May-June 2021 Issue

Current Issue: May/June 2021 – Vol. 116

“Servants of Jesus Christ” 

“Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor” 

John 12:26 

Table of Contents

• In This Issue: “To serve is to reign with Christ”

FEATURES

• Moving Forward Together, an interview with Jean Barbara, President of the Sword of the Spirit
• Squeezed Into Shape, and Kenosis – Becoming More Like Christ, by Jerry Munk 
• The Paradoxical Greatness of Christ-like  Humility and Servanthood by John Keating
• Servants of God, his People, and his Word, by Steve Clark 
• Made for Community – No One Is an Island, by Beth Melchor
• Serving Christ in All Things, by Don Schwager
• Anticipating God’s Purposes, by Bob Tedesco
• Man and Woman in Christ – 40 Years Later, A Book Review by David Talcott 
• A Brief History of the Sword of the Spirit – Part 5: On Ecumenism and Church Relations, and Part 6: Outreach and Mission, by Bruce Yocum, Henry Dieterich, and Bob Bell

COLUMNS, UPDATES and REFLECTIONS

• Ascension and Pentecost – Participation in the Nature of God by Bruce Yocum
• God Healed My Anxiety by Dave Fitzsimmons
• This Too Shall Pass, by Tom Caballes 
• First Things First – Martha and Jesus, by Jeanne Kun
• What Is Performative Bible Study? – by a recent award-winning author, Mark Whitters
• Wisdom for Puppies – Discerning the Deeper, More Meaningful Things of Life by Mike Shaughnessy
• Counterfeit gods: Mental Bridges Falling Down, by Sam Williamson
• Voice of the Bridegroom and Song of Moses and the Lamb, New songs of worship by the Brotherhood of Hope