"When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son." Galatians 4:4
2 BETHLEHEM’S STAR—OUR HOPE STAR by Charles H. Strickland
3 HAVE WE LOST THE BABY JESUS? by Morris Chalfant
4 THE HUMANITY OF GOD by Jerry W. McCant
6 I HEARD REDEMPTION PERFORM by Al Truesdale
7 THE VITAL INGREDIENT by Mabel P. Adamson
7 THE GIFT SUPREME by Alice Hansche Mortenson
8 BACK TO THE MANGER by Betty Martin
9 THE NIGHT WE FOUND CHRISTMAS by Diane Skinner
10 THE ABORTION ISSUE: A MORAL DILEMMA by James Dobson
11 ANGEL TEARS by Harold Ivan Smith
12 CREATING A NEW SELF-IMAGE by C. D. Hansen
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 God’s Unspeakable Gift, General Superintendent: Charles H. Strickland
3 The Peace of Christmas, Morris Chalfant
3 How Can We Celebrate Christmas? (a Poem), Alice Hansche Mortenson
4 Letters
5 Christmas, Steve Rodeheaver
5 The Purpose (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
6 Bethlehem, G. Frederick Owen
7 Paradox in Bethlehem (a Poem), Jean Hogan Dudley
7 Nazarene Roots: Meditations from the Heart: H. Orton Wiley; Steve Cooley
8 God’s Wisdom Shines At Christmas, Gordon Chilvers
9 Dirty Hands, James Lee West
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light..." Isaiah 9:2, RSV/ I.D. Kansas City Country Club Plaza Christmas Lights
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Unspeakable Gift, General Superintendent: John A. Knight
3 It All Started in a Manger, Charles Hastings Smith
4 Letters
5 From the Manger to the Cross, Jerry McCant
6 The Gift (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
6 I Found New Meaning in Christmas, Wanda Milner Winburn
8 Obedience, Stephen L. Manley
9 Nazarene Roots: Called Not of Men but of God, Stan Ingersol
10 Let’s Go to the Ivory Coast! Where?, Ray Hendrix
10 This Miracle of Birth (a Poem), Alice Cameron Bostrom
ARTICLES
4 Christmas Kindnesses, J. Grant Swank, Jr.
6 Happy Birthday, Randi, Curt Bowers
7 My Greatest Treasure, Ruth Wood Vaughn
10 Joey’s Christmas, Michael J. Christensen
12 Restitution Brought Peace, J. Michael Curry
14 Empty Arms, Donna Gilbert
18 How Is A Heritage Preserved?, C. Neil Strait
19 Say “No” To Alcohol Ads, William Goodman
02 Man’s Moral Dimensions by General Superintendent V. H. Lewis
03 Seminary? By Kathleen A. Joyce
04 When Elisha Went Away to Seminary by Carl S. McClain
05 Ambassadors for Jesus by Alice Hansche Mortenson
06 The Word Is Out! by Willard H. Taylor
08 A Place To Put Things Together by Charles Shaver
09 Visitors by Pearl Burnside McKinney
10 Lord of Life by Ivan A. Beals
11 Thinking Realistically About Life by Robert L. Sawyer
12 Missionlogy At the Seminary by Paul R. Orjala
13 Fix It Now by Harold DeMott
"Morning by morning, O Lord, You hear my voice..." (Psalm 5:3, NIV)
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 God's Books, General Superintendent: V. H. Lewis
3 The Secret of Lincoln's True Greatness, Morris Chalfant
4 Letters
5 Don't Throw in the Towel, Neil E. Hightower
6 No Other Cover (a poem), Mabel P. Adamson
6 Weaning Time, Leroy Reedy
7 N O W (a poem), Pearl Burnside McKinney
8 "Customers Wanted - No Experience Required!", William L. Poteet
10 "You Shall Live", Joyce Hughes
11 Paradoxes (a poem), Nadine Luoma
11 After You Have Suffered, Elmer W. Pannier
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 A Call to Battle, General Superintendent: V. H. Lewis
3 Positive Testimony, Marcus J. Clements
4 Letters
5 Forgiving Others Changes Us, G. Weatherley
6 Healing – Not Relief!, Jerry W. McCant
8 The Works of Grace, Reuben A. Robinson
9 Did You Hear What I Heard?, John F. Hay
10 Singing with the Understanding, Herbert McGonigle
