Back Issues: 2000: Feature

Feature, Columns, Letters, News, People, Deaths, Crosscurrents

Vol. 39, No. 24 December 15, 2000

• Answering the call by Anna Suderman
• MBMS International
  Hearts for those who haven’t heard by Clarence Hiebert
• MBMS International
  Contemporary challenges in missions by John H. Redekop
• MBMS International
  What will the future hold?
• MBMS International
  Team 2000: God still calls

Vol. 39, No. 23 December 1, 2000

• The Story of the Great King by Gordon Nickel
• Among them by Corwin Thiessen
• Nothing important by Wayne M. Warner
• Mom visited me by Bob Buxman
• A bleating goat by Jim Cessna
• God’s gift of Immanuel by Ron Ferguson
• A wonder by Clarence Braun
• God’s birth announcement by Marilyn Schroeder
• Waiting for birth by Janet Plenert
• This world is not my home? by Bob Koivisto
• Interrupted lives by Lois Coleman Neufeld
• Death on Christmas Day by Ann Grosh-King
• A brother for Christmas by Sharon Kuepfer
• The Christmas Tree by Elaine Froese
• A little child shall lead them by Brian Inkster

Vol. 39, No. 22 November 17, 2000

• A man who prayed by Cecil E. Burridge
• Prayer changes things by Adele Tuff
• Getting prayers answered by Muriel Larson
• Blocking God’s blessings by Bill D. Hallsted
• Shelter in the storm by Mark Klassen
• Reflections on answered prayer by Janet Panning
• Prayer and chocolate cake by Audrey Carli

Vol. 39, No. 21 November 3, 2000

• Total dependence on God: The prayer example of Jesus by Christy Bower
• Why we pray by Rosemary Njoroge
• POEM
  Praying by Ed Wiebe
• When you pray by Wayne M. Warner
• Two prayers/two hearts by Jerry Raaf
• First you pray by Lillian Giesbrecht
• My prayer basket by Donna Reidland
• Journaling: Breathing space in the spiritual journey by Jan Johnson
• The value of little prayers by Donna Reidland
• Praying for strangers by June Sengpiehl

Vol. 39, No. 20 October 20, 2000

• Value unrealized by Muriel Larson
• The Bible saved my life by Ernesto Pinto
• Who will be master? by Mark Klassen
• Looking for more than our own reflection by Pierre Gilbert
• Becoming reconciled to the Scriptures by Ed Wiebe
• Things you thought were in the Bible but aren’t by Kristi Sayles
• Looking for loopholes by Susan Brandt
• The rewards of Scripture memorization by Lena Bergen Friesen
• One thing is needed by Lena Bergen Friesen
• No time like the present by Richard Maffeo
• The Bible by Chris Fabry
• The letter by Cliff Spence
• POEM
  When He speaks a word by Ed Wiebe

Vol. 39, No. 19 October 6, 2000

• Dirty socks by Al Menconi
• The way of Cain: Anger and the human heart by Philip A. Gunther
• A matter of choice by Beatrice Klassen
• Where do we get our anger? by Peter A. Sacco
• Are we vindictive? by Allan Wildman
• Anger and violence in the home by Peter Golin
• Healing sudden anger by Audrey Carli
• POEM
  Swift by Julianna Smith

Vol. 39, No. 18 September 22, 2000

• Rwanda: The preventable genocide by Walter Unger
• Reflections on Natural Church Development by Elmer J. Thiessen
• Church discipline and the concept of “Handing over to Satan” by Brad Julihn
• Builders, Boomers and Busters by Elmer Thiessen

Vol. 39, No. 17 September 8, 2000

• Anabaptist church ordinances by C. Arnold Syder
• Water baptism and church membership by David Ewert
• Baptism and church membership by Ray Bystrom
• Baptism and our young people by Daničle Lajeunesse
• Practical and biblical reasons for church membership by James Nikkel
• The Lord’s Supper: Who’s invited? by Dave Esau
• What happened when Menno Simons read his Bible by Mark Klassen

Vol. 39, No. 15 August 11, 2000

• EDITORIAL
  A weekend in the country by Jim Coggins
• Convention 2000 by Editorial Staff
• CONVENTION 2000
  Pastors, delegates challenged to develop church naturally
• CONVENTION 2000
  Taking care of business
• CONVENTION 2000
  MBMSI and MB Seminary

Vol. 39, No. 14 July 14, 2000

• You by Teresa Klassen
• I’m not an angel by David Duerksen
• Mission accomplished by Ruby Cleroux
• To fatten their bones by RuthAnn M. Robbins
• Hospitality by Linda Wegner
• Hospital hypocrisy by Bill D. Halstead
• When the tiger lilies bloom by Darlene Klassen

