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The Privilege
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impersonate
another. " So I think I_would
to attend my own personal_ "closed
class
these quantity
questions:
Am I reaching.the
people in hny'_com mendalsle
measure?
Do, ] by personal
factoz;s within
my power_
draw or repel.men'?.
If I repel them, "is it realiy because I am so
"radical"
and so. "hot,'! or is it because I.am so l_oorish and pighdaded and
unreasonable?If I draw them. doI
stop._erely
by
making them my.friends.,
or do I exploit friendship
for.the 13uilding
0f God's spiritual
kingdom?
Do I "have little-crowds
just. because
I.hm a little man?
Do I have large crowds becau_e'I
do,not draw
spiritual differentiations?
Am I thd devote*e" of a cult fenced in by
my persdnal
p_0judices ila doctrine,
dis6ipllne, and life? Do I .niark
a man's name out of the Book of Life.lust
because, he does not become my pe'rsonal "yes man"?
How much Of my influence
is really
just s6cifil and reformativeT'How
much of it is truly regenerati';'e?
Why do_not [ reach more people?
Why do I roach the ones I'do
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Have I learned to .distinguish
between
noise and power?
Do I, know When the people are blessed
as
dfstinguished
from the tf/nes when they are just humanly.amused?
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. How much stress do I lay upon the spectacular?
Do I stress the
,spectacular
to'.the
injury of true devotion?
In my anxiety
to see
things go, have I.neglected
to wait on God?, Do my services have
a tendency
to.run toward the f'light" in religion?
or am I too given
to forms?
I know the line between
have I the skill to walk it?
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I "will staFt thismorning
with the fringes and come at last to.'the
innermost
flueleus.
I,know
numbers
and figures are :npt the.sole
exp:cessions of spiritual realities..but.'I
know also that there,must-be
some quantity..ot_.blse
there conifer be quality_ So I want to face
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of the Parsonage
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• Biblical Studies, p. 47 • Sermonic
Studies. p..51 • Ideas'. That'
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Gleanings
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Voltime, 4:!
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Samuul
liberty
and license
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is a hairline;
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On the intellectual
phases of my ministry:
Am I naentally alive?
Can I.'th'ink
clearly
and s_ea.k distinctly?.
How much progress
" 'have I 'mad_ in Bible knowledgewithin
the last twelve months?
Not only how much have I: read the Bible, but hoye much of it
have I really learned?
Have I read at leastone
good,.full
solid book
for each w_ek of the past year?
I have heard that men are like
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LaSt .Y'Ean a short but sobering
a/'ticle
appeared
in Readcr'._
Digest
some
way abnormallysusceptible.
no 'concern
for those fe"w whose
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souls damned?
After all, we.don't-defend
seVertsocial, drinkers becomes an hlcoholie_
But (he'n_ti0n
that children
properly
2immune
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be
Watch the vacant, stare of tile TV addict, or the wide eyes of fi child,
and then try to doubt, that something• is going on in the Sdbc()nscious
which ,
" \viii later affect conscious behavi0_': Scenes are being stored, ideals shaped,
desires excited; urges and impulses • fed. Without
the slightest
doubt the
brutality
_nd van(kilism
which st'alk the street._ and prey. on our cities
have been m thousands of cases nurtured m front of a TV screen•
A few years ago the Church bf me Nazarene rejected the way of law as
our means of central.
We were.not
blind .to•the' perils, but elected to'seek
to .protect our homes by educating
our.people
to exercise
voluntary
distrim:nation
and care. Guidelines were adopted by the 1952"General
Assemb]y and placed in.the appendix of the Manual. But, it is tobe feared that in
the implementation
of"any effective education in the "wise use of TV we have
tragically
failed. In all probability much of the restlessness
in some quarters
respec.ting our church rules• as weli as some other tendencies
giving deep
concern, can be traced to this failure.
But in diagnosing
out'. ailment we need to'beboth
humble and honest.
lf we.are,
we shall have to e6nfess that our pastors have not been able to
guide their pe,bple because.in
too many cases they _.hemselCes have been
among the worst offenders.
When'the
pastor is excited'about'the
fights and
wrestling, .when .baseball and football matches are watched
on Sunday. in
the"parspnage_
when the "late show" is'seldom
missed, when almost every.
child has his own TV in his room, which he.watches'with
almost: no supervision, then it is not likely that anything
the.pastor
might say in'the pulpit
would'carry
nmeh weight. His own failure has i_losed his mouth and muddiedhis prophet's mantle.
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,. When an evangelist,
watching
the "late sh9w" with the pastor, became
.conscience-stricken,
he said, "Y0uknow,
this is.thesort
of stuff I used to'-."
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watcl_" in"Whal.
my pre-conversion
young pastor,
f_antlyl
I do ir_ my .owndays."
home The
is" nobody's,
business bristling,
•bdt my said
bw_a.de-I
dare anybody to try to tell'me what I can watch on 'IV." He belonged,'_ore
than he knew, not.to,the
lowly Galilean,
not to the mighty
meekness
of
:
G01gotha_
but to this bitter.and Ifim
cynical
age of rebellion.
frame of mind'would.disqualify
as a.pastoral
guide:
alcoh()lbecause
only one out of
.
surrounded
by love and care are
•Naturally
such
a
Jn contrast
a non-Nazarene
family (father a university
professor,
four
lively children),
experimented
with TV for thirty days, At the end Of the
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mbnth out it went. The father stud
There a r e too many worthwhile
things
The No='_rene
Preacher
Psychiatrist.Fredr•ic'
Wertham,
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exists. Harm is harm.
A noxious agent is a noxious agen.t. There
defenses against a snowball, hut there are none against an avalanche:".
Even if this.were
should
we have
minds:.will
be distortbd,true,lives
maimed_
and
poison of TV is pureflction•
can get into trouble•
"We like to as'sume that most children are 'immune'
to.innuences
_;ueh
as sc_'een violence
. . But my Work With youthful criminals
and troubled
children, ,'ind my study of•the subject,
convinces me. that no such immuiiity
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of Hoods?"
Patty 3ohnson.
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become
our national, Wepastime?"
asks. 'Sheby describes
recent "Has
trends violence
which
wouldseem
to indicate that the younger
generation
.espec!ally has become
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infected with a philosophy of llfe which sanctions
violehcc as.ttte, way to get_ .. ,.
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In a natior£ •t_'aditionally law,abiding
and orderly, how has it .happened
that an anarchic mentality
could get th_ upper hand, .until streets and parks
are no longer safe., and teen,agers
froth good lmmes g6. on ,a. rampage
of
.destruction
"just for kicks"?
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It is' easy :tosay that tbere have been multiple .and complex causes- contributing
to the' preseni, madness,
Of course that ih true. But when we
spread the blame .too wide we end by. focusing
attention
on nothing
m
particular,
which means that.our
scholarly analysis accoinplishes
nothing but
a numb paralysis.
Becausewe
can't remove'all
causes we tend to do notlfing
about any of them, ..
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As Christians
we bug_t to be ab'le: to do something
ahout at least one
contributing
cause which is noisily and luridly, accomplishing
its daily brainwashing job in our home.%
• I refer to TV. If a computer cc;uld be'invented
to so_'t' out relative moral
influences
from the" cradle to adulthood which
shape _ child's character.
it is dead'sure
that one of the prizes fro: "hood-making"
would go to TV,
thanks
to its steady diet-of •materialism.
sex, and violence
for ahnost a
quarter-century.
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• In 1933, Henry James Fm'naan,brought
out his monumental
study,'O_r
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Children.
Since then tile situation
has gong from bad to
worse:, For all the devastating.influences
streaming
from the movies at' the
neighborhood
theater
are present
.even more virulently
in the instantmovie box in the" living reval.
The bombardment
of confused
values and
sordid mental images which the average youfig'ster
experiences
year after
year cannot' but damage the inp.er fabric ofhis
soul, It is nmve to suppose
that viewers are not ififluent_ed l_y What they view. The bill:oil, s.of dollars'
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.But we . flatterourselves
if welblnkthat
our emotionally
socialconditi6ns, 0fir' faro:Ivlife
. are.so far'al_ove:reprpach
that only
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sick children
spent if on:TV
world knows.bette_,
even
Christian advert:shag.testify
parents d.on't.
..that the commercial
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Some parents
(and pastors) assume that children will be:harmed
by indiscriminate
TV.viewing
only if'thi_y are already'emotionally
disturbed,
or in
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He goes nn to say:
"It is easy, after a child" has committed
a crime
or. gotten intoserious
trouble_-to, say that he must •have been _maladjusted'
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thus
by
tests
wemay
a.nswer
pressionab]e and therefore shseeptihle."
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l_aaLv
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lonuary,
1968u_
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in
life for
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box to tyrannize
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home."'
was
about
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seven years ago. The subsequent
record of that family culturally,
morally,
sp ritual y. and academically
ha.s beeriphenomezaal.
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In further
contrast, is David" Wilkerson,
foundez_ of Teen Challenge,
One nigbt while x_;atching the 10:15 show. as was his custom, he felt rebuked,
and began to wonder what would happen if he spent, the time in prayer
instead..The
next day he sold his-TV for $10.00. That night he shut himself
in' his roo_r for prayer.
Not only was he revolutionized,
but so was his
mirJstry.
(Jut of it came "his remark,'ible
work among
the teen-agers
of
New Yoz?k City..
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Surely
it is not .tee "radical" .to expect
that as a holiness
body we
should lead'the
way m these matte_'s, .no.t" tag along behind everyone
else.
. Let .us..begin by setting our own parsonages
fn ordei" (including
.praying
.for forgiveness
.foz:our
earele'ssness
and cowardice)
then let us ale.some
strong preaching., in which we give concrete, intelligent
instruction,
backed
up by sonm solid-research:
Let us read again the relevent
section in the
,Man!tel.
Tlien.may
God help us .to ]ead:0ur people to a revival of devotion
that'.will
motivate
th&n toward the highest and bestl including
a renewal
of hem6 discipline_'.
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HovV:"is 'it possible
to produce
two new sermons
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week
after .week,
year after
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ber, January
through
March, April
through June.
Planning'begins
with
an overall
theine for the year for tile
whole life of the .church.
This theme
may be' expressed
as an apparent
need, such as "Consolidation.'?
"Implementation,"
or "Evalufition."
-It
may came in the.form efa challenge:
"Every
M em h e r an Evangelist."
"Total.Involvement,"
"Mature .Chris"
tianity,"
'.'Our Worldwide
.Mission,"
"The V_itoe_ing
Church." Or it may
come in.the words of Scripture
or in:
-a familiar sl0gan, such as."To Know
. Christ and to Make "Him Known."
"'Christ
Preeminent,'"
- !'Abiding
in
Christ,"_'To
Live.Is Christ."
My plan for'a
ycilr's preselling
loosely, follows the church
year for
Sunda_' morning:
the anti_:ipation of
Christ's. advent
in" the' fall quarter
(October
to Christmas);
the lifo of
Christ in'the winter quarter)
January
through Easter) ; '.and the Chu/'eh in
the spring
quarter
(EaSter' through
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for special
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June).vacdtion,
The summer
quarter,
except
series of topical
messages, which a#'e
C. HaJverson*
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Revelati6n.
Peter, of Ephcsians;
interesting'e_ening
One ofJohn.
the most
First
and
series
was en-
needed to create a balanced spiritual
titled
"Exploits of Faith."
I took one
diet for the congregation.
I make a by one themen
and women whose
. deliberate
effort not xto overempha_
faith, is commended
in Hebrews
11,
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Wn.,;nKs
're a eot}asE given by Dr.
ated me from a fearful question that
Jr. ArMr_w'W.'Bl_ml_wood.whon
I beset me in sem!nary--namely
how
wag. a'student
at Princetoh
Theolois it possible, to produce
two new
gieal Seminary;
preaching
has 'been
sermons evel:y week yehr after year
a growing
pleasure
and challenge
together
with Bible. studies-for_midthrough the years. The course, called
Week services and occasional
special
"A Year's.' Preaching
' taught
the'..talks?
.Actually,
it has turned'out
as
value of planning
ahead ar)id gave
Dr.' Blackwood
predicted;
the probsuggestions
and structures
for orlehi is r{ot having something
to
ganizing ttie preparation
of sermons."
preach
but
ha via g./opportunity
- This course, together with Dr. Blackenough to'preaeh.'th_
messages that
weed's p r a e t i c a 1 concept" of .the
demand expression.'....
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homiletic_l
gai:den" in which one
I divide the ye£r iptb- two periods,
plants
sermonic
seeds
and allows
nine months and three months, for
them to grow without
'interference
purposes
of planning".not,
only my
hut with .proper nourishment,
liberpreaching
but also the'entir
e program of the church.
The period' of
•Pastor, Fcur(#l Prcsbyterlar, Chtlrch. Was)l7 nine months
is:diVided,
into three
Today:lag
on. usedD'C
byCOlperndssl,m_Yr
g , 191;6."I y. C_ris _,n ,
quarters.__October
tbrough:. Decem-
which whole sermons
were devoted
to ma]or Old- Tesl:arnent
characters.
Another
serms was entitled
"Christ
. in .the "Old Testament'
and'another,
"Famous
Psahns."
One year
I
preached through-Luke
in th_ winter
qdarter;
another, year Igave a series.
. on "Gi'eat Events.in
the Life of Our
Lord."
Still another series, was "The
Persofi and Work of Christ."
One"
year, with some difficulty,
I labored
through a semblance.of
":A Harmony.
of the Gospels."
There
were also
sermons on the."Diseiples
of Jesus"
and.on
"People Jesus He)ped."
Oceasionally
I have used _he. spring
quarter
to preach
on i'Outlin'e
of
Reformed
Doctrine,"
"Tlae Apostles'
"Creed;"
or '"The Westminster
Confessiqn of Faith."
A Sunday
evenmg
series
was
devoted
to the minor prophets,
tak.ling one.hook, each week, On Sunday
evenings in.the past six years l.havegone .throug!l _ Mar/_, James:
First
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size certain portions, of Scripture
to
relating
the incident
mentioned
in
the neglect: of others, and t0.preach
that chapter
to its full record in the
froth every
book in the Bible at
Old Testament.
Another
very [rui_
sometime
during a period of-three
ful series dealt .with "The Ethics of
to five years.
Sunday
evening mestheAlaostles."
Or{'e Of the sur!orising
sages are generally
book-by-book
or
and satisfying faetsqn my. experience
verse-by-verse
studies.
Most of my
througll the years has b eefi the way
messages
.are. expository
with the
sermons,
though notplanned
to aptheme:
eontant:
outline,
and top.ie ply to eurrentsituations,
ha_'e almost
coming from the Scripture
passage
miraculously
fit the week.
It has
under consideration.,
been my custom, based on (he 'Ox-"
All .this, means that I am generally
. ample' of my own pastor and others
preaching
fl'om
the Old Testament
I- have admired
arid on the careful"
in"the .fall quarter,
the Gospels
in instruction
of Dr: Blackwood.
to'di'aw
the wintei" "quarter, and the Acts or. my sermons
from
the scriptures,
the*Epistles
in the spring
quarter,
rather
than to attempt
to contrive
Old Test_a_ent
sei'mons may be hierelevance
by addressing
myself
to
graphical,
like the. series
on "The
current
issues: In the providence:of
Patri_irchff. .and the Prophets
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God, rarely does a message, planned.
tanucuT,10{;S
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months befm:e, fail to meet the peabetter to bring one man home than
ple at the point of present need. .
to leave three men on bases."
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Generally
by September
I have a
The next
step in preparation
is
p1"etty clear idea of sermon themes, if verse-by-verse
analysis. Us_g.legalnot topio_, • together
with "Scripture
gize..lined
paper, I write the verse
sources, for every Sunday,
morning
number in the margin, copy the verse
and evening
October through
June.
in-the body . of the paper, and enter
By the end of" May, the preaching
roy own commentary
below it. This I
schedule
for the three summer
follow, to the ex{ent that I am eapable
months is usually Settled. A common
of doing so, with e:_egetieal
study.
. daily record book. one page perday,
My main .refe_'enee Work is -W. Bobis reserved
for sermonic
data and
ertson Nicoll'sThe
E_cpositor's Greek.
related materials.
Sermon themes or _ Testament.
Vincen't's W6rd. Studies
" t_oics,
with
scriptures,
are
entered
.in .the. New
under
Sunday,for lca_ing
six pagesthein proper
the daybook
related"
ideas, illflstr_itions, hymns, eross-references,
and the like. This is my
"homiletical
garden."
It is surprts-,
ing how the garden.grows.
Often the
sermons
seem .almost
to :prepare
themselves.
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If pessible,
I begin
ration
on Monday.
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the air.
8across rather
It went
like
thari leaving
this:
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I take rather
the .pulpit (four
up
in his study,. I expect
enee . however
Thanks to a faithful pastori a dc:di:cated
homiletics
professor,
several
brilliant
colleagues
who have chal-
.from- tlaem on the spot. This introduces an immediacy
and spontancity
into the sermon that indicates.a'
dynamie rather
than sterile
situation
and real."dialogue,"
though the peapleremairisilcnt,
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"lenged me-to abhor mediocrity
and
reach .f0r excellence by the Spirit of
. God...
and a congregation
filled with
love, preaching
.cOntinues to be f0r
me "the most exc'iting and satlsfying
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"Swarm"?
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extensive
to seven
" lieving as .I do that the presence of
message
.bethe people";vhil_
of preaching,
God. makes In afact,
differprepai'_d
r
"
may. get
a week or" two
ahead• . sheets, of 8V2 x 5Vz paper)
for. a
though,: and .at: other times the be-" twenty-five-minute
message.
These
"ginning of preparation
must wait. un:
notes are put in'their final form Sattil Thuz_sday. • My first step is. to i urday' afternoon
or evening,
some_
read the Scripture
source
through
times earl_, Sundhy
mormng.
I am
as often as necessary,
tmtil I sense . most proficient
in their use when
its gdneral intent•
Usually
the pasthey are as fresh as possible,
Gensage .outlines
itself after a number"
erally I type in full the introduction
of rea_tings, and tht_ topic crystaland the conclusion•
sensitive
pas]izes. I do not like to use.sermoh
sages and key sentences
are also
topic_ that" are sensational,
or.mistyped verbatim
and used that way.
leading,
or designed
principally,
as.. For many years I have taken special
attention-getters.
Most of my. topics
care in the choice df words. To this
are lifted verbatim
from the Scripend I make constant
use of Roget's
ture being Studied, or the theme is 'Thesaurus
and c0ntinually, try to im-.
abbreviated.
I was taught to stri_'e
prove expression for the Sake of camto putmy
Sermon into one topical
munication.
There. is .no use having
sentence
(college eotirses in journalsomething
important
to say if you
ism helped here),
I try/ to cempi'ess
fail to transmit it so that the hearer,
the main'theme
into the topic.
A. underst.'inds..I
am not bound
_y the
little" squib taken
from. the house
notes and imjoy l_berty to alter' the
years ago has helped me realize the
organ
of a large"
t:o.rporati0n
many
importance
of getting
one "point
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to by the congregation
and feel that often'the
message
I
deliver has come, in part at.least,
Testamcnt,..Archbishop
Trench's
NewRobertson's"Word
Testament-S_dnonyms, Pie-.
and A. T.
_ures in the New Testament
are all
very helpful.
With my limited facility ih Hebrew" and G/'_ek, "I 'find
Strong's Concordance
with its large
Hebrew
and Greek
lexlcona
most
helpful.
Usually
I." notes into
sermon.prepa,
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B v MAI_Iy STANDARDS-ours is _¢et a and weakness.
is in a real _scnse
very,_'oung
church.
Because of a-change
of world, opinion and _xthis fact, itwill
be a. mistake tar our
prcssion.
It is' true that we d0.not
people to begin to live on ou'r hishave five-day assembliesas
we: once
tory. The facts.are
that' we. have so did. In marly eases
it is forgotten
little of it that a.living gathered front
that we precede Our assemblies with
it will produce
sl0w but sure death•
two-and
three-day':cflventibns,
and
It is a fact that 0urs.has
been-an
in some cases follow with others.
enviable
lot in these sho_'t•yea.rs.
:What._ve
forget'is
that all of these
From.a.small
beginning;
with a few
once.were
a part, of the long assem:
great and faithful
m_r/,arid
a faith
ely procedure.
It is further
true that
that could not 'be shaken,
ours has
we once made much more ¢_flt of re-.
.come to be a c]iurch that has to" be
ports and testimonies
than we. now
reckoned
with An all parts of 'the- do. It is often forgotten
that"these
world,
same
matters
were
once given a
with
this "fast devefopment
h/_ve : larger share of attention in teachers'
come new and unexpected
responsigroups, farm gatherings,
and pblitibilities..wedare
not shirk them_ and
eal meetings than they receive today.
for us to .be less than true .to our
In other wordsl physical and verbal
standai'ds
and commitments
would
expression
has changed
irt nearly
be tragic,
every field,
change,
and in some places
critiMuchand of.pointed,
what. tomight
be called
cized
as compromise
the feeling of all Nazarenes
when he
Billy"R Graham
recently
stated
saicl,
e 1i g io.nhasneeds
expression
. permten_ent,*Evan
elllt, Wlltconsln,B°urb°nnal||g45-5_.lltln°is:
.dllltrlct '_Ulest."
January. 1989
TO this. we all subscribe,
. with morefeeling
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btit in.
is now " mani-l
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fairness to 'even the compamsons
Mr.
should be expected to.grow in every
Graham
uses as pi'oof, there is-riot
department..
The "soor_er
we" ca_
the same vocal and physical expres- • reach a place where we can properlysion in the progress
of a game that
support a' leader.andprovidca
plant
once"
was.: shown.
Possibly
there
that will" care for" the _:ommunity
should be more., However
my purwhere
we. _d'e |oeated,
the more
pose is to point out that there is "a
chance we have for a live and spirit'world change that has produced
men
ual-church,
as good now as in the past, but their
goodness is expressed
in a new and
somewhat differen_way.
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by given goals, there will come a time
when it will face th_ same problem
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hobits Sinceemotions
change, fashions change,
el3ange,eatir_g
and even
that every
faces,
The
happy
child
home
ren
eventually
that
have
. :
methods
of finance
find and
broughtwant,,,
suchin happiness
grow new
up
new demands
made change,
upon us. weLiving
fact demand,
conditions are changing rapidly, and . homes
This we. 13ermit--:-in a few
-with them demands for church builde a ses
not with too good grace..
ings and other
places
of _orship
Wh e r eve r there
are roadblocks
irlust follow in line.
"
thrown
in the way of these people(:
" Ours" should
he a center-of-theboth youth and parents suffer,
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road approach
to all.of
these.
We
Witli a healthy, growing church this.
should'neither
want to produce.'the
same thing will come, and 'then the
slum in the midst'of
advancing
sochurch faces three.possibilities:
"
ciety, as a place of worship,
nor
should we tryto
Outdo the Joneses
First. it should seek out and help
in mere l_eauty and ornate
design,
to find a place for yet another.
With
with its stained glass and other artiwilling hands, it should help to .get
fieial .decorations.
Sirnplieity,
with.a
this new group housed and on the.
" " design
featured
around
the altar,
go. This will produce
the gI:eatest
must beour
first eoncgrn
neatness,
joy in later years for any church,
until our buildings
will:, not be Of- It will be filled "with as much. _j'oy
fensive; largeness, in that- we plan fdr
as .the
new home s_rted
by the
a proper share of.the advance of the
youth that have enjo_zed our homes
community
were we are locatcd
..
. for so long, biat are nowin
their own.
We should b'e the first to deplore
:Thus. a church should_warm.
smallness
for'smallness
.sake
In
I would not siabmit a plan based
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every organi_'ation
our plans st!ould
upon mere .numbers
as a guide for.
he so.designed
as to-exPand as rapidthis swar_ning time. 'I do submit the
ly as possible,
consistent,
with real
following: " If our spiritual . fei'vor
evangelistic
endeavor,
:We have: a continue_,
there will be a growing
'
.right to expect increase.:
Just as we
awareness
of need all'about
us, and
;
rejoice
over the birth
of a. "baby,
a'personal
urge will develop
on the
_
.' we should rejoice over the'bi'rth
of
part'of
many to fill this need. ThiS:
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any new church; and like that baby,
will,, if not used, develop .an unit will likely be small.
It is to be
easiness
and'a
feeling-of
emptiness
: '
. hoped, however,
that it will be healon the .part of" an" ever-increasing
.,thy.
We should expect it to grow.
number 'of the congregation.
It has
"¢
TO thal_ end, proper locationshould
always
been
apparen_
that
talent
be secured
with ample
space for
cannot sueeessf-ully
he bottled
i
8enlargement.
Ev e r _"
- new
church
up or ignored.
This
as it Preacher
should
The is
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It is reasonable
to suppqse
. that, in this observation,
inspection
will be continual
as
to place or
places where
Others are interested
aria mentalplans
laid to enter; such
fields.
Where
this plan is ..followed
_and consistently
adhered
td, :the
ings. Much healing will be needed
for either group to progress
in a way
that graces.our
standard
of.holiness.
Dr. H. V. Miller
used
to say,
"Watch'the
straws
that pass by as
the W nd blows
If you fail, you will
surely'get
hiu by a bale of sti'aw
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swarmwill
come in natural
order ' after a-while`'.'
Tiffs could apply in
and more than one congregation
",viii the matter
before us, and if wisely
be blessed and be ablessing,
considered could protect us bn many
The second possibility
Will "present
.occasions.
Dr. Miller
set up for
itself if there, is a self:centered
ap- "his day another
shggestcd
standard
preach.
Remember'that
talent canthat applied in this matter
partieunot be bottled up or ignored.'
Biglarl:¢. He'said
that "our church has
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be so long as we keep a balanced
4inue to study tl_e2r growth and abilspirituallifein
the church,
ity in regard
to expansion
outside
The step suggested
is to follow
their own buildingstrfieture.
Where
reasonable
enlargement
and s t a f f this is done, "swarms"
will he.the
adjustments
sufficient to earry a selforder and happy fellowship
will he
supporting
congregation,
and while
the. result..
Howeve_
When this is
doing .this, keep a keen eye on the
ignored, the order will" be splits with
spirit arid attitude
of the People one their
accompan_ing
misunderstand"
ness for big'nest'
sake will pay the
price of same.
In many cases this
combsby
what (in church language)
is Cal'led
"splits"
or "divisions.'"'
;They are never desirable
and.shoilld
be avoided,
because
it is: hard. for
the. mother
ehurch
or the- offspring
to be l'iappy in circumstances
thus
produced.,
It'would .be wrong to brand every
's!leh start as a.carnal
desire on;the
part "of-.a group to control
toe offairs of the. dong_:egation.
In many
cases.this
is the only way an advance
,m our Zion can be achieved.
None
" will argue tfiat it is the best way;
y'et from such have come a nulnber
.of great churches.
In a few eases
tlie members _imbibed the spirit they
felt so wrong in the mother, church.
We are all thankful
that not" too
many
ch ur c'h es
which
stai'ted
from
"splits'.'
have pickedup
the
.spirit'of theehurdh
they left,
.
