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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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