J.L. Shaw

BY J. L. SHAW

Articles by J.L. Shaw

Five Preachers on the Train

January 1928

" Why do you say ' uh-uh ' between your words when you are speaking in the desk? " asked one preacher, addressing a fellow worker and traveling companion.

"Me! Do you mean me? Do I do that? " replied the preacher addressed, somewhat…

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Spiritualizing Our Money-Raising Plans

July 1928

One of the greatest problems which we as leaders face today is, How can we increase the mission offerings or our people? We are playing up devices and goals to an amazing extent, in the hope of arousing the people…

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A Confidential Survey of Our Situation

July 1933

With reference to the attitude of the Chris­tian world toward the Apocrypha in the early decades of the nineteenth century, it should be remembered that the Apocrypha was included not only in the Catholic Version, but in many Protestant Bibles…

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Our Relation to the Review

May 1934

As the end nears and the message swells into  a loud cry in all the earth, more depends upon our faithful workers. They are the spir­itual guardians of the church. They are the watchmen on the walls. To every minister and worker the Lord…

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The Call of Young Men to the Ministry

January 1933

The greatest need of this age, in the words of Doctor Beven, is a new inoculation of the Bible. He says, "It is the need when our hope 'blood count' is low." This is strikingly true today, for the youth of the world are being inoculated with…

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Maintaining Confidence in a Fear-Distracted World

May 1932

Just now, when the world is filled with fear, it is highly important that our  workers everywhere—in the home, in the church, and among unbelievers—possess and maintain a positive, courageous attitude. Fear ruins business in the world, and…

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Holding Steady in the Present Crisis

April 1933

Through three bitter years of depres­sion the Lord has enabled His serv­ants to hold the lines of His work without a break, but we now seem to have reached the point of supreme test. Everything depends upon the steadiness with which His workers and…

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The Power of the Gospel*

July 1932

The gospel is in verity the power of God unto salvation. It is more than good news, more than what we call the gospel story, more than a statement of truth, more, even, than a plan of salvation. Paul defines the gospel…

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