Looking at these two possibilities,
it Would seem
thal_ every
church
.b_ard;
led .by a.consecrated
pastor,
should
January, be
1_68"mier on the alert
and i:on-
more stored-up
talent than the old
line_churches.
In .fact, a church
of
two
hundred
members
will have
workable
talen_ equal to many,
churches
of one thousand'members."
That Was his feeling and was likely
a wise obserk, htion
for
the
day.
Gi'anted
that his number
would be
a bit small for our day and adding
to it 50 percent_ we would still be
far
below the goals, and in many
.cases the potential
accompiishments,
'of our iebngregations.
It _nust be admitted that in a qollege center,
or
a.few other strategic places, we could
go'in
for a much larger
eongregation; but there could be a /'file that
would guide us, and 'by guiding
us
save for " us the great e'_angelistie
.spirit that has produced
our church
and brought
us to a point where
the entire world has .to reckon with
it.
There is one last possibility, namely, excessive
largeness,
accompanied
with weak .spiritual
exp_:esmon and
a growing
trend to .worldliness
and
formal
services.
These,
in turn,
will
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turn more and more to rittialistic
preach. Thereforb by evangelistic
and ceremonial ratherthan sldiritual
'fervorwe must push to the very first
and heart-searching
services..
Where
of the possibilities--swarm."
This
this appears,we can easilybecome
could be more frequent than some
a great congregation and take our havetho,Jght.'But by allmeans, in
place with the formal
churches
of
keeping
pace with our people and
any given community,
growth,
let us
protect
ourselves
It is the opinion.of
the writer that
against the other two misg.uided and
we are too young to consider this apoften'disastrous
courses of action.
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Some
which
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things
can be said at the
cannot
be said latei"
specialcommittees. (5 Secretary,s.programs I pi:opose.However there
report. (6).Old business (7} New
liesa very.real danger in thisunless
business. (8) Adjournment. Reports there is a healthy attitudebe0_'een,..
will be accepted, or amended, and us. First,[ must not assume the
accepted,as they are rcdbcl.
Discus- role of a dictator,
or expect you to
sion regarding
the repork_ will come
follow without
expressing
indepenunder old or new business,
dent thought on the business before
Business meeting'r/des!
The Manu_. Secondly, you must :not'become
hal. of' the.Church
of the Nazarene
yes-men.
Often good people feel•that
states that .where the Manual
itsdlf
they must say yes to everyfhing
their
does not provide
guidelines
for the
leaders
present,' and that differing
:conducting
of busine.ss
meetings,
opinions will he taken
as contrary
Robert's
Rules o_ Order should, be .he_irt.
But the loyalty
that is ex-
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beginning
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followed. Though it is not my aim to
bea
parliamentarianin
the strii_test
sense,
yet proper
proeedurg
can
•serve as a tool. ih aiding us to care
for the tasks at hand in the 'most
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New
Pastor Briefs His Board
By Paul C. Smith*
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To the Members o_ the Board " "
Many problems
arise onlyl because
_e do'not
understand,
whai is expeeted of .us---m the home, in the
school, the place of work, or in the"
church.
,Thus I.have
written
down
some things that I expect from you
as board members, and in turn some
things _that you may expect from me.
Often' _l:te writing' adds to the serf,
ousness
of the message
and takes
away from the warmth
of normal
conversation.
However,
that is not
I.
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: just put it in the appropriate-slot:
.-Natdi'ally
this means that you de-"
p'hrtment heads an'd 'treaSurer-should
checl_ your files at least once a wcel_,
" Reports:
We established
previous:
ly that each'department
head would
l_eport each month.
However,'. 0nly
one would turn in a written
report
each month--:-thus
a written
report
every third month.
In this way. we
would ask for a more comprehensive
report,
including
records,
gdals,
methods,
ann'aal
progress
.to date,
my intention
and that is one .of the " etc., once a quarter. 'When
other
reasons that I'm taking, time tO read
reports are required
from the. chairthis to you.
The writing
is done
men of .the trustees, s t e w a r d sl or
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only to insure
.
spiteful,be committees,
these
reportsof
could
written out for
"the sake
File:
There is a file on my desk . the-•ehairman,s
convenience,
enabling
in the study that has a sl6t for the
him to better communicate
the ideas
p a s t o r, Sunday
school, superinten- of his Committee to the board,
dent,
the. N.Y.P.S.
and
N.YAr.M.S.
Agenda:
It Willbe
my cttstom to
presidents,
and the treasurer.
If any
proceed
as follows:
(1) Scripture
. of you have some information
you
and prayer.
(2) Treasurer's"
report,
would like to get to one of these,
(3) Department
heads' reports, writ"Pastor, Wmnington, nmaots.
.-ten
reports
last,
(4)
Reports
of
10 .
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reasonablelength
of time.
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support the ,viii of the: majority
to
Attendance
to services:
The
the same degree--be
you with'the
church'.that
has elected you to serve,
majority
or the _mmor.ity.
Nowhere
and your.pastor(have
a right to exshould people be better
able to do
pect your faithful attendance
to the
this than.in
the church."
And no:
regular and
special services
of the
group has a bette/" base t6ffid them •
h
]]
-- 4ha _o,,tlno_
in making
these
adjustments
than
cr_urc.._
as
o-e
- s e who
" "nave the
- saving and sane" .... as we..
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"e
the
or me
ooarfa
when
we o cam
....
,.,.,,,
.,.
.
members of theChurch
of'the Naza; -titymg
gsace ol. tJou snee. abroad m
tens we agi'eed to attend faithfully
their hearts.
the means of grace: Th'ough
our
. -There is"another
problem
which
functions
within
the church
are of
may crop up. Before. it does, .and
a different nature, yet ".you h'ave no •makes' dealing
with it a • personal
'
. right to expect from your pastor a
matter, I think it best to'bringit
up
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petted from you is not one of simply
following;
rather
I expect
you to.
offer
constructive
thinking • on. the
matters
at hand, then after discussion and voting has .taken place, io
. greater .attitude
of support than the
one you yourself gix_e. By the very
nature
of things, illness, work conflicts, and such unusual'circumstances, make it" impossible
for: all of us
to do some of the things
otherwise do.
Democratic
institutions:'
we would
Ours
is a
presbyterian
govern" menL
That foian
meansof church
that
both
the
laity and the ministry
working
together
in the
democratic.system
form the policies of our church.
You
have called me to be your
pastor'
and thereby
fill the administrative
role in our organization.
As I ondeavor to fill .this place, 'I sh6uld in
general, enjoy •your support of the
ltmumy, 1988
while no one is personally
involved.
Should at any time in the future we
be dealing with a pr9gram.o_-proccdure upon which there is not. comr .
plete agreement, the negative
voices,
Certainly have every right.to:express
their opinion,
yet they should not '
expect' a majority
of differing opin- "
ion
to theirharmony.
wishes for But
the
sake to'ofbow
.outwai'd
again, after' the vote is taken,
the
majority
rules, and the will of the
majority
becomes
our will. If this
is not done, our democra'tic governmeat cab. degenerate
into a dictatorship of another sort::'
This matter of Christian
living,-of
holy living, requi_'_s our 19_,ing _ap_
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preciatioh
members
and prayer for our fellow
and co-workers.
I for one
these comm_nts,.and
we've been _/ together,
the little time
/,here are no
in Christ
on Whitsunday,
May 21
1738. Referring
to that momemous
intend to make it as easy for you.to
doubt some nMsgivings.
I ask only
support
.the' total
program
of the
that yoti give me an opportunity
tn
church
as I am able; and pray for
prove that I'm not a grouch or afraid.
God's grace and Wisdom tq be mine ,.of'my
task, But at the outset of our_
and yours.
I pray
the mind b[
association
these-thipgs
have been
Christ' shall be mine. that it will bq
presented to avoid misunderstarlding
easy to follow nay leadership,
and "latei_,
that I will accept .your constructive
./I:am "confident that S_ou are God's
comments
in a Christlike
and'_ma.good' people, affd:that
as we call on
turemanner.
God, work, and believe
together;
Thishas
not been. presented
out of
fear, .nor to instill fear:
However.
due to tile rather' unusual
laaturE of•
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great victories lie before us.
Praycr_ull 9 and lovingly.submitted,
YovnPAsTOa
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2. Hymns
on Sanctifli:atioa
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"To THE ESTanLIsnMENT
of
Methodist
doctrine
of full
"
which
._,
ple
Methqdists: thisandchiefly
for
sake .called
of °prop?gating
I
appears
to have
dearly
regarded,
as authoritative
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Charles
Flame.°Nazarene
evangelist In villain: Miter. ot m_ • experience
12
God has
lodged
with the
peg*
,
"
salvation,
V
early Methodism'.Were
Charles;
As Dr. F. L. Wiseman puts it., "The
Wesley'.s hymns on reward religion.
doctrine
of Christian
Perfection,
as
For the distinctive
message
of the
John Wesley's treatise on.thesubject
brothers,
John and Charles, was tbo" shows, was more fully expounded
in
doctrine 6f entiresanctification..
John
Charles Wesley's.hymnd
than in _my
Wesleyinsisted
that where the truth
other way." Charles'taught
that conof Bible holiness" was not preaehe_
" versmn, wonderful
though it is, does
"theowork
languished. '! Only a year
not folly meet/.he'need
of the human
" There
before
his.death
he wrote:
"This
beart.
remained
what
he
doctrine
is " the
grand
depositum
termed
the .refection within." Hence
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_/rx:raL
sol" "
press
the quintessence
of enti
sanctification.
Hm_; fah_iliar are
words!
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O.glorious hope o[ perfect love!
re
his
the 1742 book expresses
his longing
Not so well-known
is this ver_se
thus:
.
. . of hi_
"
I cannot resttil! pure within;
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.The bl,Jssedness of. f.aith I prove,
Ttmgh He lath wasf d aw y, y
For Thy own sake forgiven.
-'stems.
And in this hope of perfirct love
. .
i
on fulI
_
event he confessed:
"I now found
Oh, come: .rid dwell in "me[
myself, at peace {vith God and're. Spirit o] power witMn_
]oiced in hope of loving Christ)'
On
And brhzg the glorious liberty
May 21, 1739. the first anniversary
From" sorrow,[ear,
and sin "
of his conversion,
he remembered
The._eed O]sin's disease.
his ehtranee into light and wrote:
Spirit of. healt'h remove,
"On this glad day the glorious Sun
Spirit of. finis ed 1o _iess.
Of righteousnessarose;
Spiri.t olperlect
love.
On my bgnighted souI He shone;
Charles.
like his" "brdther J oh n'_
And:f.i edttwthrepose
"
" " used the term "perfect• 10re" to exButhewas
deeply conscious of his
need of a further,
definite
work of
grace.
"His ardent
soul panted
for
full salvation,
One of his hymns ira
,
Charles Wesley: the Theologian
.....
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One of. his great'hymns
vation reads:
.
.he cries:
. 7.
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Anticipate mid heaven.
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But "it camiot .be denied that.there
were some differences
between'/,he
" In graphic" language
he tells ofthe
obstacles
which..the
Christian.must
' overcome
"before he can enter the
"Canaan
of God's
Perfect_ Love."
two brothers
as to how and when
perfect love could be obta'ined,
t3oth
o[ them agreed
that it was only
through
the attaimnent
of perfdEt
love that the divine image'was
;fully
restored.in
man.
"
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They
are sometimes
c9mpared
to.a
mountain .which
Only faith can 'remove: So he exclaims:,
O.greatmomltain,
who" art thou.
lmmease, lmvmvable?
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theguilt
hild mind
powerremmns
o] sin,
"Yet While
th.e-carnal
I still musfmake my ceaseless moan:
" Speak, Father; am I 7_ot Thy son?
He answers:
Thou art darkness.i_
my mind,
:Peri_erseriirssln'n_g will;
. Love iTmrdinate and, blind,
Whicl_ dlways clet_vas to ill,
Everll passion's wild excess,
.,_ Anger lust and prlde, tliou art;
It, soelhed
at
times
that
COoties-'
put-thetion
tooStandardhigh,
s0methingdf
Chrlstian'perfdh-unobtain.
"
ablein this present life.
"
His very. practical
brother
John
rebuked him for this and challenged.
him to find living 6xamples
of the
perfection.he
an d Whitefield
taught.
O_ the: oilier hand. John claimed he
could call 500 Witnesses Who would
ti_stify (o" the truth of the doctrine
the
He
.
Come,
Jesus, and elea_se my inbred
offence"
Self. and sin and sinfulness,
Ami _nbelief dl heart.
AI_ almost Pauline - description
raised "tis up," John
his brother's, hymns
statements
on the
Oh, take the Occasion oI aumbllng
frora hence,
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The injection within!
dwelling sin!
of sanctification
rig[_t to l_is death.:
.But always in the heart 6f Charles
• Listen
to him as he sings, when
was the belief that one glad day, ]fi probably in h s eighties."
Wesley
entered
into the
of. salvation thi'ough faith
Tho Nctzareae Preacher
response
to faith in
the great" deliverance
Ianuury. 1969
of an-
his Redeemer,
would .come.
whiet_ he h)mself taught!
Be that as it may, Charles Wesley
Was loyzll
. to the MEthodist doctrine
Though age
powers i
"benumbs
v_.y active
1'3
J
Still may I pass my added hours
" luinward
acts of. grace,
Ol vigorous
faith and ebeerlul'hope,
hi bllssJul vlelo$ /row Plsgah's top,
IT*[ervent pra_ter avd praise.
'
"All through,
his. pilgrim
Charles
Wesley
maintained
"
Yes.
cleansing
from
all sin
instantaneous.
It was
received
faith in the promises
of God.
Savioar.
to Thee my soullooks
prese,,t
Sav o,,r
rl,o,,:
3ourney
th a t
What is our callings
glorii_us
"But inward
holiness?
For this 'to Jesus
I look up;.
I calmly wait j_or this.
.
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those of.the
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We find
AND
PREPARE"
of us
'qlon't
lead Christians
into
of full • salvation
than
9
"sweet stager
of Meth-
We experience
We are more
it easy
there .is a BIBLE,
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to death"
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studying"!
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to "JUMP
INTO THE
but we are
STATION
of a high
level
complete
letter to corps officers,
Nat[0nal
Commander
FROM
Our
"
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hull
would
like to offer a'pro-
Mr. Nail did pu[I out, and without
notice.
But I thifik We _all
accel_t that challenge, there is a lob waiting for him"
thereA arc
rules was
that made
we allandmust
follow, and pa_sed
that if.he
motion
unanimously,
that 4s
Mr.willing
Nail
informed o[ Chairman
return to his position.
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llorseshoe's.proposal,
and that he,bb
The nail stayed* in place, the shoe stayed on, _he battle
.[
"
invited
to
be
to
was web,
and the Kingdom.was.savdd.
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A new year dawns thisweek,
llow about all us hoofs,.shoes, and
.iwils getting:together
for a great effort'.in 1_¢,8'.
_ . It not only makes.
,I
IIEADQUARTERS"[
by CommissionerSamuel
Salvation
Army
:.The Nazarene Preacher
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.feel.that he should be made to realize *hot'we are all wol'hers together,
*ha [ each is needed, that there is work that needs to be done, .that
just about
by
nail. the slier, was 10st.
shae, the horse was.lost.
h6rse, the hattie was lost:
victory, the kingtlom _,'as lost,
siwuld remember that, if we sticceed, we succeed tbgether. I[ we.|ail,
we fail togethei'. Mr, Nail's failure is partly ,my fault_ I was.close
• to.him but apparently didn't notice he was coming loose.. I personally
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control
of _i
of a
of a
of:a
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was needed! Why couldn't he have wailed unlil the newnails
arrived?"
"Just a minute, fellas,'_ Joe llayhi'ain ¢ou'uiered. "Maybe Mr. Nail'.
wouldn't have left if he knew how much we needed him. I'm all for"
begging him to return at any cost. We can't'afford
Io hurt his feelings,
you know. After all, he's been with-us [or quite a wldlc and has a
tot of friends. They.'won'i be.happy if we can't smooth over the whole
misunderstanding."
.!'Forget him," al'gued Mrs. Anvil.' "We're better off witlmut his
sharp tongue. We don't need his kind around here."
"I-agree," said M ss Tong.."lie.
failed at the job we 'felt he was
best suited for. lie doesv,'t deserve another chance."
"
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"VVell,",said Chairman Mr. llorseshne,
"I see you!.have already
posal.
the
aforementioned
"JUMPING:
INTO
THE
to the quieter
atmosphere
of "THE
STUDY".
mUst I_e brought
into
"
MANAGEMENT
and "ORDERS
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For ¢vant
I,'or want
Forwant
made up your minds on the mailer,
We
CONCORDANCE,
Br0thei"
M's notes, and other
when"platitudinous
we are "NAILED
TO ADESK"
.for
ponderosity."
'Shiftingon-which
MEN-
SELF-DISCIPLINE.
--From
open
Hepburn,
like
"a lot "of trouble"
getting
energetic
PHYSICALLY.
WAGON" and ' drive all over kingdom-come,"
I
involves
feel
.
The Membership
Committee
had iust COlOe to order, when Mr,
Nail shouted, "Good riddance!
It" be doesn't like the progran], he
ought to go somewhere._.Isg!"
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"Right," agreed Bill.lloofprlhi.
"The idea! l_ulllng out'when'
Im
'to
"
obligation
.
"
"ORDERS FROM HEADQUARTERS!"
as "TIME."
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"
. By Tom Barnard*
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Will there
ever arise
a poet more
passionate
in the quest
'.for inward
holiness
than
Chhrles
_esley?
And
will • there
ever
be - written
hymns
I wait, lill He shall toubh me clean,
_*all lile a_td powerimpart,
Give me the faith that casts•out
sin
And parilies the heart,
A Parable of. the Nail
:
"
• 'Tis- done! Thod" do_t this monreut
save,tull "galvatioa " bless;
.
:.
With
Redemptio_r
through
Thy blood
"1""
have.
And spotless love and pcace_ "
That
burning
conviction
embodied
the b6li_f of all early
Metl_odists..
It
was.this:
"
.
was
by
In all the conJc deuce o I hope_
I i:lalm the blessiTig now.
conviction
w h i c_h - possessed
him
when• he wrote
his earlier
hymnsin
Hymns
aud
Sacred
Poems_
1739-49.
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good horsepower, but it makes pretty good horse sense-too.
*A.,_latant professor of religion, aetimlly Nazarene College, Bethany, Oklahola_,
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tConfinued
tr_es in that
they
lrom
page
1)
die at the top first;
failures by the superior
claim that I
"do not count notes yy_. Am I leery of
numbers
principally
because
mine are
am
I dying•ahymore?
at the top?DoDoI know
I have.new
so
few? Have.
all to
the that
waywhich
along,is
thoughts
some
tenaciously
held I, fast
"things so welt tlmt I know I know
good?
Have I'hfid
the courage
to
(hem, or am I just a rambler and a "cast aside
the timeworn
when
it
ranter?
Am I guilty of covering
my
proved (o'have served its'day?
Am I
paucity Of ideas with a multiplicity
of
maturing
without becoming.a
moss ....
words?
Am"l intellectually
honest?
back?
Can Istay
fresh
without a'p-.
"
Have
I really
thought
my way
proximating
the gi'eenhorn?
Is J.esus
through or am',I still just an imitator?
Christ himself more to me than even
"Do I try.to get. to the bottom of things
the work of Jesus Christ? Am I God's
or.am
I .just a speculator
who says . set'banE, and not simply a devotee of
things and then apologizes if" they do
God's gervice? Am I so settled in my..,
not seem to "hold water"?
-Am I so .calling that I can endure
hardships
eertai_ of my gr6und that I can go 6n
with6ui
bee rifing discouraged,
and
and sa_, whatI
intended to say, even
meet flattery
without• becoming
in-
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Do I regard men either too
much or too'little?
Have I any fear
go: l shall not answer any question.
with a, simple yes or no: I shall answer each'one
with the addition-of
a
except
the fear of'God?
Do and
I paygreat
any
moz:e attention
to the rich
than to the poor and insignificant?
.prayer
that II may
may improve
see wherein
[ lack
6r wherein
and by
the
grace and help of God_ I shall ira-
Do l cringe
prove,
before,
the rich. and the
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to give this,
to some
of these
questions are not'for publication,
but
are just between'myself
and my God.
But I will saythis
much before y6u
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at
the
mY"Christian
experience?
Is the with
wit:'
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my present
acceptance
God.clear
and.satisfactory?
Does the
Holy Ghost ablde in my heai't this
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Do I possess a 'and pitfallsi hut also conscious of my
scientific
mind in'that
I am neither
resources?
Do I'deserve
to he called
unreasonably
skeptical about a .mat'"a.gocid minister of Jesus Christ"7
ter which is new to" me nor:unduly
But now I must excuse you from
without Considering their foundation?
each of these leading
questions
credul6us
in that
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theclass.meeting,
Ahd closer
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the ancient prophet, "Wa_ehman_ what of the"
night?'" Yet, 'in the' midst"of it allj we
gratefully
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our ministerial.family,
heshould
be. economicall:_
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for
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abilities and 'galents for the maximum benefit
of God, the church, and lost men.
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as it was. followed
in
night as.I' sat alone on
watched
those
ereat
the defilement
and .'destroy
the. enemy
missiles ,oi" strongholds.
We must.never
forget
that we are in-a warfare;
we
do have an enemy
who seeks
every
chance to ifi,,;ade our lives.:
"di'vine innew year?
know my
to {ind help
the Lord to
sweep vigilant_search
the darkness,
point
which we a arc
at fault,:
s stub- a"
,searchlights.slowly
back ant] forth, in their
born at
resistsnee,
blind
prejudice
for any
alien
"objeei,
the
scripture
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attitude,
or perhaps
simply
a
from Psalms ZI39:'came to mind, "Seardh"-"second
mile" we may go to case the
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"Alleluia!" it unfolds "the _lorious "message ()f a
living Siwiouz',_
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pz'cdOminantly
of chorul numb__,rs _md may
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l_lll'n_tl
in il _e_,V eoneentl'iit_d
i't_heal'sEes.
of the
$1NGiNG"Easter!
LORD OF LIFE.
"
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me, O God. and krlow my heart:
try
me. and know my thoughts:
and see if
there, be any wicked way in me," I ",'isualized a divine are light sweeping
and
scanning
the expanse
of my soul, seek'
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any. etae`myslSirit,
any
foreign attitude.
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Januar_
is the month for inventory:
Why not name
heal't inventory?
.We
speak of searching
our own heartS, but
we. are unable
to.truly
search
bur
hearts
without
the aid of the Holy
for we do not always
recognize
.Spirit,
the alien forces.
It lathe
Holy Spirit
:who
can detect,
identify,
reveal,
and
convict.
It is also: He who can cleanse
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For a long, long time I prayed about
. something
I ,wanted changed.
It needed
changing!
I begged the Lord over and
over, rind fretted
because
it grew n'o
better.
A motto hung "in,m_; bedroom
which
read. "Prayer
Changes
Things."
It was a i'eal inspii'ation
,re me and I
held fast to it, One day in prayer the
divine arc light swept my soul revealing things in a new light. It was almost
as 'if the Lord crossed
out the word .
"things"
and :wrotL _ in its place "you
ft. .
-"Prayer
Changes-YOU!"
What a revelation!" What ashock.to
see myself
in
HIS light! "I begi_n to•.pray differently.
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tasked
to be His
changed,
to be a channel
for
bringing
transformation
to' my
problem.
My own attitudes
had been
near to God in
iloly people
of holies?
Our
relationships
withthe our
are good
and aeetlfuL
but. bave they become
a
divine-flow.
But.when
I bumbled
mylike .a great ice clog, preventing
the
self and my heart:
whrmed,_ the
ice
melted, grace began to flow. I had been
very sincere
in my pr,-iyerS and very
blind to my own
attitudes,
but His
Jesus
Christ
himself?
In the "divine
substitute
for a vital relationship with
investigation"
can we heaz _ theMaster
say, "Martha,
Martha.
the W art careful
and troubled
about many
things:
but
one thihg is needful
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searching
identified
enemy
"planes."
With His help I began a conscious
effort to effect the change.
Since then I
have learned
in any problem--in
.the
home, the church, or wherever--to
say,
often we need to clarify, o3ar priorities•
"Search'me,
O G0d"--and
probe my
affections:
It is so easy to set our at-.
fectionS on things below--rather
than
on thihgs above,
as the sei:jpture ..ad-,
"'Search me, "O God," first. How much
more yielded my_life bas become, and
is becomingl
""Search
me, O God"--alul
examine
nay motives.
Motives'often
wear a disgtilse whieb _uask their
true identity.
monlshes.
Materialism
iti the form of
fnshioi/s,
nice" home_,
furniture,
new
gadgets,
leisure-time
enticements,
etc,,
beckon
us on every
hand. 'There hi'e
so many wonderful
things that do seem
'legitimate.
The pressures_
of :this age
They
look
the divin
to us.
eperfegfly
searchlightgood discovers
but
the
elusive.reality.
Often'w_en
stripped
of
disguise
we:discoyer
'an tinworthy
m0tire which is seeking, to get attention,
to expose _omeone,
to get undue sympathy_ to lionize
ourselves.
Sometimes
our prayers
for. others ,have a selfish
core.
We want them saved..or
'healed.
or helped because
it will really benefit
us ahd make our lot easiei',
One lady
determined
to bflild up her faith
for"
a specific need. She:reread
the entire
New
Testament,
underlining
ev.ery
scripture
relating
to her need.
She
labored
t/_ "work
up" the faith,
and
when at last she thought she had it. she
set a prayer
time to.go before the Lord
"full of faith" to receive.
She.testified
that it. was as though
a wet blanket
were dropped
over her and Her prayer',
At first it seemed
as though'God
had
utterly
failed her.
But in all .honesty
she discovered
that
he'r motive
had
been.unworthy--it
was really based on
pi-ifl.e.
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me; O God --and
define:my
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priorities.
Certainly
we intend
to Rut.
God and His kingdom first. But we get
so busy working for the Kingdom
that
we may: be among those who.are
just
ministering
to the .temple
and not to
.the Lord. We
enjoy.working
among the
people; we labor under the pressure
of
mahy responsibilities
hut 'do we draw
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of soulseffrehing
regarding
a specific
action' she had taken,
the.. Lord hadshown
her she had been "righteous,
but '"
-not
rigl_t," and.she
was humbly
acknowledging
her mistake.
Pondei" that
one for o moment..How
ofteri
our
,judgments,
our- reactions,
our execulions fall below
the divine
ideal.
But
thank 'God for the'divine
illumination
and for an instant response
to walk in
the light.
'Divine
searching
may be : painful. in
one waY but it is wonderful.
"It brings/.
"
" hcaling,.light,
arid victor_', If we will in"
"
"
vile God's• searching,
He will keep the
enemy routed-:on
sight, and our hearts
and lives free from defilement,
In fact
the closer we "draw to Him. the more
carefully
He can gt_ard our souls for in I:[is. love :He is determined
to allow
nothing-blemished
or unworthy
to remain in His . beloved,
•
:
." .
The Nazarene Pteachoz
TOWARDS
BETTER
"
BIBLICAL
SCHOiARSHIP
.
