Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 6-4-1975 Herald of Holiness Volume 64 Number 12 (1975) W. T. Purkiser (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 Purkiser, W. T. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 64 Number 12 (1975)" (1975). Herald of Holiness/ Holiness Today. 1164. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/1164 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]. , ii-r> i . ^ _ , , _ , _ . CHURCH OF THE HERALD OF HOLINESS nazare^c JUNE 4 75 -General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe COMMUNICATING THE GOOD NEWS NE of the indictments against the the best Bread of all— the Lord Jesus news media today is that they seem Christ. We who have discovered it are Oto take a delight in accentuating the nega­responsible to share it. tive. Listening to the parade of pessimism Every modern means of communica­ on the evening newscast is not conducive tion m ust be em ployed in this task. In to sweet dreams. Part of the problem addition to the traditional methods of stems from the fact that there just doesn’t preaching and teaching inside the walls seem to be a great deal of good news on of the church, we must find more and bet­ the national and international scene. ter ways of communicating the good news Economic problems, cold or hot wars, in both audio and visual ways to the and explosive racial tensions plague the outside world. Every legitimate technique entire world. should be utilized— radio, television, the In such a day it is encouraging to read press, cassette and video tapes— all these words: “ We are not doing right: this these and more are God-given means to is a day of good news, but we are keeping this end. s till.” They are not quoted from the script The sobering consequences of delay in of a news analyst or from the pen of a this vital mission are apparent. The lepers syndicated newspaper columnist. They acknowledged, “If we wait... punishment are Dr. Goodspeed’s translation of 2 will overtake us” (7:9b, Goodspeed). Fail­ K in g s 7:9. Four starving lepers had d is­ ure to com m unicate the G o o d N ew s will covered that the Syrians had evacuated bring retribution. We are our brothers’ the camp in panic, leaving an unimagined keepers! Let us seize the opportunity to supply of food. After they had eaten their herald the truth everywhere and in every fill they became conscience-stricken way. Full support of and cooperation with about not sharing the wonderful news of the C om m u n ication s C o m m issio n in its their discovery with their fellow Israelites. ever expanding programs and services D. T. Niles defines evangelism as one will enable our people to maximize their beggar telling another where he can find witness and carry this redemptive mes­ bread. The gospel is the good news about sage farther and wider than ever before. shame to pass up this chance to exploit him! Their motto was: “ What’s yours is ours—we’ll take it!” They were positively set against feeling any compassion. Now, we wouldn’t do such a thing, but do we disregard the feelings of others? There are ways of wounding people other than physical. There are memory scars that may be carried all through life. Much, though certainly not all, juvenile delinquency is traceable to unkind treatment at home. Basically, this attitude of antipathy is: “I’ll take all I can get. If it hurts someone, too bad for him—that’s his hard luck!” To the wolf, the lamb was created just to furnish him a good meal; to the lecher, a beauti­ ful girl is made just for his pleasure, no matter HE LITTLE BOY, when asked what that it may ruin her life. Father’s Day was, is reported to have But this is not the attitude of real men, and it answered, “It’s the same as Mother’s is foreign to the whole Christian philosophy of Day, only you don’t spend as much for life. Jesus utterly condemns it. the gift.” Perhaps, in this day when fathers are Toften thought of either as ogres or buffoons as II. The priest’s attitude was apathy—no feel­ shown in the comic strips, we do well to think in ing. He was on his way to the Temple—his camp terms of manhood and what it means. meeting or assembly—and so passed on by. In The very word manhood evokes varying images effect he said, “ I didn’t do it, I’m not responsible. in our minds: the Charles Atlas type with bulging Perhaps if I stop I’ll be ceremonially unclean and biceps; the leader of men whether for good or evil, unable to perform my ministerial duties. .. He’s as Lincoln or Napoleon; the cultural giant, as probably dead anyway, and someone else will Shakespeare; or the scientific genius, as Einstein. pick him up. At any rate I cannot afford to get But if we want a true estimate of manhood we involved—that would take time, and effort, and look at the Perfect Man and hear what He has to maybe even money!” say. If the story of the Good Samaritan, of whom It comes close home, doesn’t it? Maybe we He was the ultimate Embodiment (Luke 10:25- would not intentionally hurt anyone but all too 27), means anything it means that the measure often we pass by, saying, “ I am not responsible of Christian manhood is willingness to be in­ and I really don’t care.” volved in the lives of others, to give of self rather There are wounded and bleeding people all than to take to self (and even what taking is about us, battered and beaten by life and half necessary will be done in order to give better). dead from neglect. Do we reach out to them or do A sense of responsibility characterizes, and even we go blithely on our way to prayer meeting with­ identifies, the Christian man. out a care? The priest’s motto was: “ What’s Look at the several varieties of men described mine is mine; I’ll keep it.” Let’s not adopt it as by Jesus in this parable, for every man falls into our own. one of these. Our attitude toward others tells III. The Levite’s attitude was sympathy— what we really are. The four words we are using feeling with. Here is a Temple assistant on his to describe these attitudes have a common root: way to church, too. He has duties to perform, per­ pathos, which is “ feeling that the mind suffers.” haps as choir leader or usher, or maybe he was I. The attitude of the robbers was antipathy —against feeling. It is easy to see that they felt By VERNON L. WILCOX against the victim. He was fair game! What a San Jose, Calif. JUNE A. 1 075 3 HERALD Of HOLINESS the one to open the doors and the preacher was W. T. PU R K ISE R , E d ito r in C h ief JOHN A. KNIGHT, Editor-Elect already ahead of him! But here was a twinge of IVAN A. B EA LS, Office Editor sadness as he saw the poor, wounded man, so he Contributing Editors: went over and looked at him. V. H. LEWIS EU G EN E L. STO W E Sympathy says: “ I’m sorry for you, poor fellow. GEORGE COULTER ORVILLE W. JENKINS I feel with you in your hour of need, but I just EDWARD LAWLOR CHARLES H. STRICKLAND don’t have the time to help you. Another time— General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene maybe.” His motto: “What’s mine should be shared with you, if I only had the time for sharing.” IN THIS ISSUE Now sympathy is a thousand miles ahead of apathy, and we value it. Sometimes it is all we ARTICLES can give, for words cannot go deep enough for COMMUNICATING THE GOOD NEW S ..................... 2 some needs, and physical or financial aid is General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe not always indicated. So we do not downgrade THE MEASURE OF CHRISTIAN MANHOOD ............. 3 sympathy. To tell someone in the hour of need Thought for Father’s Day Vernon L. Wilcox that we are sorry for him does have merit, but we need to go one step further. T H E C L O S E R W A L K ................................................. 5 The hunger of the heart Emily B. Moore IV . The Samaritan’s attitude was empathy— IMMATURE CHRISTIANS NEED TO GROW U P ........ 6 feeling in. This is why he is called the “ Good” The need for Christian maturity Pauline E. Spray Samaritan, because of his attitude toward a J O U R N E Y B E Y O N D T I M E .........................................8 wounded man, of another race, whom he had Poem M. F. Spence never seen before.