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Spring 1990: The Preacher

Volume 11
Spring

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In this Issue
FROM THE EDITORS
Marshall Shelley
THE PULPIT’S PERSONAL SIDE
A Leadership Forum
The Terror of Preaching
R. Paul Stevens
Quailing Before the Critics
Even when potshots wing you, your preaching can fly again.
Doug Jackson
Ways I’ve Subtly Stretched the Truth
Michael Jinkins
Eccentric Preaching
Off-centered preachers can still be on target.
Duane Litfin
Discipleship |Leadership
To Illustrate…
FACING COMMUNITY FURY
How one decision about a church nursery school ignited a firestorm.
John and Pam Powell
WHEN AIDS GOES TO CHURCH
Michael Turner
IDEAS THAT WORK
MINISTRY TO A RESTLESS GENERATION
A deathbed contrast reveals the needs of the driven and self-absorbed people of today.
David Hansen
Discipleship |Leadership
PEOPLE IN PRINT
Discipleship
GUARDING THE GATE
Can problem personalities be checked before they become board nominees?
Larry W. Osborne
WHAT'S OUT AND WHAT'S IN
Gary L. McIntosh
Leadership|Outreach
STATISTICAL STRENGTHS OF THE RURAL CHURCH
Randolph F. Legassie
Leadership
UPON TAKING A SMALL CHURCH
David Hansen
WHY WE LOVE & HATE MINSTRY
Christian leadership is both a meaningful and maddening vocation.
Jay Kessler
Discipleship |Outreach
THE ADOLESCENT CHURCH
Michael D. Musselman
Discipleship
Acceptable Risk in Youth Ministry
Some peril accompanies any activity, but how much is too much?
Len Kageler
To Verify…
Discipleship
THREE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT ABUSE
How to attack the problem before it strikes your church family.
Randy Christian
MAKING EFFECTIVE REFERRALS
Randy Christian
Preaching for the Senses
Some people see what you mean; others need to hear or feel it.
Cinda Gorman
SERMON VARIATIONS THAT MADE AN IMPRESSION
Naomi Gaede Penner
The Danger of Wanting to Preach Well
Harry Farra
Sermons: Apply Within
Moving the message from 'So what?' to 'Now what?'
David Veerman
SO SKEPTICAL A SALVATION
Majorie Kitchell
THE EXHILERATION OF PROCRASTINATION
Karon Cook
Pumping Truth to a Disinclined World
An Interview with William Willimon
Marshall Shelley and Jim Berkley
Reaching For Three-Point Preaching
Peter W. Clay
THE BACK PAGE
Terry C. Muck

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