Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Preacher's Magazine Church of the Nazarene 6-1-1990 Preacher's Magazine Volume 65 Number 04 Randal E. Denny (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 Denny, Randal E. (Editor), "Preacher's Magazine Volume 65 Number 04" (1990). Preacher's Magazine. 610. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm/610 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]. June, July, August iaau REACHER'S G A Z IN E 4 '90 THE HIGHEST CALLING SUITABLE 1=0PI FRAMING A The Best Things in Life Are Not Things Christian Ministry— A Passion, Not a Profession by Randal E. Denny Samuel Chadwick declared, No man can go unless the Spirit herds. If a shepherd is allergic to the “Preaching must never be a pro­ calls him___Unless he hears that sheep, it must be a terrible task. But fession: it must be a passion.” Many call sounding in his soul, ringing if he loves the sheep, what could be of us have concluded that the Chris­ like a trumpet night and day, giv­ a higher calling? To love them is to tian ministry must be the worst pro­ ing him no rest until he is com­ open himself to the possibility of be­ fession but the highest calling. One pelled to say: “Woe is me, if I ing hurt by them. Paul Rees said, minister insisted, “A minister is a preach not,” then, in God’s name, “Prophets are offered no immunity prophet of God. He is under orders. let him stay where he is, in his from misfortune. Sooner or later If no agonizing, terrifying convic­ present calling. But, if he hears most of them seem to get hurt. A tions impelled him to enter this holy the call, then let him remember call to the ministry is more than a call office, he had better never touch it.” that it is his business to go for­ to service; it is a call to high cour­ Bishop Simpson explained in his ward within the fellowship and un­ age.” The only preacher to serve as Lectures on Preaching: der the guidance of the church. president of the United States, Even in its faintest form there is The present pastor of the famous James A. Garfield, admitted he had this distinction between a call to Moody Memorial Church in Chi­ to step down to become president. the ministry and a choice of other cago, Edwin Lutzer, defines a call: Since coming to Spokane Valley professions; a young man may “God’s call is an inner conviction Church, I have read 24 of E. Stanley wish to be a physician; he may de­ given by the Holy Spirit and con­ Jones’ 28 books in chronological or­ sire to enter the navy; he would firmed by the Word of God and the der. The discipline rejuvenated my ministry. In more than one book, Dr. like to be a farmer; but he feels he Body of Christ.” ought to be a minister. It is this An anonymous writer answered Jones related: feeling of ought, or obligation, the question, “What Does a Pastor I have a sense of being sent. which in its feeblest form indi­ Do?” This verse was given me in my cates the Divine call. It is not in the The pastor teaches, though he early ministry: “Ye have not cho­ aptitude, taste, or desire, but in must solicit his own classes. He sen me, but I have chosen you, the conscience, that its root is heals, though without pills or and ordained you, that ye should found. It is the voice of God to the knife. He is sometimes a lawyer, go and bring forth fruit, and that human conscience saying, “You often a social worker, something your fruit should remain: that ought to preach.” of an editor, a bit of a philosopher whatsoever ye shall ask of the Fa­ With deep conviction, Paul an entertainer, a salesman, a ther ... he may give it you” (John Scherer wrote: decorative piece for public func­ 15:16, KJV). Before I speak I ask We should ... clear out of the tions, and he is supposed to be a the audience to bow their heads in road all the nonsense we have scholar. He visits the sick, marries silent prayer with me. I really do picked up ... in the matter of the people, buries the dead, labors to not pray; I repeat this verse to call to the Christian ministry. console those who sorrow, and to God, to remind Him that I am not There is such a call; and when it admonish those who sin, and tries here by my choice, but by His. It gives me a sense of mission and comes, it comes straight from to stay sweet