H. L. Rudy

The study of modern religious move­ments calls for a clear understanding of terms. This is becoming more and more necessary in the field of Christianity, or rather, in Christian churches. Beginning with the primitive…

With the breakdown of the capitalist order during the past twenty years, the whole social structure of the mod­ern world is undergoing a process of change invoking a new relation between society and the individual, and…

The great settlement of the Roman question on February II, 1929, consisted of three parts : (I) a political treaty, (2) a financial convention, and (3) a concordat. These different agreements as incorporated in the Lateran Treaties, were…

After the World War, Italy experienced a complete change in its system of gov­ernment. Socialism grew so rapidly at first that it was estimated that one third of the population had gone "Red" by 1920. The organization of Don Sturzo's Catholic…

The real purpose for the appointment of Myron C, Taylor to the Vatican is grad­ually appearing on the surface of actual fact. The Christian Century's clear-thinking editor has unveiled Mr. Taylor's Mission in the fol­lowing terse…

Many are the ways in which Israel is affected by the times. There is, for instance, the increasing confusion in moral standards. God has given His moral law to be observed by intelligent beings. Men, including so-called…

Thirty-Three years ago a group of American churchmen organized what is now well known as the Federal Council of Churches. After a period of precarious ex­istence, with the usual ups and downs of an organization of that…

Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine." I Tim. 4:16.

In his admonition to Timothy, the apostle Paul couples the person of the messenger with the teaching, or the message, itself. 'Heed" is to be…

During this spring meeting of the General Conference Committee, two very significant statements have been made in relation to the building up of the work of God. The one has come from the president of the General Conference, in which he stressed…

As a people, Seventh-day Adventists have come to a great and decisive moment in their history. The glory of the message that God has given them is being recog­nized by the world in a man­ner not experienced in the past. Several factors have…

A TASTE of the last judgment was experienced by all those who witnessed the events on the Day of Pentecost as related in Acts 2:1-41. On that day the Holy Spirit caused both separation and decision. Some received the Holy Spirit;…

The pulpit stands for more than preaching. If Christ was the perfect example in His ministry, then the preachers today have much to learn. Jesus taught His disciples. Even His preaching was pedagogical. Infinite lessons of truth…

Multitude is the old word for people or public. We use it here because  we wish to remind ourselves constantly of Christ, the Master Teacher, of whom it is written: "Seeing the multitudes, . . . He opened His mouth, and…

The glorious privilege of be­ing a preacher of the gospel of salvation is aptly pointed up by the apostle Paul. He termed himself "a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God" (Rom. 1:1).

To…

During the century of the Reformation and for several centuries following, Lutherdom and the more radical Calvinism held tenaciously to the distinctive name "Catholic." Later on, however, the newer German Protestantism ap­plied the name "Catholic"…

In His ministry for lost humanity and for His chosen apostles, Christ kept three great objectives uppermost:

1. He sought to establish reconciliation and friendship between God the Father and the sinner.

2.…

When the Papacy entered into volun­tary captivity in 1870, it did so partly as a protest against the claims of the Italian government and partly because the time had come for it to adjust itself definitely to the revolutionary…

The theme for study on this special occasion is chosen from 1 Chronicles 12:32, which reads: "Of the children of Issa­char, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads…