Reger Smith, Jr.

Reger Smith, Jr. was an associate director of communication for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists at the time of this writing.

Articles by Reger Smith, Jr.

The Gateway Experience

May 2013

Mission to the cities” describes a call to proclaim the everlasting gospel to more than 650 cities worldwide.Along with this call, though, is the question,…

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An Ancient Description of Modernism

September 1928

Modernism may be described as a modern way of looking at all the great facts and problems of Christianity. Modernists usually admit that there may be no real finality about their view of things; all they care for is that they shall…

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Forward and Upward

October 1929

Regular Visitation

By A.D. Bohn

During the first four years of my ministry I spent a large part of my time organizing new companies of be­lievers in small cities and villages. The membership of these…

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Forward and Upward

May 1929

Training Leaders

By C.B. Haynes

There was a time when Jesus was in need of helpers, and it is interesting to note how He obtained them. He went in search of them, He found them, He…

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Three Schools of Prophetic Interpretation

September 1939

There are three leading systems of prophetic interpretation current in the reli­gious world. Each of these systems has many eminent advocates, and each group, of course, thinks its own system to be the only correct…

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Connect Science With Scripture

July 1939

In this day and age of the dominance of the evolution theory, it is encumbent upon the minister to know not only his Bible, but the scientific evidence that assuredly supports the Word. From the many statements in the writings of Ellen G.…

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Adventism and Creation Problem

March 1940

We are all familiar with the language of Revelation 14:7, and we contend from its phrasing that in the last days of human history there will be an evangelical message given to all the world to call people back to the worship of the Creator.…

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What is the Chistian's Best Strategy?

September 1941

The terms "strategy" and "tactics" are in constant use in military circles. And as we have many examples in the New Testa­ment of military figures of speech, we may be permitted to ask ourselves here, What is the church's…

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Relativity and Pantheism

April 1941

Everyone associates Professor Einstein with the theory of relativity, though few know what the theory is about, except that it is a mathematical statement concerning certain aspects of physics and astronomy. Most…

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Scientific Evidences of the Flood

May 1947

I. INTRODUCTION.

In approaching study of earth's past history, we should do so in the spirit of a coroner holding an inquest. By doing so we cannot fail to reach conclusion that earth at some time in the past must have experienced…

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"In the Beginning"

March 1947

I. INTRODUCTION.

"Behold your God !" Isa. 40:9.

"Worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Rev. 14:7. This expression equivalent to Greek kosmos, or universe. Object of this…

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The Bible and Nature

February 1947

Among the varied ways in which God reveals Himself to man, the Bible and the book of nature are outstanding. "Next to the Bible, nature is to be our great lesson book." —Testimonies, vol. 6, p.

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A Noble Experiment

August 1948

During the months of March and April of this year the Eugene Leland Memorial Hospital, Riverdale, Maryland, presented a series of lectures each Sunday evening for six weeks. These meetings were…

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Bulletin Board Advertising

August 1948

On one of my first appointments in this work I found myself in a strange district with churches that had no identification what­soever. I shall never forget the feeling that came over me when I went about looking…

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Youth Congresses and Evangelism

December 1948

It is not necessary for me to write at length in behalf of the Adventist youth of the world field, for they are already speaking for them­selves. Since the first North American Youth's Congress held in San Francisco in September…

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Buddhism and Its Teachings

December 1948

Buddhism had its beginning in India. An Indian prince, Gautama, lived in India about 560 to 480 B.C. (Exact dates are uncer­tain.) For six years he wandered in search of the secret of human life, and the cause…

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How Old Is the Earth?

December 1948

When scientifically educated men talk about the great age of the earth and about the conflict of this idea with the teachings of the Bible, they are not referring to the age of the substance, or mass, of the earth…

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Give a Message—Leave a Message

December 1948

Every missionary contact by one of God's evangels, whether minister or layman, should point some soul to the distinctive mes­sage which only the Seventh-day Adventists proclaim. After the first verbal message is de­livered, it is always wise…

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Put marriage on your checkup list

November 1979

 

Many people conscientiously get an annual physical checkup to head off possible health problems. The yearly date with the tax collector provides a check point for re viewing family finances. Car owners make sure that a car doctor…

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One pastor, many churches

August 2006

The megachurch grabs headlines in most parts of today’s world—the media-savvy pastor with a large staff serving congregations of 10,000 to 20,000 attendees, the huge, well-equipped sanctuary (arena in some cases),…

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Star Showers

August 1933

"In the February 'Ministry,' in an article by George McCready Price, I read the following statement: 'So it is now safe to say that this theory of a thirty-three-year period is now ef­fectually exploded.' Since our teachers in as­tronomy…

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The Next Step

October 1932

(Bottom Half needs re-scanning)

Long have we as Adventists been looking forward to what we familiarly call the "loud cry." By this term we mean a period in our work when certain truths which…

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Interviewing Young People

January 1945

Some Christian workers "inspire interviews " and rejoice in them. To others, the task of counseling young people is far more duty than de­light.

It is not to be expected that every minister or pastor should be a technically qualified…

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Moffatt's Unwarranted Liberties

December 1936

Moffatt's Unwarranted Liberties

Prof. James Moffatt's translation of the Old Testament, we find a part of verse 4 of Genesis 2 lifted out of its place, and inserted (with a strange translation) at the beginning…

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The Small Beginnings of the Evolution Theory No. 1

August 1934

The old story about the camel that wanted to get its nose inside the tent has been used many times to illustrate the compara­tively insignificant beginnings of enormous evils. But it will do no harm to use it again to…

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Beginnings of the Evolution Theory No. 2

September 1934

The tedious discussions about species and  their origin have always been relatively mere side issues. The leading idea of the evo­lution theory is that it professes to give us a genuine history of the slow development…

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A Confession of Scientific Faith

July 1930

A Confession of Scientific Faith

By George McCready Price

The position of Seventh-day Adventists as to materialism, geology, and evolution should be clearly defined and uniformly understood. It may be…

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Vital Problems to Be Mastered

February 1931

There is no possible doubt on the part of an enlightened Seventh-day Adventist that the present-day evolu­tionary philosophy is the great apos­tasy of the last days, and that it is this philosophy which sets the stage (in America,…

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The Problem of Hybridization

April 1931

Whenever Adventists in groups get to discussing questions of nat­ural science and religion, sooner or later the question is raised, "What about that statement in the Testimo­nies which speaks of the amalgamation…

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Are Museum Specimens Faked?

May 1941

The cartoon reproduced on this page slyly conveys the impression that museum speci­mens of fossils are "faked," or manufactured for the occasion. But this is not often the case. Hence it would be a mistake for any Adventist minister to take…

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No Falling Stars in 1932

February 1933

The astronomers have again been disap­pointed; for the predicted display of Leonid meteors again failed to appear, just as they failed to appear in 1899. And accordingly the great display of 1833 now stands out with all the more distinctness…

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Creation and the Flood

September 1931

Until the last ten or twenty years the most common form of apologetics regarding the first chapter of Genesis was to regard the "days" of creation as very long periods of time, corresponding to the hypothetical…

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Reaction on the Age of the Universe

June 1932

I admit that modern science is subject to vogues, and that usually these fleeting scientific fashions are based on some exaggerated view of recent discov­eries. We all know the vogue of immense periods of time which has…

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Knowledge Versus Faith

December 1935

How much knowledge of truth must one have in order to be saved? I mean, how com­prehensive an understanding of God's dealings with mankind and of His plans for the indi­vidual and for the race in the future, must a person…

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