The Seeking Shepherd

Charles Melring FrontLine • November/December 2006 10 What man of you. having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.…

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Renewing 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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Supplications, Prayers, Intercessions

Charles Mellring When this writer first retired from fulltime pastoring—made necessary by my wife’s deteriorating health—she and I undertook intercession as our continuing ministry. Our daily agenda included (and some days was dominated by) prayer for others. It pleased God to promote her to glory in 1996. With additional opportunity (much less time now spent…

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Biblical Servanthood Embodied

by Charles J. Mellring This article first appeared in FrontLine • January/February 2000. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. A casual look at contemporary ministries evidences the widespread opinion that whatever works in the commercial world is what we should practice in ministry. There are certainly a great many tools and technologies that we…

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