STUDIES
/
-
_
"
The
"
'
"
""
" -
FOeS
this vsas()NS
prayer
...
"
and
the
3-
Jesus
gioups theappear
"Son.
l,'ather,in
and
• -
•
"
"
"
"-
Ilimself
that
is perfect
man, further,He
truly human,is
yet pt,Ilei.fectl:¢.sinless;and
the disciples,
and the world. We sball
alsq God. very God of very God, etern,nsidcr
bach in ttmt order.
In this " el, .unchanging,
-almigbty,
Son of -Man_
_'tmly-we
seek to.expire%-wlu3t
Jesus
"Son of. God. Emmanuel,
God with us.
s:dd abotit himself.
A very
great deal
Jesus coafirzns
this.
He.is;
almiIlhty_
}i;_s been said by' others
about
Jesus,
.for He says. "As tlmu hast given bim
much of it good, and true. much of it power over all flesh"(v.
2); He shares
had a_id false. It is of the.utmost
imthe Father's
g_orY,, for He sl_/mks of the.
portance
to observe
c lo s el y .and.to
pol(der
carefully,
what.
Jcsus-sa
_),1
abo_lt .himself,
espe_:ihlly .wlmt is said
m tliis, prayer_ What He says we know
xi'[ll .be absolutely
true,
and .entirely
m:cessary
for our guidance,
blessing,
, .and edification.
His w6rds will be an
:rather
to our faith and strength
for
* • _sk. Hc
tauglit
much directly
to
Ills: disciples
concerning
bimself,
but
-lit,re we are privileged
to listen in as
" H_ opens
His heart
tv tbe Father
in
prayer.
:We can greup His ;.vords into
• :three main affirmations.
.
"
1, He dechresHis
true identity.
2. He states the reason fro' .His presencc on earth.
--.
.
..
'"
3.. He affirms
His future
exaltation
in heaven.
"
:
By H. g. Bedwell*
No,
.
17
"
"
..
"
'
on John
.
" "
"
.
Prayer of All
Greatest
Meditations
life.
re- .
late that m prayer
one time the Lord
nsk_d her. "Lovest
thou me more than
these?"
And surprisingly
to me.
she
had "bonestly
answered,"
"Iq'o, Lard.
I
rcally'd6n'.t,
but I want to." This impressed
rne, and since
then
I have
praybd
that
prayer
wben .I felt my.
_
"
"
"g dry which I lied.with
thee."
He m
eternal.
[or He goes on "before
the
world was" (v. 5)'. "He. is one with tim
Father, for He prayed
"that .What.
they may
•" "'11"
He
beone,
as we-are
• tv.
I,.
_ays in flits prayet:.is
echoed in file
opening
statement
of this Gospel, "In
ttm. beginning-was
the Word. [Jesus
Christ],
and the Word IJcsus
Christ]
was :with God: and the:Word
[Jesus
Cbrist]
was God't".(JO hn 1:1),
The
next verse, "Thesame
was'm
the beginning
with
God,"
agrees
perfectly
with wbaL He says in the prayer
of
"tbe world
glory whieb
had we
withlisten
thee to
before
the
was." I As
His
words we cannot
help but remember
the:teaching,
of Paul about Him "who.
being inthe
form of God, thought
it not
r.obbery
to be equal 'with God"
(Phil.
2:B).
There
is abundant
evidence
of
"
I, His true identity.
.
Wbo is Jesus Christ?
What does He
say about himself?
The Bible teaches
His true
humanity,
but there is also
consistent
proof of His true deity, not
least
whatquestion,
He said ".Who
of himself.
we askin the
ta JesuS?When
We
*Nazarene missionary. Steal. swaziland, South
n_rlea.
.
are
lanuary.
1960
confined
to one
of four
answers:
47
.
f. H.
the_
bi est
GOd
lived." f2_
He
"a_-_,mv.,orwho
a gr_)d man.
which atis
e'zer
"
"
" •
• ,
only.
of the
Father.
"
So.,
he
,,
but sadly mi_take_
about
(3) - prayer
hath dvt-lared
him".I have
IJohn manifested,
1:18).
In thy
His
The._,:ct_rd.s'.ofth,'Gosp,:Ishimself.
are false.
H: s,_ys.
(4) He i_ God an.t_ught
by the Scripname unto the men which
thou gavesl
tur_r_ and }_Jis own tt_.tlmony.
To thi._
me."
The
Ampli.fied
New
Testament
la._t vie _.ay a-hearty
AMEN:
We firmly
puts it. "I have revealed
your ve_" self"
h_:l" me that He is _Jhat He said He is
(v: 6) He also came to prepare
special
'
men t6 carry on tits work.
His whole
"
.'prayer
is to this end--that
HIS followers
II: The _'eamml ]or His presence
on
should be fitted for:theitask
which'He
earth
.
had for them.
As He was "sent to rapIf J_isu._ is God wisp became
marl.
resent, the Father,
so He Would send
why _. The entrance
of Jesus into time
them
to
represent
Him.
"Yc shall ,be
•
',,
had its origin in eternity.
His appearwitnesses.
, Every .petition
offered
is
Once on earth wan planned
in heave_
designed to prepare
themfor
this;
lie/was
sent by the Father.
lie came on
a speetaI mission,
At the. close of His
IlL ttis Soture
exaltation,
in heaveT_
"Gleanings f ram the
Greek New Testament
B_
RalphtEarle*
Col.
"Silbluit!'
3_18,25
_
or "Be Subject"?
sympathy_
don't
bitterness
sentment
......
spml
yourletmarriage.
or re-
,iPro
or "Exasperate"?
vo
The problem
here
(v. 21) is partly
that as to _,hich Greek word. is original.
The Textus
Reeeptns.
on which
the
K ng James Version is based, has parorgizete
(only here and in,,Rom,
1O:
19). This means
"provoke
to anger."
The verb is hllpotasso.
(v. 18). It was
But the. reading, found fn the46.verYvatican.earfirst used as a military
term. with the
liest manuscripts
(Papyrus
stnse
"place
•
under'.or
ns_
here.
"arrange
it
means
under."
'sub'us)
place
is
in
erethizete.
the
New
Testament
In. the only
wnere
I 1 the middle,
'
" tirother
u It
_,,,,¢ oneself
obev:"t
Perhaps
tile betoccurs at has a godd sense---s
,P_
Jter r_ndcrlng _ heret is "be sublcet
to'." stimulate."
But here'it
has the nau
"" "r
provoke"a
Arndt and
(RSV, NEB, NASB)._.
sense--GingrichStlsay,
uP.that it means:'
"Arouse,
"Fit" or "Duty"?
provoke
Ished th6 work which thou gavest me to
said tlmt He shared
the glory of the
do"
(v. 4).
On the Cross.
He cried
Father
from eternity,
His firstrequest
triumphantly;
"lt is finished.'!
in the praycr.i_.
"Glorify,
thy Son."
•,,
What did the _Father give.Him
to do? : GloriSv means
exalt, honor, magnify."
The answer is in this prayer• "For their
This exaltation
is a restoration
-to the
sakes I ganetify
myself,
that they also
status-of
honor and v.,orship which He
Paul says "thfft the subordination
of
the wife to the'husband
is "fit" in the
l,ord.
The Greek
word, is theverb
_ eke.
Thayor
g_:ves this
definition:
"in Greek writers
to have canto up to,
arrived hi, to rea_hto,
pertain
to . • •
embitter. ''7 It would seem that the best
tran_atlon
here is"irritate"
(20th Cent.,
Moffatt.Goedspeed.
Beck)'or
t'-exasperate" (NEB, NASB)
"Weymouth
.gi_,es a
may he sanctified
through
the ,(ruth"
bad. enjoyed in eternity.
He had "crop(v: 19). He is speaking
as though the
tied himself"
and humbled
himself
to"
sacrifice
of the Cross was already
an
:the death of the Cross..Now
He asks,
accomplished
fact. Adam Clarke
in his
"O Father,
glorify
thou me with .thine"
greet commentary
says the ward "sancown.self
with the glory which
l.had
tlfy" here .may be translated
"devoteto
with Thee before the _.,_orld was" (v. 5).
sncrific_"
or "devote
to death."
Undei"
That
this p r n,y e r was answered'\ve
the Old Tostament
system
of animal
know, for Paul wrote, "Wherefore
God
sacrificeS,
the :chosen
victim was "de-also hath h!ghly exalted him/ and given
w_ted to death."
He came
to" devote
him a name which is above every name:
himself
to death .on behalf.of
others,
that. at,the, name
of Jesus
every knee
thai'they
mightbe
delivered
from,sin
should bow" (Phil. 2:9-10).
His motive
imd made holy. This was His mission,
in asking "this is not to supplant
tim
Whorl He cried out on theCross,
"It is :.Father
but
"that thy
Son _also may
flnlsbcd,"
He was really saying.
"MISglorify
thee."
He shares
the "throhe
stun accomplished.".
He was.also
enwith His Father
(Roy. 3:21).: He asks
trusted with h special mcassgb.. Ht_ said, . that .His restoration
to glory b_- wit"1 haqe
gi/.'en unto
them
the
wol'ds
nessed by His followers:
"Father,
I:will
which
tl_0u .gave_t
me" (v. B).
Over
that they Mso, whom
thou hast g_ven
.and over again
He declared
that He
me, be' with me kvhcre I'am:
that they
did not speak His own words, but the
may behold my'glory""
(v. 24).
They
words
given
to Him by the Father.
had seen His humiliation;
now
they
"The word which ye'hoar
Is not mme,
were to see His exaltation.
They were
but the Father'a
which sent me" (John
also'to share His gloi'y. "And the glory
14:24).
He was the chosen Ambassador
which
thou gavest
me I have
given
of heaven,
declaring
the will of the
them" (v. 22)--the
glory of kinship with
Father,
This Is why every word
that
Him, the glory of victory over sin which
•Jesus
spoke
la of" priceless
value find
He secured,
the glory 0f reignitig, with
of the utmost significance.
He came to
Him, and finally "the glory
of .being
reveal:the
Father.
"No man
hath seen
ambassadors
for Him.
.
- - . -.'
-
hi:nee in later W.,':aters . something
appert'aias
to one: is due to him •
and then ethically
what.is
due, duty
... impersonal
hoe _-dneke, as was jltting
Col. 'IIL 18. '_ Chtlrles
B. Williams
"hriugs" out this idea of obligation.when
hetnmslates
tiffs clause:_
"For this is
your Chi"stian
duty."
......
.'.
•
,
"Bitter"
or '*Harsh"?
Tbe x,erb is pikraino
(v. 19). It comes
from pikros,
which .is found
only In.
Jas. 3:11, 14, This adjective.is'defined"
by Abbott-Smith
as follows:
"1. sharp,
poiiited. "2,
sharp
to the senses;
of
taste, hitter
....
metaphorically
, harsh,
bitter. ''a So the verb
iri the passive
as here. means
"to be embittered,irritated. ''_ But many of the translations
nsc-"harsh i' (RSV
NEB, etc.), find this
.seems _c fit well. T. K: Abbott writes:
:"The word would
seem, then; to carrespond
more _nearly
with
the celloquial
'cross'
than
with
,bitter. '''5 .As
usuali Phillips
gives" a free' but meaningful paraphrase:
"Husbands,.
be .sure
you g_ve your Wives much
love and
"
,Professor
of New
Testament,
Nazarene Thdological
Seminary,
Kansa_
City, Ml._ourl.*
may make them sullen and morose.',' In
line'_'ith }.his, Lightfoot commentS: ff'Ir- •
ritation', is the first consequence
of being
too exacting'with
children, and irritation
leads to mproseness."_.
.
.
.
,
•
-?
"Discouraged"
or 'Dtsheartened
•
The verb athymeo
(only here in NT)
" "
is compounded
of a--negativ
e--and. thymes."
The latter
comes from
myo,
which
means Yrnsh
along"
(of.
thymus
gland).
The idea of athymeo
Is' to be disheartened,
dispirited:
broken in spirit. "a- This is a tragic thing
to have hal_ped tt_ children.
Lightfoot
suggests
that the idea here is that itritated child
r e n will "go about, their
task in a listless, moody, sullen frame
of mind. 'n° Probably
the best translaties
is "disheartened"
(2Oth Cent.,
NEB)
or
"lose
heai't".
(Goodspeed,
NASB),
though
"discouraged'"
is also
accurate and mean i_/gful,
earthly
t
in the bosom
4B
.life
lie
could
say,
"I have
fin-
It has
already
been
noted
that
Jesus
The Nazo_one Proachet
fanuar./, 1968
mostly
in
bad
sense
rather fun paraplarase:
Fathers
fret and harass your children,
"Do'!
irritate,
do not
or' you
or "Work"?
The King James Version of verse 23
reads:
"And whatsoever
yedo,
do it
heartily
" "• . ." But this ignores the fact49
.
.........
-
[ "
k
"I_celve"
or
"Paid Back"?
" "'
The "verb komiza
(v. :.25) is not )the
verb whereas
that
of that meaning,
the first do
poieo,
is thethe common
second
do is ergazo, which mean.s '.'work." The
cori'ect
do.
work translation
heartily"
.
$[RMONIC
is:
"Wire,ever.
(NEB).
you . inSameverseaS
24.theoneTheretranslatedit
the"recelve"more
general
word
apolambano,was which
has
the idea mainly of receiving
from an"Heartily"
or "From
the Heart"?
qther. Here it is komlzb, which AbbottThe latter is a little'nearer
the Greek,
Smith defines as:" "1. to tal¢_ care. of..
which hns ek psyches--literally,
"out o[ "2, to carry
bf] sale.
3. to be'a( or
the soul."
Like tile English word'souI,
carry:
Lk. 7_37. Middle,
to bear for
the Greek psyche
has many meanings,
oncscl], hence
(a) to reclklve ...
(b)
The one that fits here is apparenHy
to roe'clue back, Yecover . . . metaphori."heart."
This admonition
'means:
"Let
e_illy, of requital _ .': Col, 3:25. ''ta
your h e a r ts be ih your 'work": (Waymouth).
Phillips"
paraphrase
is excel-
Thayer writes:
and punishments
lent:
"Put
ini.oit."
themselves
are as it were requited and
so given
back
to their
authors,
the
mea0ing
is .obvious
when one is said
your
whole
heart
and
soul
:
return).tt
For the noun h'e gives "recompense. ''1: ' The point
is that we
shall receive ,our heavenly
inlmritance
as a full rOwhrd:or
recompense
for all •
tlmt we hqv¢ relinquished,
We shall be paid inlull.
"
The Pastor,s
"
down
here,'
"
"
' " "
R_newa[
"
"
"
"'
..
"
"an
50 "
extended
call,"
in our
Manual
The Nazarene
-
-
.
'
. _
.,..
'
-'
reference
is to Jesus
Christ. as the. Incarnate Word of God (w.
1, 14). "Light'" is a name for God in
_
_
-
Preacher
"
Centuries
•
-. . .
" "
'
'
"
"
_
"
IL The triumphs!
Loht
Outcome
"The _ light shines"---a
contlnuons present tense. It keeps on shining Christ triumphs
over all His ahemies. Nothing' can defeat Him, Facing. the
Cross,. He "said to His enemies. "This is
your hour, and .tile power of.darkness"
(Luke 22:53). But He also said"Now
is
the judgment of this world: -now shall the
prince [ruler] of this world be east out"
(John 12:31).. When. darkness ICtruck its
heaviest blow, He emerged victorious[
Darkness IoseM Why? (1) Because of its
ignorancc--"The
darkness comprehended It
not" (KJV). Not able to understand
Him,
evil had no resohrces
adequate
defeat, God's "wisdom is greater
for. His
than all
the
ri'estament (I.(Isa.
in the
_the
cunfiing
"of thi_
dark world[
(2) And
New Old
Testament
,lohn60:.Ir3)
1:5). and
Ceaseless
because
of its
impotence:
'_The darkness
of who and what. He was. Jesus called
has. not overcome tt" (RSV)..In
His weak-,
himEelf i'the light oI the world" (8:12). He
ne_a,--dt the Cross where darkness engulfed
is thi_ _livine "life" In h_man terms (v:
Him and wrung 1rein His tortured
soul
4:19), ante as such He reveals what God is,
the wail of dereliction
(Matt. 27:45-46)-what man is, what sin is,.and what life is.
Ha'was yet mightier than all the forces of
As "the light"-He is pcrfe_:t holiness and
evil which conspired to destroy Him!
truth.
He is mightier
than the c_,il _'our'
"Yhe darkness_' ,Light and darkness are
nation--and
the kingdoms of"this, wbrld
not abstractions,
as in the pl_ilo_ophical
rdaan become the kingdoms ofGod and-His
dualism of Pe_ian religion. As "light" is
Christ (Rev._ 11:15). He is ,mightier than
specifically the
life o_. Jesus. Christ, so . the evil in our churches---and the Church.
"darkness" represents evil, in its concrete
shall be presented to Clirtst as a glorious
-
"
"
PREACHING
BETTER
W. tL McCumber*
Scnte_ua_: John 1:1-_. RSV
Tr.xT: The light shines in thc.darkness,and the darkness Ima not overcome it (v. 5).
How many boxing matehe_-have
been
hilled by eager promoters as 'The Battle
of the Century"?
My text speaks .of the
battle of all centuries,
the supreme.'con•
: filet of the ages. bringing" - together
the
mightiest of gladiators in o combat whose
outcome" involves all men through all time
for all eternity!
Contestants
"The light." John'_
recall."
Witha
twinkle
in his eye, the editor
and deep' sympathy
for a phst0r
whose
church
vole him out of ofhce.
Then he showed
me the
as giwn
"
By
.-
-
of the term "recall." So
of
a renewal
call
hnd
(Par. 87-88, p. 66),
e. J,'Bartram
Va_[_o_v_
W_ho
"
'_
Vote
dictionary,
meaning and the pblltieal usage
I .have tried to stay" wifli, the terminology
The Baffle of the
I:'-The
"
" ""
• "
•
"
"
In forty years of pastoral
labors in the Church
Of the Naiarene
I have'been
very fortunate,
for I have never,
so far, been recalled.
I havereceived s0me'negative votes 0n both one-year
"renewal" i:alls
and on "extended"
calls.
But.I've
neverbeen
recalled.
Back in the
1930'S I was SO happy one
yeaie about getting
a unanimous
vote in a " "
divided
church
that I gave. a report
to the :small.town
newspaper
about my "unanimous
expressed
his regret
would
Unanimously
/
"
TOWARDS
"'
"Since in the rewa_'ds
of .deeds,
the deeds
'Abbott-Smith.
_Lexlcon
p. 4.5.Lexicon.
• •
..p. 463. ,
'O
.
eli.
p.
3eO.
'T_ayer,
op. cir.. p. 509.
•EpheztapJ and Colossian# (ICC). p. 293.
_Abbott-Smlth. op. eli.. p. 179.:
VLexlcon,
p. 308. 'Coloulans, p. 227.
_Jaayer.op. ett, p, 14.
*"oo.eli., p..22"t. "
"
"
a_Op.tit. p. 40.
. xbla.
,,Ibid.
p.Zs3,
'Op, ct,,p?354.
....
_.
-
STUDIES
"Reward"
or "Recompense"7
" " komlzesthai
(to be requitted)
that which
•
rhehas.done,
i.e. either" the reward or
The Greek word antapodosis
is found
punishment
of the deed. TM
filly here in the New Testament.
It is
Perhaps
the best translation
is "be'
a double compound,
comi_ased of didopaid back" .(Goodspeed,
RSV}.
Moffatt
mi, "give"; ape, "from";
and. anti, 1'in
pu_
it. exactly:
"The wrongdoer
will
exchange
for." It comes from the verb
bepaidback
for hlswrongdoingY
antapodidomt,
which
Abbott-Smith
defines
"To give back
lent, as:
reeoqnpense,,
requitalas a*_'
(theequieaanti
expressing
the idea of full, complete
.
lorms, as this evil _is opposed to Christ.
Darkness is men rejecting Christ. Darkness
is all thatThein battle
your heart
and centuries
life opposesis
Christ.
of the
[eilght In the arena of human affairs, pub _
lic and private, collective, nnd iridividual...
- We are the battleground where
_
conflictr'ages.,
*Ptmtor.Flrst Church;Atlanta, Geqrl[ht.
"
"
January, 1968
bride, unspotted and unwrinkled
(Eph. 5:
25-27).
He is mightierdisciples
than shall
the evil
our
hearts--and,His
be likein Him,.
for they shall see Him as 'He is (I John
3:1-3).
Christns Victor[ Be on the .Winning side
in the" battle of the .eenturlesl
Follow
Christi
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"
"
.
'
.
GodIs Light
scan,.ruRz:.
th_
veryp_.
that man_hi
fellowship with Go8..
have
I John 1:1--2:2, RSv
God created man for fellowship,
God's
first action, Mter forming man qmd placing
Tr.F¢: God ie light iv. 5).
him in the garden, was to speak to him, to
•
address him in an act of fello'_'ship (Gen.
"God is light," Three words in daily
.2:15-16l.
When man sinned'and.hid
himuse, all tff them" words" of one syllable,
self from Cod, "The Lord God called to the
But what do they mean? Asked what "God
man, and said to him, 'Where are you? .......
Is
light"
me_n.s
one
little
fellow
re
'
•
(Gen._3:9.RSV)
God is a fellowship-seek,
"He . a n't I"* which,
.
. another pbed,
,,e,,vy. ., _t
reing God,
5pondod, "Than He can't bevery.big:"
And
How vividly this tact is shown in the
the first retorted, "If He hin_t big, He can't
life bf God in' Jesus Christ!
Jesus was
logically
Gf)d So
isn't,they
light decfdcd,quito
t Let v,_ 1
really bethat
'God."
aside our ready meanings
"
"
of light:
.
d" and
.,ay
examine the Scriptures to determine what
John meant when he wroth thistext,
imd
always
calling
menwith
into the,
fello,_ship
always
in.communion
Father,
.. with himself (Matt. 11:27-28): .
This is the dignity and glory of man,
that'- h_,- is created
for_ andinvited
to,
I. "God /s./1-' t"
.
.
gn
means (hat'God
wills
to make h!m.self known to man.
Jchn says, !'The life was made manifest,
and we saw it" iv. 2), He refers to the
life of GOd .in Jesus Chris[-:-_'the eternal
life which was with the Father and was
fellowship, with the.Creator!
. : .
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III. "God is light" ineans'that
God works
to destroy the barrier of sin in.man.
John insists-that
"God is light, and in
him is no darkness
at all"; i.e., God is
absolutely holy, The s/n of. man.is, there.2
a barrier to fellowship
with. GOd:
made manifest, to us." '/n Jesus the God, fore,
,,/_
who is Light was making himself known
•
:We say we have fellowship with him
to men.
"
while we walk indarkness,
we lie" iv. 6).
God's first recorded utterance is s• .gnift-.
When Adam sinned, "the'Lard
God sent
cant:
"Let there he "light." He says in _hhrt forth from the garden of Eden" (Gen.
3;23); The ground of ,fellowship was viasomething
in.nature
(Ram,
1:20).
effcct; Let ofMehimself
be knbwn!
He has
.revealed
fated and the reality of fellowship wa_i for- andtn
co/_clance
(Ram 2:15), However,
felted.
"
becaUSe, man is depraved and nature 'is
Man cannot restore this broken relation,
distorted by reason of sin, man cannot
shlp. He is helpless _o cancel his guilt
think his way..from
nature or consdience
and conquer his sin. But the gospel is this,
to God He needs a more adequ'ate revelathat. God has acted in Jesus Christ to
tian. "
' " .'
.
. . • . .destroy _in and bring again_man'into,;_'el_
- GOd has made himself clearly known in
19wship w!th,,himself.
"He is the e'xpiafion'
Jesus
Christ.
"He (John
that hath
me hath
saen the
Father"
14,9) seen"God
who
m_l '
." •
.. d, '.Let light shine out of darkness,' who
. nnssnane
tr_ our.hearts
to gif, e the light
of the knowledge of the glory of "GOd in
the
for. our divinely
s_us
(2:2).
That by
is, He
the
means,
appointed,
whichis our
"
. sins
are co',;ared
and forgiven
and
our.
lives renewed
and cleansed.
•
This means that "_' --',,_ •
-
" --if
" _
,w_
Walk
In
Um
light by
we renounce
Us
confessing
our the
sbis "darkncsa':'in
iv. 9)_ we
•
Jesus, GOd Is truly revealed. There the 'have fellowship with uae'ana_er,"
and the.
Ilght ta perfect; there the shadows and dlsL
blood of Jesus" his Son cleanses us from
_b
. m _afe
m _.y
that GodToIs. say,
self.revealh_g
_'v• 7 ,
_, _ou
_" - saves
"
__Lr_Jons
rt'moved.
"GOd IS all sin" ,
the canlcsslng
and" believing man, bringing him into telIncarnation,r_e
nm_eSinnlmseltthe
lifekn°Wnof
Jesus.to man by the - lowship with himself.
This, then, is whet John means by saying.
"GOd is light." The predisata "light" Is not
to _ave leltow#hip with man.
If. "God is light" means that God wants
some metaphysical
and philosophical
ab•
straetion.
John used the symbol of light
John write_, '*'/'hot which we have Seen
to teach us that God is e self-revealing,
and heard we proclaim also to you, so
fellowship-seeking,
arid. sin-destroying
that you may have fellowship
with us;
God, And man becomd_ a true man, he
and our fellowchfp Is with the Father and
fuffllIs, the purpose, of his existence, when
With his Son Jesus Cht-_t t, iv, 3). God
he walks in the lighf, when he has fellow-.
ha_ manifested himself In Jesus ChrJst for
ship with "God as a "redeemed_ forglv;en,
_g
face of Jesua Christ"
(II Cor. 4:fi, RSV).
r
The NOamene Preacher
and cleansed sinner! "And we are writing
this that our ioy maybe complete" iv. 4).
Fuli:_c_ of Joy can only come when we
walk with Godl
"He walks with me, and He talks with
me." Is that; to you, just a. line from the
hymnal, or Is it a rasl experience?
W.E.'McCuzier_
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Editor's. note: The last expository
outline ., on l/ Peter. by Ross Price' Ibas .published in
N,vemlwr. 1963. With this issue we are resurain9
this very fine sertes of depth studies.
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Expository Outlines. from
'
By Ross Price¢
. .
No.
II
I.
False
.
Prophets:--Then
II Pet.
Peter
.
and
.
Now
.
2:1
....
[NTRODUCTtOSf
1. Nat
all-win
clalm to be pi-olJhets are
.
true prophets
a. Peter would,remind
us that, just
as surely as holy men of old spake
by the movings of the .Holy Spirit,
so there were these exponents of
"
- self-clmsen falsehoods." .b. Asit
ivas in days of old, sc shall
it be today. Sham . prophets, teach-"
ing lies and'falsehoods,
are. de 2
nounced throughout
the Bible by
Ezekiel, Jeremich,
Issiah, and even
Moses; by .Paul, John_ "Peter, and
Jude, "
"
A. What is a heresy?.
"
1.
