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Preaching Christ In Zambia And Congo, Chester Woodhall Jan 2019

Preaching Christ In Zambia And Congo, Chester Woodhall

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Handbook Of Christian Denominations In Zambia, A Personal Perspective, Chester Woodhall Jan 2019

Handbook Of Christian Denominations In Zambia, A Personal Perspective, Chester Woodhall

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


George Allen Turner, Ats Special Collections And Archives Jan 2019

George Allen Turner, Ats Special Collections And Archives

Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


Records Of The Office Of The President: Henry Clay Morrison, Ats Special Collections And Archives Jan 2019

Records Of The Office Of The President: Henry Clay Morrison, Ats Special Collections And Archives

Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


A Bible Study About Studying The Bible : An Introduction To Inductive Bible Study, Kevin Bryan Barnes May 2018

A Bible Study About Studying The Bible : An Introduction To Inductive Bible Study, Kevin Bryan Barnes

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Into Ministry : The Pastorals, The Early Church, And The Free Methodist Church In The Early Twenty-First Century, Jason Aaron Leininger Jan 2016

Into Ministry : The Pastorals, The Early Church, And The Free Methodist Church In The Early Twenty-First Century, Jason Aaron Leininger

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Walking With God Or The Devil,...Which? And The King's Gold Mine, Bud Robinson Nov 2015

Walking With God Or The Devil,...Which? And The King's Gold Mine, Bud Robinson

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.


An Existential Interpretation Of The Doctrine Of Holiness, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Mar 2015

An Existential Interpretation Of The Doctrine Of Holiness, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop

Wesleyan Holiness Books

The purpose of this book is three-fold. First, to analyze and evaluate the status of the "holiness" message today. In this analysis the problems raised by the preaching of holiness will be faced squarely. Then, a fresh examination of the Scriptures will be attempted upon which the holiness message is based. Finally, a constructive theological statement will be proposed in which, it is hoped, some of the most serious questions will find a satisfactory answer.

This is not a book for the scholar primarily though it is hoped he will find it worth his time to examine either to approve, …


Ears To Hear : Re-Engaging John's Apocalypse In 21st Century Doxological Communities, Chad David Brooks May 2011

Ears To Hear : Re-Engaging John's Apocalypse In 21st Century Doxological Communities, Chad David Brooks

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 04, Neil B. Wiseman (Editor) Jun 1999

Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 04, Neil B. Wiseman (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Thanks, Brother, for Shaping Our Ministry, Neil B. Wiseman

FEATURE What People Remember About Your Ministry, Neil B. Wiseman

COLLECTION OF RANDAL E. DENNY WRITINGS Is Your Passport Ready?; The Most Neglected Ministry in the Church; We Preach Christ Crucified; At Your Service, Lord!; Pastoral Ministry: A Front Seat in Human Experience; Sunday School Is More Important than We Think; Theology of the Church—We Are Family; The Secret of Victorious Living; Just a Parish Priest; Precious Moments of Worship; What I Learned from Receiving Pastoral Care; To Be Used of God; What Is Success in Ministry?; Serendipities of Work …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Mar 1999

Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Passport for Home, Wilbur W. Brannon

HOLINESS Definite Holiness Preaching, Morris Chalfant

HOLINESS CLASSICS Holiness Teaching—New Testament Times to Wesley, by Paul Merritt Bassett, J. Kenneth Grider

TODAY’S BOOKS FOR TODAY’S PREACHERS A Dangerous Hope, Derl G. Keefer

PREACHER’S EXCHANGE

CHURCH MUSIC Hymn Story of the Month—Part Four, Keith Schwanz; A Tight Squeeze, Donna G. Kelley; How I Taught Children to Sing—When I Couldn’t Carry a Tune, Lois Hoadley Dick

FEATURES The Sticky Question of Denominational Loyalty, Richard S. Taylor; Go On to Maturity, William Tucker; Church of the Solid Rock, Joseph M. Stowell

CHURCH …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Dec 1998

Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Beautiful Savior, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE A Scientist Takes Steps Along His Damascus Road, Karl Giberson; Memories, Movements, and Measurements of Grace, Bud Reedy; Small-talk Your Way to a Successful Career, Patricia L. Fry

GREAT HOLINESS CLASSICS The Holy Spirit and the Church’s Master, Paul S. Rees

EVANGELISM Candles and Roses, Ernest McNaught

CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS Implications of the Incarnation, David Hoffman; Christmas Blesses Small, J. Grant Swank Jr.

