Gary D. Strunk
Gary D. Strunk is pastor of the Templeton Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church, Templeton, California.
Are You Fit For the Ministry? (Conlcusion)
THERE are at least three parts to any exercise routine properly performed: (1) the warm-up, (2) the actual endurance training, (3) cooling down. We would remind you again that before embarking upon an exercise program you should get your physician's approval. . .
Are You Fit For the Ministry? (Part 2)
IT IS worth re-emphasizing that the purpose of an exercise program for the minister is not that of being able to outrun or out-swim a competitor, nor to develop a set of biceps or leg muscles of which we can be proud. The psalmist tells us that the Lord "delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man." 1
Are You Fit for the Ministry?
THIS morning there is a funeral at ten o'clock. Hospital calls will have to be deferred until 1:00 P.M. Mustn't forget the joint meeting of the academy staff at four o'clock after I pick up my daughter at three-thirty. And there is a lay activities fact-finding-commission meeting at 7:00 P.M. Somewhere I must squeeze out a sermon for next Sabbath. . .
Seven simple suggestions
Can eating between meals be as harmful as smoking? Can insufficient sleep or being overweight shorten life as much as a lack of vigorous exercise? A nine-year study of more than 6,000 adults says Yes!
Reaching the secular mind through health ministry
Applying the principles of Scripture to issues of health provides an opening to human hearts