A voluntary, deliberate
deviation
from the articles of Christian be. lief, which, if followed, leads to
destruction.
2. The Greek suggests awasteful divisions," and thus has reference to
the leaders of'divisive parties Within.the Church--these'of
a ruinous
nature.
"":
3. The
term apoleias
occurs
flea
times in _is Epistle, C[. 2:2; 2:3;
'3:7: 3:16; and here,
.
It'is
for "waste"
used by
in
John's'theandterm
Matthew':_
GaS'pals
2. The false teachers of Peter's day were
" the forerunners
of the antinomian
heretii:s of the second century.
_]: Even
Judas.and
aboul Judas. Cf. John
17:12; Matt• 26:8:
(Trans. "perdltion" in KJV:) "
Hefice Peter, thinks of the false .
as "there were.". "there Shall he,"
He
whoherejects
the true
religion
surely
deceived
by the
fals/_. will
- Pseudod daskaloi
means
b/_th '*false
teachers? and Vteachers of falsehood."
Unauthorized pretenders.
•
Purveyors
ofrtheir own imaginings_
. False interpreters
of the. oracles of
" God.
.
4..!!Among you"--you
who clairh _ be
"the true followers of Jesus nhd who.
seek the true knowledge
of "God.
By their fruits you can know them:
1, THzY WR_ Iu_aosucz" Da_r._k
Hzaz z
sins,
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*Professor of theology "Pasadena College, Paaadens.California.
.
Ianumy, 1968
teachers
as the(Note
leaders
."sects1:
of perdition."
also ofPhil.
28; I Tim. 6:9; Heb. 10:39;- If Pet.
3:r/; Rev: 17!8, 11)."
"
These heresies they will introduce
privately.:.
.
. . ,
1. -False doctrines:are
usually intro'
duced as "additions" to the. truth,
or as_ "advanced truth_,'_ Cf. the:
" many modern ,,tams" which teach •
the doctrines of Jesus. and (plus)
their particular leader's or tounder's additions thereto.
" '.2. Such heresies are both pernicious
and ruinous to the purity and sim'pllcity of the faith.
B
53 "
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The last expressed.desire
Thoughts_
,,:
If work
personal
in theevangclis_a
life of Jesus,was the- greatest
If .personal evangelism
was the greatest
work in.the life of His disciples,
If personal evangelism is the highest paid
.
.
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IDEAS
THAT
WO R K
,.
QUiet
By
Be fore
and
.
process,
we
are
enabled
to
"
make
w 0 r shi p hour more effective,
we've accomplished
an added
- Try it. It worked for Us[_
Word
Being
Road"
MY
pie began
happening.
A PAsvoa _OM ALABAMA WRITES,:
'
:
creasing
demands
areas,
how
can
reading?
erently,
almost
fearful'to
speak
aloud
while God's Word was being aired,
'The next Sunday
the same thing pc-"
.
place
the' rehding
endedfrom
on the
curred where
the pas*or'
qontinuing
the,
previous
Sunday.
Many folks :brough.t
their _Bibles, so they could follow along.
It's-been
going on for nearly a year
now.
bool_ entirety,
of the alterBible
have "A
beennumber
read inof their
Harmon*
The Nazarene Preacher.
With
copstantly,
people
'
busy."
Too
bus,doinWhat:
One's
*
in-
can
ever Widening
Iin find
time
for
" " -.
arrange
his
s_:hedule
to meet
his
needs.
easytime.to discipline
oneself It
to ,:von't
a budgetbe of
It's work
to study.
But to do less is to make
one's ministry
thinner
as the days go
"by.
This is a sei'ious quest, ion,-for
it involves: not only the individual
but the
future..life
of. t_c church.
Among
the
through
crucible
of hisstudy,
own
., - worked
soul.
This
fakes thetime,
' prayer,
meditation.
If' there
be no conteht
]n
one'sministry,
;,he Holy.Spirit
will have
nothing to use Out of a minister!s
life.
We •must- learn' how to"budget
our
time. • There
is a crazy • routine,
that
one can get into which is a rouncl of
"busy'_takes
up our time but is unproductive.
May I.suggest
some.facts?
.(1) we are not psychologists
or prychiatrists.,
We are called to preach the
Wor_,
break,
the bread
of "life• to a
troubled,
frustrated
I_ e o p'le.
Nothing
" takes the place qf. the ..W'ord._ (2) Y_u
can't be an "erl:end boy,
to the peep e.
You can't
spend .your
time being
a
"nice boy.'!
You must convey to your
people
a sense of-yourcalling.
Your
people look for,more
than a."nice
bo:¢"
in the pulpit.
They •want to hear d
"Thus
saith the .Lord"--not
a lot of
fairy tales.
Thi_ cannot be _lono unless
time is" spent in' saturating
one's own
soul with. truth, meditation,
prayer,
I. have spent many years in the pas-_
torate in these demanding
times. I find
lanubry, 196B
m
.y
ministry
can become
empty,
passion-less and pointless
unless
one"
takes
time
.
'
'
' l
"
to put something
rote one s sou.
de
Honestly.
we can find
time to
everything
we" really want to de.. One
two
I darein toa'talnister's
menttcn.
(1)
ministby"
absolutes
life Athere
are
under
the unction
of. the Holy Spirit.
(2). A ministry
with content.
No one
_eally preaches
until: the t,ruth
is
•
(and
knb_; it's my time}' spending bye morntags a week in my study from 8:00 a.m.
until,
noon. ofShut
yourself
:away
from
the clamor
the day,
alone'with
God
and the Bible
and your
hooks.
You
will feel you are'ready
to:preach,when
S u n d a y comes.
One says, "I'm. too
'
PROBLEM:
" _ '
rehgtously
myself
PR BLEM
•
to come in and see what was
They, came q u i o,t I y, rev-
the
the n
benefit.
ing. The pastor stood at the pulpit, and
read from the King James Vet:sips. verse
by verse, pausing only at the endof
a
chapter to note the place of reading,
Aimost like magie']t
happened.
Pep:-
nating
between
Old Testament
and
New.
Each week the starting
place is
noted in the worship folder,
Same .old story:
"Please
remain
in
Results?
Well; first of all. the. people
an attitude
of worship
and reverence
do come •into.the
sanctuary
quietly
before
the beginning
of our worship
. ready,
for ' _vorship.
They
stay
quiet,
service."
"
•
If the idea of reverence
for God's Word
The announcement
had been made
kept- them,quiet
at first,
the actual
-endless
times, and the same old series
words
from the Bible
captured
their
. of e'/ents
took place.
First, folks kept
interest
and they stayed', quiet ta hear
, - quiet.
Then, some
were slow
coming,
the Word.
into the sanctuary
because
they.pre.When the _ervice begins
everyone
is
ferred to stay ot/tside,and
talk.
Next,
in. an attitude
of"_.,orship,
-ready for
they came in: and talked--even
above
the service itself.
.
.
the organ mumc:
" .
Folks who lust can't discipline
themBack to norplal--nearly
total uproar
selves to read God's.Word
are sharing
in the sanctuary.
It leek. the first five
it in a way that's:.just,
a step removed."
minutes'of,
the service
to 'establish
any
from home
study.
They
bring
their
kindof worshipfhl atmosphere,
Bibles and read passages that they neeOne day someone
said, "You _Know, or would read at home, without
leadI love to hear the, Bible read out loud,
ership,
No comments,
no sermons--just
the
It worked
for us. Maybe your folks
plain Word of God."
won't take to it. But God's • Word has
• -"
a way of grabbing "the attention
and
°Pa_t_r. $oh_o_ Cite. T_nnc_ce.
heartfelt
neeclS of people. Anti if, in the
6e
Dan
Worshlp'.
prayer,
On the worship folder was this note:
"Bible
'Meditation---b
e g i n n i n g willt
• John I: 1." -As folks entered; the 'organist.was
at het'"p]aee,, quietly
providing
background
music for the Bible read-
job in the world
If personal _vangelism is the divine plan,
Thor/
in God's
name, don't we praclice why,
it?
.
•
"
B_ the late ROSCOe Pershall
of Newport,
0reg0n,
Suhmieed
by JamesR. White.Portland,
Oregorl.
i.,
in.spiratious,
pondering
took place_ Then the answei"
came. Why _iot read the Bible just before the worship_ Service begins?
The very next
Sunday
a sign went
up just
outside
,the entrance
tothe
sanctuary:
* !'Please
Entei" in Silence•
l_y proxy.
Jesus didn't say to let
someone else go. buttogo!
CONCLUSION:'lhlsN WaY DoN't Ws Pn^crlc_
-
•"
t
of our Lord
was that His disciples would go and
make disciples of all the nations, and
'this commandment cannot
be obe_,dd
.
1
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.
A PAsTes rSOM CAmFOnNI^ S^_'s:
YelL, won't find more time!
Each
of
all
men-arc
trulyamountof
equal (and
ns has
an equal
trine. perhaps
*n this
only in this},
The secret is' in making
the bose use of your precious
twenty..four hours;
"
"
be a
weReading
willoften must indulge.
habit
When
in
we which
have
even a few minutes
tospare,
we shohld
have
a Bible or .Testament
a good
book., or _ church
periodfcal"close,
by,
You could keep
a supply
of reading
maiei'ial
near yourbed
to get sleepy
b_,.i Also at lunch
you could have a
book by your plate
for a,good
halfhour
of reading.
While others
watch
a dull b_tt harmless
TV program,
you
could be readingsomething
worthwnim.
.
Then there
are always
the morning
hours, espe.ciany
for the Bible and devofional
_ehding.
If every wasted mement could be used for reading;
it is
amazing
'the amount :of material'we
would'_:onsume..
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:
PROBLEM pOSED: liege do you get Nazarene church' members with low incomes.
to pay their Prayer and Fasting offerings
throughout
the year?.
.
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r_' _hat do you say? Write your opinions.
Pf%°b_'l_ ed,n $3,00 book c_.eda will be Ripen.
_ot over _0o toord_, p e_e.
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ALSO
"
Gone to rest in the dusty past;
Boltnd in the heavenly
tomes,
Its records
there securely
fast:
.Bt_t we'll meet tlmt year. again.
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YEAR
"
land beyond
the;l)all
• •
•
Dear Ldrd. another
year has come,
Give7 bg TI y gractous self,
Let its nplmrtunities,
privileges,,
.Far oztl*fnmber the one taq le]t.
May oncaeh 1 age be wri te_t,
.D cd._ ( one i t TI y good name:
Let them be with Thy*approva[,
1968
"_
The scales of God are true;
Ills vaulls hohl richest'ti'easure,
May we lhis year:in humhleness
Give God the fullest measure.i_
•
So to ns there'[l
For..
,_nd when the scales of.lime
Reveal our worldly dros.s,
May lie record us in heaven's hook
A_ a profit--not a loss.
Lovingly look Than upon ns
With Thy smiling face.
Cut ns not dow`a.apaee,
Ere theyear's
work is done.
Let us labor faithfully,
rustingly,,
No_braska
"
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And
"
[tear Thy
•"
-
.
be no blame,
dear, Lord,
another
.given
:
To luke tl_e other's'pla_e.
.
Evangelistic
Moods,
Methods,
and
"
"
- Messages
"
By C. Wil|tam Fisher (KansaffCtiy:
Beacon
Hill-Press
of Kansas City, 1967; 168 pp.,
cloth, .$2.75.)
Tlm. hutlior of this book has been a fulltime .evangelist in the+Church of the Nazarena for twenty-five
years; in fact the
volunie is in'a sense a commemoration
of
this quarter-century
of ministry. The first'
forty-seven of
pagesEvangelist
are devoted,
to a frank
disclosure
Fisber's
own
0hitosophy
of evangelism,
He opens his
heart in the.two chapters. "Why I Am an
Evm)gelist" and 'iWhy I Wouldn't Want to
Be an Evangelist."
In the next
two*
chapters, on "Methods," he discusses the
that
Who else deserves our i*est?
Who else reel Calvary's call?
Ma_; we this year in thankfulne_
Give Christ our very all,
_,
'
From hullefin: Valentine,
D. ,L. RUNYON, Pastor
Conducted by Willard
Its failnres,
successes'--all!
When the books ave opened
In
year
""
":
helpful:and
timely'. He decries trickery and
human manipulation,
but he insistS: "There
are" legitimate
"exp otiat'ons
of. spiritual
moods and atmosph•ere_.
But these lines
are so fine and the situations so cruc|al and
"
"
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'_
"
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i:
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.
..
Prayer for the New Year
:
"
'- "
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grow a little "wlseb day b_ day,
school my mind and body to obey,
keep my inne/" life both'clean
and strong,
free my life fro m gu!le, my heart from w_'ong,
Shut the does" on hale"and scorn and pride,
"
To open up to love the window wide,
• To.meet with cheerful heart what comes to me, >
To turn life's discords into harmony,
' :
. To share some weary worker's heavy load.
•To point some straying
contrado to the road. .
To know that what I have is not m5r owni
To'feel that I am ne_,cr quit 9 alo_ae-This would [ pray from dfiy to day,
For ther/I know my life'would
flow
In peace until it
be
God's
_ill
I
go.
•
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From
bulletin.
First
Church.
WENDELL
58
Los Angeles
Pastor
WELLMAN_
"
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"
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should read this book. The board members
wouldand
havethea revitalized
concept of orangelism
evangclist'dfunction,
and the
pastor would find helpful
guidelines for
both his own.ewmgelistic
15reaching and his
relationship to that planned catnlOaign and
the evangelist,
who is his indispensable
. .
fellow laborer,
R.S.T.
.
,
,
Yesterday's
Voices for Today s World
By Fred M. Wood .(Nasllville: Broadman
Pre_s. 1967:128 pp., cloth, $1.50.)
Fred Week], pastor of the Eudora Baptist
- Church in Mempltis, Tennessee. in this brief
monograph gives-us some supOrb homilies on
' nine of the minor prophets. Here is biblical
.
TI_o N_zareno Pto'achor
twentieth century. And he does it well. Tim
divine truth, spoken_.centur ies ago l_y timse
indomitable" Hebrew preacimrs
is located
and clarified by Wood andapplied
ingeniously to our' limes. ,The titles of the
important that a legitimate capitalizing on. sermons pinpoint the
centralteaching
of
the spirtiual potential ins service may seem
each prophet. For example, Hoses is proto some to border on manipulation, when in " sented under the theme "Enduring Love,"
--
To
To
To
To
To
H. Taylor*
practicalities
of _latlng an evangelist,
and " preselling at its best. Here we see a cant
the specific nature of an evangblisti_service,
temporary prophet at work forging lucid
Foi" instance, he explains Why it is his
"and persuasive messagds from the r_tw word
policy to be ))is own song director--and
his
of the ffncieht prophets. Here we sense a
•-reason
makes
sense,
discussiofis
of the
set)olaf
laboring
bridgeprophets
the time-gap
altar call
ahd_the
altar His
service
are especially
hetween'.tho
era ofto these
and the
welcome,
"Crone."
By.I. L,-Flynn
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reality the preacher is just an unusually
wifite Nabum's message, _,bicix predicted
sensitive and pliable tool.being used by-the
the fall of the Assyrian capital, Nineveh. is
Holy Spirit to bring people: to a •point of " captured in the epithet "Haughty Capitol--:
decision"
(p. 411. Yet he acknowledges that
Haunted Ruins."
the best oflinen may at'times tixrough mMuch of Wlmt _/,rood offers by way of
tense zeal exceed' both the Spirit's guidance
application comes in tlie lead sentences" of
and
bounds of
paragraphs.
theythe:polnt
seem atto hand
say '
•Thethe" balance
of prudence.
the volume -includes
all that needs Amazingly
to be said on
twelve represefitati_o revival sermons,
orFor example, in speaking of Jana}fs reaction
- ranged in a logical sequdnoe, reflecting the
to God's eoramand, Wood writes: "One is
- author's eolivtetion that the first portion of
on-the road to _piritual maturity.when
he.
a'. Vledne._lay
over two-Sunday
meeting
has learned to obey. Shallow minds reseht
(. "" "shoulcl be.aimed toward rqvtval,'then
merge
obedience to a superior"
(p. 29)• Or. with
into
eoangelisln.
Generally
topical
tn
respect In Hosea's _omeslle pi-oblems, he
homiletieal
t_,pe, these sermons are solid
observes: "A man usually finds his earthly
yet lucid, hard,hitting
yet waxmhear_d,
heaven or hell in the woman he marries"
They
make
better
reading
than
most
(p.One
81). of the .values el this chelae volume,
printed
sermons.
Every pastor and b6ard member (at least)
in the.opinibn
of the reviewer, lies in the
abhndfince of quotation_ from distinguished
*Professor
of
Biblical
Theology,
Nazarene preachers.
and Secular authors
Sound in
Theologlchl Seminary.
_9
January, 1968
doctrine, rich in homlletical material, l_rilliant in literary style, this is a book worth
' buying _.
Wn.Laao H. TAYLOR
Ai'chaeology
and Our
Old Testamen{:
Contemporaries
By James Keiso IGrand ltapide_ Zondervan
Publishing House 1966. 191 pp., cloth, $4.95.)
'Many books on archaeology and the Bible
have two counts" against them: (1) •They
are
in a contain
dull,, unimaginative
style;
find written
(2) _Ttey
a certain
excess
mandeers passages wbleh orb not too often
brought into use to support the.premillehZ
sial. view. He seeks to lmrmonize several
references in the Bible respecting the time
of the rapture in relation
to ..the great
tribulation.
He further seeks t.o point out
the place of Israel in the chain of closing
events. Throughout
the book a large, number of
references are"used to re.... scriptura
nforce the lines of.argument.set
forth.'Th _
alone would commend the book. to earnest
students
of the Word.
The thoughts
provoked'bydis
reading are
amount Of factual data which makes dif- .
ficult reading for the average*and even in". terested reader_ Neither count is against
Kelso's book,. In it.'he combines biblical
and arehaelogicol materials in such a manher as to "parade" exciting 'biblical personalities befoi-e the reader and to "recast"
ancient biblical scenes/'or
him. He then
draws relevant,
cogent parallels
between.
- Old Testament and modern times, For flats _
: reason this book should help any pastor in"
challenging.
Total agreement with hll can=
elnsions is not necessary, but the impact of
the whole should be helpful.
"
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Living
with thoPsalms
By John H. Scammon
(Valley Forge, Pa.:
Judson Press• 19_7 157 pp., cloth, $3.95.)
In this brief volume.the
author discusses
the ten psalms by which, he seeks to show
the best method
for the study .of" the"
•
using hisof Old
number
trends,Testament
attitudes,
our modern, scientific age,
"
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HAaVEX;
The
Tearsof'Jesus'
to
and address
issues ofa.
E.
FINLEY
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By L. R. Segrborough
(Grand Rapids: Baker
Book
H_use,
1957.
124
Dr. Scarborough,was pp.,-paper
a great $1:50.)
evangelist
and soul winner of. a generation ago., Thts
• volume is a reprint' of one of his popular
collections,
and is a group of sermons
directed primarily
to the Chui'ch "rind to
Christian,
. workers, on.. essential . _reparation.
..
for t'evl_/al, Every would-be soul winner.
whether evangelist or pastor, should read
these sermons, if for no other reason than
• "to imblbea
bit of Sdarborough's
intense
•
passion /'or souls, and his
sistence on the fundamental
revival.,
clear-eyed
requisites
. R.S..T.
infor
Hope.Triump
hast
By William
K. Harrison
Mootty
Press,
1969. 153
l_p., cloth, (Chicago;
$2,95,)
The author Is a lieutenant'geueral
iU.S,
Army, retired). He. served on the staff of
"General MacArthur_in
Tokyo.
He is a
friend'of
Dr. Howard Hamlin.
Thebook
was written to stimulate .interest in and preparation for the premillennial coming of our Lord.. tt represents quite
a_ th0rough survey of biblical teaching on
the-events
.o[ the last" days--the
rapture,
the tribulation,
and the millennial
Kingdam, In some "instances the atlthorcam80
,
.
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"
:
ing, tile paMor.explaiz{ed
tu the young .man, "Well,
you know
when .
we camp
Susan
was a Drolly _ small
girl." .Thr0ugh
ber
tears
she.
looked
up_mld -said, "I can'tremember
any other pastor"
. . . Sebne
Ttoo:
Taking_houm
some
old' ladies "from .the
miss'onai:y
meeting.
•
"
Presentl _ the_two in'the
back seat started
talking•
Said one:
"I just
didn't
time it right!"
Tile o0mr
asked:
"Time
what?"
2My death.
You kr,mw I've alwa_cs hoped B'rolher
H. would bury ine. I'jtrsl
did_l't
time it'right!"
'Her i:ompanion"
vigorously
agt:eed that' s m felt cheated
'
'
"
too . . .SceT_e
Three!
After
servb:e,
members
making
spontane-
was facing]an
operatioil
ors0me
emm'gency,
lgrother
H. was right
there."
Anoll_erP
'_l would 'say he has been_dnall-aroufid.pastor."
I-Ie has been a steady,'wise
leader'
in all departmeiats
of "the ehurdf'
.. _ To be enshrined
thus inthe
ilearts 0f the peol_le, and leave behind
lastiug
influe'nees"
f0r, God and " goodness,
is a greater
mopiamm_t
to
n i'nan's ministr_
than a fine new e _urch' build ng. (and in this ' cas_
tliere was the new ehtirdla building
too) ....I
wbnder
if the average
paslor.has
any idea of the enormous
privilege
it is' just lo be:a.pest.br
i':, •Pity the poor man who forfeits
these, incalculably
precious
rewards
,
:
•by los'ing the romance,
and becoming
a. bundle
_f cynicism:wrapped
' in the scratchy
=burlap
of his complait_ts'....
Pastor,
do y0u want
Someone
t0 sa_ these
things
about
you sotfleday_with
the
Lord
agreeing?
. . .'Tines
let the mopers
step'.moping,
and the'dawdlersstop dawdling,
and seize January
to ,plan t_rayerfully
for the greateM
year
forChrist
they have ever invested
. . ,But
if they mean business
will.avidly
study
tile plfns
oh pp. 24 37, 38, 40, 42,. which' . will
.
•
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in the Old and New Testaments
presents
some ihteresting points of view.
The book
valud for one who" is
seeking
to has
makemore
a somewhatexhaustive
stud_ of the subSeet than for the Christian
layman.
Its approach
is made against a
Calvihistic
which•would
tend
to lessen its background,
valu'e for those
of an Arminian
faith.
•
T.W. WI1.Lm6aAM.
!
ous
remarks-to lm has
a ,)isiting
preacher,
Said '.x.'
one:
".at_out
Br0ther.H.,.
always
been
interested.
evm' ."One
ybody.. th ng
Another:•
':No matter
tmw early
ill the morning
or hale at 'ilight, if a member
The Grace of God
By Samuel J. Mikolaskf . (Grand Rapids:
Wm. B. Eerdmans
Publishing
Company,
1966. 108 pp., cloth, $1.65.)
The author seeks to.set •forth the "dectrine of grace".as
interpi'etod by the cartotis religioUs bodies--Catholic
and Protestant. His treatment of grace as revealed
The Nazarone Preacher
'
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Recently
a pastor
notified'his
people: that .bb was leav.ing,
after:
twelve
yea'rs, of faithful
ministry,
years
of _ progress
and
(riumph,
" but
also
yem's, of some
SOl'r ;vs and disfippointments--und
many
problems
. . . Scm_e One:
Greeting
a fine youhg 'couple
senti (o be married..Suddenly
she 5egm_ to cry.' Always
m_derstand-
Psalms•
recommended
guidelines
adequate The
and commendable.
"
" are
" .
Doctrine does not figure prominently
in
tbi_ book, but. the author.-shows
himself
to'be
hleariy
evangelical
n a 1 of the
discussions.
Both
laymen
and preachers
will find hero some illuminating
thought8
and will be encouraged to probe the psalms,
at least the 140 unto'uehed,
in depth,
WILLAHDH.
TAYLOR"
UnderstandingCom.munism
By James D. Bales (Grand Rapids: Baker
Book House.' 1995.. 98 pp.; paper, $1.00.) "
This is a well-documentod
studw, and
should be v,iluable to those ifitorestod in
-the subject. It brings the "dimgers st Communism clearly before the render
T, W. WILLmGaAM
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tim year . . . In fact.every
page will contribute
. . '. The' whole
can be antalgamated
into _n altogether
program
of accomplishment
. .: ' The ehzi|lenge
of. it 'will•
keep ama t on h s toes ahd on his knees-:the
best calisthenics
I know
of for staving
off premature
Stiffness
ilkdie.ministerial]hints,
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exciting
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is found in Paul's
message to Timothy.
It is timeless .and 'dateless;
therefore
it is as
'relevant
today as it has-ever
been. The urgent"eall,
to preach the
word is in a context which makes it like a Bequest, a' last will and
testament.
Paul moves from the role of a wise master builder and
"Whi'6h ltveth and ahideth for ever." Those whotheorize
or prophesy
smooth things that their-itching
ears may hear the compliments
of.
their hearers have compromised
their message find defaulted
thecall"
of God. The most needed and often the most desired preachers
in
"
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every age have been 'those :who, on.the.:authorlty
of God's Word
.have
• and Lord;
proclaimed
Ctirist
crucified :and risen from the dead.as
Savior
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'It is easy to read into Patil's meaning
that'the
Word' is to be
.
' " preached
With eonfidehce,
{1) "All scripture
is given by inspiration
. of God" (II Tim. 3 [6)
(2) It "is profitable for doctrine
for reproof;
for cbrrection,
for instruction
in righteousness
(v. 16). -(3) As
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37
received" by Paul from his,, mother,
Etiniee,
Lois, the "holy scriptures
mDke believers
The Last
39
and "the man of. God . . . perfect_ thr0ughly
furnished.unto
all good
Works" (3:15, 17).' Therefor_
the Word'is to be preached
"in season,
out of Season." .The New English Bible has it thus: "Press it home
.on all occasions Convenient
or inconvenient."
Some may hear and
Stewardship
Day Here
an/l'iNow.
W. E. McCmdber
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and Effect of Revival, lol _ 'B. Br_tart : ............
Outlines from II Peter. No: 2. Ross Price, ..........
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p. 33
$ Biblical.Studies,
p. 35 • Sermonic Studies. p. 39 • My Problem.
p. 45 • Ideas That Work,p.
46' •. Bull0tiu Exchange, p. 46 • :Here
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The Grcatast
Prayer _*f All. No. 4. H? K. Bedwell
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Gleanings
from the Greek New Tesiamcnl.
REdph .Erlrli, . ....
The Cause
Expository
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That the Holy Scriptures (the Old Testamentl
which was, and the
Ne'_, 3vhich was to be) "are identified
as the Wordof
God is beyond
reasonable
doubt.' This is a serious eall for biblical preaching.
There
is no message of ahidingworth
that is not hase'd oil the Word of God,
2<
Hrlli'v W['bb
.
the time of. my departure
is at hand:. I have fought'a good.fight,
I
have finished my course, I ha0e kept .the .faith:- henceforth
there is
laid upfor mea crown, of righteousness"
(II Tirh. 4:6-8). In a mood
of solemnity and parenlal concern the senior partner of a gospel team
counselor his into
his valedictory.