12 I Was Cleansed, Mitch Davenport
13 He Hears (a Poem), Harry C. Baxindine III
13 Whose Church Is It?, Kenneth Vogt
14 On Imitating Christ, Gerard Reed
02 Greet the New Year by General Superintendent George Coulter
03 Choosing Our Anticipations by Florence Wedge
04 Did You Miss Christmas? by Verna J. Heavner
05 A New Year’s Promise and Project by Howard Culbertson
06 OSHA—Safety First by Jack Conn
07 What Are Your Goals? By Randal E. Denny
08 "Mr. and Mrs. Job" by A. Elwood Sanner
08 The Clock of time by Alice Hansche Mortenson
09 Power for Today—And Tomorrow by Crane Delbert Bennett
10 Bundle of Joy by Martha Chalfant Jenkins
11 Parents under God by Ivan A. Beals
2 TIME— IN OUR HANDS by Orville W. Jenkins
3 GOT ANY GHOSTS CHASING YOU? by Clare St. John
3 THIS LITTLE SEGMENT by Alice Hansche Mortenson
4 PROCLAMATION FOR MORAL RENEWAL SUNDAY by Orville W. Jenkins
5 GOD WILL LEAD YOU by Wayne M. Warner
6 ONE STEP EACH by Debbie Salter
6 IDENTITY by Marcia Schwartz
7 Book Briefs for You: EVERYDAY WITH THE PSALMS by Mendell Taylor; Reviewed by J. Fred Parker
8 REMEMBER THE LIGHTHOUSE by Charles Ludwig
9 ADJUSTMENT by Rose Marie Gray
10 SUN-TESTED CHRISTIANS by H. Ray Dunning
2 ASPIRATIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR by George Coulter
3 HOROSCOPE AND THE CHRISTIAN by Steven A. Blankenship
4 THE FUTURE IS SURE by Gordon Chilvers
6 TROUBLES OR TRIUMPHS IN 1979 by J. Grant Swank, Jr.
7 A NEW YEAR by Mabel P. Adamson
8 THE MEANING OF HOLINESS by Loren W. Gould
9 NO TIME TO WASTE! by Alice Hansche Mortenson
9 WORRY AND ITS CURE by E. E. Wordsworth
10 GOD TAKES CARE OF US by Dorothy Boone Kidney
10 HAPPY NEW YEAR by Charles Hastings Smith
11 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE by Lyle P. Flinner
A lengthy note from Bud Lunn, Manager of the Nazarene Publishing House, in honor of NPH Sunday.
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Nazarene Publishing House – Our Heritage, General Superintendent: Charles H. Strickland
3 In the Desert, Mary E. Latham
4 Letters
5 75th Anniversary… and On, M. A. (Bud) Lunn
6 Certainties for the New Year, Gordon Chilvers
7 Expectancy (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
7 Rejected, Donna J. Woodring
8 Our Heritage Is Not Heredity, Ivan A. Beals
9 Opportunity for Prayer, William Goodman
9 Sunset Prayer (a Poem), Alice Hansche Mortenson
10 Thank God for Epworth!, Herbert McGonigle
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Publishing Good News, General Superintendent: Eugene L. Stowe
3 A Miraculous Recovery, Evelyn Stenbock
4 Letters
5 Now’s the Time, Bud Reedy
6 Growing Older in the Grace of God, W. T. Purkiser
7 Reality (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
8 Love Has Veiled the Future, G. Weatherley
9 Be Still and Know (a Poem), Verla A. Mooth
9 Jealousy Defeated, Maynard James
10 Where Is Your God?, Eddie Cairns
11 We Are God’s Answer, Michael J. Christensen
12 The Threat of Spectatorism, Stan Meek
02 To Be Like Jesus by General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe
03 Don't Carry Your Burdens Alone by Morris Chalfant
04 Ceramic Faith by Marjorie A. Westgate
05 Prayer Time by Joyce Henning
06 From Subsidy to Self-Support by Walter Crow and Paul Miller
08 Holy Confusion by Robert E. Maner
09 The Cost of A Clean Conscience by James Hamilton
10 God's Word in Man's Language by Robert Branson
11 Feeling Kinda Temporary by Gene Van Note
12 The Pastor's Wife by Kay Hermon
Nazarene Theological Seminary Kansas City, Missouri, 1945/ Seminary Sunday January 29, 1984
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 They Merit Our Support, General Superintendent: Orville W. Jenkins
