Ella M. Rydzewski

Reviewed by Ella M. Rydzewski, editorial assistant, Ministry.

Articles by Ella M. Rydzewski

The World-Love It or Leave It?

August 1988

This is a book every pastor and layperson struggling with the question of standards must read. Dudley takes a look at Christ and culture as it relates to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, using examples from contemporary situations.

Though…

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Reflections on the Gospels

July 1988

This volume of daily devotionals from the Gospels was written by musician John Michael Talbot and includes readings for approximately four months. Talbot carries over in Reflections the message of deep faith and obedience that has…

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Speak up! Christian Assertiveness

May 1988

This small but valuable volume in the
area of personal development was writ
ten by two psychologist-theologian aca
demicians, one from Austin State Uni
versity and the other from Fuller
Theological Seminary's Graduate

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The Unknown Prophet

February 1988

This is a book that deserves close attention in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Five years of thorough research have gone into this biography of a remarkable pioneer in the Ad vent movement. The life of William Foy, a young Black minister…

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Every Woman's Privilege

January 1988

This book is about women taking responsibility for their own spiritual growth. Such growth need not depend on one man (husband) or a group of men, and we need to question any theory that modifies the individual's responsibility toward God.

Gage…

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Struggling with standards-we're not alone

October 1989

In the early 1900s when my grandfather left the peaceful farmland of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, for Michigan, he turned from his Mennonite identity. Gradually, the family's connection with that church dissolved. Discarding cultural standards,…

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The life of prayer

July 1989

In recent years the Catholic Church has seen the growth of a movement that arose from the reforms of Vatican II. Despite obstacles, there is an openness that will not be closed. It is a movement that we can learn from--one that puts prayer…

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The Reincarnation Sensation

March 1989

The Reincarnation Sensation presents its subject from a mainstream Christian perspective. Spreading out from its original roots in Eastern religion, belief in reincarnation finds fertile soil in Western society among those seeking…

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The Addictive Organization

February 1989

All of us work in some type of organization, group, or system and we often see the same patterns of dysfunction in the workplace that are found in homes. As organizational consultants, the authors have worked with many groups, including churches,…

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Companions on the upward journey

December 1990

As I cleaned out the last items from my old family home this spring, I found a rumpled brown sack lying on a bookshelf. When I picked up the sack, the aged paper tore, and three tattered books fell to the floor. I…

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The Selfish Gene

July 1991

Besides being a lecturer in zoology at Oxford University, Dawkins is a witty and clever writer. He also exemplifies subjective science at its worst.

Science as a religion may have found its own concept of original sin in Dawkins'…

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When God Becomes a Drug

July 1993

From Bosnia to the Middle East to Waco, religion wears a violent face. Barbarous actions cause thinking per sons to question the value of Christianity as well as that of other religions. Some Christians solve the dilemma by sacrificing the…

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Prophetess of Health: Ellen G. White and the Origins of Seventh-day Adventist Health Reform

June 1993

In the preface to this revised and enlarged edition of Prophetess of Health, Ronald Numbers claims, "I have tried to be as objective as possible. Thus I have refrained from using divine inspiration as a historical explanation."

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