March, April, May 1990 BENNER L! Olivet Nazarene He Has Risen SUITABLE FOR FRAMING I Can Do Nothing to Make God Love Me More; I Can Do Nothing to Make God Love Me Less. Olivet '^azareneM Universif-v KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOYFUL by Randal E. Denny Editor Seasons to be jolly may come and showed them the golden thread of Help o f the helpless, O abide with go, but Easter ushers in the season grace running through the whole m e! to be joyful. If I could only keep one fabric of Scripture. It could not be Jesus seeks unhurried, intimate page of my Bible for personal de­ separated from the scarlet thread of fellowship with you and me. votion, it would be Luke 24. The atonement. Our Risen Lord reveals himself meaning of the resurrection of What a sermon that must have (vv. 30-35). Perhaps the way He Jesus is embodied for me in Luke’s been! Jesus opened the Scriptures broke bread or His intimate way of description of the encounter with — developed, illustrated, and ap­ saying grace triggered their memo­ Jesus on the Emmaus Road. That plied in himself. How I wish that les­ ries of Jesus. Suddenly “their eyes intimate, personal glimpse of our liv­ son from the lips of Jesus had been were opened and they recognized ing Lord walking the dusty, common preserved. Someday, in heaven, I him, and he disappeared from their road with His disheartened disciples hope Jesus will preach that sermon sight” (v. 31). Jesus dramatized that makes Jesus our contemporary. He once again! communion with Him now must be cares. He touches people. He walks Our Risen Lord enters into fellow­ by faith, not by sight. In the breaking and talks with them. ship (vv. 28-30). Arriving at Emmaus of bread at an ordinary meal in an The longer I live the more I have at dusk, Jesus courteously “acted ordinary home Jesus revealed him­ come to view the Christian faith as a as if he were going farther” (v. 28). self. With Jesus, life’s most common journey, a pilgrimage in which Jesus He does not force himself on us. He moments become sacred and spe­ increasingly reveals himself— and awaits an invitation to fellowship. St. cial. we're really headed toward a more Augustine prayed, “Narrow is the The enlightened travelers ex­ complete fellowship with Him. mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, claimed, “Were not our hearts burn­ Someone declared, “The darkest that Thou mayest enter in.” ing within us while he talked with us road with Christ is better than the With the compulsion of courtesy on the road and opened the Scrip­ brightest road without Him.” and kind words of hospitality, the tures to us?” (v. 32). Those burning Our Risen Lord draws near (vv. travelers compelled Jesus to remain hearts now rejoiced, “The Lord has 13-16). Jesus’ encounter with the with them: “Stay with us, for it is risen” (v. 34). two discouraged travelers ranks as nearly evening; the day is almost On the slow bus ride to Emmaus, one of the immortal short stories of over” (v. 29). I soaked in the quiet sights. For me it the world. Their conversation had In 1827, Henry Francis Lyte was a holy moment to retrace their steps and to remember their experi­ locked in on the tragedy of the preached his farewell sermon to his ence. But the Emmaus Road is more Cross. They traced over the circum­ congregation of 50 years. His fond stances and events in a morbid cir­ than a geographical location. It’s flock sent him to the French Riviera cle of self-pity. Despair fed despair. your road— and my road. Though for rest and recuperation. Henry Lyte While they returned to their village, we don’t always recognize Him, did not come to breakfast after the “Jesus himself drew near” (v. 15, Jesus is here— walking and talking KJV). Even in our desperation and first night at sea. His body was with us along the way. confusion, Jesus draws near— found on his bunk, his Bible open to Hanging on the wall of my office is whether or not we recognize Him. Luke 24. He had underlined the a gift from my wife— a painting of Our Risen Lord opens the Scrip­ words: “Abide with us: for it is to­ three figures walking along a pas­ tures. Luke wrote, “And beginning ward evening, and the day is far toral lane. It reminds