Articles by W. A. Dessain
The Preacher in His Pulpit
April 1940
The externals of preaching often spoil a good sermon. An unsound program for church service, one that is unbalanced or too long, will kill a minister's best efforts. A forceful message poorly delivered is weaker…
Strive for Colorful Preaching
August 1943
Nothing so palls on the ears and minds of an audience as to have to listen to sermon after sermon that is drab, colorless, and dry. And nothing so pleases a congregation as a preacher who is able to speak each…
Preparing Converts for Baptism
May 1943
An argument in favor of thorough preparation for baptism is hardly necessary with a group of Seventh-day Adventist ministers of the gospel. Thorough preparation does not of necessity mean that the candidate has been…
The Fine Art of Listening
August 1945
Among the many adjuncts to good preaching none is perhaps more carelessly treated and more grossly neglected than that of listening to what others have to say. However, few of us can lay great claim to outstanding…
The Minister as a Student of God's Word
September 1964
As fundamentalists Seventh-day Adventist ministers can cultivate no greater nor more rewarding pulpit grace than to become expert in the handling of God's Word. What greater or more rewarding honor can be given a pulpit speaker than to…
FEATURES: Some Candid Questions
December 1951
What is thine occupation?" An unusual text indeed! But it was this question that brought Jonah, the runaway prophet, to himself and restored him to his great commission.
The minister, in a sense, belongs to everybody. Many are…
Improving the Minister's Diction
April 1941
Have we not heard it said of some of our compeers in the ministry that they spoil their presentation of truth by being wordy ? Others are criticized for having an extremely lean vocabulary; while still others have their praise as public…