James W. Zackrison

James W. Zackrison, until his recent retirement, was the director of Sabbath School and Personal Ministries at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Articles by James W. Zackrison

What Was the Galatian Heresy?

November 1965

Seventh-day Adventists, because of their insistence on the per­petuity of the law of God, and in particular the seventh-day Sabbath, are often accused, di­rectly or indirectly, of maintaining and teach­ing the Galatian heresy against which…

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How to Prepare 200 Talks a Year

September 1975

HOW MANY sermons or talks will you give this year? On the average Adventist pastors probably preach three or four sermons each week. If you add nonregular speaking appointments such as devotionals, funeral sermons, weddings, and evangelistic…

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Remedy for Dying Districts

April 1976


WHAT  would  you  pastors  who  have only  one  church  to  attend  to,  or  even three or  four,  do  if you had eight or ten churches  and  twenty  or  thirty  companies to take care  of?  In some  areas of the  world  pastors…

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Church Growth In Inter-America

September 1977

 

THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH is growing at a constantly accelerating pace in Inter-America. Ac cording to a study done in 1970 by Read, Monterroso, and Johnson on the growth of evangelical churches in Latin America (Latin American…

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My personal classics: twenty-one books I wouldn't want to be without

December 2005

During my ministry of more than forty years, I have read hundreds of books. I even have a T-shirt that quotes Erasmus: "When I get a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."

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