CHURCH MUSIC Hymn Story of the Month—Part Three, Keith Schwanz

PREACHING Attitude Check, Jim L. Wilson

PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH Children with a Glass Life: A Review of the …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Sep 1998

Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL An Unfaltering Faith, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE The Limits of Plagiarism, J.B. Chapman

HOLINESS CLASSICS I Want to Know Christ, Carl Leth

HOLINESS HERITAGE Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Heritage Day, Floyd T. Cunningham

PREACHING Preparing Your Attitude for Sunday, Craig Rench

BIBLICAL STUDIES The Biblical Gift of Tongues, B.D. Webb

WORSHIP Now Hear This, Jim I. Wilson; The Need to Feel Unstrung, Doug Barnett

CHURCH MUSIC Hymn Story of the Month, Part Two, Keith Schwanz

SERMON Is There Hope for the Hapless Wedding Guest?, C.S. Cowles

PICTURE WINDOWS FOR PREACHING, Compiled by Derl G. Keefer

WESLEYANA Within a …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Jun 1998

Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Pastors and Parishioners Really Do Need Each Other, Randal E. Denny

GREAT HOLINESS CLASSICS, Aaron M. Hills

SPECIAL FEATURE Life in the Family of God, Roger L. Hahn

SPECIAL Is This Epochal?, J. Kenneth Grider

PREACHING A Theology of Reminder, John A. Kitchen

EVANGELISM Interview with Tom Nees, Bryon McLaughlin

REVIVAL Keeping the Church Alive, Muriel Larson; True Stories, Mary Legner

PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH The Biblical Basis for Accountability Relationships, David E. Dryer; Pastor, Who Looks After You?, John I. Hoh Jr.; To Whom Does the Pastor Talk?, Ronald L. Phelps

TODAY’S BOOKS FOR TODAY’S …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Mar 1998

Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

GREAT HOLINESS CLASSICS A New Crisis Ensues, E. Stanley Jones

FEATURE The Triumphant Defeat, John G. Merritt

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Is There a Place for Shepherds in This Era of Ranchers Complex?, Edmond P. Nash; Ministry Means a Cross, Jerry McCant; Willing Workers, Sue Murphy Mote; The Wacky World of Ministering to the Unchurched: The High Cost of Reaching People You Never Expected to See in Church, Karen Aaker; Ministry: By Gender or by Gift?, Jeannie Neufeld; To Forgive Is to Forget, Raquel Liz Cintron-Forrest

PREACHER’S EXCHANGE

PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED Where Do Pastors and Mates Go for Help?, C. Neil Strait …


Noon Talkback Session With Viv Grigg (October 15, 1998), Viv Grigg Jan 1998

Noon Talkback Session With Viv Grigg (October 15, 1998), Viv Grigg

ATS Conferences

No abstract provided.


Ministers Conference, 1998: 1st General Session, William H. Hinson Jan 1998

Ministers Conference, 1998: 1st General Session, William H. Hinson

ATS Conferences

No abstract provided.


Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Dec 1997

Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL We Rocked the Ark, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE Living by Vows, J. Robertson McQuilkin

PASTOR’S PROFESSIONAL GROWTH The Mystery of Penned Ministries, Raymond C. Kratzer

CHURCH GROWTH Helping a Church Rise and Walk: The Minister as Therapist, Russel L. Jarvis

THEOLOGY Fundamentalism and the Church of the Nazarene, Edwin E. Crawford Jr.; A Wesleyan View of Scripture, H. Ray Dunning

PASTORAL CARE Spiritually Single: Ministering to the Unequally Yoked, Marcia Dummler Mitchell; Truth or Sad Consequences? A Game You Shouldn’t Play, Birney Dibble

PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH Ministry in the Second Half, J. Grant Swank Jr.

