The index below covers issues 1-180. It lists 52 categories, and the issues of The Door that contain stuff relevant to each. This list is not exhaustive, either in the breadth of topics The Door has addressed, or in the references for each topic. In fact, there are many other things which we have written, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the articles that could be, er,.... written (John 21:25).
This index is merely an overview of major treatments of popular topics for the purpose of creating Theme Packs of back issues. You may also use them as party themes for your next youth ministry dance.
| ABORTION |
| 103 | EDITORIAL: Abortion Revisited by Chuck Westerman |
| 106 | ARTICLE: Make Love In A Circle Of Candles; LETTERS |
| 108 | LETTERS |
| 132 | ARTICLE: Is Mother Earth Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? Does animal rights mean fetus rights? by Doug Peterson |
| 140 | THEME ISSUE: ABORTION |
| 141 | LETTERS |
| 142 | LETTERS |
| 172 | INTERVIEW: Operation Rescue National, Rev. Flip Benham - "We're barnyard animals, after all it's warm, we have to copulate." |
| 179 | INTERVIEW: Mark Levin - Keeping an eye on the Army of God - On the Front Lines with Soldiers in the Army of God. By Becky Garrison |
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| AGING |
| 34 | THEME ISSUE: AGING |
| 141 | BACK DOOR: The Gift of Aging |
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| AIDS |
| 100 | THEME ISSUE: AIDS |
| 103 | LETTERS |
| 134 | THEME ISSUE: AIDS |
| 136 | LETTERS |
| 139 | POEM: The Prism and the SunLife ain't easy, and AIDS doesn't help by Laura Larkins Bartnick |
| 143 | LETTERS |
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| ALCOHOL AND DRUGS |
| 69 | ARTICLE: "A Symbol of Freedom" by Lee Jones |
| 84 | THEME ISSUE: SUBSTANCE ABUSE |
| 86 | LETTERS |
| 113 | THEME ISSUE: ALCOHOL |
| 125 | ARTICLE: A is for Anonymous. B is for Boundaries. C is for Christians. Good Neighbors build good fences by Elaine Fiche
ARTICLE: Original Sins and Original Diseases. The diseasing of America by Doug Peterson. |
| 127 | LETTERS |
| 132 | ARTICLE: Created Free. An outcome measured more by miracle than method by Bob Lupton |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: GENERAL |
| 41 | EDITORIAL: "To Be Known" by Ben Patterson |
| 73 | ARTICLE: "Entertaining Observations" by James F. Sennett |
| 76 | THEME ISSUE: MEDIA |
| 94 | THEME ISSUE: IMAGINATION |
| 103 | BACK DOOR: England's Greenbelt by Mike Yaconelli |
| 108 | THEME ISSUE: MEDIA |
| 124 | THEME ISSUE: ARTS AND THE CHURCH |
| 128 | THEME ISSUE: ARTS AND THE CHURCH |
| 167 | THE LAST WORD: by Ole Anthony and Skippy R. |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: BOOKS (see also "WRITERS AND WRITING") |
| 45 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION (CBA) |
| 47 | LETTERS |
| 58 | FEATURE: "Scenes From a Day in the Life of a Logos Bookstore" by Christopher Fay |
| 73 | ARTICLE: "One Night of Passion/Lifetime of Pain" by Lynda Stephenson |
| 78 | ARTICLE: "My Life with Franky Schaeffer" by Dale Suderman |
| 81 | LOSER: Zondervan & Serenade Saga Books/ Christian Romance Novels |
| 91 | ARTICLE: Matthew 25, Contemporized by Marvin Hinten |
| 94 | ARTICLE: A Scene from the Life of a Writer by Lynda Stephenson |
| 108 | ARTICLE: Undercover Missionary in an Evangelical World by T.P. Moon |
| 159 | ARTICLE: You Too Can be a Published Christian Author! - A heart-warming exchange between a writer and a vanity press. By Becky Garrison |
| 172 | ARTICLE: You Can Kick the Money Changers Outta the Temple but… by Kathy Shaidle |
| 175 | ARTICLE: Left Behind, Series 37 - Turn your umbrellas inside out cause it's raining money! Woo hoo! By Ted Kluck |
| 178 | ARTICLE: Jesus Boy and the Bones of Christ: Fiction for Fundies by Darrel Spenst
ARTICLE: Heaven Bound - The End Times Adventure Continues: Apocalypse for kiddies by Tim Redden |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: MOVIES |
| 11 | LOSER - Christian Oscars |
| 92 | ARTICLE: Wired To Kill/ A Film By Franky Sheaffer |
| 107 | ARTICLE: Why Evangelicals Don't Make Very Many Dramatic Movies by Doug Peterson |
| 117 | THEME ISSUE: HOLLYWOOD |
| 147 | ARTICLE: Loser of the Month - What's the frequency, Kenneth (Copeland)? |
| 157 | INTERVIEW: Ron Shelton |
| 169 | ARTICLE: The Omega Code Deciphered And A Review of Five Learned from Watching The Omega Code - Why the prophets of the Apocalypse look suspiciously like Siegfried and Roy by Paul Somerville |
| 178 | FEATURE: Annotated Left Behind press Release: One press release. Fifty-three exclamation marks, and that doesn't count the words in all-caps, bold-face or underlined. |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: MUSIC |
