Vincent Tigno, Jr.

Vincent Tigno, Jr., Ph.D., is a retired pastor. He lives in Yucaipa, California.

Articles by Vincent Tigno, Jr.

The Challenge of Gospel Seed Sowing

August 1973

THE work of seed sowing is not "peanuts." The sower has to con tend not only with the temper of the elements but with all kinds of unpredictable as well as predict able factors. When the Saviour portrayed the gospel work as seed sowing (Matt.…

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The Foolishness of Preaching

January 1972

THE preacher determines to a large degree whether preaching is dubbed as "foolishness" or is acclaimed as "the voice of God." It is indeed the height of folly to take one hour of someone's time on a Saturday morning and waste it on clerical…

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A corner called Cherith

March 1984

Elijah paced the floor nervously! The day he had long anticipated with both eagerness and fear had finally arrived. It was time for action. The knot in his stomach felt tighter as he imagined the scene—the decisive confrontation. On one side…

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Needed: Christian leaders

February 1986

Mahatma Gandhi once remarked to a group of religious dignitaries from the west, "There are two kinds of leaders of the church—religious leaders and Christian leaders. I would have been a Christian now had I seen a real one." To a large degree,…

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Pastoral popularity: privilege or pitfall?

May 2005

Popularity: Is it a privilege or a pitfall? There are two ways of being popular: One is to be merely publicized; the other is to be productive.

Ministry is a high-profile profession. Anything that involves…

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A man sent from God

September 1983

Most of the men God used to found His church would never be allowed into the ministry today.

John the Baptist, a preacher? You cant be serious! Look at his resume. The man's sole asset seems to be a stentorian voice that can penetrate…

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