William H. Willimon

William H. Willimon, STD., is Dean of the Chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Articles by William H. Willimon

Reviving the soul:

July 2024

The Christian church, including the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is in crisis. And you, likely, are affected. A 2014 Adventist North American Division study reported that 49 percent of Adventist pastors, 51 percent of Adventist pastor’s…

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A Physician Looks at the Virgin Birth

December 1958

Our Christian faith and heritage holds certain doctrines to be essential, such as the deity of our Lord, his virgin birth, his atoning work, his bodily resurrection, and his return in glory.

Because of…

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"Time robbers and how to stop them"

September 1980

 

Meet my friend Joe. Joe serves a church of about 300 members. He is a conscientious, hard working pastor who takes all of his pastoral duties seriously. Joe enjoys the parish ministry. But he seems to have one persistent problem…

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Preaching that turns the world upside down: An interview with William H. Willimon

November 1999

Derek J. Morris: I would like to be gin with the glorious accusation in the book of Acts, brought against Paul and Silas, which says that these Christian preachers had "turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:6). What can…

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