Zdravko Stefanovic

Gorden Doss’s book holds the most extensive, inspiring, and deeply…

Our home in Alabama sits near a nature reserve, an area of wilderness or swamp that, because it is the habitat of some endangered animal or plant species, the government believes should be preserved.

One sunny Sunday morning I decided…

According to announcement of procedure appearing in the March  Ministry, all answers received relative to " The Scapegoat and the Atonement " were submitted to a committee of three competent minis­ters [C. P. Bollman, C. S. Longacre, and…

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…

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…

It is my firm conviction that no class of worker has filled a more useful place in the Lord's work in Burma than has the consecrated missionary nurse. In the early days of our work when the evangelist found the people suspicious, skeptical,…

I think all Bible workers will agree that they are in the height of their glory when they are right in the midst of an inspiring and successful evangelistic campaign. Cam­paign work is supposed to be our work pri­marily. But it has fallen…

In the mission field the work must often be begun in ways that may be thought of as indirect evangelism. Village schools offer the opportunity not only of teaching the children, but of getting acquainted with the parents and gaining…

The dictionary definition of the word "preach" is, "Delivering a public discourse on some religious topic. To give earnest advice on religious or moral subjects ; to pro­claim, to publish, to deliver." Thus a preacher…

Under the sixth seal of Revelation 6, four great phenomena of nature were to occur. "There was a great earth­quake ; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven…

I find it very helpful to furnish each of my readers with a small notebook. During each lesson every Bible text is written down, with brief notes to impress certain truths. This little book is theirs to keep. I urge them to review each lesson…

"All Ye Are Brethren"

DUDLEY C. NEWBOLD Chaplain, White Memorial Hospital

Preachers are inclined to have exaggerated opinions of the effectiveness of the weekly sermon in influencing the hearers. Especially is this so if…

The use of black light in evangelism has unique possibilities in our program of world evangelization. It has the quality of being "something new" that attracts the public; it favorably competes with TV, and it makes the material presented…

Baptism is a church ordinance by which the Christian shows his faith in and his accept­ance of the sacrificial, substitutionary death of Jesus on his behalf and in his stead.

It is a symbol and memorial of the death, burial, and resurrection…

PART I

Periodical stocktaking is a necessity in all progressive fields. The more recent the development of any scientific or scholarly field of investigation, the more necessary does such stocktaking become. What is a common place…

The Challenge Before Us--Part 1

ROBERT H. PIERSON President, Southern Asia Division

Perhaps the greatest challenge confronting the Advent people today lies in the multiplied millions of the Orient, Africa, and the other…

Where have you been all this time?" Too often a missionary is faced with this poign­ant question from a people kept waiting too long for the story of God's love. Pregnant with meaning, this question must also bring to all of us a sharp sense…

David, the shepherd-king of Israel, thought of God as the great Shepherd of His people. "The Lord is my shep­herd," he sang; "I shall not want" (Ps. 23:1). And this shepherd-minded, shepherd-na­tured king of Israel was referred to as a type…

THOSE who should have been foremost in hon­oring the Master by their faith were put to shame by an "outsider" who said, "Speak the word only, and my serv­ant shall be healed" (Matt. 8:8). The Roman army officer's faith was rewarded. Then…

IT HAPPENED on a Christ­mas evening ninety-six years ago. December 25, 1865, was the exact day. Our being here as a group of medical institu­tion administrators and others connected with the medical work can be traced directly back to what…

[This is an impressive story of how one of our mission field administrators resigned his position, returned to the', home­land, and engaged in literature evangelism in order to see his children established in their educational programs.]

HARRY…

WHAT does one do when confronted with the task of warning 11 million people, 90 per cent non-Christian, with only ten ministerial workers and 800 church members? This is the situation here in Cey­lon. However, there are some advantages we…

 THE shortest and most obvious definition of ef­fective advertising is "ad­vertising that brings re­sults." The effectiveness of our campaign adver­tising is to be judged ultimately by what it achieves. To broaden this definition for the…

A FELLOWSHIP of suffering not granted to all," was how a missionary colleague recently described the tragic at­tack that cost the life of Medical Mission­ary Brian Dunn just before Christmas, 1965, in the Solomon Islands.

