Norval F. Pease

The following quotation is taken from Moses' farewell address to Israel: "Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul dirgently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from…

THE ministry is a complex calling. First of all, the minister must be an effective preacher of the gospel. In this role he must be well-informed, he must know his Bible, and he must know how to communicate his message. On an equal level with…

THROUGHOUT Christian history God has called men of varying backgrounds to the Christian ministry. He used fishermen like Peter and phi­losophers like Paul. He used an obscure shoe clerk, Dwight L. Moody, and he also used a university-trained…

WORK, play, love, and worship these have been named as the four aspects of a well-balanced life. Our secular society places a great deal of emphasis on the first three. The fourth, worship, is sadly neglected and widely misunderstood. One…

IT IS important for the minister to recognize his responsibility as an interpreter of the Bible. The average parish minister may not have as much knowledge as the specialist in Biblical studies, but he should have sufficient understanding…

The unsolved problem is the basic disturbing factor in human personality. The problem itself may be large or small, but the very fact of its existence produces inner conflicts that engender all sorts of abnormal behavior. It is a well-known…

A preacher must not only understand the gospel himself; he must also know how to preach the gospel so his hearers will understand it.

This is true for several reasons. First, as ministers, we are in danger of taking it for granted…