Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 3-15-1981 Herald of Holiness Volume 70 Number 06 (1981) W. E. McCumber (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation McCumber, W. E. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 70 Number 06 (1981)" (1981). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 301. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/301 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 Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AN EDITORIAL O CELEBRATION of Chris­ things God expects. He is looking Dr. Peale concludes, “My point tian holiness would be for men and women who are holy, is, where do you draw the line? Ncomplete without an appropriatenot people with great gifts.” 1 The danger once you’ve dropped emphasis upon the life-style Dr. Norman Vincent Peale testi­ your absolute is that you will keep which is a vital part of this Bible fies in this same vein: “When I was on drawing lines and then step­ doctrine and experience. Holiness a child, preachers in rural Ohio ping over them until there are no is as holiness does. A holy heart used to preach against smoking, standards left.”- will eventuate in a holy life. drinking, and any kind of sexual We would do well to heed the This truth is timeless. A careful activity outside of marriage. Then warning voiced by these two men. reading of the New Testament in­ the ban against smoking was Holiness churches are not im­ dicates that early Christians dem­ modified so that it applied oniy to mune from this social pressure to onstrated a divine difference in women. Finally, smoking became lower ethical standards and con­ their lives. There were activities in widely accepted— no one argued form to current worldly practices. which they would not participate against it any more. Next, in some Our people must stoutly resist because of their high priority denominations the bans against this insidious tendency to com­ commitment to “Abstain from all drinking went down. Soon it be­ promise the scriptural standard appearance of evil” (1 Thessalo- came accepted for ministers to of holy living. St. Paul still admon­ nians 5:22). God’s holy people still take a drink— or several. Now ishes, “ Don’t let the world squeeze pattern their lives after this ethical we have an occasional far-out you into its own mould” (Romans standard. Here are the testi­ clergyman who accommodates to 12:2, Phillips). monies of two contemporary down-graded moral standards by Christians. seeming to imply that premarital Come join the celebration of The first is the renowned evan­ sex relations are maybe not too holiness ethics! □ gelist, Dr. Billy Graham. He re­ bad after all if the couple even­ cently wrote: “ Our permissive tually marry. Perhaps before long 1. Used by permission; Christianity Today, 1978. society has affected me: I watch even this qualification may dis­ 2. Sin, Sex, and Self-control. Doubleday and things on television today I would appear.” Co.. 1978. not have tolerated in my life twen­ ty years ago. Am I being slowly brainwashed by the very culture about which the Lord says, ‘Come out from among them and be sep­ CELEBRATING arate, and touch not the unclean thing’? Where should we drawthe OUR HOLINESS ETHICS line? In these areas of entertain­ ment the lines have become blurred. Where do we distinguish between what a non-Christian en­ joys and what a Christian should enjoy? I tell you frankly that I feel convicted in this area. Integ­ rity, honesty, truthfulness, avoid­ ance of worldliness— these are by General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe HERALD OF HOLINESS IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST I GLORY, TOWERING O’ER THE WRECKS OF TIME I HE MOST BASIC FACT about unregenerate -L. man is that he is a sinner and his greatest need is for a Savior. If the unconverted man seeks help from a psychia­ trist, he may become an adjusted sinner. If the unsaved man goes to a physician, he prob­ ably will become a healthy sinner. IS THE If the non-Christian man works hard and achieves riches, he becomes a wealthy sinner. If the worldly man joins a church, signs a pledge and turns over a new leaf, he becomes a religious sinner. When the man without Christ comes in sincere repentance and faith to the foot of the Cross, he be­ comes a new creature in Christ Jesus, forgiven, rec­ onciled to God, with new meaning and purpose in life. Only once in the Synoptic Gospels is Jesus called Savior. But the title once given is significant of all that He came to do. Angels announced to the shep­ herds that He was coming as a Savior. John Wesley came to the Savior as a religious, in­ telligent man. On W ednesday, May 24, 1738 he opened his testament to read, “ Thou art not far from the kingdom.” That evening he attended a meeting of a society of Christians in a house on Aldersgate Street, where he heard a man reading Luther’s Pref­ ace to the Epistle to the Romans. It