Archive for July 2016
Can The Music Issue Be Resolved?
Gordon Dickson There are no absolutes.” “What works is what counts.” “The end justifies the means.” “Music is amoral.” These are not statements of fact; they are statements of philosophy. The statements above are the rules of relativism. Such philosophies should be discarded (Col. 2:8). The Christian is called to honor God in every area…
Read MoreGood Preaching vs. God-Honoring Preaching
Jerry Sivnksty As I travel across the country as an evangelist, I have noticed a disturbing trend that grieves my heart. It has to do with churches that use contemporary Christian music: they’ve gotten rid of the hymnals and instead flash their music on large screens to the background of worldly beats. Then the minister…
Read MoreJehovah’s Witnesses: Salesmen of Falsehood
Stewart Custer Although God highly honors a faithful witness (Revelation 2:13), He warns most solemnly “a false witness shall perish” (Proverbs 21 :28). The Jehovah’s Witnesses that often go from door-to-door regularly speak of themselves as though they were God’s only witness to the truth in the world today. Since these Jehovah’s Witnesses are trained…
Read MoreAccountability in Missions
Jeff Musgrave Missions consists of a curious relationship between a pastor and the local church he serves, a missionary, and, in most cases, a mission agency. Before we can address accountability, it is necessary to delineate each party’s responsibilities and their relationships with each other.
Read MoreThe Holiness of God
George Stiekes Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; for He is holy. Psalm 99:5 We do not often think about the holiness of God, but we ought to do so. It is perhaps the most difficult of His attributes to explain. Those outside of Christ think that God’s love is…
Read MoreThe Historical Developments of the Campus Ministry (2)
William J. Senn III For Part One click here. Student Religious Meetings and Societies in America The Prayer for the Servants of God: Harvard University In America, eighty-eight of the first one hundred colleges were organized to preach the gospel.1 In 1636 the first of these, Harvard, was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Puritans who…
Read MoreThe Historical Developments of the Campus Ministry (1)
William J. Senn III New Testament Days — School of Tyrannus The Priority of the Church of God The roots for campus ministry are found in Acts 19:8–10, with the apostle Paul ministering at Tyrannus University (TU) at Ephesus. Tyrannus was either the owner of the school or its most famous Dean of Doom, “the…
Read MoreThe Life of a City Pastor’s Wife
Tirrell Van Gelderen Before we came to our present city pastorate, my husband and I ministered in a small town church on the western slopes of Colorado. The thought of coming to a big city and a large church frightened me. All kinds of thoughts flashed through my mind. I was especially concerned about my…
Read MoreThe Life of a Country Pastor’s Wife
Gloria Arnold A pastor’s wife-ugh! What a drab, dull life! They never have any excitement or good times. They’re perfect, and I feel very uncomfortable around them. That was my concept of the life of a pastor’s wife-uneventful and humdrum. I never wanted to be one. Well, here I am, a pastor’s wife in a…
Read MoreRenewing the Age-Old Commission
Charles J. Mellring And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have…
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