BOOK REVIEW

PREACHING The …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Sep 1997

Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Be Honest with One Another, Randal E. Denny

FEATURES Overcoming an Abusive Past, Norman Moore; A Gift of Life in the Face of Death, Rick L. Williamson; Saying Farewell to Your Church, Ponder Gilliland; Transition Summit at Glen Eryie, Wilbur Brannon

PREACHING Marks of Effective Preaching, Robert Premus

CHURCH HISTORY Forgotten Giant of the British Pulpit, Paul Murray

MISSIONS Renewal Through Social Outreach: Practical Guidelines, Jerry L. Appleby

EVANGELISM Evangelicals and the “Homosexual Problem,” J. Grant Swank Jr.

HOLINESS How I Know I Am Filled with the Holy Spirit, Victor Wellington Peters

PASTORAL COUNSELING When to Refer to a …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Jun 1997

Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Offer Hospitality to One Another, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE Getting a Head Start on the Future, Robert H. Scott; The Glory of Ministry, Wilbur W. Brannon; Transformed Troublemaker, Muriel Larson

PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH Daddy, Why Don’t You Practice What You Preach?, Ralph L. Moulton; What Does Fasting Do?, Morris Chalfant; Tunnel of Love, Lynn Allen; In God Alone, Faith Warren; Made in Heaven, Grown on Earth, Sandy Sheppard

PREACHING No Hunting, G. R. “Scott” Cundiff; It’s Reporting Time Again, Douglas A. Rohl; Passing on the Word!, Mark W. Royall

THEOLOGY Why I Don’t Believe in Evolution, Thomas Lorimer; Baptism, …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Mar 1997

Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Submit to One Another, Randal E. Denny

FEATURES Consulting Editors Walking on the Edge, Wilbur W Brannon; Earth Day, Kenneth T. Meredith

PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED God Is in Action, Through You, C. Neil Strait

THEOLOGY What Is the Biblical Response to Moral Misconduct in Holiness Churches?, Richard S. Taylor; Eternal Security, the True and the False, Ralph A. Mickel

CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS The Convincing Power of the Cross, Mark S. Cople; Discovering What Really Counts, J. Grant Swank Jr.

EVANGELISM A Whole New Paradigm for the Church’s Mission, Doug Samples

PREACHING What Is the Beating Heart of Your Worship Service?, …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 02, Randal E. Denny Dec 1996

Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 02, Randal E. Denny

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Thanks to an Old Friend and Welcome to a New Feature, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE Judgment, She Wrote, Wesley D. Tracy; How Pastors Can Bring Unity, Robert Moeller

PREACHING Preach, Pastor!, Harold R. Crosser; Stump Preaching, Frank Eifert

CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS Caesar or Christ?, C. S. Cowles; The Word Became Flesh: A Christmas Reading, Peter A. Samuelson; Christmas Reminds Us Babies Are Important, Morris Chalfant; Senior Ornaments on Our Tree, J. Grant Swank Jr.

PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED The Barren Times, C. Neil Strait

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Public Ministry, Private Pain, Bill O’Connor

THEOLOGY Preaching the Trinity, Roderick T. Leupp

PASTORAL CARE …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Sep 1996

Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Forgive One Another, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE Revisionists Violate Christ’s Teaching and Arouse Political Ire, Lawrence A. Schulz; I’m Not a Racist, But . . . , Al Miles; When Your Children Divorce: The Church’s Response, Elaine Seppa

PASTORAL CARE Walking with the Wounded, Karen Lunsford; The Funeral—Obligation or Opportunity?, Douglas L. Janssen

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Opening Prison Doors for Women in Ministry—Setting the Captives Free, Doug Samples; A Shepherd’s Hands, Joyce Williams

PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH The Eighth Quarter of Ministry, Kenneth Vogt; 1 + 1 = Survival, Carl C. Green

THEOLOGY Salvation and Judgment: Two Sides of God’s Love, …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Jun 1996

Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Celebrating Our Heritage: A Church with a Mission, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE No Laughing Matter, J. Grant Swank Jr.

