Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Preacher's Magazine Church of the Nazarene 12-1-1988 Preacher's Magazine Volume 64 Number 02 Wesley Tracy (Editor) Olivet Nazarene University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Tracy, Wesley (Editor), "Preacher's Magazine Volume 64 Number 02" (1988). Preacher's Magazine. 616. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm/616 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Preacher's Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SUITABLE FOR FRAMING H CHARACTER h We are blind until we see That in the Universal Plan Nothing is worth the making If it does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious r ' If man unbuilded goes? In vain we build the world Unless the builder also grows. — Edwin Markham i PASTOR’S PRAYER FOR ADEQUACY by Doug Samples Pastor, Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Fresno, Calif. t’s Tuesday, Lord! Here I am at the library, trying to study and prepare the message for this coming Sunday. I enjoy coming here. It’s quiet Iand conducive to study. Most of all, I am away from the demands of the office and the ringing of the telephone! I can come here, surround myself with my Bible, my books and commentaries, and a pad of paper, and begin to flesh out the sermon that You have planned for Sunday. But Lord, I just glanced up from notes long enough to take a good look at what all I had brought with me today. BENNER LIBRAR' My calendar reminds me that my lunch break will be spent with my church treasurer, making sure that we can pay all the first of the ivet Nazarene Unive month’s bills. KANKAKEE, ILLINOI My yellow “Strive for Five” enrollment sheet reminds me of the Sunday School class on church membership I “get” to teach this quar­ ter. The hymnal I brought calls me to set aside some time to plan out an order of service that will help our people worship on Sunday. A flier we put together and distributed to the community an­ nounces a film series we are showing. (I hope we have a good atten­ dance for this Sunday night’s film!) There is a photocopied page out of Leadership 100 about an idea that I want to pass on to our children’s director. It might help us or­ ganize this growing area of our church. Note cards remind me that I need to write a letter to the girl from our church who just left to attend college. I have a list of three or four families who have missed church the last couple of Sundays. I need to visit them tonight. Also, there are two “Friendship in Worship” cards from families who visited with us on Sunday! Besides all of this, hiding in the bottom of my briefcase are the plans for our board retreat coming up next month. I should have worked on that last week, but I couldn’t get to it! Lord, I came here today to study— to focus my mind and my heart on You and the message that You want me to preach. But all around me, I have reminders of all the “other” responsibilities that go along with being a pastor. Don’t get me wrong, Lord! I’m not complaining! I love doing the work that You have called me to do. I love preaching. I even love getting ready to preach— most of the time! I enjoy putting a good worship service together. I receive a lot of good “strokes" when I spend time with my people as their shepherd. And I’m excited about the coming board retreat! I guess the reason for my prayer today comes from once again recognizing how very inadequate I feel to accomplish all the tasks of ministry that need to be taken care of. If this was something I had thought up on my own, there would be days when I would bail out without caring where I landed! But since You have called me, I can remind You how very much I need You to make me adequate. Help me, Lord, as I attempt to be Your servant and my people’s leader! Amen. P.S. Help me to get home before my two boys go to bed! 1 IN THIS ISSUE FEATURE ARTICLES 1 A PASTOR’S PRAYER FOR ADEQUACY............................................................................. Doug Samples EDITORIAL 4 HEALTH AND HEALING Wayne E. Caldwell CHURCH AND SOCIETY 6 CROWING ROOSTERS AND SINFUL SILENCE.................................. ................................ Wesley Tracy 8 A TIME TO SPEAK........................................................... Vernon L. Wexford and Marjorie Hess Galway 12 VICTIM!........................................................................................................................................ Nina Beegle 13 PASTORAL CARE OF BATTERED WOMEN: A Summary Review........................................ Nina Beegle 16 50 HOURS FOR THE POOR..........................................................................................................Tom Nees BIBLICAL STUDIES 18 HERMENEUTICAL INTEGRITY AND THE HOLINESS BIBLICAL SCHOLAR............Alex Ft. G. Deasley 22 CHARISMATA IN FIRST CORINTHIANS....................................................................... Clayton Bonar CHURCH ADMINISTRATION 25 A TELEVISION MINISTRY FOR THE LOCAL CHURCH........................................................Larry L. Cox 26 PASTORAL ADMINISTRATION: An Extended Book Review.............................................. Dale E. Jones 29 COMMON SENSE AND THE PASTORAL VOTE................................................................. Jim Cummins 30 THE CHURCH’S OTHER AMBASSADOR.............................................................................Patricia Wood WORSHIP 32 CHILDREN’S CHURCH: What It Is, What It Is Not, What It Could Be. Ron Jackson WESLEYANA 36 FOUR LESSONS ON MONEY FROM ONE OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST PREACHERS............... ............................................ Charles Edward White THE MINISTER’S MATE 40 SAYING GOOD-BYE: Variations on a Theme. Gwen Rodgers, Sharon R. Harvey, and Betty B. Robertson THE MINISTER’S FINANCES 42 MOVING EXPENSES ADVENT/CHRISTMAS 43 FROM SLAVERY TO SONSHIP..................................................................................................Roger Hahn 46 HOW FAR IS IT FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY?......................................................D. Martin Butler EPIPHANY 48 COME WORSHIP THE KING..............................................................................................Becky V. Tinnon 49 TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS.............................................................................. Michael S. Tinnon 50 NO CROSS, NO GLORY............................................................................................... Michael S. Tinnon CHURCH GROWTH 51 ADDING TO THE CHURCH DAILY.................................................................................... Charles D. Crow REGULAR FEATURES Suitable for Framing......................... IFC Sermon Outlines......................................................... 60 Preacher’s Exchange....................... .24 Sermon Illustrations................................................... 62 Monday Morning Devotions............ 54 The Ark Rocker........................................................... 64 Today’s Books for Today’s Preacher .58 REACHER'S Proclaiming Christian Holiness Volume 64, Number 2 DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY 1988-89 Wesley Tracy Contributing Editors Robert Kline Editor Eugene L. Stowe General Superintendent William M. Greathouse Churches of Christ in Mark D. Marvin Jerald D. Johnson Christian Union Assistant Editor John A. Knight Raymond W. Hurn R. Donald Shafer General Superintendents Consultant Editors General Conference Church of the Nazarene Secretary Bill Sullivan Brethren in Christ O. D. Emery Church Director of the Division of Earle L. Wilson Church Growth Lee M. Haines Church of the Nazarene H. C. 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Subscription price: $3.50 per year Second-class postage paid in Kansas City, Mo. Litho in U.S.A. — — EDITORIAL — — — HEALTH&HEAUNG A GUEST EDITORIAL by Wayne E. Caldwell General Editor, The Wesleyan Church hy do you visit the sick? “To let them know we thought a person would ever get well. But antiseptics, W care.” “Because Christ told us to.” “To cheer anesthesia, surgery, vaccines, X rays, penicillin, miracle them up.” “To make time go faster.” “To pray for them.”drugs, and micro and laser surgery have made