3 God’s Rescue Operation, Charles R. Gailey
3 Come Over and Help Us (a Poem), Lois Blanchard Eades
4 Letters
5 Why Celebrate?, Terrell C. Sanders. Jr.
6 The Greatest Gift (a Poem), Rosalie McElroy
6 Observations after Thirty Years, J. Kenneth Grider
8 Pentecost, Phineas F. Bresee
9 Nazarene Roots: A. M. Hills: The Educating of a Nazarene Theologian, Steve Cooley
10 Christian Living in a Non-Christian World, Albert L. Truesdale
But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5, NASB/ Seminary Sunday - January 26
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Nazarene Theological Seminary – Servant of the Church, General Superintendent: William M. Greathouse
3 Missions, Evangelism, and Education at NTS, Terrell C. Sanders, Jr.
4 Letters
5 Rescue!, Charles R. Gailey
6 Like a Candle (a Poem), Alice Hansche Mortensen
6 Evangelism: Putting Theology into Life, Charles “Chic” Shaver
8 The Spirit of NTS, Al Truesdale
9 Nazarene Roots: The Advocate of Graduate Theological Education, Stan Ingersol
10 A Call to Prepare, Dale Kreps
02 ANNIVERSARIES EXAMINE US by General Superintendent George Coulter
03 LIVING WITNESS OR A STONE MEMORIAL S. F. Hicke
04 "HIS TRUTH" AND HER TRUTHS GO "MARCHING ON" By Ovella Satre Shafer
05 PRIVILEGED by Alice Hansche Mortenson
06 THE HUNGER FOR HOLINESS by Neil Hightower
07 TRUE LIBERTY by Charles M. Scott
08 EMPTY CASTLES by James C. Dobson
09 THE SECRET OF SERENITY by Clare St. John
10 THIS I BELIEVE by Harold W. Reed
11 ASHAMED OF CHRIST? by Geraldine Nicholas
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Declaration of Dependence, General Superintendent: William M. Greathouse
3 When Push Comes to Shove, John W. May
4 Letters
5 What Do I Have in My Hand?, D. W. Hildie
6 Promises (a Poem), Alice Hansche Mortenson
6 A Shattered Man Finds Freedom, Anonymous
8 Safe Isn’t the Same as Right, David F. Nixon
9 Confession, not Concealment, Freeman T. Hodgins
10 A Humble Man Exalted, Bruce Banks
11 Chaplains and Changed Lives, Mark E. Farris
12 The “Skunk Sweater”, Linda Hudspeth Loetscher
02 God’s Dwelling Place by General Superintendent George Coulter
03 Happiness Secrets by Thomas Thomas
04 The Ministry of Encouragement by Charles Crow
05 "Time is Fleeting; Let’s Redeem It!" by Alice Hansche Mortenson
06 It Took A Miracle by A Brent Cobb
07 Beware the Grapevine! By Florence Wedge
08 Understanding Ourselves Spiritually by Gene Fuller
09 Preventive Maintenance by Richard S. Barnett
10 The Insufficiency of Faith by A. R. G. Deasley
11 Spiritual Hang-Ups by John M. Drescher
2 THE BLESSING OF QUIETNESS by Eugene L. Stowe
3 GOD GAVE ME TWO RAINBOWS by E. Roy Orcutt
3 A CHANNEL by Debbie Kendrick
4 THE BROKEN MONUMENT OF THE UNREALIZED by Ralph A. Mickel
5 AM I WORRIED? by Elaine Wright Colvin
6 PACKING BIBLES ALONG WITH A LUNCH by Thomas W. Klewin
7 THIS PRECIOUS BOOK! by Alice Hansche Mortenson
8 LOVE ABOUNDING by H. Ray Dunning
9 POWER FAILURE by Richard H. Leffel
10 GROWING OLD: EVERY ONE’S ASSIGNMENT by Jerry D. Hull
10 LOVE OUTPOURED by Mabel P. Adamson
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Management by Participation, General Superintendent: Jerald D. Johnson
3 Tunnel Walking, Robert E. Maner
4 Letters
5 Breaking the Bondage of Bitterness, Randy T. Hodges
6 Faithful Man – Faithful God, G. Franklin Allee
7 Prayer before Surgery (a Poem), Alice Hansche Mortenson
8 The Cardinal Colors of Salvation, J. G. Morrison
9 Nazarene Roots: The Nazarene Deaconess, Steve Cooley
10 Mother was a Deaconess, Ross E. Price
11 Because He Lives (a Poem), Frances B. Erikson
11 An Alternative, Dellora West
