Current Issue: Impact 48

DSF has just published IMPACT 48, the journal of thought of Disciples of Christ on the Pacific Slope. This issue includes articles on discernment in the Christian Church (Zephirin Ryan), ecumenism (Michael Kinnamon), adaptability in worship (Keith Watkins), and the Gospel of John (Norm Bakken).

IMPACT Index 1978-2002 Nos. 1-48

Items are listed in alphabetical order by both author and title.  Titles are italicized.  To move quickly to a particular letter in the alphabet, use the following links. A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

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Adaptability in Worship:  An Ancient Solution to a Modern Conundrum.  Keith Watkins, 48

Alexander Campbell and the Future of the Church.  Ronald E. Osborn, 21

Alexander Campbell as a Theologian.  Thomas H. Olbricht, 21

Alexander Campell Bicentennial Celebrated at Bethany College (an introduction), Lester G. McAllister, 21

All Dressed Up Ecumenically:  Is There Any Place to Go?  Mary E. Jacobs, 25

Allen, Leonard.  Campbell’s Future Influence on the Disciples of Christ and the Churches of Christ, 21;Today’s Younger Scholars View Campbell, 21

American Eucharist, Ambiguous Sign of Unity, The.  Keith Watkins, 9

Anatomy of a Nineteenth-Century United Church, The.  Paul A. Crow, Jr., 9

Announcing the Kingdom as Challenge. Mortimer Arias, 8

Approach to Evangelism:  Five Steps in Getting Through to the People, An. Ronald Osborn, 2

Arias, Mortimer.  Announcing the Kingdom as Challenge, 8

A Time to Dance and Sing. Kelly Boyle Peters, 33

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Baird, William.  Obedient to the Vision (a sermon), 5

Bakken, Norm.  The Gospel of John:  A Parable of the Presence, 48

Because--Ministry with a Mission .  Ronald E. Osborn, 22

Be Led by the Spirit in Hope (a sermon).  Paul Egertson, 39

Being Led by the Spirit (a sermon).  Richard Hamm, 39

Beyer, Rebecca.  Listening for Rooster Crow (a sermon), 3

Bible, with Bacon:  A Nineteenth-Century Disciples Recipe for Responsible Bible Reading , The.  James O. Duke, 19

Biographical Essay:  Ronald E. Osborn--Churchman, A. Lester G. McAllister, 9

Birth of Compassion, A (a sermon).  Mary June Nestler, 34

Blaisdell, Charles R.  Clarity, 41;Great Gift Idea? (a sermon), 38

Bland, Doug.  Only a Story:  Big Fish Tales and Holy Mysteries, 45

Both Bad and Good Alike.  Fred B. Craddock, 41

Bottoms, t.j.  No Regrets (a sermon), 39

Boyte, Robert H.  The Church¼Revised Version, 33; Exploring New Foundations, 33;Partnership and Leadership, 33

Branches, Brambles, and Beads.  Joseph D. Driskill, 45

Brand (a sermon).  Ronald E. Osborn, 2

Brand, The Seal of the School of Theology at Claremont (reprint).  Ronald E. Osborn, 40

Bristow, John T.  St. Paul’s Radical Model for Christian Marriage, 20;Why the Traditional Titles for Jesus Fail to Communicate the Gospel, 32

Brock, Rita Nakashima.  The Courage to Choose/The Commitment to Being Chosen, 19;Messages from My Grandmothers, 30

Bryant, Daniel  E. H..  The Search for Jesus (a sermon), 44

Building Up of the Church, The.  Ronald E. Osborn, 7

Busic, Richard.  Conversion:  Becoming God’s Own People, 30

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Campbell’s Future Influence on the Disciples of Christ and the Churches of Christ.  Leonard Allen, 21

Campbell’s Future Influence on Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, and Churches of Christ.  Robert O. Fife, 21

Can We Talk?  Ecumenical Conversations Across Ideological Lines.  Michaael Kinnamon, 24

Cartwright, Colbert S.  Congregational Hymn Singing:  Heritage and Purpose, 23;Congregational Hymn Singing:  Problems and Possibilities, 23

Castro, Emilio.  The Ecumenical Winter? 29

Challenge of Fundamentalism:  One God and World Peace, The. James A. Sanders, 19

Choose This Day.  Doris V. McCullough, 17

Christ Is “The Media” (a sermon).  Donald R. Jarman, 7

Christian Unity in the Midst of Cultural Diversity.  Cornish R. Rogers, 27

Christian Unity:  Recapturing the Passion.  Michael Kinnamon, 24

Christian:  Who Are You?  Karen Komsak Davis, 35

Church and Diversity, The.  Exploring the New Frontier.  Michael Kinnamon, 31

Church, for Disciples Future, The.  James O. Duke, 41

Church in the Twenty-First Century:  Religion in the Future Tense, The. John W. Smith, 18