Mrs. Val…

This article by Dr. William J. Whalen is some­thing all will read with interest. It appeared in the magazine U.S. Catholic, published by the Claretian Fathers, Chicago. The author is pro­fessor of history at the University of…

THERE are those who seem to feel very much concerned about the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. The important thing is that He "died for our sins" and that He "rose again," that in Him we may be made alive (1 Cor. 15:3, 4). But since some…

AN ONION once decided that he was not an onion at all, but a tulip bulb. And so he boasted loudly to the other onions that he was bet­ter than they—that he would grow into a gor­geous tulip. Eventually he was planted; he grew, and proved…

Our work in this area of Nigeria had apparently reached a leveling off pe­riod in evangelism. For some time we had been impressed that we should begin some meetings in the nearby town of Ahoada. This is a small town with an area popula­tion…

The challenge of evangelism fires the zeal of the Lord's servants! In Dar es Sa­laam, Tanzania, our Voice of Youth cam­paign was a venture of faith. We experi­mented on two main points, and the results were most encouraging. First, the meetings…

ONLY as we make practical godliness our theme and personal labor for souls our burden will we become the type of soul winners Christ expects us to be.

We are trying to follow Christ's methods out here in East Africa as we present…

ON AUGUST 15, 1965, an evangelistic crusade, using the theme "Prepare to Meet Thy God," opened in the new church building on San Andres, one of the Colom­bian Islands. A. Dennis Laing, a centurion evangelist on loan from Kingston, Jamaica,…

THE difference was in our mothers," said a woman in answer to the query as to what makes the difference in children. "I will answer your questions with a personal example, my husband's family and my own." This story as printed in a newspa­per…

WHAT should be done in a mission where not one of the local workers has more than ten years of education? It seems that under these circumstances some sort of training program should be undertaken.

A two-year training school for workers,…

ATTENDANCE at the union session in San Antonio in January, 1965, brought a chal­lenge to me to do some­thing more to help our laymen work for the Lord. I wanted a plan that would help them give the message and I decided on the Bible Marking…

First: Take it for granted. Since it has survived fifty, one hundred, two hundred years, assume that it will continue another fifty, one hun­dred, two hundred years. After all, who would seek to do it harm? Who would want to kill it?

Second:…

WHAT are the waves that rush upon our lives? Different men have different answers. In evangelism the waves are the opposing forces unleashed by the enemy upon God's work on earth with the inten­tion of causing discouragement upon both preacher…

THE challenge to the church is to reach the mass of human hearts in the great metropol­itan cities of the world. These pulsating cities are becoming more con­gested as a result of a booming world popula­tion. More and more people are gravitating…

ABOUT 90 percent of our membership in Nigeria is to be found out in the bush. With no educated national evange­lists our pioneers must have found it easier to conduct their campaigns among the un­educated village farmers. All they needed…

SATAN works in devious ways to ensnare and trap us. His deceptions are varied and they are numerous. His first delusion after his banishment from heaven centered upon the question of whether a man who sinned would really die. When Satan said…

I AM a Bible teacher and I've been trying to understand our youth—the teenagers —that "troublesome group in our church." This is the group that leaves the church. I've been trying to find out why they leave our ranks, why they are rebelling…

NEARLY five years ago, after sixteen years in the ministry of our church, I faced a serious decision. Should I continue ray work of pastoral, evangelistic, and revival work, or should I leave the ministry that I enjoyed and loved?

Why…

CHRIST'S mission charge to the twelve, recorded in Matthew 10:1-8,* constitutes the clearest Biblical in junction for the church to conduct medical missions. The first purpose of the charge (verse 7) was to proclaim the message, "The kingdom…

MEMORY GEM: "God is not honored when the body is neglected or abused, and is thus un fitted for His service. To care for the body by providing for it food that is relishable and strengthening is one of the first duties of the householder."—Ministry…

Prayer.

Review memory gems from Spirit of prophphecy.