| 6 | ARTICLE - "Meet Barry McGuire" |
| 33 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN MUSIC |
| 42 | ARTICLE: "The Body Beautiful" by Richard Stanislaw
EDITORIAL: "Christian Worship" by Ben Patterson |
| 44 | LETTERS |
| 48 | THEME ISSUE: ROCK AND ROLL |
| 50 | LETTERS |
| 54 | CARTOON: Christian Rock Star by McNair |
| 69 | CARTOON: Singer threatening to sue by Den Hart |
| 80 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN MUSIC |
| 81 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN MUSIC |
| 118 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN MUSIC |
| 121 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: Word, Inc for Music 2 Go |
| 130 | INTERVIEW: Arlo Guthrie |
| 138 | INTERVIEW: Maria Muldaur Pumpernickel Christianity |
| 143 | ARTICLE: Plain ol' Joe…or the greatest contemporary Christian music song of all time No heaven, hell, purgatory-zilch by Arsenio Orteza |
| 144 | INTERVIEW: Patrick Leonard Meet the only guy on the planet who has "done" both Madonna and Michael W. Smith |
| 145 | DOOR MAGAZINE THIS IS YOUR LIFE |
| 165 | EXEGETE: Backward Christian Soldiers - Pick a key, any key. By C. McNair Wilson |
| 168 | ARTICLE: The anointing of Pig's Ear - A Man, a Plan, a Band - Panama! By Pete Court |
| 171 | INTERVIEW: Hot Tuna by Bob Gersztyn |
| 175 | INTERVIEW: Mickey Hart - Searching for the rhythm of life at Terrapin Station by Bob Gersztyn |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: NRB (National Religious Broadcasters) |
| 100 | THEME ISSUE: NRB |
| 103 | LETTERS |
| 111 | ARTICLE: Twenty-Four Hours At the NRB; the higher the hair, the closer you are to heaven/ Zoe Smith |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: RADIO (SEE ALSO "ARTS AND MEDIA: NRB") |
| 135 | INTERVIEW: Simon Mayo Fame or faith…what will it be? |
| 139 | ARTICLE: KFSH-FM Radio Program Guide What religious radio could be by Rick Raab Faber |
| 145 | INTERVIEW: Garrison Keillor Unplugged with Lake Wobegon's premiere fireside theologian by Bill McNabb |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: TV (SEE ALSO "ARTS AND MEDIA: NRB" and "TELEVANGELISM") |
| 30 | THEME ISSUE: TV |
| 32 | LETTERS |
| 33 | LETTERS |
| 36 | EDITORIAL: "Can Preaching Survive Television?" by Ben Patterson |
| 37 | INTERVIEW: Mr. Fred Rogers |
| 38 | LETTERS |
| 54 | ARTICLE: "The MONITOR" by Lyle Espenscheid |
| 149 | ARTICLE: Theologians of the '90s" Beavis and Butthead - The, uh, voices of like, uh, a generation, you know, like speak out. Heh-heh-heh. by Skippy R. |
| 157 | INTERVIEW: Julia Sweeney - Ever heard of Saturday Night Live? Ever heard of Pat? Ever heard of God Said Ha! No? Neither have we. by Arsenio Orteza |
| 164 | INTERVIEW: The Door Interview-Harry Shearer - The voice of Homer Simpson by Becky Garrison |
| 165 | XENAWarrior Theologian of the Year |
| 166 | INTERVIEW: Victoria Jackson - Victoria's secret: She's a Christian! By Becky Garrison |
| 175 | ARTICLE: Pax TV's Big Brethren - Why should the godless secular networks have all of the bad reality-based programming? By Greg Horton
ARTICLEThe Start of Something Big: Reflections on Steve Allen - To believe greatly , it is necessary to have doubted greatly. By Becky Garrison |
| 179 | ARTICLE: The Search for the Historical Kenny - The Door visits South Park by Becky Garrison
ARTICLEThe Ultimate Survivor - Who will be the last moderate to survive at Southern Seminary? By Todd Outcalt |
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| ARTS AND MEDIA: VISUAL ARTS |
| 163 | ARTICLE: Jane Daggert Dillinberger - The secret spiritual life of Andy Warhol. Really. By Becky Garrison |
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| BILL BRIGHT AND CAMPUS CRUSADE |
| 5 | FEATURE - "A Bright Idea?" (Four Procedural Laws that govern the use of the Four Spiritual Laws) |
| 21 | LOSER: Dr. Bill Bright, Campus Crusade, "asserted today that South Korea was justified in putting Korean Christians into prison" |
| 35 | INTERVIEW: Bill Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ |
| 37 | LETTERS |
| 174 | CARTOONS: Which Circle by Jeff Friend & Chris Huber |
| 175 | CARTOONS: Which Circle, Part II - Wacky dots are bad. By Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 176 | CARTOONS: "Which Circle? 3 - Where's the shameless degradation of a lost and evil soul? By Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 177 | CARTOONS: Which Circle by Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 178 | CARTOONS: Which Circle? By Jeff Friend & Chuck Huber |
| 179 | CARTOON: Which Circle? The latest from the "Four Spiritual Laws" brigade. By Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 180 | CARTOONS: Which Circle? Another boo boo for Bobo. By Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 181 | CARTOONS: Which Circle. By Jeff Friend & Chris Huber |
