Kenneth R. Wade

"Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate; and when any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would . . . say, 'From what city are you?' And when he said, 'Your servant is of such and…

Does timing of the Second Coming depend more on what God does or what Satan does? Is the world's end foreshadowed more by increase of evil or increase of good? How bad (or how good) must it get before Jesus comes back?

We noted in…

Do Seventh-day Adventists under stand and preach the Second Coming clearly? Are we giving the trumpet a certain sound as we seek to warn souls of the imminent end of history? Or do we spend more time preaching Satan's triumphs than Christ's?…

I have never visited a leprosarium, never seen a leper face to face, never felt fear that I might be leprosy's next victim. And so I don't think I have a real appreciation for what Jesus went through in the encounter described in Luke 5:12:…

Why don't we just stop sending any money to the conference office until we get this matter settled once and for all?" asked Brother B. in the midst of a lively discussion at a church board meeting. The board had been discussing a sum of money…

"And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him" (Acts…

May I suggest the following scenario as one method for achieving peace in the world:

The United States, which to my knowledge is the only nation capable of producing neutron bombs, should proceed with utmost haste to complete the…

At age 16 I was so tenderhearted (and perhaps tenderheaded) that I could hardly bring myself to swat a mosquito. Instead of smashing the beasts to a bloody pulp, I would flick them off my arm with my index finger.

But my tenderheartedness…

In the first article of this series we shared the fact that theoretical physicists today are making great strides toward understanding the origin of our universe. We discussed the grand unified theories that attempt to unite the understanding…

How many times have I started a day of ministry with a brief season of prayer ended with the laconic plea "Lord, help me today to do Your will in Your will in Your way!" then…

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy plea sure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable;... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord" (Isa. 58:13, 14).

How many times…

As I write this, much of the East Coast of the United States is under invasion. Well, it's not really an invasion, I guess, because the invaders' ancestors were here long before William Bradford and company laid claim to Ply mouth Rock.

Some…

I was feeling pretty good about myself one day not long ago. Then someone told me that something I had said off the cuff several months earlier had deeply wounded a friend. I had been unaware that my quick comment had been mistaken for criticism,…

What do readers like most and least about MINISTRY? What articles have been most popular in recent results years? The of a survey conducted by Ella Rydzewski, one of our editorial secretaries, as part of her classwork for a B.S. degree in…

Fleeting images on a television screen would seem to evaporate as suddenly as they appear. The phosphors glow on command, and cease to shine just as suddenly. But advertisers know that these images can be made to stick in human minds.

Two…

Goldstein sees himself as a marked man who someday soon may have a price on his head. Author of numerous articles defending the principle of religious liberty against the New Right's drive to Christianize America through legislation, he knows…

Have you ever had trouble giving a Bible study on the mark of the beast using a modern Bible translation? The Revised Standard Version, for example, renders Revelation 13:18 "This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the…

Computer Corner began as a regular feature in Ministry in 1985. It has now run its course. Our purpose in starting the column was to help pastors become aware of computers and their potential for helping with pastoral tasks. I know,…

It is sufficient for me.

When it comes right down to what's really important about the 1888 mes sage, I'm happy that Christ's righteousness is sufficient for me and for anyone else who is willing to accept it.

I find…

Recently, in preparing to update our Soft ware Information Packet, I discovered that several hundred companies are now manufacturing soft ware for church applications. Contacting all of them and supplying a packet has grown to be too big…

The young mother leaned forward in her chair, resting her elbows on the folding table that separated her from Reverend Lincoln, drinking in every word Lincoln said.

I stood nearby, glancing over the materials the psychic Reverend…

Should the pastor of the Presbyterian parish in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, buy a mail-order PC clone for himself or his church? The prices advertised in computer magazines can look pretty inviting, but is the church that tries to save a…

What is the New Age movement? Probably no one knows for sure just how to define it. It is so broad, nebulous, and chameleon-like in nature that it is hard to pin down. In this way the movement is like Hinduism, from which it garners much…

It must have been more than 90 degrees in the sanctuary. But the thing that made me feel really warm through and through was the excitement that glowed in the faces of the dozens of young men who had crowded to the front of the sanctuary…

We must find a way to stop this cannibalization—this feeding frenzy in which members of Congress are seeking to destroy one another.

That was the essence of the message that I picked up from the news clips of the…

My devotional life began with a lump poking its way annoyingly into my back, making me uncomfortable. Since that time, three books have had a profound influence on my devotional life. Actually four books if you count the Bible, in which I…

Seventy-two percent of American Protestants believe you can meet God just as well on a fishing trip as in church. For Roman Catholics the percentage is even higher—83 percent. And 81 percent of people of other religious persuasions…

Somewhere in the reading I did about the New Age movement, I came across a statement that went something like this: Cults are the price that the church has to pay for getting sidetracked from true spirituality.

The author implied…

To know what a man or woman is really like, you must watch him or her in action. The same is true of God. To really know Him we need to see how He acts and reacts in day-to-day life.

That is the beauty of this biography of God. It…

It was February 1971 and Edgar Mitchell was standing on the moon.

Suddenly a light flashed on in his mind, and as he described it, "the presence of divinity be came almost palpable and I knew that life in the universe was not just…

In January I began sharing some of my opinions and prejudices about qualities a good computer pro gram should have. Here are a few more:

7. User support: There ought to be someone really knowledgeable…

How do you respond to the New Age movement? How should Christians react to this ever-growing phenomenon?

I must confess that my first reaction was one of apprehension, if not fear. The first time I attended a New Age-oriented…

How do you pick a good computer program? The first program I ever tried to learn to use on my personal computer almost persuaded me that computers were too complicated for me. Fortunately, the next program I tried…

There is a lot of excitement in Christian circles today about cults and New Age thinking. Evangelicals in particular seem concerned about the rise of cults, and books and articles about these groups are multiplying…

The gruff words and screams of pain coming from the women's restroom betrayed the fact that Mrs. G's grand daughter must have wiggled in the pew one too many times again. As a boy I often observed Mrs. G at church.…

Are the celebration churches, as some would say, prairie fires that soon will spread and engulf all of Adventism in a conflagration of Pentecostalism? Is celebration a code word that stands for "no standards,…

My first district after seminary included a quaint country church, complete with cemetery and attached one-room school. The teacher returned from vacation a few days after I arrived, and I stopped by for a visit.

Wanting…

When Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels secluded themselves in a Paris apartment to put the finishing touches on their Communist Manifesto, they could not know that across the Atlantic Ocean a common laborer—a…

I really enjoyed your sermon today, Pastor."

How many times have you heard that?

And how many times have you been tempted to say "But sister, it wasn't intended to be enjoyed! Actually, I had hoped…

Crisis of the End Time does not give a blow-by-blow prediction sheet for end-time events, nor does it present a guilt and- fear-inducing admonition to "get your act together or else." Moore writes from a human perspective about the…

Friday morning, and no sermon to work on! I hadn't started preparations for one or even thought about what to preach! I faced a real crisis last week.

I'm a preacher. Have been for most of my adult life. I can't even remember taking…