two words, "Jesus only," provide the answer. Those two words are symbolic of the spirit that actuated the early church, and are a prophetic symbol of the spirit of the last-day church.
Review of Basic Principles in Approaching Non-Adventists*: Part 1—The Human Relations Factor
If we are to get the truth to people, we must first get through to people. I think that our greatest problems as a church and as individuals lie in the field of human relations. A talk given at a ministers and doctors' retreat.
EVANGELISTIC OBJECTIVES AND TECHNIQUES: Attractive Metal Tabernacle
a comfortable place for evangelistic meetings
Charles G. Finney—Prototype of the Modern Evangelist
How Finney transformed the whole philosophy and process of evangelism.
"Come Before Winter"— The Sermon with a History
An illustration of the effective use of motive appeals.
Using Illustrations in Preaching
THE great British preacher Charles H. Spurgeon once referred to America's Henry Ward Beecher as the Shakespeare of the nineteenth-century pulpit.1 Doubtless the encomium was in recognition not merely of the rich variety of his gifts, but particularly of a Shakespearean faculty of perceiving all aspects of human life and character, and of presenting these in vivid images to the minds of people. It is generally admitted that no preacher before or since has used the illustration so successfully. . .
A day of mourning
With careful consideration and earnest prayer, churches and pastors often have to make decisions that bring pain to people. How can we keep such necessary tasks from becoming routine and keep alive a sense of sorrow?