| 182 | CARTOONS: "Which Circle" Solomon would've written a song to Lorna. By Chris Huber and Jeff Friend |
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| CHARISMATICS |
| 16 | ARTICLE: "Can the Church Survive Pentecost?" by Gayle Erwin |
| 57 | THEME ISSUE: CHARISMATICS |
| 116 | ARTICLE: Oral Roberts University by Brad Bailey |
| 180 | LETTERS |
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| CHRISTIAN CELEBRITY - GENERAL |
| 15 | EDITORIAL: Masters at Mediocrity by Ben Patterson |
| 36 | POEM: "A Word for Pastoral Superstars"
LOSER: Eldridge Cleaver |
| 40 | EDITORIAL: "If You Love Jesus, Shut Up!" by Ben Patterson |
| 46 | BACK DOOR: by W.D. Moen |
| 52 | ARTICLE: "Dear Worldly Christians..." by Steven E. Robinson
ARTICLE: "Ecclesiastical Entertainers, Inc" |
| 55 | BACK DOOR: Evangelical Gigolo by Mike Yaconelli (Also in #96) |
| 75 | EDITORIAL: "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" by Ben Patterson |
| 76 | BACK DOOR: "Thou Shalt Have No Other Celebrities Before Thee" by Mike Yaconelli |
| 97 | ARTICLE: The Tearing Down of Idols by Jim Walton |
| 112 | BACK DOOR: Tourist Christianity |
| 124 | BACK DOOR: The rise and fall of the speaker. |
| 163 | THE EXEGETE: Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs - A personal message for Deion Sanders and the God Squad |
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| CHRISTIAN CELEBRITY: AMY GRANT |
| 120 | BACK DOOR: Mother Teresa Goes Rock (Amy Grant) |
| 123 | LETTERS |
| 129 | POEM: Amy Grant in my Powder Heaven: A Christian fantasy-a ski trip with Amy? by Derrel Spenst |
| 147 | ARTICLE: Sex, Amy Grant, and the Quest for the Righteous Fox - We were the few, the proud, the hormonally challenged. by Mark Olson |
| 163 | ARTICLE: Overheard During a Christian Music Concert - Amy grant us wisdom during these difficult times. By Todd Hafer |
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| CHRISTIAN COUNSELING |
| 47 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN COUNSELING |
| 125 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN COUNSELING |
| 126 | THEME ISSUE: CHRISTIAN COUNSELING |
| 128 | LETTERS |
| 133 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: A technological Green Weenie |
| 165 | MOCK AD: Christian Therapy Club |
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| CHRISTIAN THEME PARKS |
| 8 | LOSER - "Holyland", Mobile, Alabama |
| 9 | LOSER - Want ad for "New Biblical 'Disney-Type' Theme Park" |
| 73 | LOSER: Pierre Bedard and God's Would, Inc. Bible Amusement Park |
| 160 | ARTICLE: Six Flags Over Armageddon - When going to Disney World just isn't quite enough. By Paul Somerville and Skippy R. |
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| CHURCH SIZE (see also "ROBERT SCHULLER AND THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL") |
| 11 | EDITORIAL: "The First Shall Be Last" by Ben Patterson
FEATURE - "Big Church, Little Church - The Whole Armour of God Department" |
| 17 | BACKDOOR: re materialism, the church, and government by Mike Yaconelli |
| 18 | FEATURE: Priorities by Richard Halverson
LETTERS |
| 25 | THEME ISSUE: CHURCH SIZE |
| 58 | LOSER: Bethel Church of San Jose - 300 tons of air-conditioning, 4089 feet of pews and 33 channel sound system |
| 95 | EDITORIAL: On Arguing with Success by James Sennett |
| 133 | THEME ISSUE: CHURCH SIZE |
| 135 | LETTERS |
| 136 | LETTERS |
| 164 | LAST WORD: Size Matters - Searching for the Holy Grail By Ole Anthony and Skippy R. |
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| CULTS |
| 59 | THEME ISSUE: CULTS |
| 154 | THEME ISSUE: CULTS (Heaven's Gate) |
| 168 | ARTICLE: Mix 'n' Match - Design Your Own Cult Kit - Achieve godhead, get your own planet, marry a nice girl or two from BYU and have a jazillion kids (not necessarily in that order). By Randall F. West |
| 169 | INTERVIEW: Chris Lee - New wrinkles on an old and dangerous cult (ICC) by Becky Garrison |
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| DATING (SEE ALSO "SEX", "WOMEN" and "MEN") |
| 70 | LOSER: Christian Dating Club |
| 96 | LOSER: James H. Rutz/ Damsel Wanted |
| 107 | LOSER: Jennifer Logan/ Not Just Any Man |
| 114 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: Damsel Wanted, Christian Dating Service, James H. Rutz |
| 127 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: Christian Datemate Connections |
| 136 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: Mail-order international brides… in a Christian sort of way, of course |
| 153 | ARTICLE: God's Rules - Snaggin' hunks and babes in the name o' the Lord. by Becky Garrison |
| 156 | ARTICLE: Holy-Graphic Virtual Mate - Yama Goochie goochie goo, sweetheart! By Ed Wier and Skippie R. |
