BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND
DECEMBER, 1970 / Vol. 61 / No. 11 Established 1910 Dedicated to the spiritual development of the Christian home THE .KING’S BUSINESS LA MIRADA, CALIFORNIA 90638 THE KING’S BUSINESS Magazine is a publication of BIOLA SCHOOLS and COLLEGES, INC. Louis T. Talbot, Chancellor, J. Richard Chase, President. The Foolishness o f God / Vonce Hovner 8 The Man We Forget a t Christmas / Gordon Chilvers 11 God's Trees / Helen Frazee-Bower 13 Consider the MK's How They Grow / Mrs. Keilih Austin 15 What Christmas Should Mean to the Jew / Charles L. Feinberg 18 A Muslim Sheikh Finds Christ / Fred D. Acord 20 Have Faith in God / J. Hudson Taylor 24 Is Peaceful Co-Existence Working? / A. Reid Jepson 25 The Four Great Essentials / Reuben A. Torrey 30 Clean Living in a Polluted World / Roy B. Zuck 36 Spoiled Brats / Don W. Hillis 44 Child Discipline— A Scriptural View / David Keller 48 ARTICLES:
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TODAY’ S MINISTRY N A document put out by the National Council of Churches in May 1970 dealt with the subject, “ Who Will Interpret the Ministry to the Campus?” It was a report of a consultation between theologi cal seminary administrators and campus ministers. It appears that each is inclined to blame the other for the continuing decline in theological seminary enrollment, and the resulting decrease in the number of young men who are entering the ministry. Th campus pastors reproached the seminary administrators for not being more actively engaged in recruiting students for their seminaries. On the other hand, the seminary administrators criticized the college pastors for failing to co-operate with them when they did go to a campus in an attempt to enlist students for theological study. Student pastors charged the seminary administrators with teaching in a cloistered atmosphere and not relating their curricula to today’s needs. As a result, they declared that students were not being challenged suf- flenctly to go into the ministry. The administrators condemned the college pastors for occupying themselves with everything except try ing to influence young men to enter the ministry. So they argued back and forth, each blaming the other for the lamentable situation of an ever-diminishing student body in today’s seminaries. The most tragic phase of this entire discussion, however, lies in the fact that throughout this whole document there is not one reference to the vital purpose of the ministry, namely, the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Lord is not once mentioned, at least according to the rather detailed report of the meetings. The Gospel ministry was referred to frequently as “ a job” or “ a career.” Never once was it spoken of in the Scriptural language as "a calling of God.” It used to be that a Christian young man went into the ministry when he felt compelled to give his life to proclaim the Gospel on a full-time basis. He said in his heart and often gave expression with his voice to the phrase employed by the Apostle Paul: “ Woe is unto me, I preach not the gospel!” That was what formerly motivated young men to enter the ministry. Now they are encouraged to look upon it as merely another profession or career. Small wonder then that fewer and fewer young men are training for the ministry if it is just another job. An appreciable amount of discussion was carried on in connec tion with the problem of the radical students on the university cam puses. Admittedly, they are in the minority, but they are by far the most vocal. The campus ministers admitted that their ministry was often shaped to respond to the radical student. They acknowledged further that many campus ministers were either neglecting or even “ turning o ff” the traditional church-oriented student. Then followed this most interesting observation: “ As a result, many of these students are ending up in more conservative campus groups.” It is quite evident that these students are the ones who attend the more conservative theological seminary throughout the
FEATURES:
Message from the Editor / Samuel H. Sutherland
3 Cults Critique / Betty Bruechert 6 Dr. Talbot's Question Box / Louis T. Talbot 22 Over a Cup o f Coffee / Joyce Landorf 23 Book Highlights and Reviews 34 Christian Workers' Clinic / Ray Syrstad 40 Talking it Over / Clyde M. Narramore 47
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