Church Journalist Looks at the Beat, A.  James Wall, 22

Church Responds to the Urban Crisis, The.  C. William Nichols, 28

Church. . . Revised Version, The.  Robert H. Boyte, 33

Churches Respond to Christian Identity.  Susan DeCamp, 36

Clarity.  Charles R. Blaisdell, 41

Cobbs, Hartzell.  Hope is the Memory of the Future, 37

Cole, Alan E.  Resurrection Table Talk, 28

Colhour, Donald B.  What is Your Church’s Gestalt?, 45

Confessing Christ in the Contemporary World.  James A. Sterling, 35

Confessing Christ in the Contemporary World.  Rod Parrott, 35

Confessing Christ:  A Personal Memoir.  Ronald E. Osborn, 35

Congregational Care:  Lay Leadership Toward an Expanded Vision of Pastoral Care.  Kathleen J. Greider, 29

Congregational Hymn Singing:  Heritage and Purpose.  Colbert S. Cartwright, 23

Congregational Hymn Singing:  Problems and Possibilities.  Colbert S. Cartwright, 23

Contextualization and Catholicity:  Can the Tension Be Creative? Thomas J. Liggett, 11

Conversion:  Becoming God’s Own People.  Richard Busic, 30

Conversion of Paul, The. James A. Sanders, 9

Courage to Choose/The Commitment to Being Chosen. The. Rita Nakashima Brock, 19

Craddock, Fred B.  Both Bad and Good Alike, 41;Love of the Stranger, 25

Crow, Paul A. Jr., The Anatomy of a Nineteenth-Century United Church, 9;Ecumenism, Spirituality, and the Dark Night of the Soul, 29;Growing in Ministry:  Landmarks for the Disciples of Christ in their Ecumenical Future, 10; Mission , Evangelism and Unity: The Crisis of Mandate, 4;Unity and Mission :  The Crisis of Context, 4

Cummins, D. Duane. From Buffalo to Claremont , 11

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Daly, Brian.  Slugs and Flowers, 37

Davis, Karen Komsak.  Christian:  Who Are You?, 35

DeCamp, Susan.  Grace or Race?  The Fundamentals of Christian Identity Theology, 36;Churches Respond to Christian Identity, 36

Der Ikker (The Main Thing).  Gerald M Ford, 10

Discerning Discernment:  Freedom, Justice, and Decision-Making in the Christian Church (Disciples of  Christ).  Zephirin H. Ryan, 48

Discernment:  Faith or Fad?  Ruth Fletcher, 39

Discourse and Discernment.  Rod Parrott, 35

Divinity’s Need of the Humanities.  Ronald E. Osborn, 14

Do Go Gentle into That Good Night.  Joseph R. Jeter, Jr., 15

Dornhecker, Douglas.  Oregon Campbellites:  A Pioneer Aristocracy, 21

Douglass, Jane.  The Story Since the New Testament, 6

Driskill, Joseph D.  Branches, Brambles, and Beads, 45;Habits of the Head and Heart:  Elders and Contemporary Spirituality, 13;Spiritual Guidance in a Mainline Protestant Context, 27

Drop Out Track.  John S. Savage, 19

Duke, James O.  The Bible, with Bacon: A Nineteenth-Century Disciples Recipe for Responsible Bible-Reading, 19 ;The Church, for Disciples Future, 41;In Defense of “Learned Ignorance”:  The Liberal Arts and the Christian Church in Partnership, 17;The Question of Confession Among the Disciples, 25

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Easter Sunday in a Mainline Church.  Keith Watkins, 30

Ecumenical Winter?, The.  Emilio Castro, 29

Ecumenism, Spirituality, and the Dark Night of the Soul.  Paul A. Crow, Jr., 29

Edification Lost—Edification Regained. Donald D. Reisinger, 7

Education for Faith and Leadership (an article).  Mary Anne Parrott, 44

Education for Ministry in the Coming Age.  Ronald E. Osborn, 22

Egertson, Paul.  Be Led by the Spirit in Hope (a sermon), 39

Elders and a Church on the Edge.  Rod Parrott, 31

Eldredge, Donna Faith.  Fear and Faithfulness in the Ecumenical Calling, 28

Electronic Media as a Tool for Evangelization, The. Kyle Ermoian and Sean Harry, 18

Epperly, Bruce.  The God of Conflict and Reconciliation:  Toward a Theology of Conflict Resolution, 20

Ermoian, Kyle, and Sean Harry.  The Electronic Media as a Tool for Evangelization, 18

Essays and Sermons in Honor of Donald D. Reisinger.  Oikodome/Edification, 44

Ethical Challenges in Modern Medicine:  Making Family Decisions.  Thomas R. McCormick, 36

Ethnic Ministry:  Can Disciples Do It?  Vance Martin, 17

Evangelism Beyond the Walls.  William Tabbernee, 34

Evangelism in the Future Tense:  Aspects of a Comprehensive Program for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to the Year 2010.  Oikodome Research Team, 18

Evangelism:  Its Past, Present, and Future Among Disciples of Christ. Ronald E. Osborn, 2

Exploring New Foundations.  Robert H. Boyte, 33

Extreme Faith (a sermon).  Ann Updegraff Spleth, 38

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Faith Still Has Its Olivet.  Joseph R. Jeter, Jr., 15