| 168 | ARTICLE: Vows of Cohabitation - So help me, me! By Daniel Murphy |
| 178 | ARTICLE: Christian College Girl Dumps Boyfriend in Order to "Date Jesus" Religion is a crutch by Ted Kluck |
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| DEATH |
| 14 | THEME ISSUE: DEATH |
| 93 | ARTICLE: A Good Death by Dave Wimbish |
| 98 | EDITORIAL: An Open Letter by James Sennett |
| 114 | BACK DOOR: Backwards Compassion (Chuck Westerman) |
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| DEVIL AND DEMONS |
| 18 | THE EXORCIST: reviewed by Rydberg, Hal Lindsey & Tom Howard |
| 74 | THEME ISSUE: EVIL |
| 76 | LETTERS |
| 109 | THEME ISSUE: DEVIL AND DEMONS |
| 143 | ARTICLE: Yardstick for Lunatics: One Point of View Meeting madness on its own ground by Robert M. Price |
| 162 | INTERVIEW: The Door Interview: Anton Szandor LaVey - A descent into hell reveals a rather hum-drum Satanist. By Becky Garrison |
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| DISABILITIES |
| 136 | THEME ISSUE: DISABILITIES |
| 137 | LETTERS |
| 138 | LETTERS |
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| DIVORCE |
| 20 | ARTICLE: "Divorce Christian Style" by Wes Bryan
ARTICLE: "Diary of a Mad Housewife" anonymous (reprinted from June '71 Door) |
| 50 | THEME ISSUE: DIVORCE |
| 51 | LETTERS |
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| DOOR MAGAZINE TRANSITION |
| 146 | ARTICLE: An Important Announcement by Mike Yaconelli and Ole Anthony |
| 147 | ARTICLE: The Back Door - Reflections on Closing the Door - By Mike Yaconelli |
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| END TIMES (see "ARTS AND MEDIA: BOOKS" and "ARTS AND MEDIA: MOVIES" for articles about "Left Behind") |
| 1 | INTERVIEW - Hal Lindsey |
| 18 | LOSER: The Late Great Planet Earth Songbook |
| 22 | EDITORIAL: "Gregorian Chants and the Second Coming" by Ben Patterson |
| 63 | THEME ISSUE: END TIMES |
| 65 | LETTERS |
| 70 | CARTOON: God's dispensational plan for the ages by Robert Price |
| 86 | LOSER: Biblical Petroleum |
| 137 | ARTICLE: Ninety-five Reasons Why the Rapture Will be in 1995 Richard Dawson returns to Family Feud. Come quickly, Lord Jesus by Arsenio Orteza |
| 142 | ARTICLE: Ambassadors for the End Times: The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem Maranatha-and human rights be damned! By Kathleen Kern |
| 145 | INTERVIEW: Dave Hunt Dave's hunt for the Ho of Babylon continues Dave's Hunt for the Scarlet Prostitute by Doug LeBlanc |
| 161 | THE LAST WORD: A peek into God's daytimer. By Ole Anthony |
| 165 | ARTICLE: Do You Have a Rapture Lawyer? - When was the last time you saw a lawyer rapturous? By Robert Flynn
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION: Rapture Will |
| 167 | THEME ISSUE: ANTICHRIST AND PROPHECY |
| 177 | INTERVIEW: Dave McPherson - C.I. Scofield is the Antichrist? By Doug Duncan |
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| EVANGELISM: GENERAL |
| 10 | THEME ISSUE: EVANGELISM |
| 11 | ARTICLE - "I'm Already Saved" |
| 15 | ARTICLE: "Key 73 - A Midterm Grade" by Barrie Doyle |
| 16 | INTERVIEW: Paul Little re Evangelism |
| 17 | LOSER: C. Mervin Russell of World Gospel Crusades |
| 24 | EDITORIAL: "Popsicle Evangelism" by Ben Patterson |
| 35 | ARTICLE: "Spiritual Smugness" by Mike Yaconelli |
| 42 | INTERVIEW: John Claypool re evangelism |
| 86 | ARTICLE: Gorilla Evangelism by Will Eisenhower |
| 93 | ARTICLE: I See That Hand! by Kavid Engwicht |
| 96 | ARTICLE: Saving a Twelve Year Old by Skip Stogsdill |
| 107 | POEM: The Moment Preceding Tommy Lee Bateson's Being Washed in the Blood of the Lamb... by Terry Everton |
| 143 | ARTICLE: Evangelism and Other Rites of Passage A one-flight stand by James W. Miller |
| 155 | ARTICLE: The Exegete - Does an all knowing, all seeing, all-powerful God Really need your help? By Joe Bob Briggs. |
| 157 | ARTICLE: Christians are from Mars Heathens are from Venus - Does that Mean most of the Door staff is from Uranus? By Ed L. Wier |
| 170 | ARTICLE: " Atheistic Primer" - Isaac Newton beat his wife, so gravity doesn't exist by Doug Fattig |
| 174 | CARTOONS: Which Circle by Jeff Friend & Chris Huber |
| 175 | CARTOONS: Which Circle, Part II - Wacky dots are bad. By Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 178 | ARTICLE: Intermediate Atheist Arguments: Introducing the doctrine of plausible fallibility by Doug Fattig |
| 179 | FEATURE: Gospel Roaches - They're everywhere! They're everywhere! By John Green |
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| EVANGELISM: BILLY GRAHAM |
| 19 | THEME ISSUE: BILLY GRAHAM |
| 109 | THE BACK DOOR: Praise God And Close The Doors; Is it time for Billy Graham to scram? by Mike Yaconelli |
