Reading Time: 5 minutes
“Have we outgrown the plea?” Will Sweeney is still right. The answer is, “No.” For to outgrow the plea, we would have to outgrow the Bible. . . .
Throwback Thursday: ‘Have We Outgrown the Plea?’ (1952)
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Throwback Thursday
Throwback Thursday: Ordained by a Grandmother’s Prayer (1978)
Reading Time: 6 minutes
“I cannot remember when I first decided to enter the ministry,” James B. North wrote in 1978. “It seems the decision has always been with me.” Later in life, he learned the rest of the story. (Dr. North died earlier this week.)
Throwback Thursday: My Theology and My Approach to Aging (2016)
Reading Time: 5 minutes
Here is a column about aging by our friend Dr. Robert F. Hull Jr., a longtime seminary professor who passed away on Saturday. Hull wrote: “It is more important to live wisely than to live long.”
Throwback Thursday: ‘Why Do Preachers Want Crowds?’ (1941)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
“We have so long listened to prattle about the sermon being a work of art that we have come to believe it,” Joseph H. Dampier wrote in 1941. “The sermon should not be a work of art; it should be a tool and the art should be the work it accomplishes.”
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘One Little Bell’ (1972)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Blanche Claycomb wrote in 1972, “A memory I shall always treasure is a mental picture of our eldest son. Jim was about fifteen months old, and the sights and sounds of Christmas filled his little eyes and heart with joy.” . . .
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘Good Tidings of Great Joy’ (1956)
Reading Time: 6 minutes
Luke takes us to Bethlehem and gives us a glimpse of the events that transpired on that memorable night when Jesus was born. No other message in all literature has so blessed men, women, and children as this account of the birth of Jesus as recorded by Luke, the physician.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘There Is Peace on Earth’ (1941)
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Here is a front-page Christmas editorial that appeared two weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II.
Throwback Thursday: Reconsecrating a Church
Reading Time: 6 minutes
In the 1930s a church in Ohio wrote, “Our present church membership roll will be scrapped on Friday, April 10, and the entire membership will be called upon to reconsecrate themselves to Christ and His church” . . .
Throwback Thursday: ‘How I Happened to Be a Minister’
Reading Time: 5 minutes
In October 1943, Christian Standard shared approximately a dozen autobiographical sketches on “How I Happened to Be a Minister.” Here are two sketches by folks who served decades in Christian education—William Jessup and Dan Eynon.