Fear and Faithfulness in the Ecumenical Calling.  Donna Faith Eldredge, 28

Fife, Robert O.  Campbell’s Future Influence on Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, 21;Myron Jackson Taylor Lectures (an introduction), 26

Fletcher, Ruth.  Discernment:  Faith or Fad?, 39

Ford, Gerald M. Der Ikker (The Main Thing), 10

Ford, Wesley P. Ministering in a Secular Culture (a sermon), 1

Frank, Kenneth.  World Mission in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) – United Church of Christ , 40

Franks, Arlene.  Weaving the Web, 23

From Buffalo to Claremont .  D. Duane Cummins, 11

Fruit of the Spirit:  The “Triple Trinity” of Galatians 5.  Joseph R. Jeter, Jr., 15

Future of Disciples Evangelism:  Particular Ethnic and Racial Groups, The.  Darwin Mann, 18

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Gibbs, C. Earl.  The Gospel of the Disciples and the 21^st Century, 18;Two Boys from the Same Home Town , 14

Glory in the Back Pew.  Johnny Wray, 48

God Is Like an Orchestra Conductor.  David P. Polk, 14

God of Conflict and Reconciliation:  Toward a Theology of Conflict Resolution, The.  Bruce Epperly, 20

Good Friend, for Jesus’ Sake, Forbear. . . .  Joseph R. Jeter, Jr., 15

Gospel of the Disciples and the 21^st Century, The.  C. Earl Gibbs, 18

Gospel of John:  A Parable of the Presence, The.  Norm Bakken, 47

Grace or Race?  The Fundamentals of Christian Identity Theology.  Susan DeCamp, 36

Great Gift Idea? (a sermon).  Charles R. Blaisdell, 38

Greider, Kathleen J.  Congregational Care:  Lay Leadership Toward an Expanded Vision of Pastoral Care, 29

Growing in Ministry:  Landmarks for the Disciples of Christ in Their Ecumenical Future. Paul A. Crow, Jr., 10

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Imagination and History.  F. Thomas Trotter, 11

I’m Looking Over a Four-leaf Clover that I Overlooked. . . . Ronald E. Osborn, 8

In Defense of “Learned Ignorance”:  The Liberal Arts and the Christian Church in Partnership.  James O. Duke, 17

Interstitial Integrity (a sermon).  Rita Nakashima Brock, 36

Irony of Twentieth Century Disciples:  Making It to the Mainline Just at the Time of Its Disestablishment, The.  Ronald E. Osborn, 23

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Jacobs, Mary E.  All Dressed Up Ecumenically:  Is There Any Place to Go?, 25

Jarman, Donald R. Christ is “The Media” (a sermon), 7;When Is a Church a Church?, 41

Jesus, A Jew.  Clark M. Williamson, 16

Jesus and the Ambiguity of Righteousness.  Rod Parrott, 45

Jeter, Joseph R., Jr.  Do Go Gentle into That Good Night, 15;Faith Still Has Its Olivet, 15;Fruit of the Spirit:  The “Triple Trinity” of Galatians 5, 15;Good Friend, for Jesus’ Sake, Forbear. . . ., 15;Has the Milk of Human Kindness Spoiled?, 15;His Gospel Is for Living, 3;Kadesh-Barnea, CA, 13;Ministry in Storm (a sermon), 6;           Slain Lamb or Pantokrator?  Ambiguity and Imagery in Preaching (an article), 44;Stones and Stories, 11;The Puzzle of Self-Control, 15;The Star of Wormwood, 15;A Tribute:  Ronald Osborn as Teacher and Historian, 9;Two Roads to Peace:  Lessons from the Joseph Saga, 15;Waking Up from a Dream (a sermon), 32;We Would Be Building:  Studies in Nehemiah, 10;Where Is the Joy?, 15;Journey is the Reward  (a sermon).  Richard A. Wing, 44

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Kadesh Barnea , CA .  Joseph R. Jeter, Jr., 13

Kawata, Teruo.  There Are Giants in the Land, 27

Keene, Laurence C. Heirs of Stone and Campbell on the Pacific Slope:  A Sociological Approach, 12

Kinnamon, Michael.  Can We Talk? Ecumenical Conversations Across Ideological Lines, 24;Christian Unity:  Recapturing the Passion, 24;The Church and Diversity:  Exploring the New Frontier, 31;On Being Shaped by Ecumenical Understanding, 48;What Do We Say the Church Is?, 41

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Leading the Church’s Witness.  T. J. Liggett, 36

Liggett, Thomas J. Contextualization and Catholicity:  Can the Tension Be Creative?, 11;The Return of the God-fearers:  The Real Challenge in Evangelism, 11

Linberg, Edwin C. What We Yet May Be (a sermon), 8;With a Decade to Go, 25

Living in God’s House.  Mary Elizabeth Moore, 14

Listening for Rooster Crow (a sermon). Rebecca Beyer, 3

Los Angeles and the Church in the Year 2000.  Natalie Houghtby, 24

Love of the Stranger.  Fred B. Craddock, 25

Lyon, K. Brynolf.  Who Do You Say that I Am?, 35

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Nestler, Mary June.  A Birth of Compassion (a sermon), 34