| 111 | LETTERS |
| 155 | ARTICLE: The Unpublished First Draft Of The Press Release For Just As I Am - An actual press release from the Rev. Billy Graham with his We-swear-to-God actual thoughts parenthetically inserted! by Becky Garrison
INTERVIEW: The Rev. Billy Graham - The Just As I Am guy receives the "Just a darn minute there, buster!" treatment. by The Door's waggish Editorial Board. |
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| HOMOSEXUALITY |
| 39 | THEME ISSUE: HOMOSEXUALITY |
| 40 | LETTERS |
| 41 | LETTERS |
| 42 | LETTERS |
| 98 | ARTICLE: Evangelical Past/ Homosexual Present by M. Peterson |
| 100 | THEME ISSUE: AIDS |
| 101 | LETTERS |
| 103 | LETTERS |
| 105 | LETTERS |
| 106 | LETTERS |
| 108 | LETTERS |
| 130 | LETTERS |
| 131 | LETTERS |
| 132 | LETTERS |
| 134 | THEME ISSUE: AIDS |
| 136 | LETTERS |
| 137 | LETTERS |
| 138 | LETTERS |
| 139 | POEM: The Prism and the SunLife ain't easy, and AIDS doesn't help by Laura Larkins Bartnick
LETTERS |
| 141 | LETTERS |
| 143 | LETTERS |
| 147 | ARTICLE: May/June Door Bible Study - A sensitive, introspective look at the beloved "homo verses," Romans 1:26-28. by Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs |
| 153 | INTERVIEW: Candace Gingrich - The world's most controversial Gingrich does indeed talk abut life, faith, and like, you know, stuff. by Becky Garrison
INTERVIEW: Joe Dallas - "Saving" gays and lesbians from themselves in Orange, California. by Arsenio Orteza |
| 160 | ARTICLE: Pat Flags Orlando's Magic Kingdom - Is Orlando really the most wicked city in America? By Benjamin R. Wilson, MD |
| 177 | INTERVIEW: Fred Phelps - Billy Graham is the Antichrist? By Bob Gerzstyn
INTERVIEW: Kate Clinton - George W is the Antichrist? By Becky Garrison |
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| HOMELESSNESS AND SOCIAL CONCERNS |
| 51 | THEME ISSUE: SOCIAL CONCERN |
| 91 | ARTICLE: Who Sinned Here by Bob Lupton |
| 147 | ARTICLE: What the Homeless Really, Really Need-and Why They'll Never get it -they're homeless-we're clueless. by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 151 | CARTOON: Homelessland by Roberts and Siergey |
| 165 | THE LAST WORD: What's Mine is Yours - Discovering the real citizens of Sodom. By Ole Anthony and Skippy R. |
| 170 | THE LAST WORD: "Careful What You Pray For" by Ole Anthony with Skippy R. |
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| INTERNATIONAL THEME ISSUES |
| 56 | THEME ISSUE: ARGENTINA |
| 135 | THEME ISSUE: ENGLAND |
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| JABEZ |
| 179 | FEATURE: The Prayer of Jezebel. 1. God wants to proper YOU by giving YOU other people's property (1 Kings 21:7) by Todd Outcalt |
| 180 | ARTICLE: Prayer of Shabez. Have you ever wondered WHOSE territory Jabez was expanding into? By Tamara Jaffe-Notier |
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| JOE BOB BRIGGS |
| 129 | ARTICLE: Honey, I Shrunk the Pope - Psychobabble in the Vatican by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 145 | ARTICLE: The Zig Ziglar Path to Wisdom In the land of the blind, the one-armed man… by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 146 | ARTICLE: Holy Huddlers - Hey! Just what side are You on anyway, Big Guy? by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 147 | ARTICLE: May/June Door Bible Study - A sensitive, introspective look at the beloved "homo verses," Romans 1:26-28. by Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs
ARTICLE: What the Homeless Really, Really Need-and Why They'll Never get it - they're homeless-we're clueless. by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 148 | ARTICLE: July/August Door Bible Study - A thoughtful examination of the Mark 7:14 23 periscope: Donny Woldmon's got it all wrong. by Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs
ARTICLE: Rah Rah Rah…Amen - Prayer in schools? Who Cares? - By Joe Bob Briggs |
| 149 | ARTICLE: September/October Bible Study - Solomon on his 1,000 wives: "Been there, done that." By Joe Bob 'The Exegete' Briggs |
| 150 | ARTICLE: November/December Bible Study - What "the Song of Solomon" really means (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.) by Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs |
| 151 | ARTICLE: Faubus And Farrakhan - A rose by any other name…by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 152 | ARTICLE: The God of Newsweek - The percentages aren't with us. by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 153 | ARTICLE: Joe Bob Briggs - It's a percentage thing. |
| 154 | ARTICLE: Joe Bob 'The Exegete' Briggs - Suicide may not be painful - but it is stupid. by Joe Bob Briggs