What is a vitamin? Vitamins are organic chemical substances, present in very minute quantities in nature, and indispensable to nor mal nutrition. Although vitamins are required by…

I. GOD ALWAYS HAD HIS CHURCH. Acts 7:38; Eph. 5 :23 .

II. A REMNANT TRUE IN EVERY CRISIS.

1. Noah. Gen. 7:1.

2. Abraham. Gen. 12:1.

3. Lot. Gen. 18:17-33.

4. Israel. Rom. 9:27.

5. Present…

Memory gem : "This talent [the art of properly preparing food] should be regarded as equal in value to ten talents; for its right use has much to do with keeping the human organ ism in health. Because so inseparably connected with life and…

After two years of practical application I am firmly convinced of the premise that the divine blueprint is still the best medical guide available to S.D.A. physicians anywhere in the world today. If our medical counsel is to be the last…

Under the leadership of the Reverend Ira E. Gillet, educational and industrial missionary of the Methodist Church in Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, a recently acquired farm of 2,000 acres is being developed as a farm-school for the…

THE church, as a congregation, does not always remember that its pastor is also a human being. The Scriptures make a point of the fact that each year in the sanctuary ceremony the high priest offered a lamb as an atonement for himself and…

CHARGE

MY FELLOW MINISTERS, the church has considered your call to the ministry and by prayer and the laying on of hands recognizes you as representatives of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Your duties will be many and…

The members of Andrews University's Pioneer Memorial church have been studying the question of whether or not to have women elders. Dr. Russell Staples submitted to us a paper he had written for that study, looking at the general question…

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…

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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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Holy Father, protect by the power of thy name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are one" (John 17:11, NEB).

This series began with the humanity of the minister and now it…

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'…

The missionary enterprise of the church has always had challenges to meet and difficulties to over come, but relatively seldom has the traditional concept of mission itself been directly challenged from within the…

The Seventh-day Adventist movement cannot be understood apart from its history. This fact may apply more to the Adventist Church than to some others, on two counts. First, it grew out of the Millerite movement, and the events and meaning…

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…

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."

…

How can you unleash more impact, more punch, more potency in your preaching? I invite you to consider three questions: 1. What is persuasive preaching? 2. What is a sermon? 3. How can I make my preaching a persuasive…

Evaluation is the process of judging the worth and value of a worker's performance through precise, appropriate, viable, and essential information. For years now the process has been applied in business, industry,…

When Christians discuss African-American preaching (ie., Black preaching), stylistic features generally are in the forefront. Asked to describe African- American preaching in my homiletics class, those favorably disposed would use words like…

The driving force of vision in a religious movement can hardly be overestimated. Powerful religious visions function in several ways. First, they generate commitment to a core of beliefs and values. Second, they guide in the selection of…

Even though I have spent a consider able amount of my personal and professional time analyzing successful corporate leadership, ¹ I begin this article by affirming my belief that no leadership challenge…

Every age has had its own approach to the study and practice of leadership. For us as Christian leaders, our approach should begin with the Bible. The Word of God has more to offer on the subject of leadership than…

For most people, speech becomes a very important component of life. Most of the time, when we as human beings communicate, we do it verbally. The crucial role that spoken and written words play in interpersonal…

The Bible Worker and the W. C. T. U.

A Bible worker states her problem  as follows: "Should a Bible worker lend her influence to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union? I gave Bible studies to one of the W. C. T. U. evangelists,…

It was at the first meeting of the Bible workers held at the time of the General Conference, that Elder A. G. Daniells made the following encourag­ing remarks:

"I know that this Bible-reading method of making…

Method in Reading

By Meade Macguire

It seems to me that feeding the mind is in many respects similar to feeding the body. Often in eating vegetables we are made…

"Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth." 2 Tim. 2:15, A. R. V. The marginal reading of the last clause of this text is, "holding a straight…

The Secret of Power

By E.F. Hackman

"The Saviour's life on earth was a life of communion with nature and with God. In this communion He re­vealed for us the secret of a life of power." This statement,…

Evolution Founded on a Mist

By Lucas Albert Reed *

Frequently we are told of the dis­aster which results from building on sand, but how much greater the folly of building upon a fire mist,— the foun­dation…

The Call for Peacemakers

BY I. H. Evans

A peacemaker is one who makes peace. One does not make peace where there is no cause for trouble nor pos­sibility of a misunderstanding. Where no harsh word has…

ANIMAL SOURCES OF FATS: butter, cream, cheese, whole milk, egg yolk.

VEGETABLE SOURCES: olives, olive oil, nuts, soybeans, avocados, salad oils, butter substitutes.

I. FATS:

1. Fats like sugars and starches supply…