SERMON Nourishment for Life, William Richard Ezell; The Dedication of New Hymnals, Edward L. Estep

PREACHING Authentic Preaching vs. Homiletical Narcissism, Wayne E. Oates; Show and Tell: How to Preach an Unforgettable Sermon, Ryan MacPherson; Book Review, J. Kenneth Grider

WORSHIP The Pastoral Prayer, Carl C. Green

CHURCH ADMINISTRATION Six Steps to Enhance the Effectiveness of Video Training: A Strategy to Promote the Transformation of Leaders from Observers to Participants, Norman G. Wilson

THEOLOGY How Not to Celebrate Communion, George …


Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Mar 1996

Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL Serve One Another, Randal E. Denny

WORSHIP The Lord’s Supper, Alden Aikens

THEOLOGY Beautiful Baptism, Martin LeRoy Gladden

THOUGHTS IN A THEOLOGIAN’S CORNER Selecting Our Issues, J. Kenneth Grider

BIBLICAL LITERATURE How We Say the Lord’s Prayer, Carl Bangs

FEATURE Whatever Happened to Authority?, Joseph Seaborn

HOLINESS The Wesleyan Doctrine of Christian Perfection, William M. Greathouse; Essentials of Effective Holiness Preaching, RichardS. Taylor

CHURCH ADMINISTRATION The Young in Heart—Let’s Put Them to Work!, Muriel Larson; Mom’s Rocking Chair, Jay Dargan; Pirates in the Church?, Carmen Wassam

PICTURE WINDOWS FOR PREACHING, Compiled by Derl G. Keefer

PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED Live …


Ordinary Prophets, Extraordinary Lives, Howard R. Macy Jan 1996

Ordinary Prophets, Extraordinary Lives, Howard R. Macy

Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts

I will propose in this essay that the lives of the prophets, or more precisely, the practical results of the spirituality of the prophets, can guide our own living as followers of Christ. They can supply insights which can help interpret our experience, and they can hold out vistas of possibilities for growth which we may not yet have realized.


Resistance In A 'Culture Of Permission:' Sociological Readings Of The Correspondence With Persian Authorities In Ezra 1-7, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher Jan 1996

Resistance In A 'Culture Of Permission:' Sociological Readings Of The Correspondence With Persian Authorities In Ezra 1-7, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts

The first six chapters of the book of Ezra center around an alleged correspondence between the Persian Emporer's court and the local authorities of Palestine under Persian rule. Without question, these letters were crucial to the editors of Ezra-Nehemiah. But why? What does the reproduction of this alleged official correspondence mean to the final editors of Ezra-Nehemiah?


Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Dec 1995

Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EVANGELISM Billy Graham—Skywalker for God, Dan Wooding

EDITORIAL Don’t Criticize One Another, Randal E. Denny

FEATURE Where Is God in All of This Suffering?, Morris Chalfant

PASTORAL CARE Ministering in Crisis Situations, Ronald L. Phelps

PREACHER’S EXCHANGE

CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS Christmas Means Seeing Jesus, J. Grant Swank, Jr.

CHAPLAINCY One Mission, Many Callings, David Grosse

PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED Preaching Is Significant, C. Neil Strait

PREACHING The (Wo)manly Art of Preaching, Thomas W. Goodhue

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Empty Pantries and Overdue Bills, Gene Williams

STEWARDSHIP Disability Insurance: A Necessity, Not an Option, Board of Pensions and Benefits, USA Church of the Nazarene

PASTOR’S …


An Evangelistic Strategy For The Japanese In The Light Of Matthew's Concept Of Good Works And John Wesley's Concept Of Prevenient Grace, Motoo Yokoyama Sep 1995

An Evangelistic Strategy For The Japanese In The Light Of Matthew's Concept Of Good Works And John Wesley's Concept Of Prevenient Grace, Motoo Yokoyama

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor) Sep 1995

Preacher's Magazine Volume 71 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)

Preacher's Magazine

EDITORIAL
“Happy 100th Birthday” to the Mother Church, Randal E. Denny

SPECIAL FEATURE
Transitional Communities: A Case Study in Multicongregational Ministry, Ron Benefiel

CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS
Thanksgiving in Three Tenses, Willard A. Scofield

GUEST EDITORIAL
How to Interpret the Pastoral Vote, Joseph Seaborn

HOLINESS
Steps to the Abundant Life, J. Grant Swank Jr.

PREACHING
Fill It Up, Mister, Harold and Lila Morgan

PASTOR’S PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
What Should We Do About Failure?, Al Truesdale

PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH
When It’s a Sin to Ask Forgiveness

PREACHER’S EXCHANGE

PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED
Another Look at Success, C. Neil Strait
You Can Please Some of the …