ARTICLE: The Last Word - In the tradition of other great duos; Liz & Dick, Do & Ti, Punch & Judy, The Menendez Brothers, Jan & Dean-Ole and Joe Bob! By Ole Anthony and Joe Bob Briggs |
| 155 | ARTICLE: The Exegete - Does an all knowing, all seeing, all-powerful God Really need your help? By Joe Bob Briggs. |
| 158 | ARTICLE: The Exegete - Our forgotten tribesman returns from Mother Russia after turning his exegetical Nikon on icons. - by Joe Bob Briggs |
| 163 | THE EXEGETE: Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs - A personal message for Deion Sanders and the God Squad |
| 178 | LAST WORD: The Comfort of the Wheel by John Bloom, AKA Joe Bob Brigs |
| 181 | LOSER OF THE BI-MONTH: Naughty priests. By Joe Bob Briggs |
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| M. SCOTT PECK |
| 74 | INTERVIEW: Scott Peck re faith, evil people
REVIEW: PEOPLE OF THE LIE by M. Scott Peck, M.D. |
| 111 | INTERVIEW: Scott Peck/ The pressure to be authentic |
| 142 | ARTICLE: In Search of Stones: The Review An intriguing pilgrimage of faith by Bill McNabb |
| 143 | INTERVIEW: M. Scott Peck Christianity's best-kept secret |
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| MARRIAGE AND MINISTRY |
| 4 | EDITORIAL - "Well Done, Thou Good and Busy Servant" by Ben Patterson |
| 20 | THEME ISSUE: MARRIAGE AND MINISTRY |
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| MEDICINE |
| 106 | THEME ISSUE: MEDICAL ETHICS |
| 119 | THEME ISSUE: GENETICS |
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| MEN |
| 122 | THEME ISSUE: THE MEN'S MOVEMENT |
| 138 | ARTICLE: Girls Not Allowed Inside the Promise Keepers Sweat Lodge by Doug LeBlanc |
| 139 | LETTERS |
| 140 | LETTERS |
| 141 | LETTERS |
| 142 | LETTERS |
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| MISSIONS |
| 23 | ARTICLE: "The Spirit is Calling us to Hawaii" by Jay Jarman and Grant Lee |
| 38 | THEME ISSUE: MISSIONS |
| 95 | THEME ISSUE: MISSIONS |
| 98 | LETTERS |
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| MONEY |
| 10 | ARTICLE: "You Can't Take it with You" by Wayne Rice (also in #35) |
| 17 | BACKDOOR: re materialism, the church, and government by Mike Yaconelli
ARTICLE: Answer to the BACK DOOR |
| 18 | INTERVIEW: Bill and Jean Milliken re materialism, community |
| 23 | ARTICLE: "Another Slant on Giving and Guilt" |
| 44 | THEME ISSUE: MONEY |
| 47 | LETTERS |
| 53 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: "A Charitable Gift - The Holy Bible" |
| 62 | BACK DOOR: "For Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven" by Bob Lupton |
| 69 | ARTICLE: "You and Your Finances - Thoughts Concerning the Last Great Tax Audit" by Greg Demmitt |
| 84 | BACK DOOR: "Money Abuse" by Mike Yaconelli |
| 105 | THEME ISSUE: DISCOUNT DISCIPLESHIP |
| 107 | INTERVIEW: Dr. Robert Coles/ How DARE We Call Ourselves Christians?
INTERVIEW: Kurt Vonnegut/ One Nation Under Greed |
| 110 | ARTICLE: On Budgeting Compassion; The poor are sabotaged by their own kindness by Bob Lupton |
| 129 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: For God so loved a million dollars How to be a Millionaire and How to Use the Word of God to Help You Climb |
| 145 | ARTICLE: The Tithe Answer Man How to get the best blessing for your buck! By Peter Smith |
| 153 | ARTICLE: Joe Bob Briggs - It's a percentage thing. |
| 165 | ARTICLE: The Widow's Offering - Zig zags his way through this old war-horse. By Kevin Brown |
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| NUCLEAR WAR |
| 68 | THEME ISSUE: NUCLEAR WAR |
| 86 | ARTICLE: Why Nuclear War Might Not be a Good Idea by Craig Mosher |
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| OS GUINNESS |
| 9 | INTERVIEW - Os Guinness |
| 73 | INTERVIEW: Os Guinness re secularization, prosperity, technology, para-church ministries, discipleship, conservativism, politics |
| 171 | INTERVIEW: The Door Interview with Os Guinness by Arsenio Orteza |
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| RACISM |
| 2 | EDITORIAL - "The Angela Davis Affair" - by Ben Patterson |
| 3 | LETTERS |
| 77 | THEME ISSUE: RACISM |
| 108 | ARTICLE: White Like Us by Doug Peterson |
| 124 | ARTICLE: It Ain't a Secret No More. The Door investigates full-gospel racism by Lonni Collins Pratt. |
| 142 | THEME ISSUE: RACISM |
| 147 | INTERVIEW: The Rev. Al Sharpton - New York's controversial activist minister deftly handles tough questions about racism and hair-care by Becky Garrison |
| 165 | INTERVIEW: Mark Potok - How come so many militant groups have the word "Christian" in their name? By Becky Garrison |
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| ROBERT SCHULLER AND THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL (see also "CHURCH SIZE") |
| 34 | LOSER: Dr. Robert Schuller's followers |