was there that he "did trust in Christ alone for salvation,” and he testi­ fied that he felt his heart strangely warmed. We could call an impressive roll of persons whose lives were changed by coming to Christ in repentance and faith—Augustine, the transformed pagan whose writings moved millions—Martin Luther, the monk who shook the world of his day and opened the path for reformers to follow— Menno Simons, who boldly Dave Anderson declared his faith in the transforming power of Christ. The only remedy for sin is salvation. The only way- out of our chaos is the Cross. The only character that we can trust for moral leadership in an atmosphere of immorality is Christ. No substitute is adequate for the need of our age. Let us come to the Cross and proclaim its purpose to all mankind. □ by ROSS W. HAYSLIP ROSS tV. HAYSLIP Is the pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Tucson, Arizona. MARCH 15, 1981 3 /JERALD Bible Quotations in this issue: W. E. McCUMBER, Editor in Chief Unidentified quotations are from the KJV. Quotations from the following translations are used by permission: IVAN A. BEALS, Office Editor (NIV) From The Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1978. by New York MABEL ADAMSON, Editorial Assistant International Bible Society. (Phillips) From the New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition © J. B Phillips P nntrihiif inn I V. H. LEWIS • ORVILLE W . JENKINS 1958, 1960, 1972. By permission of the Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. oon lriDucing CHARLES H STRICKLAND • EUGENE L. STOWE ta ito rs . | W |LUAM M GREATHOUSE • JERALD D. JOHNSON HERALD OF HOLINESS (USPS 241-440) is published sem i-m onthly by the NAZARENE PUB­ General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene LISHING HOUSE, 2923 TR00ST AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO 64109. Editorial O ffice at 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City, M0 64131. Address all correspondence concerning subscriptions to Naza­ rene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, M0 64141. Copyright 1981 by Nazarene Cover photo: by Fred Sieb Publishing House CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us your new address, including ZIP code, as well as your old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $5.00 per Volum e 70, N um ber 6 March 15, 1981 Whole Number 3322 year. Second-class postage paid at Kansas City, Mo. Litho in U S A IN THIS ISSUE CELEBRATING OUR HOLINESS ETHICS ........................ 2 RESURRECTION: MYTH OR FACT? ...............................11 General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe B ook B rief Russell V. D eL ong THE CROSS IS THE ANSW ER ................................................ 3 HOW DO YOU COME OUT OF THE FIRE? ....................12 Ross W. H ayslip John F. Hay LETTER S ....................................................................................... 4 TESTIMONY TO ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION ................13 Helps to Holy Living N eil E. H ightow er THE POWER OF PRAISING G O D ..........................................5 WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD ....................14 Ivan A. Beals R obert E. M aner ATHANASIUS: PRESERVER OF THE CHURCH 6 LIGHTING THE W AY .......................... ................................... 15 Norman Styers P oem Mabel P. Adamson JE S U S IS THE S A M E ................................................ 7 THE EDITOR’S STANDPOINT ............................................ 16 Poem Geraldine Nicholas W. E. M cC u m b er FROM THE ARCHIVES ............................................................... 7 DELIVERING GOD’S W ORD ................................................ 18 Russell D. Bredholt DON’T ACCEPT FAILURE AS FIN AL ................................... 8 Gordon Chilvers IN THE NEW S ......................................... ................................... 19 BE STILL AND KNOW ............................................................... 9 NEWS OF RELIGION .......................... ................................... 30 Andrew W. L. Young ANSWER CORNER .............................. ................................... 31 PRAYING THROUGH ................................................................10 BY ALL MEANS ........................................................................ 34 Hal M. von Stein “It All Started with Little Bobby Lee” Carol Thomas Letters for this column must be brief: and in good taste, Unsigned letters will not be used, but n ames will be with- held upon request. Address your letter to Editor, “ Herald of Holiness," 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131. MULTIFACETED PROBLEM of our church who may be expe­ to accept this as a multifaceted I address my remarks to you as riencing some feelings of homo­ problem that usually necessitates editor in chief of the Herald of Ho­ sexual tendencies.