Vol. 39, No. 13 June 23, 2000

• Working together for good by Tim Geddert
• The patience of Job by Ron Carleton
• Waiting in Expectation by Beatrice Klassen
• Cancer – A journey of hope by Angelina Fast-Vlaar
• The beauty of hope by Linda Wegner
• Joy is hope’s next of kin by Heather Ingram
• Faith through the storm by Richard Maffeo
• Blossoms in concrete by Richard Maffeo
• POEM
  The weight of love by David Trembley

Vol. 39, No. 12 June 9, 2000

• The Forgotten Beatitude by Ron Redekop
• A legacy of suffering by Harold Jantz
• Suffering is not an option by John Oros
• Renewal through suffering by Roberson Mbayamvula
• America gets a martyr by Alex Buchan
• Spiritual food for starving Sudan Christians by Dorothy Siebert

Vol. 39, No. 11 May 26, 2000

• God doesn’t want your money by Craig Frere
• Three things church buildings can never do by Ray Bowman with Eddy Hall
• It is God who gives us the ability to make wealth by Rosemary Njoroge
• If the church budget was an automobile by Rod Thiessen
• The rich man and the fool by Robert R. Hostetler
• En route to a prayer meeting by Das Maddimadugu
• POEM
  December Soup Kitchen by Darlene Klassen

Vol. 39, No. 10 May 12, 2000

• The self-serve transition by Henriette Reimer
• Is your church too small to grow? by Wayne M. Warner
• How friendly is your church? by Dan Harder
• Blessing in disguise by Marisa Doncevic
• The search by Fred G. Moore
• Are you living to protect the lead? by Ted Klassen
• How lovely are the feet by Bryan Born
• Hannah and the Good Shepherd by Andrea Schrock Wenger

Vol. 39, No. 9 April 28, 2000

• Understanding congregational splits by Fred Starke and Bruno Dyck
• Lessons to be learned by Fred Starke and Bruno Dyck
• Conflict: A refining fire by Vern Heidebrecht
• When Christians disagree by Myron Penner
• Servants of Christ by Muriel Larson
• Nice churches don’t fight (healthy churches do) by Hilda Klassen
• Dealing with the difficult member by John A. Esau
• How to confront by Dave Brubaker
• Ideas about resolving conflict in churches by Ron Claassen and Dalton Reimer
• Church conflict resolution covenant

Vol. 39, No. 8 April 14, 2000

• Church conflicts by Jim Coggins
• Serving our generation by Bill McRae
• Families of origin in the family of God by Diane Bleam
• Survival tips for Christian communities
• Family frustrations by Muriel Larson
• Forbearance by Eric Wright

Vol. 39, No. 7 March 31, 2000

• When I survey the empty cross by Katie Funk Wiebe
• It causes me to tremble by Kenneth L. Gibble
• Disappointment by Janet Panning
• A story for the living by Janet Panning
• Congregations of joy by Ann Weber Becker
• The change of Easter by Hilda J. Born
• A knot on the cross by Joyce Schwab
• As we come together by Lorna Tatomir
• The reason for the trip by Rick Cogbill
• Michael’s Easter by Albert Klassen

Vol. 39, No. 6 March 17, 2000

• Community: Defining a “simple” word by Philip A. Gunther
• Preparing the church community for a crisis by Ken Esau
• Covenant, contract and community by Roger C. Sider
• No time by Peter J. Funk
• Communities, not colonies by Edwin F. Rempel
• Why bother with membership? by John A. Esau
• A story of restoration by Barbara Armstrong for Allison Bennett
• Covenant Community

Vol. 39, No. 5 March 3, 2000

• Reflections on the meaning of church membership by David Giesbrecht
• Recovering church as organism by William Cram
• Is our social net in danger? by Mario Marchand
• Community by Normand Toupin
• When prayer is not enough by Sylvie Giroux
• Cults by James Toews
• Avoiding one another by Carlin Weinhauer
• POEM
  Hungry People by Bonnie Beldan Thomson

Vol. 39, No. 3 February 4, 2000

• The explosion of the horizons! A case study on leadership by Pierre Gilbert
• The disuse, misuse, abuse and proper use of prayer for leaders by Fred Smith
• Two pastors can change direction by John A. Esau
• If by J.H. Quiring
• To my dear father by Cornie Guenter
• A living seed by Jake H. Friesen
• A carpenter, two ships and a coin by Jerry Raaf
• The still, small voice by Bill D. Hallsted

Vol. 39, No. 2 January 21, 2000

• Vision: Future thinking by Carlin Weinhauer
• What is your mission as a church? by Vern Heidebrecht
• Faith planning by Win Wachsmann
• Caught between faith and reason by Don Ratzlaff
• How can I know the will of God? by Bob Koivisto
• Do you want to serve God? by Greg Hamm
• Promises by Dave Jackson

Vol. 39, No. 1 January 7, 2000

• Your church: Like a tree or up a tree? by Clarence Peters
• What’s so special about the small-town church? by Ron Klassen and John Koessler
• Do we take church membership seriously? by Marten A. Mol

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