Morris Venden

Editor's note: our editorial team has chosen to reprint this article from 1986, on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. As the Reformation continues, we need ongoing dialogue on righteousness by faith, the "one subject…

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with…

Jesus stood silent. He did not speak not even a word. In spite of the many questions put to Him, in spite of the desperate attempts to induce Him to speak, He remained silent. It was the most solemn response Jesus ever made, and there is…

What would you think if the first thing you discovered when you got to heaven was that Billy Graham was missing? And then, on top of that, suppose you found out that Adolf Hitler was to be your next-door neighbor. Probably your first question…

Perfection can be a dangerous subject. Dwelling on the topic can itself be a discouraging and defeating work. The reason is that when we talk about perfection, our attention is almost invariably focused inward on ourselves, and that's not…

If one subject has distinguished itself among theologians as being particularly difficult and divisive, it's the subject of the nature of Christ. Sometimes we waste endless hours on it, and end up further from agreement than before we began!…

One Christmas I made a custom bicycle for my boy. The bike that he had described as the one he wanted hadn't been invented yet! So I worked for hours in secret, out in the garage, doing the best that I could to make this special gift for…

Preface In these final hours of earth's history "one interest will prevail, one subject will swallow up every other—Christ our righteousness."— Sons and Daughters of God, p. 259.

To help fulfill this statement we present…

Before we can understand what authentic ministry is, we need to deal with three major hurdles on the way to ministry.

First, a sense of calling. A student may decide to enroll in a college and major…