me to look for with Moses and all the Prophets, spent” (v. 29, KJV). His hand Jesus today. He is always there. C. [Jesus] explained to them what was clutched a poem in his writing: Austin Miles exclaimed: said in all the Scriptures concerning Abide with me! Fast falls the even­ And He walks with me, and He himself” (v. 27). Jesus began an ex­ tid e ; talks with me, position of Scripture from each indi­ The darkness deepens: Lord, with And He tells me I am His own; vidual prophetic book, giving the m e a b id e ! And the joy we share as we tarry first correct lesson on Messianic When other helpers fail, and com­ there, teachings of the Old Testament. He forts flee, None other has ever known. Proclaiming Christian Holiness SUITABLE FOR FRAM ING Unknown ifc EDITORIAL TIs the Season to Be Joyful 1 Randal E. Denny FEATURES Restored 4 James E. Copple w ith Eileen L. Copple Prophet Unawares 7 Elizabeth A. Cutting Glimpses 8 David W. Waltner Peter Remembers— Thirty Years Later 9 James W. Thompson SOCIAL CONCERN Back to the Beginning 10 Carol W ight-Oritton AIDS: The Challenge for Compassion 11 Carol W ight-Oritton Called for This Time 12 Richard F. Schubert The Answer to AIDS: Obedience 14 Tom Nees CHAPLAINCY A Reserve Chaplain— Right Place at the Right Time 17 David A. Tish The Ministry of Presence 17 Jack Nix PASTOR'S PERSONAL GROWTH The Dynamics of Ministerial Morality 18 Lyndon K. McDowell MINISTER'S MATE Listening to God— and Your Husband 21 Jill Briscoe THEOLOGY Freedom and Its Meaning in Ministry 22 J. Kenneth Crider John Wesley's Defense of the Doctrine of Original Sin 26 Herbert McConigle CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Remembering the Elderly 29 J. Grant Swank, Jr. Consulting Editors Contributing Editors Jack C. Rea Maurice Roberts Eugene L. Stowe Robert Hess Bill Sullivan Jerald D. Johnson Randal E. Denny Howard E. Harmon Director of the Division of John A. Knight E d ito r Church Growth Raymond W. Hum Superintendents Church of the Nazarene William J. Prince Evangelical Friends Church Donald D. Owens Robert Kline Wilbur W. Brannon General Superintendents General Superintendent Director of Pastoral Church of the Nazarene Churches of Christ Cindy Osso M in is trie s Assistant Editor 0. D. Emery in Christian Union Church of the Nazarene Earle L. Wilson Lee Haines R. Donald Shafer Wayne E. Caldwell H. C. Wilson General Conference General Editor General Superintendents Secretary The Wesleyan Church The Wesleyan Church Brethren in Christ Church s Volume 65 Number 3______________________________ MARCH/APRIL/MAY 1990 IDEA MART Picture This 30 Kenneth Vogt H ow to Fold Church Bulletins the Easy "Smyres Way" 30 Ron S. Smyres PASTOR'S PROFESSIONAL GROW TH Thin Skinned or Shock Resistant? 31 Raymond C. Kratzer HOLINESS A Tale of Two Dogmas 33 Doug Samples EVANGELISM Do W e Believe People Are Lost? 34 Robert E. Coleman CHURCH ADMINISTRATION Servant Leadership for a Servant Community 38 LeBron Fairbanks FINANCE Church Employees or Independent Contractors? 42 How John Wesley Handled Money 43 Charles Edward White WORSHIP Kerygmatic Worship 44 Barry E. Bryant PREACHING Send the Good Tidings On 46 Philip Bence We Can't Hear You, Pastor 47 Rolland R. Reece W hy Holiness Ministers Should Read Fosdick 48 Ron Adams WESLEYANA The Influence of Dutch Arminianism on the Theology of John Wesley 49 David Eaton CHURCH MUSIC Music, Martin Luther, and Today's Church 51 Anna Marie Lockard ARK ROCKER W ith the Vanguard 53 A Sharp Pencil HELPFUL REGULARS Preacher's Exchange 37 Book Reviews 52 WORSHIP A N D PREACHING HELPS Sermon and Worship Service Outlines 54 Curtis Lewis, Jr. Cover Photo: Mark Lisk All unidentified Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1973,1978,1984 by the International Bible Society, and are used by permission. Quotations from the following versions are used by permission. The New American Standard Bible (NASB), © The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962,1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. The New King James Version (NKJV), copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible (RSV), copyrighted 1946, 1952, © 1971,1973. 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