Bernard E. Seton

Bernard E. Seton, before his retirement, served as an associate secretary of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Articles by Bernard E. Seton

Study The Books!

August 1962

There was a day, which still may be with us, when we were known as the "people of the Book." It was a day when those who attended our evangelistic services watched in awe as text after text flowed…

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Honest with God

April 1965

Sometime ago a certain bishop was confined to bed for about three months. During his en­forced rest he did some theological thinking and prepared material for a book that has since be­come world famous. The writer is Dr. John A. T. Robinson,…

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How do You Study? (Concluded)

September 1967

Studying to Preach

THE church today, we have decided, lan­guishes from a lack of great preachers. She longs for draughts of living water that will quench her spiritual thirst. That thirst will never be satisfied until her…

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How do you Study?

August 1967

SOME think it strange that we should expect to find anything new in a Book that was com­pleted nearly nineteen hundred years ago. Oth­ers doubt that it is possible to attain the heights reached by Bi­ble students in the past. Some are persuaded…

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Is it time for a new hymnal? (Part II)

April 1981

Yes! No man-made article is eternal, for which we should be thankful, since it enables us to improve each successive model. This philosophy applies to hymnbooks as well as automobiles. Each hymnal has its own self-sustaining life cycle that…

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Planning Communion music

August 1982

Communion is susceptible of meeting many different needs. It is primarily commemorative—"This do in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19). It is also instructional—"This is my body. . . . This is my blood of the new testament" (Matt. 26:26-28).…

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Should our church ordain women? No

March 1985

Many assume that anyone who opposes the ordination of women to the gospel ministry is either a male chauvinist or an oppressed woman who has been brainwashed by decades of male dominance. If so, then this article represents an exception to…

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