"I am (v.
now2) ready " to he offered,
charges
junior,"Preach
the word."
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some forbear,
but God's Word Will not return
unto Him void (Isa.
55:11) ....
Again, Pa.ul is saying, Preach the Word with conviction,
preacla
. .with awareness
of judgment
(4:1).
All who answer
God's. call are
to give account for stewardship'of
,lie gospel. May they "do it with
joy and not with gl'ief. Those: to whom.he
prefiches are judgmentbound. Therefore
let e_'ery man who declares all God's coufisel do it
"as. a" dying man to dying met/."
(1) Preach to prove again the
truth,.
"for the t_me will come when they will not endure
sound
doctrine,
(w. 2-3).
(2) Preahh to rebuke, sin in principle, in word,
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he will f_dl'unless
he givesSoit occupied
all he has,will
andhe-be,
then ea]]smightily
heavenly
#einforcements:
in fact,.that
or appointive promotion• will l_robabIy come as a surprise.
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for
any
elective
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A. humble roanis never greatly distressed
when elections go to the other
man, and positions of leadership.pass
him by. There are at least three reasons
for this. One is his faith in God.'His
is a big God who is'perfectly
able to
get. him to the place. where He wants him. Another
is his complete
submission to this all-wise-and
cKpable God. 'If God' doesn't want him there, he"
doesn't• Want to be •there either.. But a third reason is his realistic: appraisal
of his own abilities and limitations.
Some men are sureof their abilities, but appear lJlind to their weaknesses.
Therefore
their confidence is not tempered
by carefulness:
They are too Sure
of their own judgments to seek counsel. Admittedl:c;'anyone
with leadei'ship
tlmbre.must
have the 'al_ility to exercise his own judgment
When duty demands it, and take. full responsibility
for the eon'sequences.
But if selfconfidence•ts
balanced With the humility of realism, decisions will be prudent,
and often accompanied
by inner trepidation,
Such men will not .be prone to act in arrogant,
headstrong
disregard
for
the oplmons of others.
.....
The realism which, is humility
consists of not only a cautio)as appraisal
'of oneself, but anintelligent
Un_terstanding of the difficulties
and complexities
of the Lord's work. Men who would 'not shrink from directing a corporation.
would be "wise to tremble at:. the prospect of directing a church
(or district
.or church auxiliary).
'In. the church there are spiritual forces at work and
issues at stake which make big business look like child's play. A man who
does not know 'this, and who is .not acutely sensitive .to it, "is altogether
too
much of a .novice to be "entrusted with major responsibility.
He is' llke the
youngster who.sees.only
the glory of.war bu{ none of its gore.
A 'man. theref0re
does not necessa/'ily
have to have an extremely
low
estimate of iris abilities to be humble..All
he needs is to see his abilities and
the_ task in proper perspective... He knows that even.though'a
•ten-talent. man
twice over, he is not equal to the,Lord's
work.. He knows thatYat.best
there
is always a gap between his abilities and the demands of the job, a gap which
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simple device of appointing
committees,
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Therefore he doesn't overly itch for a parti_:ular "job.", He loses no shep
over lost votes; in fact,, when he narrowly "escapes" he sleeps all the sounder.
He is quite content to leave it to the Lord and the. church to decid9 where
he is hest fitted:
.
if you enter at stewardship
you wiU come out at sanctification.
Becaese stewardship
is so central to both"our mihistry,ahd
message, every
preacher will be vitally interested, in the stewardship
writing cofitest spensored by the General
Stewardship
Committee
and announced
in .this issue,
In the meanwhile
he is•too busy where he already is to,think
much about
a prospective big opportunity.
He knows, that even where he is now serving
page 32a. Everyone who thinks deeply on this subject will be personally
benefited, even if his efforts go no further.
If in addition he is able to express his
thoughis helpfully," he can benefit not only himself but.hundreds
of others,
' 2 (62)
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The Nazarono Pzeacher
:
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Contest
the patience,
"
faith,
and the Holy
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we have made generous
use of the
In caring for planning,
and ad-
ministrative
detail the committee
method can scarcely be surpassed.
It has
the advantage
of directing
Christian
love into practical channels
It spreads
responsibility.
It pools talent-, ideas, personal
reseurces
thus: bringing
to
bear on the project an aggregate of mature judgment and ability. IrFcounsel
there is safety; in numbers
there is strength;
in cooperationthere
is blessing;
in careful planning _md delegating there is efficiency.
But the losses will be greater than the gains if we I_roceed under the.
illusion that in.the mere multiplication
of committees
we generate spiritual
power. Committees
can channel power, hut not Create it--unless
they funetion: as prayer
cells first, committees
second.
If 'committees
do 'the Lord's
work with only a polite, nod to the Lord at the opening and. close of •their
meetings, while in •between they proceed as if God were not around, then
committees,
instead 9f generating
power: may actual!y siph0n it off.
A Church well-run
by efficient
committees
may be like a skillfully
engineered
and malntaified
canal that has no water.
In that case it .will be
an object of admiration
(or amusement),
but not a means of transportation.
.. - This _s .exactly. what" will • happen if committee
work. is not preceded,
surrounded; permeated,
Undergirded
and followed up by prayer.
- It is significant
that the organized
missionary
enferprise
of the "Early
"Church was not born in a committee
(or even in a commission).
It was
born in a prayer and fasting meeting (Acts •13:1-3),
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Holiness is like a tunnd--you
can" go through it at either end. If you
enter
at
sanctification
you
will
comeout
at stewardship;
it is just as.true that
-"
can he
only by prayer
and
aid bridged
of his brethren:
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Fobz-aaxy,1968
(63)3
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Kindness is, net"only
an impulse
but an art to be learned
"
of grace
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If we accept that kindness as a virtue may. b e learned,
doubtless
then
{here would be aids to'such learning
and we suggest three:
1. Sit Where they sit--things
are
not always what they seem.
Many
times .while driving in traffic our at-
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of St. Paul was addressed .to "the Saints which "are at
Ephesus"
and to "the faithful
in
Christ Jesus" and" follows the cam- -
_it was tffe act of a woman in a society
with some limffations
.on feminine •
freedom.
Do not we too have diffl_
cultyJn viewing 'with kix_dly eye that
behaVior among-professors
of grace
mendatians
of. verses 13 and 15, .it
seems a safe conclusion that, while a
disposition to kindness can beregarded as resultant
6i a-real
heart ex-
that seems to us to-be unconventional
or worse? Again, with f_heir_eeonomic
backgrounds,
it :seemed to them to
be.out of key somehowthat
so much.
t
perience
.qf saving
and sanctifying
grace, "kindness as a'Christian
virtue
was financially
involved in Mary's appreach, and do we not find ourselves
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is something
we may. learn and ira:
prove upon---more in tl_e realm of maturity. Indeedour
own experience
indicates.that,
while "any -desire to be
• unkind is farthest from our mindS, we.
find ourselves
through
thoughtlessness perhaps, or immature judgments,
perhaps questioning
as extr_ivagance
the fiscal policies of others, not cattily,
or with carnal cant, but simply out of
a(total inability--_vith
_ur own background
and personality--to
understand the
reason
or need of such
policies? Third her record would per-
or hasty decisions, involved in acts or
haps. in their eyes have rendered
her
•attitudes that can hurt and wound.
" adt as' hypocritical
or at least crossing
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in the
woman should minister
to a sinless
record of Mary of Bethany's memorial • Christ. Here again do we see a parallel with our sometimes rigid ideas of
act of worship _ay arouse• in us some
feelings of censure, and it may he that
religious behavior
and the questions.
we feel that our reactions would have
that their nonobservance
can produce
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been more closely akin t0those
of/the . in us. The response of Jeshs does
not
these
objections,'
• l_indly Jesus; but, wmildthey?
T0.the
. out'necessarilYrather
wlmrefUteau
theunderstanding
disciples, Mary s extravaghilt
:almost"
theatrical
gesture; a sort of reverse
of His loving heart He sees through
parody of the courtesy of. the day.
may have seemed too unconventional
for ready acceptance, especially since
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the possible extravagance
and impropriety and sees the genuine gratitude
and adoration implicit in Mary's actiori and perhaps
as a direct eonsequence
quenched. a
"smoking
flax ''_" is" not
The Nax_ene Pzeacher
motorist,
and
and
wished or that
wouldperhaps
move along
moveheor
over she.
or
something,
only
to
find
as
we
passed
tention has centered on a driver a car
the bottleneck
that:there
was some
• very good reason, a broken-down' ve-.
hicle, a slight accident, stock on the
Be
Ye Kind
13y J. Johnston*
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?ing could be so learned that, while
requiring'no
basic physical or othex:
changes; they would b.e the involuntary reflex in the event of an acctdental tumble.
So in the matter of
kindness, there is a reaction to situalions that springs from the inbuilt law
spiritually,
but
we can
learn
a
"more
excellent tid/e
way."and room for a
3. There!s
athtudes
or be-..
change.
Manj; times both
.... physically
of self-preservatian
havior can emerge from
a highly
charged emotional experience
or atmospbere" Which is not indicative
of
road,• etc., that called for commenda_
the normal
spirit and this can be
tion rather
than condemnation.
By
of 10ng or short duration.
It *is said of
seeking, to get into the picture, if we
Abraham
that a "horror
of great
do'no more we give ourselves breathdarkness '--i.e., a fit of-black depresing space before
misunderstanding
start----came upon him and lasted at
produces unkindness
Or its kin.
. least a number of hours; and as with
2. Try to view the situation unreJob, who _vas af/lioted many days, the
lated to its effect on ourselves:
Just
consequent
utterances
or actions, ff
.,
as long as our ideals'or plans or judgmeats
or Opinions
or aspirations
are
iniperilled-in
any.measure;
it .is diffi:
viewed• independently,
would give a
totally
unreal' decision
picture--and
the reserved
canbe certainly
invalu-
cult to take'a
kindly view. We can
able in our search for an involuntary
all
with tolerance
of kindness.
upon16okpeople's
problems and
andsympathy
difficul_ : attitude
We take
care to state that all of
ties when we ourselves
are not in, _. the foregoing is net to give support
valved,
which in suggests
that difficulty,
we can
succeedhere
spite of.tl_e
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campaign more
of'callingblack
but
to hesitate
white,
to
call
aWeien:year:-oldWere
recentlyjud0amusedstudent
t°wiinesSgiving whiteseems
black;.the
universaland
springScry
offr°mall,
ofwhatour
demonstrations
of "how to fallsafely"
hearts--to
be better, more Christlike
before an adi_iring..group_0f
young
girls, ar(d to see that the skills of fall:
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of. everyday living.
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Booth
one day and asked. "What is"the secret of your power and success?"
Tearscame
and stole down his cheek. Brushing back the hair from
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but'in the business
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said_-"! will tell you the secret. God has hadall
o[ me thane was to
have. There have been grea! men of grepter opportunity,
hut from
the day I caught a vision of what Jesus Christ could do," I gave all to
Him."
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oF THZ MOST startling slat!sties,
of bui|ding, and falling down in the
that came _ut of Dr.- Kenneth
other.areas.
But the tragedy of this.,
Armstrong's
intensive
research proji_Ahe.fact
that the "building" we do
ect for his doctoral
dissertation
see'is not designed primai_ily for the one
eral years ago and later published in
who needs it most, the most imporbook form under the tiile. Face 'to
tant person in the church..
: the new
Face with the Church of.the
Na'za. " Christian!
Most new converts do'riot
rdnc, was his calculated "estimate that" "get the attention,
help, encourage"if e_;ery person saved at a Nazarene
ment, advice, training,•'and
genuine
altar had continued
in the way and
Christian love that they MUST have
joined the church we would have over
in the first few days of their new1;000,000 members today."
We know
found;experience.
Why? Most of us
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that we cannot.hope'to
keep every_
one but we should and must do much
better than w'e have in. the past.
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of Christian
ed:
ucation
and.of thetask
Church
is:
1. To win the lost ,:,. to Christ:
2..To build them up _ . ,m Christ."
3. To send them.out ,.. for Christ.
We discussed this in a recent Workera' meeting.
I'asked for.opinions
as
t0where
they tho_Jght.we spend most
of our efforts and energyl percenta£ewise.
If
we try
to place
all of the
activities
of" the church
calendar
in
one of t}_e three categories;
this is
what I come up with:
1. Winning.,.
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2. Building
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school, N.Y.P.S.,
lowshlp, C.S.T.,
so forth)
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pression of his earnest concern and
guarantee of .His continued interest
and praym's." New converts should be
urged to _ecl-frce
to call the pastor
at any time they need cotmscl or en-'couragement.
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e_ch new convert should be sent to
all,the prayer warriors in the church.
Ask them to hold this person up.be[ore the Lord, by name, every day
[or at least two months.
3. Give
Them
Reading
Materlal_
Immediately.
Have
copras of Now
r That You Are Saved, by Dr. John E
9. _Friendshlp.
Assign'one,of
your
more mature Christian couples to give
special attention and time to this per-
Riley, and Now That You Are Sanetl]ied, by Nell Dirkse,
close to the
altai'. Urge the seekers to read one
- " through before they go .to bed. This
will help them understand
What has
happened
to them and what they
shotild dote grow.
"4. Contact
Within
Twenty-_our
Hours!
If at all possible, the pastor
should
make a quick
visit within
twenty-four
hours• If a personal _;islt
is not possible, a phone call is the next
best.. But new Chrlstians
need encouragement
and a show of your continued interest.
Sometimes
the first
son (bnd wife or husband,
if marricd).
Warm, sincere
Christian. fel_
lowship can be a great blessing and
inspiration t.o new Christian:s.
10. Follow-up
Letter.
The pastor
should send another pdrsonalletter
in
ten'days or two weeks to-further
encourage- andremind
.them of their
commitment,
that he is praying for
them daily and has confidence
that
God is w0rki.ng in their lives.
11.. Training.
They should be expected to enroll in every C.S.T_ class
that is offered, so they can train for
Christian service.
An annual course
are too busy about the Lord's work.
If this _s .true "of .you or me, we are
not about the Lord's work, but have
one or two days are .the hardest, This
on personal
eyangelism
one contact may serve "to save this • part of this program.
, _oul f6r eternity!
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let ourselves programming.
gettrapped
in our own
sblf-devised
We _nust decide just exactly what
we are trying to do in the local
church.
-Some things are vital and
must be cared for.- The hurture of the
new convert should be On the top of
any church's priority list Hereis
a •
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keep that new cor/vert.
Very few,
if .any, churches
will be able _o in-
" 5 Letter
the Pastor.
" letter
can be]from
devised
'to send A toform
all
.seekers
from the office on Monday
morning with the pastor's
signature
corporate the.whole p_ogram, but any
part of it will greatly strengthen your
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conservation prograin.
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1. Trained Altar :Workers.
Your
church leaders should he hand-traihed
to quieldy slip out and go with seekez:s to the altar, to pray With them
and counsel them .if need be,. This
3. Sending out...
1%"
" can be a great h_lp for a seeker to get' "
According to these statistics it apoff to a good start,
pears we are. doing an 'adequate job
2. Personal
Encouragement.
-The
pastor .should make every .effort to
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give each seeker t_ "warm, sincere exCalifornia,
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offering encouragement,
• a follow-up
on the conversation
when. they rose
from
Or booklet ,
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,,,the altar.
- , A, tract'
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snoum'oe
encmsea,
rose a suggesteu.
guide on how and where to redid in
theBible.
6. Put Them to Work.
Within two
weeks this new person should be assigned to some place or respoasihillty
in the church• He needs to feel he
has become a part.of the church and
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he needs faith.
an outlet to express
his
"newfound
7, Send
Them
Out.
Each new
con-
vert should
to'go visiting
with
one of be
yourassigne.d
more mature
Chris-"
tiaas. This will help him learn how
to visit and talk'to
-Lord.
Febmca'y,
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people about
the
should
be a
new Christian
with plenty of good
12. Required
Provide days.
the
reading
matbrial Reading.
within a.few
Start with the following:
(1]•Heraldo1Holiness
(2} Come Ya Apart
(3) The
My Utmost
]or His Secret
Highest el
(4)
Christian's
(5)
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Happy Life
Be-sure
he hash
Bible. Be
sure tO check with him often
to see if he has been reading,
and discuss with him some of
the important
read.
13. Teach Them
14. Teach
Study
a
things
he
has
How to Pray•
Them •How to Read
and
the Bible,
Them Li]e.
tl_e Fundamentals
el 15.
the Teach
ChristianThey need to
know about, d o u b t's, temptations,
growth, sanctification,
cal-nality, how
to have faith, etc. If yQur church is
(67) 7
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winning its quota of ne/v people to
the Lord, you should have enough
new Christians to have a special cla_
for them twice a year. 'A full quarter_would" be _b0ut the •right:length'
new converts before, those just won
are firmly and safely established in
their experiex/ce with the Lord?
Every time I open my Bible, I seem
to stop at the fifteenth chapter of
"de/idly accidents. Such things are
written between the lines by those
haunting ghosts Who invade the hallowed hours of preparation,
his rheumatism or be colored by"his
jaundice. People do not need his allments. They need God's'message. If
his wife nags him as he prepares his"
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for
this training
which 'school
Would
fit best
during period,,
the Sunday
John,
words
sixteenth.
verse and
jumptheright
up ofthe
_nd catch
my
No pastor
study door
locked
at all can
tfmeskeep
whilehis sermons
are
sermon
forbid),
he must
lest that. (God
nagging
get into
his guard
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I can-already hear the complaints,
"How in t_e world canI work all or
any of that into our already overloaded calendar?" Why. go out: afte1'
eye every time "Ye.have not chosen
me, but I l_nve chosen you_ and ordained you, that ye should go and
bring forth fruit, "and that yoi_r #uit
should remain."
in preparation. Nagging neighbor's or and .write through his fingers so that
meddling members, sleuths andslam
the sermon in turn nags the wonderderers, salesmen and soapers, critics ing people. •
and crlse_ sneak thrangh the door
A minister must have the uncanny
had perch on the desk, They will try ability to accept all that life gives
to invade a minister's"thoughts
and hin_, ther/ filter it carefully so that
influence his choice of words. They ' what goes forth from him has no
wiil inject a bit of ugliness Or a. few residue of the ugliness dumped into
barl_ _sf harshness if he is not watchhis days, The minister who allows •
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himself th_ perVerted luxury, of Selfupon..the preacher as he prepares his ' pity Will do much of his writing.while"
sermon,Tthey will .be in tinle visited his hnnd isguided by gremlins. upon the entire congregatior_.' Often
It is easier to keep ghost-writers
such gremlins ask for only one short away if we preach• on forgiveness
paragrapli,'one pointed illustrati0n, or when. no major issue exists, and on
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was disappointing; The things had perched :upon his desk as
.L preacller was .a man of renown he prepared his' sermon. Each had
and people attended, anticipating a subtly added a bit here and there
i'ich spiritual _xperience. However, -until their imprint had deeply m_arked
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the man was not up to pai'.-His rues- the message. Even as he delivered
sage _was miscast• Some of the things the sermon it seemed they Were sughe sate] and the splrithe demonstrated
gesting bits of ._d-lib help in his choice
were not characteristic of him: Oh- of words:
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viously he had not been independent- - Ministers would find professional
ly author of the sermon. Part of it ghost-writers both unsatisfactory and
was the work of some ghost-wrlter,
costly. However it is quite possible
Incidents happening to the preach- that some sermons show the influer before the sermon was delivered
ence offorces other• than the minister
gave clues to. the identity of. his inthe finished:work. GremIins ghostghost-writers. He had been subjected
write badly,
to some very trying experiences.
Little pricks of personal resentAnnoying
people had accosted him, meat, shades of Ugliness, and an
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Like "a dozen lurking gremlins these
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a sermon, much to its detriment, authored by gremlins of outside prossure They are not Characteristic' of
the man nor dbes he' intend that they
o_rofcuor of _r_euca_ta¢o_o , _var_rene
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BibleSchoolColoradoSl_rings. Co_ra_lo.
appear. ' Sometimes they come as
annoymg _ssUes had forced them_ occasional blunt word can appear in
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perchance,
one badlywhich
chosen
word.
one sharp sentence
is imt
be. fitting the minister can rmscast the
entire servme. .The" ghosts of Pearlsees .and Sadducees, pleasure and
pain, fi'ivolity and fever will beg for
some bit of expression by the'.un=
witting writer of a se_mon,
People come to church for healing
and health rather- than to be exposed
to the ugly•influence
of distrac_ng
things. The minister must prepare
his sermon with the people in mind,
He must never stoop to use the pulpit
as a safe citadel from which to fire
volleys at his detractors or get even
with his enemies, The:pastdr must be
able to prepare sermons while, annoyanees surround him.without ever
allowing them to pick up his pen or
prompt his words,
.
tithing
when,
treasury
However,
suchthe
luxury,
may isnotfull.
be
our opportunity. We must sometimes
preach in times of pressure while
fighting off the hasty': influenCe of
gremlins who choose unwise worc_S.
The ghost-writing
gremlizls are
most appealed to by ministers who
on occasion
seek to be witty,
sensational, brave_ rhetorical or selfdefensive.
They
lurk near t h e
preacher who would show off a bit
or attract attention to. himself. They
would write words ofvenom or vinegar, syrup or sorghum in places
where such do not belong.
.Tl_e ghOst-writers like best to work
late in the week in a study wherea
man is frantically facing a .deadline.
They particularly
haunt cluttered
desks, dusty clocks, and poorly or-
too,toandmany
beingl_SAnistersare.
human are humans
easy prey
ganized andprovide
ministers.
rescue
pains.
a bit of color to a message which.is
There.
are
family
crises,
financial burdens, and_ home situafleas which pick at his sleeve, as he
prepares his message.
The pastor
dares not allow his sermon to reflect
gremlins of heartaches, pressures and
l_ru_rry,
1968
They come to the
anotherparagraph
dry and.drowsy.
Ghost.writers
dorn get much opportunity when
prepare sermons early enough
deliberate thereuglmezs,
to a poorly prepared sermon or
selmen
for
give
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When there is a dearth
of the
there is death
in the pew
Word
in the
pulpit
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THe DOOa
of a diurch
CanterEngland,
some in
years
ago
there was tacked this notice: -"The
Word of God will be preached" in this.
Room oft 'Lord's .Day at 6:30 p.m.-.G°d willing."
We are firmly convinced thatGod:
is always willing that His Wt)rd be
preached,
for. by its proclamation
(foolish though
it may be. by the
world's standards)
men are sa,)ed.
And We may just as firmly ask: What
theApostle
Peter
in his Christdlogical
i.
are go-for
forced"thetosource
cry:
•,affirmati°n
Where else we.
can'we
I ' ' else
can we preach?
Paraphrasing
Of a- life-changing
message?"
;t
Takenat
surface
value,
this would
• seem to preclude
an article on this
subjectl for we are agi'eed. And "yet
I think it is proper that we consider
this subject for a laumber 6f reasons:
(1) Because "of our humanness
we.
are apt to getweary
in our task and
the
l_robing,
ptirging
Sword
his Bible
loving
plan, and"m0ti_/ates
the
less hopelessness,
announces withGod's
pleadings of 'the Spirit• As Dr. W. T.
Purkiser
has so •aptlyput
it:_ "Our
task is'not
chiefly a recitation
of
truths abot_t religion.
It is the preclamation of the saving Word" (Mes-
Lord."
Divine
passes
judgment upon
the revelation
tragedy and
folly-the
preacher void of the Word brings up:
bn himself and: his hearers
in these
solemn
words to Hananiah:
"Thou
hast broken the yokes of wood; but
thou shalt make for*them
yokes of
iron" (Jar. 28:13)...
A ministry
which cuts itself away
-from the demanding
task of. Bible_
centered
preaching
.brings upon" the
people
the iron
yokes
of human
sage.oJ
p, 1Ol).of preach:
Herein Evangelism;
lies the necessity
ing the Bible: we have a _'sure word
of prophecy;
whe'reunto ye do well
that ye take heed-; . . until . . . the
day star arise in your heaz:ts" (I/Pet.
1:19). ,_Bible-centered
preaching
is
never hard-loressed
for tm answer to
man'shopelessness.
"Christ
in "you,
the hope of' glox'y" brings a _lorious
wholeness out of splintered parts and
•produces the new man!
speculationl
.• 0f
the heSpirit.
In true "full.
Shakesperian
style,
is doubtless
of sound
create fury,
an signifying
emotional nothing•"
stir, but fail to
and
Without
The
dramatic" inof 'presenta:sown one
to was
the'whirlwind
idolatry,
tion, and broke the wooden yoke that
was upon JEremiah's
neck by divine
direction•
Jeremiah
seemed clumsyT,
measured
by .standards
of elocution,
as he proclaimed
a !'Thus saitJi the
and his two am-
the
sleep
0f- m o r a 1
of a "Thus
some men preaching is sailing on a
puddle. To such men_ need it. be
said, preaching
is a childish per- - formance. A big man. at a trivial
task is ridiculous. Except a gospel " °
be voluminous
as. an ocean, to
preach is petty employment (Pastor"Preacher, p._lT).
"
"
saith
.the Lord."
ing gauntlet to a staggering
world:
!'For the preaching
of-the: cross is to
through
question
may fall into slipinto
the habitrepetitious
of going potto
-.unconsciously
the Bible for "preaching
proof-texts"
.---.nearly string one at the topof our
outline,
launch into a scattering
of
opinions and learned quotes, and call
this preaching the Bible. (3) We may
never
have discovered
h0_
Bible
preaching
rigm;ously demands a con.slant seeping of divine truth into our
them
foolishness;
but ringunto
field; that
but pei'ish
he cannot
fling Paul's
us K,hich are saved it is the power
of God" .(I Cor. 1:18).
Without his
Bible he may tickle the people, hut
he will never transfprm
them.
.
It/Jeremiah
28, we see two preachers before the people and the superintendents in the house Of the Lord:
Hananiati
and Jeremiah,
by name.
beings,
a continuing
*Pastor,Bel Air. Maryland.
lO-('/OI
.exposure
One
was
chhmpio n of
pills of happiness,
sugarcoated
and firmly believed
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To'salt
a toy.boat'on
a puddle
quite
a different
en_ployment
fromis
Bishop n Quayle's
.statement
-sailing
toy ship oa
an ocean. seems
To
that are
(2). We
.
apropos
neutralism.
tyrannies
of.
_'ntellectuallsin Theand twin
emotionalism
alopinion,assert
the themselves
dread bandsin of
ways
the rampant.
absence
How can our people witness with.
the Word, if no clear, decisive enuneialion and:exposition
of the Word is
heard regularly
in the gathered" assembly?
How Shall they translate
the
Word into .a witness:candle
if they
inner
.
unleash'
us _tb serve up biblically unrelated, pet
opinions, or braying hobbyhorses.