| 39 | ARTICLE: "The Garden Grove Controversy" by Charlie Shedd re Crystal Cathedral |
| 44 | FEATURE: "How to spend $15,000,000.00" by Wayne Rice |
| 112 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: Crystal Cathedral |
| 156 | ARTICLE: A Crystal Cathedral Christmas - The Door's intrepid sleuths fished this cheerful Yule document out of bob Schuller's trash. by Scot A. Marvin
LOSER OF THE MONTH: Robert Schuller - Let the Be-Attitude Adjustment hour begin! |
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| SEX |
| 60 | THEME ISSUE: SEX |
| 62 | LETTERS |
| 114 | ARTICLE: Sex, Lies and Thirtysomething by Patricia Lazaroff |
| 117 | LETTERS |
| 119 | LETTERS |
| 148 | ARTICLE: July/August Door Bible Study - A thoughtful examination of the Mark 7:14-23 periscope: Donny Woldmon's got it all wrong. by Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs |
| 149 | ARTICLE: September/October Bible Study - Solomon on his 1,000 wives: "Been there, done that." By Joe Bob 'The Exegete' Briggs |
| 150 | ARTICLE: November/December Bible Study - What "the Song of Solomon" really means (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.) by Joe Bob "The Exegete" Briggs
INTERVIEW: The Door Interview Ravi Batra - Another Door exclusive: Solid good-feel theology from a Tantric! by Brian Kelcher |
| 177 | CARTOONS: Which Circle by Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 179 | CARTOON: Which Circle? The latest from the "Four Spiritual Laws" brigade. By Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 180 | CARTOONS: Which Circle? Another boo boo for Bobo. By Jeff Friend and Chris Huber |
| 181 | CARTOONS: Which Circle. By Jeff Friend & Chris Huber |
| 182 | CARTOONS: "Which Circle" Solomon would've written a song to Lorna. By Chris Huber and Jeff Friend |
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| SPORTS AND CHRISTIANITY |
| 24 | THEME ISSUE: JOCKS FOR JESUS |
| 128 | LOSER OF THE MONTH Sports Outreach America created the "Tom Landry Halftime Spectacular" |
| 156 | ARTICLE: A Tribute To Deion's Heroic, Selfless Gesture - Generous gridiron gladiator gives God gobs o' glory. by Tim Rogers |
| 176 | ARTICLE: "Jesus Implicated in Elaborate Game-Fixing Operation" - He has influenced the outcome of most of the important college and professional games played in the United States. By Kevin Kern and Kathren Brown |
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| TELEVANGELISM, FAITH HEALING, AND THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL |
| 11 | ARTICLE - "God is Good Business" by Wayne Rice |
| 12 | ARTICLE: "Thanksgiving" by Richard Hunter |
| 55 | BACK DOOR: Evangelical Gigolo (Jim Bakker) by Mike Yaconelli (also in #96) |
| 56 | FEATURE: "Electronic Church I.Q. Test" by Wanda Ritchie |
| 69 | LOSER: Oral Robert's fundraiser letter |
| 75 | EDITORIAL: "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" (Oral Roberts' family) by Ben Patterson
ARTICLE: "Setting the Captives Free?" by David Wimbish
LOSER: Jimmy Swaggart and His Church Growth Satellite Network |
| 95 | LOSER: people who don't see that TV Evangelism is against everything Jesus stands for |
| 97 | THEME ISSUE: ELECTRONIC RELIGION |
| 100 | BACK DOOR: Dear Jimmy (Jimmy Swaggart) by Mike Yaconelli |
| 103 | ARTICLE: Jimmy Swaggers Home by Bob Darden |
| 107 | ARTICLE: Rootin' Tootin' Robert Tilton |
| 110 | TRUTH IS STRANGER Oral Roberts "Jesus was not Poor" |
| 111 | ARTICLE: Dr. Gene Don't Take No Guff; The wild and crazy TV preacher, Dr. Gene Scott by Brad Bailey |
| 116 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: Robert Tilton's Success in Life Ministry phones manned by AT&T employees |
| 131 | ARTICLE: Has Benny Hinn Been Born Again…Again? Does a haircut make a difference? by Ole Anthony |
| 134 | LETTERS |
| 138 | INTERVIEW: Ole Anthony The terror of televangelists |
| 147 | ARTICLE: Oral Review: The Flu, TBN, FCC, and other Three-letter Words - It's Cosmetic Kismet! Paul and Jan get out of hand! by Brad Bailey |
| 152 | A FAMILY FUNDRAISER
ARTICLE: Religious Television I.Q. Test - Cheating is not allowed. By Brian Kelcher
ARTICLE: The Puffy Awards (Formerly Losers of the Year) - Our annual compendium of the world's elite weenies, green and otherwise. by Skippy R. |
| 154 | ARTICLE: Tilton Rolls to Victory in '97 Televangelist Super Bowl! - Rockin' Robert wins by the slimmest of margins over a surprise contender. by Doug Peterson |
| 160 | CARTOON: Prayer Requests - Got a zit? Who you gonna call? By Cultural Jetlag
THE LAST WORD-"Match That Quote" by Ole Anthony |
| 162 | ARTICLE: Final Exam: Kingsway Bile College, Bachelor of Televangelism. - Have you ever been to Germany? By Peter Smith |
| 167 | ARTICLE: 'Benny Hinn Sues the Door- But we turn it into a special opportunity for Door subscribers!
