Editorial November/ December, 1987 Volume 22, Number 6 In the church and among God’s people, at Christmastime we commemorate the coming of Christ into the world in bodily form. We stand in awe as we think of the infant Jesus who was God taking on a human body (incarnation), and living among the human...
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From BRF Witness, Vol. 22, No. 5 September/October 1987 By Doug Harvey Christians sometimes complain with some justification that the news media ignores religion. That has not been the case during the past several months. Since the Jim Bakker affair broke, TV, the newspapers and magazines, and even U.S. News and World Report have...
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Editorial September/October, 1987 Volume 22, Number 5 The most frequent question directed to BRF personnel at this year’s Annual Conference was, “What do you think about a woman being elected as the Annual Conference Moderator?” It is our desire to be cautious and benign in our response, but also to be clear in expressing...
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Editorial March/April, 1987 Volume 22, Number 2 It is a well-known fact that if you want to get action out of a car battery, the connections must be fastened to the negative and the positive posts. Much of this kind of balancing approach is needed when thinking on moral and spiritual issues in the...
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Editorial January/ February, 1987 Volume 22, Number 1 M. R. Zigler was an outstanding Church of the Brethren leader who was known for his many efforts in the ecumenical world and for his tireless crusades for the cause of peace. Brother Zigler died on October 25, 1985 just a few weeks before his 94th...
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Editorial November/December, 1986 Volume 21, Number 6 Yoga is defined as a “mystic discipline by which one seeks to achieve liberation of the self, and union with the supreme spirit, through intense concentration, deep meditation, and practices involving prescribed postures, controlled breathing, and so forth” (Webster’s New World Dictionary/1980). Thirty years ago most people...
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Editorial September/October, 1986 Volume 21, Number 5 A “peacemaker” is one who seeks to bring harmony and reconciliation between those who are estranged. Peacemaking seeks to produce right relationships between persons. God hates those who sow discord and stir up trouble (Proverbs 6:19). Vet every community and every local church and many homes have...
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Editorial July/August, 1986 Volume 21, Number 4 Some will likely find the title of this WITNESS article to be a bit shocking. At first glance, it sort of shocks me too! I have never used Psalm 137:9 as a text for a sermon and probably never will. There are many easier texts for me...
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Editorial May/June, 1986 Volume 21, Number 3 The theme for the 1986 Annual Conference to be held in Norfolk, VA is taken from the testimony of faith recorded in Hebrews 11. It is summarized with the words, GO FORTH IN FAITH. It continues the evangelistic thrust of the 1985 theme CALLED TO MAKE DISCIPLES,...
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Editorial March/April, 1986 Volume 21, Number 2 The words which Jesus uttered on the Cross are worthy of special consideration. His words were not many in number. They would not fill a single page of an average sized book. They are not the big, long, unfamiliar kinds of words which would cause the average...
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