We
are called 'and sent to-pi'oclaimthe
:quickening, healing, cultivating
Word
of God--the
- Word
that
describes
man's depravity,
anticipates
his help-
bassadbrial
feet placed f/rrh}y on its
doctrinal
foundations,
the preacher
has no Good News tp report. I-Ie may
articulate
choice bits 0f philosophical
or political gossip, watered
well with
Barth or Tillic h, Dirksen'or
Marts-.
terns and habi_ of preaching
less than
Bible preaching.
i.
of
subcbnsc_ous
to the toial
rangea
of the
revelation;
and therefore
present
tidbit pulpit ministry to our people,
which is less than preaching the Bible•
A preacher
Without his Bible well
in hand_ is nothing more than a. cul" tural editoriolist.'He
may be.a firstrate commentator
.or_ modern morals,
. but he will ffiil to be the intellecthal
and "_)olitional catalyst
that God or_dained he should be. He is "sounding
" brass, or a tinkling cymbal" that may
inplanned
spiritual "agriculture" "that
ignored the law of iyeaping'what
you
sow. The-otlierstood
firm in the tradillon of faithful
prophets
that an-:
nouneed
judgment
and doom upon
the backsliding
nation
which
had
the preached Word?
!?a'til's
is still'decisively
defining:
"How
shallthe they
without
do nGt see
burninghearLight
flaming a
preacher?
And
how .shall
they
preach, :except they be sent?':(Rom,
10;14-15
God never
sent us to dish out
warmed-over
sermons
from dollar
outllne
books,
nor
psychological
treatises
on influencing
our environment, nor.thc_ologicol
dissertations
on
millennialism.Neither did God send"
FebnlarT, 1968
....
Bible-centered
mendous
as
preaching
are.as treis the Source of their
evaluation.
are from
both
The values These
to bevalues
accrued
immediate
and long-range,
personal
and congregational.
I present seven
values which seem to be most'outstanding:
1. "It gives authority.
This enables
the preacher to speak with authority,
but it also memis ttiat Bible-centered
preaching
presents answers and principles that are authoritative.
"
('/1) 11
,:
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2. It saves from hobby.rlding.
Sermons that stick Closely to Bible eraphases never'unduly
"ride" an issue,
Human
opinions will first be passed
through the furnace of the W_rd be-.
:fore they are proclaimed.'
"A string
6. It disciplines
the soul.
The"
preacher
s_ands in-need
of the cultivating
correction
of God. He too
takes
heed lest he' fall.' He cries
mightily
to God lest he become a
castaway.
Preaching
the Bible brings
of opinions," John Wesley said,"no
more constitutes
faith, than a string
the preacher
mg Spirit.
of beads constitutes
holiness."
Biblecentered
preaching
never becomes
magnetized by nonessentials,
but like
In Tremont Temple there were two
colored men; one of them was Robert.
He was born in slavery, _never saw
a radar•keeps
span Of truth,
the inside'of a school, and'learned
to
i'ead .only
through
great "personal
locked
on the essential
alsounder
.t
Apparenily
"had
there, is never
"
_r clull
4. It p_'ovides a healthy
doct_'inai
balance.
Bible-centered
preaching'
will discovei_'the
relative-importance-
after,
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Thy Holy Spirit teach us the Word."
The Scholar_ and the humble Negro
Christian .both 'knew their Bthles by
is asked, in Dan.8:13.
Daniel has jus.t
been shown a" vision .of_'the ' 'rise of
Gentile 'kingdoms, and their dominion
•
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the first time.the'question
,_O_o_g_!e_:qt_
s ....
'
_a_n_t_ui_tyh_i .
" the host to be tr6dden under foot.
The "sanctuary"'is
Jerusalem and the
Temple area, and-the
angel answers
that after. "two thousand
and three
hundred days .... shall thesanctuary
be cleansed"
(verse 14),_ This' prob" • ably means the end of Gentile power
over Jerusalem;
here and elsewhere
in Daniel "days" means "years." The
:" great holiness
commentator,
Adam"
ostuaent, _a_ene
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DEc_rzTLY I ASKEDmy Sunday school
Clarke," began the numbering
of these
J-_- class to.suppose that anfingel
had " years with the first event described
just arrived from heaven, and would
in the vision, which w_ the victory.
answer _iny question _,e might have.'." of Alexander
the Great (the he-goat
The.first question'asked
of the imagi,
of Greece)
over the Persians
at. the.
nary angel was, "When .wilt. the Lord': river GranicUs in Asia Minor.
This
return?"
.... .,
"
battle was foughtabout
the.first week
The Bible itself records such a que -. of .June, 334 B.C,; 2,300 years later
tion five times,
Now things" do not
(remembering
that the year zero is
appear in the Bible without a_purpose,
'absent from the calendar)
leads to the
and so it Should be expected that each
expectation
that
the first week" of
of these five questions
is provided
June, 1967, would see.the end of Genwith m? answer.
The amazing "thing, tile dominion over Jerusalem:
That
as we examine'these
answers, is-that,
this has indeed happened
shows that
in all five eases reference is made to
Adam Clarke
writing in 1825," was.
the same two events as sigr/s of
the
exactly
correct
.in
" "
The angel says that his
tl/ts !nterpr6tation.
event is "for
very end.
Consider
..
_
"
" "
drop his face right down between 'the
pages, and pray: "O.Lord Jesus, may
Tho Nm_arene Preacherr
"..
all
When Is the End?
the scruliniz-
of.trutlistohe'proclaimed,
the
san/e you
process.
readWiththe
_ take. It directions
Will offer anditwiU
both
bal:
ther
preachYoucan't
the_Bible
• Ought
also p0int.the
doctrines
Bible can
wlthouttheHoly
Spirit''Net"
last and rudder.
.
out the illuminating
correction of the
Spirit.
5. It discipffnes" the .mind.
The
•
Bible
is no lazyrnflnded
b o o k.
7. It produces
a strn_j
church,,
Though it speaks
simply it will not
Bible-centered
preaching
will proyield its treasures
to shoddy preparavide all the spiritual vitamins
a contion. It der/iands deep mining which
gregat/on needs. It will bring about
brings to bear. intellectual
honesty,,
a mature church, able to eat "strong
regular
"searching,
diligent
applicameat•"
It will issue in a witnessing,
tion. A mind thoroughly
immersed
evangelistic
church.- It will. produce
in" the Word is enlightened,
spirittfalan equipped
church,
armed, with
ly perceptive
and .orderly.
;every weapon .for spiritual battle,
12 (72)
Adam Clarke
something"
-.
3, it.protects
Item sozbjeet-]nLstraeffort. But black Robert kfiew.more
tion." The preacher, who preaches the
'-about his Bible than any other man
Bible never becomes
frustrated
for
in Tremont Temple• V_hy? For years
lack of a subject•
He chn find there
black Robert
never read his Bible
the life-challenging
biographies
of
except on hi§ kriees. For up to four
real people. He can proclaim the inhours at a time he read the Bible on
tiguing facets of.the-world.'s
greatesthis knees.. He never went to bed that
love stories. He can offer the most
he .didn't put the Bible under his .
prectical solutions to the problems of
pillow, and when. they found him
h0melife.
He "sees there the awful - dead in a hospital ward they found• ..
folly of sin. He finds there the only
his Bible under his ct_rly'head,
remedy.
He discovers
the deepest
In a great school of learning there
answers to the world's niost 'profound
" was• a great Hebrew
scholar.
He
questions.
In short, the full .panoply
thought .Hebrew;
he was saturated
of human
and' divine interests
are
in it: .He was a great Christian, with
revealed
in' the Bible, and for the
a great bra/n: He' _'ould 'go• straight
preacher who launches from and ends
to his desl£, open his. Hebrew :Bible¢.
upon the.Bible,
subject-moment!
_,.
.
_ Fel_,
lOGO
_eolos_at seminary,
the time of the end"
(verge
17, RSV).
is-The..
m Dan,
next 12:•6.
time.the, How
_uestion
long isshall
askedit
be to the end of these wonders?"
The
answer, verse 7, is in very difficult
op_ih_p_di_]h!_te_seeeaS_
shall be finished." The ancient Greek
Old Testament
says more simply,
"When the Dispersion is ended." The
meaning in any case is the same; the
end of the scattering- of the Jewish
nation (the "holy. people" in the Old
Testament);
when Israel .again
h_ecomes a state, is meantto
be the sign .
of the end. This qCCU_'red in 1948.
The three other places where the
quesUon about the end is recOrded
(73) 13
.
are
the
Gospels
and
Luke.
.
of.Matthew,
-
[
Mark,
It has this form ir_ Matt.
of the fig tree; When his branchqs
tender,
.and putteth
forth
leaves,-ye
.r
them
both;
it was not
necessary,
however,
that the
disciples
understand
that
almost _wc thousand
years were
to
elapse" before the final events,: lest
they be discouraged
of their hope•
Therefore,
as in Daniel, the answer
was slightly .disguised when it was
given to them. In the discourse which
followed, Jesus gave many szgns, hut
twice He gave a definite 'sign.
32-34)..
tree ofdoesrighteousrless,
hot _¢et have
any of The
'the fig
fruits
which-apparently
will. come to the
Jews only after the_; look upon.Him
whona they have pierced
(Zeeh. 12::
10)" the Messiah in His second caming. Therefore the reference
must _
to the national, not spiritual, reviving
of the nation of Israel, which occurred
1947e48. Jesus apparently
says-that
The first sign was one which all the
world would know about, and it is
n generation
will not pass from this
"sign," "which answers
the "When"
related in Luke21:24.
Making refer=
ence to.Dalaiel's
prophecy
that Jerusalem weald.he
under.Gentile
domin-.
ran until the last times, Jesus says,
"Jerusalem
hhall be trodden down of
the Gentiles
until the times of the.
Gentiles he ffilfilled." This means that
the year" 1967, which saw the "Jewish
capture of Jei'tisalem, is very near the
closing of.the "fulness of the Gentiles,"
""
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_
. I do not.know
thai I sha!l live 'to' see a-single
convert_ btit I
would not leave my present held of labor to be made king of tlie
• greatest empire on the globe._Adoniram
Judson..
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Merrill
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as Ch0rus.Masier
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of the Chol/" of Faith
.
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part of the disciple's question.
This
is not the only interpretation
of "This
generatiqn
shall not pass" given.by
scholars, but it seems to be the one
that makes the"most
sense.- It also.
means that Jesus definitely
answered
both the question ""When?" and the
request for a sign. Another
point is
that all three times tlmt "This generation shall not pass!' is recorded,
the -
which Paul also speaks of in'Ram. 11:
preceding
word s refer to the fig tree.
25-26. This is our Lord's first sign. •
These twb sJgns; the reestablish• The second sign is the sign of,the
ment of the stateof:
Israel arid the"
fig tree. "The fig tree is gene/'ally
Jewish
recaptiare
of'Jerusalem,
are
thought
of as .representing
Israel'_ " the same. two signs given in answer
, (Beacon Bible'Commentary,
Vol. VI
to Daniel's
questions
about the end.
:p.:221)', To symbolize God's rejection
Christians on seeing them should "lift
of Israel for" their'rejeetion
of Him;
UP your heads;, for youi" redemption
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Jesus had. cursed a fig tree on the
drawethmgh
(Luke21:28).
day before because
it had no fruit:
Whether or not we are read_" must "
Now He speaks of the Jewish nation
be determined
beforehand,
for many
(the ][ig tree)
coming to life again
scriptures
teach that God's first judgafter _t bad been dispersed throughment comes suddenly, as a thief in the
out the nations: "Now.'learn aparable
night,
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yet
and
be these,
the sign
thy _ wise
when ye. shall
see "all
24:3: what
"Whenshallshall
thingsof be?
know ye,
that'summer
is nigh:
so these
likecoming, and of the end of the world?",
things; know that it is near, even at
This asks for both the lime and a the doors.. Verily.I
say unto you,
sign. We believe that..Jesus
did not
This generation
shall not pa_, till all
avoid these requests,
but answered
these things be fulfilled"
(Matt. 24:
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Iercarws,
: whom
tradition - n a m e s important as Antioch was autonomous m
third bishop of Antioch--after
Stpolity the Iocal bishop was ln_ested with
man and Euodius--wrote
a letter .to -' a governmental and interpretive authnrithe.Ephesian
Chtlreh m a.o. 107 O_ 108 .ty tlmt exceeded that of any Of our deto thank them for their hospitality to nominational nffieials,'boards, or nssemhim as he made his w-ay .to martyrdom
bites,
in Rome. This"bread-nnd-bfitter"
letSince the larger and older chin:cans
ter is one of seven'letters
of Ignatius
were autonomous in polity--and
the
.which, survive, and .all of them offer', churcb atEphesus
was one of these:--keen insights for our own times; for on Ignatius' words to them were not tskeo
the one hand we fsce the tendency to as law. But because Ignatius was bishop,
spiritual
anarchy,
even
within " the " of once of the" very greatest of the early
Churck, and on the other hand there
congregations--i n d e e d, Antioch was
is the reactionary
tendency to attempt
mother church to many of the congreto preserve the institution for its own
gations In Asia Minor-Z-and becaUSe be
sake, no ma_ter imw far it is'from, its was n man of grimt moral reputation
originalpurposes.
. .
and foree of" character
on his :Wa.y
Ignatius"epistles
have-serveda's
grist
to give his life for the Faith, his
for the mills of .those who advocate
words were considered to be far more
stricl episcopal control over the Church.
important
than mere fraternal
advice
And,' to be •sure, ,IgnatiUS does remind
and in all charity, to the eongregatlon
his readers.that
the bishdp ought by all
then presided over by its own btsh0pj
means to be _obeyed because he-is the_ Onesimus, who was perhaps Philemon's
source of both ¢Inctrinal and spiritual
onetime.slave.
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unity: Within the body of. Christ. As
Therefore It is':fittlng that you should
Christ-"was obedient to the Father, so
live in harmony with the" Will of the
.
the Church is to be obedient to her
biBhop---as indeed you do.. For your
bishops,
justly famous presbytery, worthy of
Of course, in Ignatius' day, the bish.God, is attuned to the bishop as" the
op's duties were more nearly analogous
"strings
a harli.
Therefore,
your
concord of end
harmonlons
loveby .Tesns
to those.of our present-day parish ministerS than to those of our superitttendents,
district or general. On the other band,
because a'local congregation as old and.
*Nazareneelder North Carolina District: asrofe_or
of religious
_thdles,
W_t
V|rglnia.t_ntvernlty.
.
_lstant
February, |9fl8
....
Christ is being sling. Now each o_ you
ought to belong to this choir, _o that
•being in harmonious concorcl you all
may receive the same l_iteh:frnm God and sing with one voice through Jesus
Christ to.the Father, that He _
both
hear you and recognize through your
"
(TS)1{_
gobd words,that you are members of
you to he in flawless accord, ha order
that you may together share in partak_
ing of G6d (To the Ephesta_ts iv): .
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mal{es the.harmony;
the choir_stags
the
_The
°
The choir, .then_ hasits responsibilities
too. N9 member has the privilege' of
staging a tune of his own invention.
In this
letter,
continually
re- " .Iesus
Christthere
mustaidebelimitations
sung. "'And"
in
sorts
His
to
Son:
mus!cal
It is Ignatius
therefore of
figures
profitable
speech• for
Ahd
sol_g' ways
some
to the
while his enthuslasm results in some
way in which • one contributes' to the
mixed,metaphors,
he carries through on harmony, A tenor cannot'sing soprano;
-his .central theme
in a very striking
an unti'ataed voice ought not to be exway. To Ignatius' way of "thtaktag. the
l_ected to show much musical imaginebishop is to-the Churchwhat the chorus
tion; and if an :F-major
chord is.
master is to a choir. The primary.quesdeveloping, one ought not to sound a
Lion: "Is'Jesus Christ being sung?'!
- note
belonging
to - some
. other
key.
In order forthe Church-to
sing the
Limitations are imposed both by nature, praise of Christ in unity, it must begin
training, ' and the group itself. Further,'.
- in unison. The' keynote must be _learly
no member may .sound his "own pitch.
sounded; it must be clearly heard. It Each is held to the pitch sounded by
is from the bishop that .the choir, must
the bishop. The bishop insures the alastake its pitch,-From
that initial note
ity and parity of the song, To sing"
may 'be built beautiful melodies, music without giving,attention
to the discilSline
that sings Jesus Christ.
Of'course,.
of the" chorus master ts.'to provoke
SPAST
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Comp/Iod by The "Genera/S/cwarc]slttp
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I)e_ n Wes_t.ls.'Secrctary
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Lawh*r
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M._rl]vnSlammer.Olhce Edltol
6eoleo_e_oee_o
Commil./ee
GtSeSAtSTEWARDSSlP
C0MIdlTTEE
V. l[. hewis.
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hairman
ASJcI'I
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5I- Lunn
E_'t'tclt
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Kenneth
S.Phllhps
Purkls_r
S. nice
_IAZARENE
phonic harmonies that characterize our
Noise alone will not do. There must be
best
'has rich,
in.mind
music•" Therefore
he who
does.
Ignat_smusic.
knew Rather,
i_bthing he
of the
polycacophony
and to"... disrupt
harroony"
the profoundly expressive and sensitiz_nythtag without the knowledge of the
tag, haunting and majestic melodies of bishop is se_;ving the devil" (To the
" his Own Near. East. These generally
Smyrnaea_s
ix): Singing in this choir, _
consisted of a simple melody, ornament:
one must "be careful not to oppose the
ed by the "spclling_ out" of aI_propriate
bishop_ th.at we may bp subject to God'.'
chords one note at a time.
•.
(To the Ephesians v).
Note the galaxy of ideas •this figure of
Tl_t_ believer must know that 'outside
speech presents,
The pastor reminds
of this choir of faith there is no singing
the congregation whei'e its unity lies by
of. Jesus Christ, there is no salvation.
his own faithfulness" to it. He sounds
God has ch0serr to hear choirs, not solos.
the pitch, and to that one note all must . Fro_il his very initiation as a Christiah.
attune and agree. But from there,, i'ich
the believer' is one .in community, a
melodies evolve. From the unity of concommunity, whose chief mission it is to,
fession of faith in the lordship of the sing. Jesus Christ. I sing Christ ofily.
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meol_$_oo
Mar
Scott',
Pau_Sklles,
John
St(ickton
Willis
SllOWbflrgpr
T.W.
RADIO
Wllllngham
LEAGUE
"
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God:msu,
brist
asus,
there
springs
withotho aoodoolyunde*thod
ci, neu SHOWERS
f BLESSING"
an unmeashrable
treasure of individual
of the bishop.
.
0
expression
of that lordship.
Stereotyping is definitely discouraged
here.
The bishop may be the .choirmaster, but
his is not the only voice. Melody. not
monotone, is the expectation. The bishop
is the choirmaster,
but he does not
choosd the music." Ignathis reminds the
Ephesians that it is Jesus Christ who as.
to be aunt, not the bishop. A much more
•prosaic
pen has put it this way:.
"In essentials unity,
tn nonessentials
charity." It is fo_ the bishop to sound
the pitch .only, to remind the people
" Where the unity resides. But the choir
t_ _/6)
As for the,:bishop, he must leadthe
choir with hufiai/ity and mercy---as reminds Ignatius in" his letter to the
Trallians.
The bishop, is" no 9verlord,
. but he is overseer, epi-seopus. As the
wise conductor knows his choir, bbth as
unit and as individiaals, so the bishop
is' sensitive to .the. capaciti.ea, purposes
arid needs of each meinber 'of. his congregation. He ascrLfices neither the in'dlvidual for the sake of the group, nor
the group for the |ndlvtdual: After" all,
it is Jesus Christ who is to he sang.
So may we praise HimI
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17
CHI_ISTIANSERVICE
TRAINING
NAZARENE
Would
,
whose
trained?
A u,Nha_,ee^sTo.s
had
pilot
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you el a doctor prescribe
if. he had-not
been
trained?
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In Ma'rk 13:10 we read: "Tile gosp,Jl n)ust
mass c,mnnunication,
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F(ir that ioatter, no laythan vlnnes easily •or qu.ickly
to a
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But tiny"
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.God. v:orking through
tile hearts
and minds,of men has in these ti_uGs
provided' us with an.open
door :for
news editors understand
a kind deed,
a generous, attitude,
htid a gracious
church news at our. newspapers...We
are obliged to. use all channels
for
In some instances,
spir.
has come to a pastor
"His.kingdon?s
The Nazarene sake.
cliurchpastor
is tile
indispensable
man in his situation
in
Ibis endear(Jr.
He rarely can dele.gate
press relations
to anyolle, unless it
may
be a km)wledgeablc
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Sometimeo .the.FewfaU!tlies..prinlarily,
ivith tile pastor,
cle'rgylncn
ctiine
quickly to all _ppreciation
and an untlcrstanding
_ff tile public, media of
relationship
area..
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in tlie. Southwest
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brightened
his newspaper
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the Church tile person of Jesus.Christ,
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firm "he' published
[made
linloli]g all nations" before tile
Kingdom can cotne..
The Psa'hnis( Ps. 107: 2, encourages
koown]
. pastor.
Press rclations.to"
.the church, rcfluire
he effectiv.e :for
_i ,:hutch spokes-
liUill wild knows chnr¢h policies and
pro, eels in|tin,rely,
and who .kfiows
how best to interpret
these for tile
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suhscriptions.
It was.designed
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People of all hranche,s of the Chi'istian Church will be ohserviflg this
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that
exccp!
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to.:enter
the
power.and
wllolehem'tc.(Jly
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know who their prayer
the rest of 1he church-
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with ahymn
brief scripture,
and a portion o( ti)e requests l_'esented
in' 6acb"segmenL
This permits
people to move from kneeling
to
: standing
or sitting,
Special prayer
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This iswiw it is importanl m giye a generous Alabaster.
offering in February.
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want
experience
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YOUR TIlE
ALABASTER
OFFERINGS•
SUPPLY
FUNDS
FOR
ALL NEW:
BUILDINGS
ON THE MISSION
FIELDS
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will certainty
:hal)py
poster, before the. last Imblic service preceding World Day of Prayer.
".who
members.
If get.
possible,
the list of prayer
on an.
attracti(,ebe
sure
toaright
the post
public
Giv_onpartners
the
shut-ins
Prayer cannot
parmers
contact services,
each other
Prayer
Day, first
to choice:
that neith'er forge:ts Iris hour..
It ig a good idea to divide the public services into four segments,
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and (2) contributi(ms
of .prayer.
know-from
team thi_m With someone else• and let them
parmers are: fill in arouhct their hours.with,
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Plan a special Prayer Day in your local church."
the observance
Enlist every of member
this Day andof friend
Prayer: .of )be chur/A) in your.prayel:
effort. Include your shutrins. 'This can I)6 a special service that.they
can sharb" '/¢ith°_th6 clmrch, that can mean lnuch to them.
NWMS
mcml)ers..inclnding
jnniors and .teen-a.gers, could take small, typed
• lists of' the pt31yer.needs
.to the shut-ins.
._ Plan.lmblic
services in the church:
a sunrise prayer service for
people on theil' way to work: a noon-prayer
and fastirig service: an
evening ln'ayer
service.'-Any
of'
these
can
be
times
of special blessing.
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shutAns,
wbrking
people,
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6:2
could
be:'
prayer
re,
needsotber.nations--including
as listed iti etherSheep, Russia,
and China,
Others
.:' quests
oflr'nationfor mission.field
and its leaders:
.Cuba, a_nd:othGrs, both friend!y and otherwi_ie: servicemen:
Nazm'ene
leaders:
local, district, and geneyal:. Nazarene
Bible schools and c0lleges;, specific local.• and district need_.
"Plan.to 0hscrvc World Day of Prayer.
It could lmve rich mean-
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wi o w 1.1_made
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fatte follow-u)
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Where
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P@siors wlio have tried TELEPHONE
SURVEY
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feel that it
is ;Varihwhile.
The plan has also been adapted
tc) invite
new people
moving
int6 the area to attend
tile church
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The com't-i'satmll stl(lll_(I _)e keel "Is p_sitive as )bss/ble As indlealed abow,
tim eallm" slloul,I imnmdiaielv idenlify hei'seif and the-purpose of the c;dl. titan
set'me the ne¢_ded-inf(irlll_Jiion as quickly-as p.ossible
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,repeatedly.where
are-ally calls lnade in the eveninu and never before 10:a0. a.m. nor durin_a
meallime), it is best Io use.i_i(iies fox" these calls, for imtzsewives are understandatflv- rehn(, ant o t!ivd, informaliol_ 1o men wimm they do tint know.
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Chu "eh of Uw Nazarene
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Do
Theassbasic
)Jan is sire)
e The num
church
dividedit is
intoIo Rrmlps
eaei_ group
is
uned.l.erlain
telephone
mrs iswhich
call. Inandgm_iilt_r
cam- .
'mullJ|Jes. the complete Iflmne directory may be used. In larg.er cities tim
le ephone vompany can" im|la lo'delerJlline
tile exehad_Z.e m|lnlmrs in tim area
of tile diureh.
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voice find I)e genuinely
in m:esled in finding new conlacls for C u" st anti { le c mrcil. Sillce most //a s.
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can
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is being use_], Ii is known
as TELEPHONE
SURVEY
EVANGELISM.
Suggested
by {he-exeeutive
secretary
of tbe Deparlment
in several
district-wide
is now being
used l)y some
,Pastor ,s D - alog.ues, on gvangL, lism," lhis method
of "OUt" ehm'ehes
in locate prospects
_int[" or invite She community,
to "special
s&'viees.
One recent
report
received
by the Department
indicates
that 10
pereel_t o[ those telephoned
were unchurched
and became
p}_ieHtial pr_ssj_eets
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Another:important
factor
is
tale-
our
phone greeting..Y6u
can project your
exasperation in your "Hello." Perhaps
you have just had a call soliciting cook-
lesforthe
you
to canvass
the
another
ro .ast
ndghharhood
for
lead devoUons atthe misstonai:y" chapter, and "the fourth call you answer
with impattenee, to find it is _ dear
friend or a member in trouble. Always
answer with a pleasant ahtieipatJonn-the
voice on th_ other end may be "the
friend. "
How do you react to'wrong numbpr_?
When you dial one yourself, are you
apologetic?
How d/scenes/ling
when
you answer to a wrong-number only to
have the other party bang down the reeeiver in disgust,, as though it were your
fadtt It always helps when the offender
says a sincere "I m so sorry." Last night
I answered a "wrong. number", ear that
eourte:_,._/",
kindness, and tied/stiffen,
provided a refreshing paUSe in my eveMany years-ago oui" district ._uperin-..ning.
"Mix Love?" asked a voice .that
tendent's wife, Mrs. A. E: Sann_r,. gave sounded like a sweet little old lady with
some hdpfnl guidance along- th/s line
a mldwastern twang. When we camin her talks at n relxeat: Among other
phred numbers and dlseovered she was
tllingS she eauUoned us about talldng or one digit off, she was so sweetly sorry.
complainingabout how many callswe In abouttensecondsI answeredanother
Ye4_ma_l,,
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calls in one
had had about ten calls and it looked
like it might be a record day--and it
was. The calls totaled fifty-six by evening. An unusual day? Probably.
When I was growing up', I used to
think that the re_al test for the "blessing" was tabs
able to keep sweet and
praise, the Lord When the clothesline
full of newly, washed sheets hi'eke and
trailed in the dirL In all'the, years my
e]othesllne never has broken.