when chided for not commission, with divine backing, God. I believe with all my heart doing his duty. He plans pro­ not on my own resources, but on that a man must hear it and feel its grams, appoints committees His resources. So preaching is a imperious constraint before he when he can get them; spends joy. can ever give himself with any considerable time in keeping peo­ And so I say to you, fellow pas­ wholehearted devotion and abid­ ple out of each other’s hair; be­ tors, what Paul ing wonder to this stewardship of tween time he prepares a sermon said to Pastor the Gospel. and preaches it on Sunday to Timothy: “Keep John Henry Jowett exclaimed, those who don’t happen to have your head in all “The call of the Eternal must ring any other engagement. Then on situations, en­ through the rooms of his soul as Monday he smiles when some jo­ dure hardship, clearly as the sound or the morn- vial chap roars, “What a job—one do the work of ingbell rings through the valleys of day a week!” an evangelist, Switzerland, calling the peasants to This issue of the Preacher’s Mag­ discharge all the early prayer and praise.” The power­ azine highlights various aspects of duties of your ful pastor, G. Campbell Morgan, the Christian ministry— a special ministry” (2 Tim. spoke from broad experience: calling of God to serve as shep­ 4:5). 1 s T M TAGAZINE Proclaiming Christian Holiness SUITABLE FOR FRAMING ifc E D IT O RIA L Christian Ministry— a Passion, Not a Profession Randal E Denny THE HIGHEST CALLING Interview with a Young Pastor Anonym ous 4 Reflections on the Ministry as a Divine and Human Calling Leon o. Hynson 6 The Night Before Recall Rip W right 7 Ready to Go, Ready to Stay? Leroy channing 8 Being "Power Hungry" Keith Drury 9 Would Someone Please Define Success? Garland Wallace 10 You Know It's Time to Move W hen Jerry l. Crain 12 The Moving Van Russ Albertson 12 Sincere Exploitation of the Gospel Dennis d . Frey 13 Too M any Arms? Roy Austin 14 The Clergyman and Community Clubs Deri o. Keefer 14 The Success Syndrome John m . Gardner 15 The Fall— and Rise of a Pastor Anonym ous 16 A Matter of the Mind Gene Williams 17 If I Were a Pastor Walter E. Lanman 18 Dad— a Prayer for a Faithful Pastor Donna Bordelon Aider 19 Ten Things I Enjoy About Being a Pastor Larry t. Alien 20 ARK ROCKER No Trespassing 21 PULPIT MASTERPIECE Any Old Bush Will Do! W Ian Thomas 22 PREACHER'S EXCHANGE 16, 17, 19 FINANCE Protecting Your Family If You Are Disabled John c. Oster 26 Give Jerry D. Hull 29 Consulting Editors Contributing Editors Jack C. Rea Maurice Roberts Bill M. Sullivan Eugene L. Stowe Robert Hess Director of the Division of Jerald D. Johnson Howard E. Harmon Randal E. Denny Church Growth John A. Knight Superinendents E d ito r Church of the Nazarene Raymond W. Hum Evangelical Friends William J. Prince Church Wilbur W. Brannon Donald D. Owens Director of General Superintendents Robert Kline Pastoral Ministries Church of the Nazarene General Superintendent Cindy Osso Church of the Nazarene Churches of Christ Assistant Editor O. D. Emery in Christian Union Earle L. Wilson Wayne E. Caldwell Lee Haines R. Donald Shafer General Editor Harry C. Wilson General Conference The Wesleyan Church General Superintendents Secretary The Wesleyan Church Brethren in Christ Church Volume 65, Number 4 JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 1990 HOLINESS Who's Who and What's What Among Popular Holiness Voices David F. Nixon 27 CHURCH ADMINISTRATION Recommitted to Committees M ark j. Gain 28 Show, Tell, and Trim Lois Hoadiey Dick 30 MISSIONS Missionaries: Mortal Men and Women Floyd t. Cunningham 31 SOUNDING BOARD Stifle Those Pulpit Announcements! Rob l. Staples BENNER LIBRARY 33 P R E A C H IN G Olivet Nazarene University ILLINOIS How 1 Develop a Sermon Roger L Hahn ' 34 CHURCH GROWTH The Hidden Treasure J. Grant Swank, jr. 37 CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Sexual Failure in High Places: W hen Ministers Go Dow n in Flames! Donald M. Joy 38 WESLEYANA Honesty in Trade: Business Holiness Barry l . Ross 42 PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED Pastor, Be Encouraged c. A/e// strait 43 Ten Persuasive Arguments for Stealing Candy Bars Keith Drury 43 MINISTER'S MATE Books That Stir the Soul M arion K.