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By George W. Mitchell. Thereare many things that should be causing us all a great deal of concern and self-examination as we look across the Presbyterian Church in America. This should especially be the case as we look at the lives of ministers, their families and their relationships with other ministers in the PCA and the real lack of unity in approaching common goals and common enemies – self, the world and the devil.

It appears that more and more we hear about ministers falling into the sin of immorality. Fami

By D. Clair Davis. Why is it so hard to share the Gospel? What gets in the way? Is it because you don’t know how? That’s not a big obstacle anymore. If you need training, it’s there. Evangelism Explosion helps you to encourage people to talk first about what they think is the Gospel. Otherwise, you catch yourself doing all the talking and then wondering what they mean when people nod their heads. It helps to know things like that.

Or do you wonder if the Lord is calling you to this? Are the elders the only soldiers we have, or do they show the rest of us the way? If you have questions about every member ministry in general, then you really do when it comes specifically to evangelism. When the Bible says the Gospel is to be preached to the whole world, it’s easy to react by saying, “Thank God for preachers” and then write another check. Maybe you need to work that through. But knowing the how and who isn’t a lot of help unless you see why. You can’t think straight about evangelism until you’ve grasped what the Gospel is about. This is the issue. t always has been. There is such a thing as resenting it when other people are saved – or at least not being full of joy praying about their salvation. Work through the New Testament again. The Gospels tell you what the Lord says to Phar

We have featured several articles in this issue dealing with education. We have tried do so with the idea: “What is the end product of the educa

ByFrank Brock. On a recent trip a pastor made the following statement: “I believe in Covenant College, but what do you say to a church member who knows students who have gone to secular universities, have become actively involved in a parachurch ministry and come back more excited about Christ than their counterparts at some Christian colleges?” Since I believe that this pastor spoke for many others, I would like to respond to that question.

The faculty and administration of Covenant College must never forget that their number one responsibility is to encourage students in their personal relationship with Christ. Just because Covenant is a Christian college whose students have made a profession of faith, we cannot assume that all of the stu

By Sidney Anderson. You just don’t wake up one morning in a village of the Tiv Tribe of Nigeria by accident! It was the fulfillment of years of planning and waiting for the Lord’s leading.

I had wanted to be a missionary almost immediately upon understanding some