Now I
have an electric dryer. So my state of.
grace was never subjected to. this .cru-.
.oRal test. -But I wonder if.the telephone
test might be substituted..
It. does
provide a real "exercise of Christian
The Spenders
The warmlmarlud story of a yOlllll_ family
wilh
on Chl'isli_ll_money mana_t'ilic.nl.elilpha_i:¢
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tears that the telephone hiid been her
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.our'people
the Bell System? We cannot deny that from calling when they. really need help.
the telephone is a big factor in the parOften we hear membel:'s say, "I wanted
sonage. :When the phone rang for the
to call, but I know you get so many
.third time during a dinner party, n few
calls . . ." It helps tf you- can say,
nights ago, another minister at the table
"Please don't ieel that way. I want you
chuckled as he said "Hast thou found " ta call--that's whatTm here for. ,i
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A young llllili aild his lh'idc discover. "the
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you mo_e,
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me! Now
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had when
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the just
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of our' total commitment.
But beoura
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you Iagain,
give wishing
up andgo I _ part
The.parsonage
telephone should
couldmeet her. She sounded.wonderful,
dedicafloh is blocker by resistance or
In one city in which we lived our
resentment.
God-knows. a]l £_bout our
number wfis just one number different
strengtk, our time, our other demands.
from that of the local hospital. We reHe is_ God of every part and parcel of
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v_e would stumble out of sleep at'three
our
lives--if
will let
be. In
Eugeni_
Price'swe book
The Him
.Burden
Is '
Light, she: gives testimony of hei:growth
in {he morning to answer a troubled
"Is this the'hospihal?" we always kindly
explainpd
the number
diffm:enee and
in the Christian life. One day she was
temp'ted to just let her doorbell ring
unanswered
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struggled
withwedher
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and studiedall farevening
into the
hours.
At
last, exhausted and confdsed,'she
said
she ripened the "window el her room,
leaned out in[o the night, and called,
"Where is the Lord God of Elijah?"
Not bad--if you are calling in faith!:"
Gadis God--even of the telephone.
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slow to belittle--vquiek
to suspect--quick
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t6 expose---quickto
toreprlmand---quick
to demand---qmck'"
to provoke--quick
Slow to hlnder-.quick
Slow to resent---quick
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"These words spake Jeffus. and. lifted ' From Him all holiness is derived,- for
up h,is eyes toheaven,
and said, !_ather
He is its" Source and. Center.
Apart
- Jesus used the title Fath,_r in from .His. power and presence, 'sinful
addressing God .or talking about, ltim
man can never be made or kept holy,
many, many times. In [his prayer:it.is
but He Is the .sanetiJying God. Wesley
used six times--twice it Is qualifib_h holy
expressed this in his own discerning
• Fhther (v. 11), .and ri_hteods
Father
fashi0nwhen- he wrote
-•
(v. 25). The bond between the Son and
the Father i_ very close and very beautiful. Nowhere else is it so intimate
and tender as it is here. Tl_erc is n/uch
to learn from it.The " natures and character
el. the
Father. Jestm,declai-e_ that the Father
is holy and,rlghteous.
These arc tv/o
halves of one coin, indivisible and inter' dependent. Holiness expresses what He
.is within himself-A-His, nature find essential essence. Righteousness
declares
what He does--His Dciivity in its quail-
to /rust.
shield.
to forbear,
to give.
to conciliate:
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often
offered
prayer for calling
the 'chller
see, and
then
when we
hung a_up---anymie
the someone.she
felt checked didn't
by thewant
Holy toSpirit,
"Chrishospital at that hourwas in need.
.tians don't have any right to let" their
. The telephone provides a wonderful
doorbells ring. Maybe. it'._ saracen 9 in.means of praying _:vith people. If you
trouble. On the way to,the door I asked
have not tried praying with" those who
the Lord to forgive me for wanting to
are in need of imrnedhite help,.you have
let it ringY This impressed me 'as upa new ministry coming up. Communionpllcable to the telephone also. "
.lion .by telephohe 'is h hairacle in itself " H. Or[bn W_ileyonce told of an sinusand often stimulates real faith to touch . lng but slgnificant testimtmy that. Esther
the unseen
Christ.
One _di._traught
Carson Winans gave in chapel while in
mother of a wayward teen-ager.called
Pdsadenzi College. She. said she hat[
and
burden
and mind
grief were
so
grea'tsaid
she her
could
feel her
slipping,
-,,I.m
, breaking. I I can feel it--my mind.
is justslipping!
I can't go any farther!"
she cried. W_th assurafice that God could
minister to her as we prayed over the
." phone, we called.for
the God of peace
to invade her soul in that moment. Later
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Holy'.as Thou; 0 Lord,/s none;
Thll holiness is all Thine omn.
.A drop o] that un]attwmed, sea zs.
mine,
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A drop derived _rbm Thee!
The Father is. alsorlghte'ous.
Hol'iness
is the seed of Which righteousness is the
fruit. He acts rghtdousl_, because He
is holy. He who is inwardly holy is
inevitably outwardly, righteous. He .will
do right because He is right. God is fimt
a holy God; then He is a righteous God.
God never does .an evil thing. He never
ty.
Father no
is falsity,
lmly_ Inno Him
no
sin, The
no malice,
evil. isThe..
acts
a crooked pervidious,
and shady Way,
He is
ne'_erin.perverse,
or preju-
ing, dazzling glory" of His }/ollness and
singtheir
hymn of praise and worship,
"Holy, holy, holyl is the Lord of hosls"
(Isa. 6:3). It is flits holy God to whom
• Jesus fiddresses this wonderful prayer,
BecaUse He is:holy, Jesus prays that we
too might be made holy (vv. 17-19):
.
"Nazareneml_lonaiT,
Stegl, Swaziland.S6uth
Attics.
on the _Jasis of the righteousness
of
Gbd.? He. could -affirm with confidence,
"Shah not the Judge of all the earth
do right? (Gem 18:25) The whole structure of God's plan of salvation through
the atoning death of Jesus Christ is built
upon the foundatidn of the holiness and
righteousness Of. God..Thodeath
of the
.Cr0_
declares His rigliteousnesa "(Rom.
. Fobrucn'y,1960
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(95) 35
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" 3:25).
Because
Jesus
died, God
"is
ship.
The" Son has complete
confidence
faithful and just [righteous]
to-forglve " .in the Father• and hie Father has cornus our'ains, and to cleanse us from all 'plete confidence in the Son. Cat1 the.
unrighteousness"
[I John 1:0)."
Father •refuse the requests of-the One
II: The relationship of the Son to the
whom He loves so much?
Father. All true prayer-must
be based
IlLThe
requests oJ the son to the
1upon relationship.
A repentant sinner
Fa2her. Jesus clearly says that this
and a forgiving God makes pardon pos,prayer is not for tim World (v, 9). It is
s ble Jesustaught
HIS disc!pies.to pray
evident however that the need of the
"Our Father. '_ This greatest
of all world: ]s u/_on His heart, and the ulprayers is addressed
to' the Father.
timate fruit of His prayer would mightAgain it _as Wesley who Wrote. '_He . fly affect and bless the .world. He makes
cannot turn away the pleading of His only one request for himself and seven
-Son."
for His disciples "and those who _,ould
This relationship is unique. There is become bclievers'through
their witness
- no.other like it in the unlve]_[e. :When
(v. 20)• For himsdlf He requests a rewe say, _'Our _'ather," it_has a far dif- .instatement
to His former royalty and
."
ferent content to what is implicd when
glory: "Glorify; thy Son. that thy Son
Jesus says, "My Father." We are not also may glorify thee" (v. 1). His but.n• sons of God' by nature. We were born
ing passion is to exalt the Father. His
in am arid alienated from God by guilt
requests on b_half of all believers, inas we grew up. We became sonS of
eluding ourselves, we shall• consider at
God through the miracle of•the new
greater length, but her.e let us note
birth and.the gracious act of "adoption"
them. They are:
•
into His family. Jesus is the "0sly be1.- For unity--"That
they all may be
gotten Son" (John 3:16). He is ,unique.
one" (v_ 21).
.,
This relationship ,is eternal.
.There
2. For fullness o_ Soy--'That
"
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th e"
y
never was a time when.the
Son was
might have my joy fulfilled in themnot. He "was in ,the .beginning _,i_
selves" (v. 13).
.
God" (Jotm 1:2).
•
3. For preservation-=-. "Keep
them
It Is als0 _ divine relationship;
It is" from the evil" Iv. 15):
between God the Father and God the
4..For
holiness--"Sanctify
them
Son. They are one in nature and ear
[make holy] through _y. "truth" (v;
sence. •Jesus gold, "I ancl my Father are
17).
"
"
" "
one,!' and, "He tha't hath seen me hath
5. For Iove--"That
ilm" love whdi'eseen the Father" (John 10:30 end 14:9)•
with thou hast loved me .may be an
They are distinct Persofisbut
one God, them" (v. 26),
"_
This is a mystery to finit e minds, but
6. For
Christ's
indwelling_"I
m
it is hIso revealed truth.
'them" (v. 29).
Further, _
is a royd_ relationship.
7. For 91orifleation--"rhat
they may
He is the "Prince of ElSe. He is Heir
behold my glory" (v. 24),
to all things. He shares the glo_'y of
The motive for these requasts is rethe Father's throne. See Acts 3:15; Heb: _ vealed in the words, "That the world"
1:2; Rev _:21.
"
may beli eve'_ and "That the world may
Finally it is a Iqving relationship
know" (vv. 21 and 23). When the prayer
'Twice God broke the silence of lieavan
of Jesus IS answered in us, our lives
to declare "You are _y _on, xny bebring conviction of 'need to_ a' sinful
loved," in you I am Well pleased ar/d world, and Jesus becomes att/'active to
find delight" (Luke 3:22, AmpIi_iedverneedy souls. O Lord, auswer the prayer
alan).. We have d_pleesed' and failed 'of Jesus" for me, and .then reach the
God so often; Jesus has never once
world through me. Amenl Remember
displeased or failed the Father. He is finally the words of Jesus to Mary, "l
the Beloved,. in whom the Father finds
ascend unto my Fat_er, and your Father;
unalloyed lay. No shadow has ever come
and to my God, and your God" (John
upon this deep and intimate relation20:17). His Father has now become ou_.
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or "Grant"?
The verb translated ."give" (v. '1)"_
not the common didomi or one" of its
compounds.
"It is pareeho.
Lighffoot
renders it: "exhibit on your part" and
comments: ."Themlddle pareehesthni, 'to
afford from oneself,' will take different
shades of meaning according to the context. ... Here the idesis 'recipracation,'
tile master's duty'as
col:resp0nding to
thesJavc's: ''l
. Possibly "grant" is n little more
nearly,
exact than. "give•" All versions, however, present the meaning wall
!'Equar' or "Fair"?
.
The' Greek word is .i$otes, which
literally signifies _'equality." But in this
passage it probably means "equity" or
"fairness."
Lighifoot, writes: "It seems
a mistak_ to suppose that tsotes"here
has anything to do with the treatment
....
"judgment of a fair mind."s So.it would
seem that the best translation here is:
dot
and.fair by
" Masters,
_, ?what
• is right
your slaves
{2Oth Cent,).
. - "Continue"
or "Continue
Steadfas_y,"? ,
.
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" .
The Grael_'. has a strong compound,
proskartereo
(v. 2). Itis'. compo_ed Of
pros_ "tO," a_id I_arteros, "strong, steadfast." SO it.means: !'to occupy oneself
diligently with something," t'to pay persistent attention to," or"to hold f_t to
Something. "4 ,This' word is used in connection with'praying in Acts 1:14; 2:42;
6:4; and Ram. 12:12.
It is obvious that "continue" is an
inadequate.readering.
The compound
.verb demanffs' "continue " Steadfastly"
(RSV) or "pe_Jevere" (NEB).
"
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'Tea/oh" or "Keeping
-_ert'?
of slaves as equals (camp. Phtlem. 16). " The verb is gregoreo, which means
When connected with to dikaton ["that
"to be awake" or '!to keep awake. '_
which ts just"], the word naturally aug-. Arndt and Gingrich Would translate it
gnats an even-handed, impartial treathere: "be wide awake about It.''s Since
ment, and- is equivalent
to the Latin
the form here is a 15rasant participle_ a
aequites..: . . Tlaus in Aristotle : . -. to better rendering than "watch'! :is "bedikato_,.and
to .ison. are regarded as hag _/atehful." Better Still is'"keeplfig
aynanyms, and in Plutarch ... the relaalert!' (NASB).
tion of/sates to dikaiotes Is disanssed."s . Lighffoot makes .a' helpful comment.
T.K. Abbottis in essential agreement..
He observes:
"Long continuance
in
He says: "Isotes differ.from
to dtkaiou
prayer LS apt to produce listlessness.
nearly as our 'fair' from 'just,'- denoting . Hence the additional charge that. the
what cannot be brought under positive
heart must be awake, if the prayer is
rules, but is in accordance with the
tO have any vulue,'O He also says that
"thanksgiving"
is "the .crown of all
Ol'rolcffi_o_.
Greek New _e_tameat. Nazarene
- TheoZoglc_l
8eWJaarY0
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C_ty,
Ml_ourL
prayer. "r
Fehrum'y,1088
(97) 37
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"0[
Utterance"
sian
Christians
or "For
th(_ Word"?
•
so that
zeal
and
well_-doing
are
!
as it
_
Pou.,o
, oro
ou o so-mono
,,,hwe
oh
o, oooo.,
(v. oroo
him
that God might
(apparently
at Rome)
open
for
"a door
make
of
. A meaning[ul
terra is loges, which means "word."
So
the better translafionLs
"a door for the
word"
(RSV, NASB).
What is meant
is well expressed
thus: "that God may
.
translation
is:
"making
Since the word tar "time"
is kairos,
which means'"oppurtuno
time," a good
rendering:
is:
'.'making
the
most
of
your 0pportunities"
(Phillips).
:Lighffoot
gives
this-full
unbelievers;
"Walk
paraphrase:
allow
no
wisely
opportunity
up
to the
out-
ing with the salt of wit.. But too often
this degerierated" into off-color
jokes,
Paul says
that •the Chr_tinn'e
speech
should .be "with grace_" or '_gracious."Salt gives both flavor and preservation, making food tasty and wh0lesome_
A very helpful translation
bf this verse
is: "Let your conversation
be always
"Redeeming"
or '_Maklng
tile
Most of"?
.
The verb exagorazo,
litbi'ally
means
to get some{hing
_'0ut off' (ex)
the
marketplace
(affora):.BuL
it came to be
used technically
Jn the sense .of "ransoffl" or "redeem"
slaves.
That is the
basis of. its metaphorical
use .in Gal.
•
3:13; 4: 5. But here find in Eph. 5:16
(t_e only Other places
it occtlr_ in NT)
it is found in the present
middle participle. Used this'way
it means "buying.
"
,
- up for oneself.
Thayer
says that in
these two passages
"the meaning
seems
to
bo
zo
make
_
_v/se
and
sacred
use
o.f every
opportunity
]or'doing
flood,
•
SEpiatles
to tho
Ephe_i_ml
and
to
_he
_lnn_
(ICC).
p. 296;
' .'
,
'Kltte).
Theolo
ca[ Dictionary,
IIL
618.
"Lex_eon_p, _.
_Op.clt.,
p. . 23L
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,op. c_t., p, 2_
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service
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39 (98),
men
conduct
their
lives
on lhe
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eafelexla
plan-_self-
only,_Selec|ed
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Scan, zeal:
gracious, and 'never insipid; study 'how
best to talk With each person yot_ meet"
"(NEB).
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,Coto_dans, p. 230."
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_[bid.
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in relation
PREACHING
BETTER
.
I:'
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The
Greek
word
peripateo
(v. 5)
"Salt'" and "Grace"
properly
means
"walk."
It is used in
- "
this literal sense countless
times in the
Paul writes:
"Let; your speech be elGospels and' Acts; But Paul employs
it " way with grace, §easoned with salt" (v.
over thirty
times in a _ figurative
sense.
6). It would sebm that _zalL is cl0se]y
With him it' means
"live" or "conduct
related
to ffrace.
Weymouth
brings
Lt
oneself,"
In this passage the best transout this way:
"Let your. language
be.
lation is, "Conduct
yourselves"
.(RSV,
always
seasoned With the salt of gr_,ce."
NASB). Weymouth
catches the thought
In the Greek _eomie writers the" verb
of this clause well in- his paraphrase:"
artuo, "season," referred
to the season-
i
TOWARDS
"_
.
"Bch:ave wisely
• side world.",
"
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l
to
" slip thro_igh your hands, but.bUy
every passing moment. ''9
or "Conduct"?
_
SERMONIC
/
STUDIES
anddiscreetly
inallybur-dealings
with ,
glee
us an
opemng
for
prez/chiag"
(NEB),
That he received this opdn deor
• isindicatedbyActs28:31.
.
"Walk"
the time our now.! '8
"
John 11:17-27
- Thus the "I. am" formula is an emphatic
"
_
and positive affirmation
ofChrist's
dally.
T_'r:" Verses 25-26
He stands before 'Martha in her grid as
"I know that he.will rise again . . . at
the Incarnation of the very God.who apthe last day." "At the last day"] Martha is
peai'cd to Moses at the,bush'_vhich
burned.
the: _.stful spokesman for the race. ConHe is more than another weeping Friend,.scious of their weaknes_
the face of
though He is that. He is the .Son of God
evil's; might "men defer, their hopes to a
from eternity! Therefore He' can do now
distant and fit_al day. Someday there will
what men would unhappily postpone to "the
be deliverance
from sin,. there will be
lastday.!'
,victory over the tyranny of death, there
" "
will be.peace for troubled heart.s, theI:e will
II. The text teaches us. that He has an
be a transformation of soclety_ there will
unlimited po,.ver. "
be an end to war--someday,
but not now!
"I-am the resurresflon,
and the life." He
Jesus" would. ' change
this
emphasis."
is the Source of that life which men ex"Hope deferred maketl_ the heart sick," To
pooled beyond death in the resurrection.
our sick hearts He offers the life and
He is the Power by which the deed will be.
power.of the last day now. He offers to- " raised. Therefore that life anti power are
morro'w's
life "l'he
today,last Heday"brings
into history.
may eternity
be the - available
not await where_/er
the futu_! He is present. It need
"finishinglteuch,'.
but the portrait of reJesus had earlier affirmed His_authority
deemed manhood and transformed _ociety.
over tiis own life and death (10:17-18). If
can be placed on the canvas af '%ere and He cmi lay down and take up again His
,. now." So he replies to Martha's wistful
Own life, we may; logically assume that He
words about-the
last day with a mighty"
has power over our lives and deaths. Thls
present indicativ_---"I
am the resurrection,
_lso He has already claimed (5:25-29),
and the life." "
.
.
A_ Paul reminded Agrippa, God's unlimited power makes the resurrectionof
the dead quite credible (Acts 26;8). And
I. The text tells us that He is a unique
as the king of Israel reminded Naaman,
Pear'on."
,tldd power
of resurrection
does not rest
"I am "'" " Thia phrase occurs with such
with men(liKings
5:-7), But as theGodregularity and solenudty in John's Gospel.
man, as the Word made flesh, Jesus affirms
that it takes on the al_nificance of a name,
the.-possession
o-f this _very power. And
Its background is the Old Testament, where
sh0rtly.after saying, "I am the resurrection,
'I Am" is God's "name" as the. self,revealand the life," He demonstrated the validlw
ing God (Exed. 3:6, 14). By adding various ' of His claim by the "acted pareble'_ of
predicates Jesus gives'content
to that self-,
raising Lazarus. This Jesus is.not only One
revelation.
"I am"--"the
bread of .fife,"
who pities us in our grief; He is One with
"the light of the world," "the door of the
power to give us life.
sheep," "the good shepherd," "the, resurrection_ and the Kfe," '!the way, the truth,
and the life," "the true vine?'
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•Pastor, First Church, Atlanta. Georgia.
Ftbmm'y, 1966
]II, The text informs us that He has an
,,
lariat'ibis pdrpose.
. .
"
I _ find resurrection, and the lifei he
that belteveth in me,;though he 'were dead,
(99) O§
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yet
helive:and
whoever
llvoth
believeth in me shall never die."
,andThenow
this llfe
which isis toeternal,
this here
llfe
purpose
of Jesus
give men
which cannot be'serndnnted
by death, and
need not therefore be postponed until the
resurrection!
Hero and now He writ l-alse
the soul from the death of sin, and share
with Hls followers HIS own life, life that
_x'ipe physical death of tis power to cnalave
and terrify (Heb. 2:14-15).
.
Every-use of the I "am" formula in John's'
Gospel /_ associated with this pt_rpase bf
giving life to men. It is the one great, controlling purpose of Christ In His incarnate
mis_an. It ts the rei_on for the Cross and
empty grave. "I am come that they.might
have life, and that they might hove it more
abundantly"
(10:10). is our Lord's own bast
mmunary,of the gospel. :.
"
Luther quotes" an old "spiritual sefig"-"In the midst of life we-are
by death
encompassed"_and
says thai Christ Ires reversed thla situation, so that Christians may
sing, "In the midst even of death we have
life," /nto our world ofsin and death God
lure come in Jesus Christ, has come with the
glorious purpase of giving to us His deathdefeating life, has come with full power to
achieve that saving purpose] Not.at the last
day only, but here and now we can have
peace with God, victory 'over sin, deliver-:
once from ihe powe]: of death, and courage
and atrength to set our hands upon our
disordered human society and. changeit
to
the glory of God.
How can this person touch Our lives by
this power?, How can He fulfill In us this
purpose?
2_he ans_ver is, By faith. "Be' tisve" rings through the _hort text no less .
than four times. Faith inHint--as Lord,
as the Christ, as the Son'of God---completes
thb link between love and power on His
side and human _n and need on our aide.
'
,
xt
honest
1. It's easy to talk about
needs _ 'othero.
40 (100)
the
__
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B.
By
-)
"IP' there is a request yrnm the
heart.
"If my people, which are Called
by my frame, shalt . .. pray, _
seek my face." Lack of unblessed
hearts and
ROSS Price*
--
No,
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Expository Outlines from II Peter
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2
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PernicioUs
Ways
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II Pet.
2:2-3
I
I_r_oeocrtoH:
lives many times due to lack of
prayer.
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C. "It!' there ia true repentance.
1. Repentance
means a t_g
around--a
change-of
direclion.
'2. Here is a message directed
t0v_,d the atoner.
3. But
_ts truth
Christian.
; " is also for the.
.2. A bombastlctnysticism,
promising
1. The way of the" ungodly tranagressur is
" to
seenreveal
world secrets,
and /.heabout
future,thewastin-a
" " barren, desolate,
and hard-packed
by
.
travel (el. Prey. 13:15 and Mark 4:4). so
very lusrative profession in the
. no fruit of righteousness
tokes rootege
last days of paganism,
and" it
passed beer to Christianity _ an
there; hut the ways of false, prophets
are licentious
a_id excessive
in lust,
element in various heresies.
hence positively, productive of all man3 "The many _' (hoi pellet) ha_ rofnor of corruption,
creates to the masses of unthluk"
ing people who follow.such a way.
2. Toter
continues hia_tlelineatian
of the
-character
the false prophets by noting . II. THEm BLASP_O_S
T_em_as
because ofof them:
. r_
a. Many are led astray.
A Their teachings and example caused
h, Truth is blasphemed.
"
.
onlookers
to .malign "the Way of"
. c. Coveteousness
manifests
itself
In
truth.'[
mercgnary manlpulation_
1. '_£he way of truth" is the right
d. Judgment and damnation ca.'3be their
road. Its i"cet idea is genutoeonly deBtiny..,
ness.
It ha_ reference to the
3. Peter'a warnt_
are as up-to-date as if
right manner 'of serving
and ".
spoken only yesterday. Note then:
"
"
worshipping God.
2. Those who preteizd to be in thls
I. _
C01muFr_aLNFLUI_Cl
"way of truth" and yet follow
$
a. Revivals start as Christians
in_ from their rebellious
spirit.
b. Revivals' start as Chris:
flans turn.from their eplrtt,
of laziness,
c. Revivals
start as "Christisns turn from their'_'lt
of unconcern.
' 1I. Tm_ _
or Rm_aL "
- " ""
A. ,Hcaven'a door wilt be opened..
-_'l_hen: will' I hear from heaven
.
.. •
I. There will be a'shout
of
victory among the people
of God.
.
•
2. There will be" a spirit of
.
conviction.
3. There
will be a spirit
ofevangelism.
, _ _
-..
vlct, ortea will be won.
_m fo_ve the_ _
"
....
1. The saintswillmove _p.
2. Slnnem will realize their
need and ecck God.
•
" TEXt: HChron. 7:14
,
I. Tm_ Cauas or. _vlv_
Based on the Word, "H..."
A, '_H" there is a recognition of need.
"if my people, which are called
. by my name, shallhumble themselves."
tobe
(Note
oneself,
and
the publican
18":
the prayer
of the (Luke
Pharisee
9-14).
B. SptrttuaI
The Causeand Effectof Revival
with
"
C. The ' C'hurrh
will
ex_rrisuee
yrowth,
_... will heal their land."
"The growth of holinesschurches
has always been duc to revivnl.
"
Jom_ B. BS_A_
Filn_tone, Georgia
"Th_ Nm_mms
Pn_:_h_
"
A.
Confoandtn_
Chrisfla_ liberty
with
unbridled ltcen_e. "
.
1. The Greek, word aselgefa, here
" '
translated, '_pernlcious," means tit"
eraliy,_"tewd and wanton" licon".
tlousand excesmvein_ust,
2. Errors, particnlsrly
those whlch
give free scope to the flesh, are
very coningeous."
"Many shalt follow" ,their, licentlous ways.,
. B.
a break ]rom sin and impurity.
. 1. Hypocrites can only bring blsephemous reproachea upon Christianlty.
•
- .
2."irnrnoraltby
and _easuality
cannot
be reconciledwith true Chris-
3. 'ffAbartinism"
is roally a false
liberty.
This was the gospel o_ these .--¢a]se
tea_em.
He whois wiseis free
to do all manner of evil,since''
evil.res_deaonly in nmtter and
can affect the body only and riot _
thesonl.
B. A s/nHtog religion _ult$ the _a_'nat
mind.
1. Haughtiness
of false spirituality
goes hand in hand with unbridled
Sensuality.
_Profe_or o$ theology,
Pasadena College. Call=
torn_
_ .
Febmaiy,1968
false teacher_ are they who cause
the most scandal to the ,'wuy of
truth" itself.
3. The whole Church mdfered in
tie reputation
bece_e
of the_
men.
True Christian effdes always demand
"
.t_ty.
3. An adulterous preacher is the.
occasionforthe world'sstrongest
blaspliemies
against Christ.and
His Church.*
"
4. The world; Whish_caros little for,"
ChUtist, will readily point to the
evil lives which it sees in these
renegadebrothron,and draw .the
conclusion
that inrun
_ecret
the aame
rest
of the Chrtsttan_
to the
excess Ofriot.
(t011 41
.
