Eric Calvin Ward
Eric Calvin Ward is a special assistant editor of Ministry.
Articles by Eric Calvin Ward
Miracles in Miami
June 1963
Miami, the largest city in Florida, is known internationally not only as a city of miracle weather, tropical beauty, and abundant wealth but also as a city of paradoxes. It is a city that knows both virtue and…
Pulpit Preaching for Decisions
May 1964
"Choose you this day whom ye will serve" (Joshua 24:15). Gaining decisions for Christ is the most important motive, directive, and aim of the gospel minister. The minister who is an able speaker, a good organizer, an astute financial manager,…
What Time is It?
July 1970
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and The United International reported that at 5:30 A.M., July 16, 1945, a light brighter than a thousand suns or moons illuminated the white desert sands of New Mexico and the skies in western United States. One scientist…
Pastoral priorities
February 1978
As the story goes, Alexander the Great at age 19 sat with his father, Phillip II, watching a horse show. One horse could not be mounted nor ridden by anyone. Every rider was thrown from his back. Finally, Alexander said to his father, "I'd…
False messiahs
July 1993
My family made a Sunday afternoon visit to some old friends we hadn't seen in a while. As we prepared for dinner, I passed a well-appointed bedroom with a picture poised on decorative pillows, the portrait of a bald, middle-aged Black man.…