IIL Them MERCENARy
_,_'THODS
"
.
reprooL of David,
A. ;'Through eove_cousnesB . . _*nske
mercbondtse o_ you."
1. Lic6ntionsness
and lust
for.
money are both Mike exprcssiena
of
sensuality.
HenCe,
'shckels_and sex are their main
traffic,
2. Cbveteonsncssis:
Lust for money.
.
Limt for honor and prominenee,
Lnstforplessure.
3, These false teachers are extor_
tionnte in their demands
for
money. Note the modern false:
prophet v_ho insists that'twentydollar bills
are the. most nccePtable for'the offering, .
•.
_
i
!
i
:
deception" for the
sake
Wherever God erects a house o_ prayer,
Satan comes to build fahe chapels there.
D." .Contrast the true prophets
here.
"
1. They
often, l_ad unwelcomed
and unsavory tasks to do for
God, Think "here o_ Nathan's
42 (I02)
INz_osvc_om
The Sermon on the Mount exalts spiritual
realities
above
material
externalities.
These. versos continue the theme to the
final illustration of the houses built on
the sand and on the rock.
-
I..Tna
are his words
fabricated
of
earth|y plastic.. He loves souls
too sincerely,
to compromise
God's truth,
.
t
•
IV. Tlu:m Stme ANe CF.RTAL_
PEI_ALTY
TR_SUSES or _lE Hr_RT
A. Identity.. "Where heart is, is treasure,
• Where one is; there is the o_er."
.
.B,.Heart
ificludes all of self. Where do
thoughts
rum''when
alone?
Where
does love turn? Are our wills saturated in His will7
"
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A.'.Doom and destruction
tiny.
."
1. "Their
damnation
is their des-
If. T11zTar_strar_s or._[_ EaRru
slumbereth
not." They may be asleep but
t
their coming destruction is not.
.
_
' They may pooh-pooh :the idea
. .
Of n final retribution: but they
'are doomed men, on 'the verge
of
punishmant."--MofJatt
: /VT
Commentary, ad tec.
. .
• ..
2. Punitive
judgments,
live
in
God's
break
times.
immuiabie
decrees,
and
forth at their,
appainted
t_. God's Justice _ awa_e a_d will
overtake them.
Examples
of this Will "noSYbe eitsd
of the
. gafn involvdd,
C. Expto_tingc-unntag.
1. "Cunningly: turn!ng their rail:..
ginus views into personal proflf."---Moffatt,
2. _nese
licentious Gnostics made
money out of their dupes.
A
merely
intellectual
Gnosticism
had Its fruit, in immorality and
fraud.":-A.
T, Robertson,
Word
Pictures, VI, 181:
3. "Counterfeit
preachers
who in
"their eoveteousness sell the prople to the devil, by their soft
speeches,"--W,
B.-Godbey:
"How many preachers, if paid
tunney eriough, will let their
own members slip through their
fingers into hall."--Godbey.
re-
A true prophet is not afraid to
risk his neck'for the truth, Nor
B. "With
_eigned ,,words _nalce marchandise o.f you.
1. The Greek is . plastots logois.
which means actually "plastic
words," or _'forg_d words"
'"Plasd.loterms'! are words that
mean one thing to you but another to the speaker. Remainher!
Not all: who speak of
sanctification
mean it in the
Wesleyan or.scriptusal sense.
2, They _,vll[ fabricate
doctrines
for the commerce
sake of yourand
coinstraffic' is "
3. Their
Samuers.
proof of San1, Paul's rebuke of
Elymas, John the Baptist's reproof
of ' Herod,
and Jesus'
castigation
of the scribes and
Pharisees; or Arr(os' preaching
at Bethel. •
"
A. "Lay not :up for yourselves treasures
upon earth." "Do not hold. nor tie self.
to, nor be i:.ntnrJgied v,dth.'?
B. Their danger. "Moth and rust." Seeds
bf decay in all. '_l'he last illuminator
and teacher, which is'death, antiquates
and bruShes aside, as of no use in the
new conditions, most of the knowledge
which men, _isely in a measure, .but
foolishly if exclusively, have sought to
"
acquire for themselves
here below."
--A. MACLA_I_.
C. They include money, pleasure, etc.
D. E_/ery eart}_ly t_'easure is a total loss!
Life also lost.if entangled,
""
by Peter. Cf. vv. 4-gff.
Ill. Tns T_e^sva_
or H_
.
ruler but the loglcal demand of God's
plentebus grace. The. obligation of:
(1) the freed slave, (2) the ransomed
hostage, (3) the delivered prisoner.
IllUstration:
A southern
plantation
owner stood in a slave market watching the sale of hmpan beings. His
sympathies
were awakened
by the.
screams of a young slave girl about to
be sold .to a stranger and separated
from her_ family.
The sympathetic
owner hid higher and higher until.
his bid was called, arid .the young
Negro girl bbcame his property.
He
paid the clerk and accepted the papers
confirming
the ._le.
Then, to the
.amazed. and "indescribable
joy .of the .
slave girl, he signed and handed .to
her the.papers
declaring her emanei_
2. Let us not only seek: to b:ear, but also
to 8Re, a sermon--as in the case of a
true prophet, and shepherd, and man of
. God.
-
all my good in me, because my good ' _
socri_ec that redeemed him.
is God, who is in the heavens, and
though in the heayens, dwells in the
C. The first great confession: Accept and
hearts {hat love Him,"--A. MACLARe_.
declare the eternal and'uncanditional
D. Every heavenly
treasure m a .total claim of God on all werhave arid'are•
gain.
.
-"
•
CONCLUSION:
..
:
II, "YE ARE Bouvtrr wrrlr A.PRIcz."
Exhorintion to give.
, ,
A. As a sinner, man deserved to die,
"
--L. W^Ym_ SzAas
1. Sinned willfully,
with knowledge
.
of the consequences
(Gem. 3:3).
2: Sinned against his Creator as well
" ".
""
as himself and all God's creation.
Goal's Call to Christian Stewardship.
B. The. sinner
cannot redeem himself
SCRIPTURE:-Matt,
25:14-29
(Eph. 2:7-10)._
- .
1, God required a. sinless and perfedt
Outlines*
-.
-
The Treasures of the Heart
SCRIPTURE: Matt• 6:19-21
TEXT:
Far where
will your.hsoet
your
treasure
is, there
be a_so (v 21)',
.Taken R.from
b
Norman
eke.Preachable
Beacon ItSermon
l Pre_. Outllne_
Used wi_
permi_ion,
Tho Nazarvna Preacher
TEXT: I'Cor. 6:19-20
ImmovncTmm
"
A. The 'call to Christian stewardship"
is.
not ,the command of an arbltrory
Fabruary, 1968
.
A. God's by right of creation. _
1. Created iri God's' image (GadS.. 1:
. 26-27).
2. Created for c(_mmunlon'and fellow-
A. "Lay .up far. yotfrselves treltsures in
:heaven."
.
B. Their safety, No moth, rust, decay, or
10as.
.
- C, h/elude love. mercy,." grace. "I carry
_
/
. patios. Slowly realizing that She had
been set f_ee, the girl fell at _ feet
and cried, "Let rdd be your slave for
all of my life, because you have a
right to me."
•
"
""_
B. [n the text three great declarations
are found, wh ch. _:all for. three great. "
confessions.
.
.
.
•.
.
I. "Yz ARE Nor Youa Ow_." "Yo_tr body
... and..,
your spirit, which are God's:"
" "
Cosc_,OSlON:
L Let us beware' to whom we listen! Let
us make sure he is no mere palavcrer,
or hireling, or pervert.
stewardship
"_
ship.with the Creator (Gen. 3:8).
'B. God's by right of redemptioik.
. 1. It was .man's sin that brought
spiritual death.
2. It .was God's initiative, love, and
saerifice_
2. Jeans,. the perfect
Lamb, perfect Priest
.
Man, pbrfect
(Heb. 9:7-14).
C, The price God paid for man'R aslva(IO3) 43
"
tion becomes
the measure
of the
service
to which the Christian is
called (John 3::16; I John 3:16)'.
D. *The second great confcsslon: that inIlul_ love a_d cost were expended
in God_s plan of redemptian.
.
1. The Io_,iesl tm_ollcation of this secend great confession is the highest
and best-in devotion and service.
2. How glorlous that any degree nf
human devotion and service could,
in an_,. sense, satisfy the love and
cost of oUi- saivatlonl
HI. "Tn_nzross GLOSLt'YGODm Ymm BooY,
^No IN Yoffa SPmrt."
'
A. Body and spirit imply'the_whoie
man.
1. Anything less than our all is shed• by, in the _light of Calvary (Ram.
12:1),
2. Anything less than our best is less
thanthe
world requires (Matt, 6:
24).
was to make others.know
and serve
L Him.
B. "The gospel echoes with the ringing
declaration of the unpossibility of a
divided allegiance.
"Ye cannot serve
God and mammon."
It is therefore
foolish to spend our lives in the air
tempt.
.
C. Wilberforce condensed Christianity in.- to four words: admit, submit, commit,
and transmit. It is then that man is
. m a position te become of greatest
sor_,,ice to his generation.
"I. Yz_ An_ C,_LLSSre A _
GEOTJS Sssvlcs.
_
_
'
I
I
CO_
R
[or
J_oB
"]Fe Serve
TEXT:
Ye seroc
3;24).
I_zosuc'rm_:
.
the Lord Christ"
the
Lord
Christ
.
(Col.
..
A. The noblest .ambition in any man tends
to measure the man.
The supreme
ambition of St. Paul was to "serve
the Lord Christ." His supreme desire
"44 (104)
The author of the question may b_in
a large building program or some oilier
project that is taking bis,flme,I
t01d one
C. There is:
board that I did not have time to set're
1. SaiL_action in self-respect,
as contractor
for the building program,
2. Wonder in working.for theLord,
The result was that the job was given
. 3. Hope of eternal Ilfe--"now
and
to s professional central:tar and we were
then."
"
"
in tho_ building "fnr sooner, than had I
done it. I did not have time because
CONCLaslOSi
. I
am a past, or, called'to
:."preach
the
i
tr
,
A. Illustration. E; 'J Poytons l_icture in
word ; and the first demand
on my
th_-_r_dker'Art
Gallery; London The- time, brethren, is ample rime'for
readpicture of a Roman centurion on duty
,ing and study.
is in our service.
at
the cityMbunt
is engulfed
withPompeli'while
the lava erupting
Vesu",;ias. He entitles" the pisture "Falthiul
'
ChriS"
[
co* to
go to an-
_
"
"
I, Railgiontends
togrow soft, Ilabb'y,
.indifferent.
.
.
2. The Christian
'who is saturated
with the Christian _irtt is"willlng
to give "all" for the _sako of the
One _vho gave "all" for him.
*
"
HI. YffiAaz C_xr_ _'o A.Ln_ or FAITHFUL
" S_v_cz...
_.
A. The cause of Christ stands,-l_es,
or .
:
fails through His disciples..
"
_
B. Fidelity
is u virtue toasbe an
coveted,
1. Not faithfulness
end within
itself, but" faithfulness because of
Christ_
GLORIOUS
-q_a-
Tho Nasurono Ps'eachor
m.
_V"
_
PRI"
BLEM
,
"
"
P R 0 BL E M: With
creasing
demands.
in
areas, how
reading?
can
I find
-
more
time
for
:_
FaOM INDIAt_A SAYS:
- There
•
to the church office and count it, and as
n_result they miss part, if not all, of the.
sermon.be
countedltseemSafici,
tCthemeservice.that
moneYilow
coUlddo
I
Initiate a change? How do other pastors
liandl'e this.matter?
Pa_lor#, whatdo So_ sa_?*Wrile your opinions.
I_ published,
Not
over
200
re $3,00
book
words
please.
are some pastors
involved
In
.
"ever-widening
areas'"'that
are ratherirrelevant
to the work of the ministry.
Paul's advice to Timothy" was, "Preach
the word." While I agree that more and
more demands, are :being made on the
pastor's time, I am also cofivinoed
that
many pastors rob themselves
of precmus
reading and study time in order t0'balong to every organization
in town that
will have'them:
I believe that a pastor's
communal
.responsibilities.
are impor-
credit
wilt
........
b_
oiuen,
"
•
.
•
,
,
"Preach the Word"
(Continued
constantly
inever-widening
.
A Mn_sT_
sacrifice.
IV. Y_ Ana Czazam zo._
v_oz.
.
A. We serve the L6rd.
- PROBLEM: ,The practice in this church
has beau for the nsheis to take the money
unto Death."
The soldier obeys '_oih
in bottle and on guard until he perishes in. fidelity to his orders, tenlarge anal describe.)
.
. ---Rass'E. Pales"
-,
1. Pl:alse Him verbally and in atti'
. opinion.
vi_tiOta and not bend to popular
tude. thought, and deed.
4. Your, courage, will find expression
2, Declare His glory-_,tell
the world
lnyourservlce.
"
'_
(John12: 32; 3: I4; Hob. 2: 9).
• .
•
B_ We are not called to be children of
C. Third great confession.
,
'
luxury, ease. and pleasure; but a life
1.. "Love so. amazing, so divine, de-"
' _L " of self,giving
and *arose-bearing. 'To
mends my soul, my life, my all."
sdrve the Lord Christ,"
2. "How much I owe for low /ilvinc!
•
How much I owe that Christ Is II_ Ys An_ C_so
_o ._ L_
or SACRIFImine!"
"
_
.
CIALS_wc_.
=
And when before the throne
A. The 'essence of Christ's service is in
•
I standdiedt_-Him
complete,
"Jesus
my soul
to saoe,"
Mylipsshailsflllrepeat.
•
.
.
Jesus paid it all;
All.to Hint I o_e.
Sin had le/t a eri_o_ stele;
He washed it white a_ zm,ow,
--FRSO Ilta_vr
B. Our remuneration
not in any.remm,_
_
A. _Ye serve' the Lord Christ."
This
chlis far courage:
1. The power of Christ within us Is.
stronger than all exterior forces,
2. Henry Martyn, '"I care not what
ha_pa
I endure, if only: I win
souls
.,,,oI0ril
ad,,
me--:
or
, ]
tram page 1)
and In deed--for
"they' shall turn away
their .ears from the truth, and shall be
tu/'ned unto fables" (v. 4). (3) Exhort
men urgently
to repent arid turn to
.God.
War_ait allcannot
to flee bethe m/orlooked
wrath to cbme,
Finally,
that
:
Paul Wassuying,
Preach the Word with eompa.ssto_i,'"longsufferin_'
(v, 2).
"Doctrine"
becomes theorefical'und'doc:
trinaire u/dess" it is manifestly
from a
burdeued
and ble_dihg heart...Reproof
'
rebuke, and exhortation
are *harsh and
xopeUing if not wit_ long-suffering.
Let
compassion
be seen
in watehfuluess.
Let it show
forth more clearly: in af. flietions_ Let it he active and aggressive,
impelled by a burning passion.to
even"gellze
(v. 5).
We most successfuUy
tent
his total ministry
in a cammunlty.to _Howcvcr,
his"flrst calling
is to
'!preach the word." To do this he must,
with "rare exceptlou,
reserve the neces-
refute
error,.guard
stem against
the tide complacency
of _vbrldltnasa. and
when our hearts burn with an unexllnguishahle
fire of love for God and
sary dally "time for reading and study,
With
few
exceptions
I spend ' every
forenoon an d occasionally
nil day in my
study,
" .. _
"
men.
.
PreachiNg
the Word with confidence,
conviction,
and' compassion
is relevant
in any century.
Fobmosy, 19fl8
(105) 45
"
"
•
•
Hey,
...
_._
I
l_d_W_'_
_F
UNCLE,
how
much
does
it cost
with no scrteus trouble wlth rite Indians
.:_nd that we have enough strength left to
finish our journey."
This was done, and
then -there was silence.
No one. had any
• complaints
to make.
"It.: brings a
Thanksgiving
transforms.
balance back into bur lives.
lad(o, Col(f. DON-REDMOND
FRED
SOMEBODY,
would teach.
right--NOBODY[
E[uess who
It hap-
pened that a fifth neighbor• came to 'live
among
them.
EVERYBODY
.thought
SOMEBODY
should try
to win him..ANYBODY
could have at least made an
effort. Guess who won him to .Christ: "
that's right-r-NOBODY!
•
Norwood, Cincinnati,'Ohlo
S.E. DunmN
46 (106)
.
.
J
_."
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"
""
IT NEVER
PAYS
"
To argue about religion;
To run into debt • for lu_ories;
To cherish a faultfinding-splrit;
"
. To warm our hands at the deVtl's firel
TO join a church.that does not denmnd
:
something of one
.
To send the children into th6 _iceets in
order.te
silence the parlor.
--Virginia
Nazarene.
The Nozhrene Preacher
_._
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_
_
EAS
THAT.WORK
-
for the
asking
.
First-old
Course
If a woman spends eight hours away
from her home
working
in o factory
or an office, she is called an energetic
wife. If, however,
she is willing
to do
the same for the Lord, people say that
"religion has gone toher head."
If one ties himself down to make paymcnts
of $30.00 bach
week..for
some
length.of
time,'he pays it willingly.
Rut
if that same person, placed that much
Recently
First Church offered n foursession
first-aid
course.
The purpose
was to train a group of responsible
persons roy the handling
of first-aid
emergencies
which, might arise around
the
church
l)r church
gatherings.
While
primarily
planned
for usher§
and departmcnt
supervisors,
it was open to all
interested
persons.
The .instructor
was
Leon Atkins.
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in the offering
each week
may people
would say he was crazy.
This is a crazy world indeed,
whore
first things
come last, and fast things
come first.
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JACKH. LEz
Kankakee.
Illinois
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Hymnals
Protect,Those
.
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Saints PauIa., Ca|i}¢.
We have found away
to protect our
pews and hymn books from the scribblings of little children.
In each pew
rack we _place a 3 x 5 notepad_ with the
Pray, don't find fault with' rite man who
following reminder printed boldly at the
limps
" top of each sheet:
Or stumbles alortg the road,
"
Unless you have worn the shoes he wears
Let children
do artwork onhere-.
Or struggled beneath .his load.
It's cheaper
than hymnals.
sc_'*
:
_ell
.Y°Uo_'--co_t_r;_7'Honcy,,
he answered.
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J'p'
Wiry "
no *peR. a'8#¢.
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:
"Oh," was her i'eply,
"then why. do.
.
you scratchsome
el it out?"
_
.Richmond,
Me.
EASL MARVIN
"
EVERYBODy,they
heeded a SundaYt
h o u gSCh°°lh
t ANYBODyteacher-would do it; and SOMEBODY
thought
EVERYBODY
did it: that's
o'clock
four o'clock to do somc work
Lord, they would
say, '_rhat's
too much of the boy."
A as
clergyman
preparing
men
his small was
daughter
vJatehed.tds
. "Daddy;'
_he
asked,
'Ydoes .God
,; _,,_._
_. _,_)_,,
all belonged
to the same/church,
but
what church
members
EVERYBODY
..
• .
,
went
fishmg,
SOMEBODY
wouldn t
speak
to him. so NOBODY
went-to
church.
Really, NOBODY
was the only
decent
one
of the
four.
NOBODY.
worked
on the church building.
Once
up at four
Yet _to:feed,clothe,hous0, and train_
youngster
in your
federal
governmefit
Job Corps you spend.S7,000 a year.
-
EV-
a bo_ gdts
i
say
he is a go-getter. If the _church
inthcmorningtodcliverpapem,
should ask that same'boy
to got peoplo
up. at
dren are legitimate.
How eome"then,
Uncle,-you
will. under A.D.C. pay nlbre
than$100
a month tc upkeep an illegitimate one?
"Clearwater
Church. Snohomish,
Wash.
J, K. FRENCH
AND
They
First
pnying
$600 a year us'taxtofecd,
to
rear parents
a child?only
clothe,
house,
and You'aHow
train, a" youngster..,
FOUR STRANGE PEOPLE
ERYBODY,
PETE
ANYBODY,
JOE NOBODY
were
neighbors:
Things
When
Thanksgiving
Transforms
Also under
the Cuban refugee,proIn the early days a wagon train travel-"
gram, you assume minimal
upkeep
retag on the Oregon Trail foundwater
and
quires
$1,200 a year, and if the Cuban
grass becoming scarcer by the .da_: ' Some
boy Or girl goes .to school
that is an
of the wagons had broken down/causing
extra $1,000 a year ....
deteys amid a'stltling
heat. Tensions
beOhl yes, and the boys in our fedei'al .
gun to rise. The Wagon master, sensing
prisons
you have
discovered
require
the uneasy situation
and the change of
$2,300 per year--with
no frills/no
luxuattitude from-optimism
and cheer to that • ries, and no borrowing Dad's car.
of fear, announced that at the next night's
And finally under social sect_rity you.
stop a meeting would be heldto
air their
troubles.
_qlcn
everyone
had gathered
will pay $126 amonth
to maintain_the..
_.
about the campfire, a man arose to his
elderly.
.
What.makes
you
thinkwe.can
bring
feet and said "Before we do anything else,
i think we should f,rst thank God that we
up. our young
'uns on $50 a month?
have come this far wtih no loss of-lifo,
P.S:I
forgot to mention all our chil_
"
THOMAS
First
I1
There may be tacks in his shoes that hur_
"
Or.the
bears, from.view;
placed on your '
.Thoughburden
hlddqnhe away
Norms% Oklaho_na.
']ROGERM.
WILLIAMS
Back,
J
"
might
cause
you. to stumble
'too.
Isn't
it. odd
that
....
parents
can
allow
Don't Sneer at the man who's'down today,
thei_ children to learn and practice vanUnless you have fell the blow•
"dalism at the very moment
they themThat caused his fall, or felt the shame'
.selves ere worshtppi_t_
God? How. does
That only the fallen know.
God evaluate
suchirresponsible
"daveYou.may
be strong, hut still the blows
tiou"?-:-EDITOR
That werehis,
if dealt to you
InMight
the Selfsame
way, to at'the
selfsame time,"
cause you
stagger-too.
'Don'_ be too itarshWith the mira that sins,
Or pelt_him with words or stones.
.Unless you-are sure, yea, doubly sure,"
That you have no faults of your own.
For you know, perhaps, if rite tempter's
voice
'
Should whisper as soft to you
As it did to him when .he went astray,
it might cause you to.falter too.
.(Author Unknown)
Dundee llitls, Kansas Cit):
HAROLD PLATTF_
Febmcr_,
1969
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COLLEGELIBRARY
A request has come for a copy of Volume I of Gray and Adams Biblical En.
cyclopedia, which is •needed by one of our
school libraries.
If you 'can supply• this,
write directly
to M. A. (Bud)
Lunn,
.manager of the Nazarene Publishing llouse,
and advise him what you would sell the
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Conducted by Willard
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Yesterday's
Voices
Brief
Book
Notes
for Today's
World
. .
, . ....
By Fred M. Wood
(Nashville:
Broadman
Sketches of Revival Sermons.
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Press, 19_7. 128 pp.,cloth, SLfi0). " •
.• By J.•" C, Hornberger
{Grand Rapl_e..
Fred'Wood, pastor of t._e Eudora Bnphst
Ba_er Book House, 1967, 69 pp., paper,
:
Church in MempbL_, Tetmessee.
in. this
"
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brief moliograph gives us some superb hem$1.00.)
Some good seed thought; oee_,e,innaliy " a
llies on nine of the minor'_propheis.
Here
new thought or an old one presented in a
• is biblical preaching at its best. Hero we
would be valuable addition ,to
see a contempolary prophet atwork forgingnew
a minister's
.way;
library, z-T, W, W_L_X_mIAM..
lucid and persuasive
messages, from the
" "
raw word'of the ancient prophets. Hare we
"
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sense a scholar laboring:to
bridge the time
How to Study the Bible
gal_ between the era el these prophets and
By Dwight L. Moody .(Grand Rapids:
the twentieth
century.
Arid he does: it
well. The divine 'truth spoken -centurieS
Baker
Book House, .1967, reprint.
31 pp.;
pap_r.50c.)
"
ago by'these
indomitoble Hebrew preachers
Significant for begirmer_.ln
Bible htudy;
is located and. clarified by.Wood and ap*
a practical.way
to increaseone's
interest
plied ingeniously to our ttm_=-s. The titles
:in the Word.--T. W. WILLI_mlAM.
o_the aermous pinpoint the central teach"
• ing of erich prophet. For example, Hnsea is
pre_ented
under
the theme "F.nduring
The Nations in.Prophecy
Love," while .Nahum's message, which proBy Joh_ F. Waleoord
(Grand_ Rapids:
dlcted the fall of the A._yrinn capttel,.NineZondbrvan Publishing House, 1967.. 176 pp.
vch, is captured in the epithet '_aughty.
cloth, S4.95,)
Cap_tal--Itaunted
Ruins.
One is reluctant to lay it.aside until corn- "
- 1_uct{ of what wood offers by way vf
plet_l;
cleais: with current, world e_.,ants.
appl[cdtion comes in the lead een[ences
and prophecy; recommended to-all minisof paragraphs, Amazingly they seem teeny
tere add those inter:eared in World affairs,--.."
all.that needs to be said. on the .point" st
T.W. WIL_INaUAM. ,
hand. For.example,
in speakmg of Jonah
reaction to God's command, Wood writes:
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"One is on the road to spiritual maturiW
The Bibie in Christian Teaching
when huhas learned to obey. Shallow minds `
By Holmes. RoI_ton
{Richmbnd:
John .
resent obedience to a euperior"._p. 29). Or,
Knox Press 1966. 104 pp._ paper, $1.45.) _o
Gives strdng emphasis to the place of.me
-_ith'.respeet to Helen's domestic problems,
he obser_,es: "A man usually finds his
Bible ,in the lifo of the church and theearthly heaven or hell in the woman he
individual;
some slight deviations
from
_ries
't (p. 81)..
Nazarene doctrinci--B_¢r_m_ Dtm_.
One of the values of this choice volume,
in the opinion of the reviewer, lles'in the
abundance of quotefians from distinguished
preachers and secular .authors.
SoUnd in
doctrine, rich in homiletic_il material, brilllant in literary
Style, this is a book worth
.
buying.
Wn,_um H. T^Y_On
That Bother
Me
By Lawrence Fitzgerald.
(Valley Forge,
Pa.: Jud_on P?ess, 1967, 94 pp,, paper,
the
l.,_..ril_
[ v:as embarrasse_l
irlo"
(if
mid
(!llllueh
If)
lmi.-.vident,
yl_u
_ay'!
_.d
moving;
,
helpful to young
people and adults alike; valuable in the
. hands of a pastor who heeds help in eoun•profee_r of Biblical 'I_aeology, Nazarene
_eling,--F..LlZAeL_t'llB, JoNgs.
Theologlcal" Semlnary.
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48 (108)
lily
c[Ir
arrlvin'4
li_at:
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()lll
(if
1 Kansas
I lacked
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just.
I)arkin_
lho
(;it','
Iifteen
led,.
in._uff_l:ahlY
s(,
,
.
Iht{ what. abohl
wilhbul
a plan?
who
;n'rive_
at b_fftr(l int, etin_
nuu'010g
wilb6ul
a
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