ARTICLE: The Top Seven Things to do With Benny Hinn's Church After He's Moved - 6 Raze it and build a hospital - you know, a place where people really get healed. By Matthew Porter |
| 168 | THE LAST WORD: The Anointing - Now you see it, now you don't (Benny Hinn) by Ole Anthony |
| 170 | ARTICLE: "Christian Ministry or Televangelism? " A Seminarian Guide to the Toughest Career Path Decision by Paul Somerville |
| 171 | ARTICLE: Joyce Meyer Rocks My World by Kathy Shaidle
THE LAST WORD: God's Ghostwriter (Gene Ewing) by Ole Anthony with Skippy R. |
| 173 | THEME ISSUE: TELEVANGELISTS |
| 174 | FEATURE: Televangelist Job Screening Form - "Applicants with ethics, scruples, conscience, or any other debilitating conditions need not apply
LOSER: The sorcery of words (Robert Tilton) by Robert Darden |
| 175 | FEATURE: Televangelist's Quick Reference Guide to Problem Passages - You can have lots of money, you can make lots of money, you can spend lots of money on nice things for yourself. You just have to avoid loving it while you're doing it. By Doug Fattig
LOSER: The Gold Rush Phenomenon - He shoulda reached for the shopvac (TBN) by Skippy R. |
| 176 | ARTICLE: "The Kiss of the Spidery-Eyelash Woman" - Wherin Tammy Fay finds herself undergoing a sort of Nixonian rehabilitation: she's a star all over again! By Kathy Shaidle |
| 177 | THE LAST WORD: The science of rabble-rousing (Benny Hinn) by Ole Anthony and Skippy R. |
| 178 | LOSER OF THE YEAR: Paul Crouch By Skippy R. |
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| TONY CAMPOLO |
| 32 | INTERVIEW: Tony Campolo re communism, politics, church, laws, military, women's lib, Miss American contest |
| 34 | LETTERS |
| 39 | ARTICLE: "A Christian Sociologist Looks at Homosexuality" by Dr. Tony Campolo |
| 51 | INTERVIEW: Tony Campolo re Crisis in the Caribbean |
| 57 | ARTICLE: "The Healing of My Theology" by Tony Campolo |
| 85 | THEME ISSUE: TONY CAMPOLO |
| 87 | LETTERS |
| 88 | LETTERS |
| 89 | LETTERS |
| 131 | INTERVIEW: Tony Campolo Are whales dysfunctional? |
| 176 | INTERVIEW: Clinton's Conscience: Dr. Tony Campolo by Ole Anthony and Skippy R. |
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| WOMEN |
| 12 | LOSER: Oklahoma State House rejecting legislation proposing equal rights for women |
| 26 | THEME ISSUE: "THE TOTAL WOMAN" |
| 27 | ARTICLE: "On Behalf of Men!" by Kay Lindskoog |
| 28 | LETTERS |
| 30 | LOSER: Patricia French's Christian Charm School |
| 34 | BOOKS: Let Me be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot |
| 48 | LOSER: Virtue Magazine |
| 49 | ARTICLE: "A Theological Explanation as to Why Women Only Should Do Housework" by Patricia Gundry |
| 66 | ARTICLE: "The Great Dance Debate" by Barbara Allen |
| 70 | ARTICLE: "The Pool of Unshed Tears" by Linda Sue Miller |
| 72 | THEME ISSUE: FEMINISM |
| 74 | LETTERS |
| 78 | LOSER: Christa on the Cross |
| 82 | LETTERS |
| 83 | ARTICLE: "Proverbs 31:10 to 31" (contemporary) by Marcia K. Hornok
LOSER: Hyles Anderson College, Dr. Jack Hyles/Marriage and Motherhood degree |
| 85 | LETTERS |
| 101 | THEME ISSUE: FEMINISM |
| 102 | LETTERS |
| 110 | TRUTH IS STRANGER "We Protect Your Daughters" |
| 124 | ARTICLE: Is Christianity Only Meant for Pretty Women? Christianity's ideal Cover Girl by Doug Peterson. |
| 133 | FAKE AD: Is Your Wife Depressed? by Melinda Brindley |
| 137 | LOSER OF THE MONTH: A woman's place is helping her husband Suitable helpers |
| 152 | TRUTH IS STRANGER- Miss Christian Teen USA |
| 156 | ARTICLE: Women Priests? Infallibly Not: Cardinal Ratzinger Elaborates - A special Christmas gift for all you little sweet darlin's out there. by Thomas Shane |
| 159 | THE EXEGETE: Our Senior Editor fills in while Joe Bob Briggs recovers from smooching icons. By Joe Bob Darden |
| 162 | ARTICLE: Excerpt from The Suits and Marketers Bible, Proverbs - Do "Suitable Helpers" wear Abercrombie & Fitch? By Wendy Chatley Green |
| 174 | INTERVIEW: An Interview with Nancy Sehested - "A Meditation of faith and storytelling. By Katie Cook. |
| 176 | FEATURE: "Urgent Recall Notice from the Southern Baptist Convention" - You are in extreme danger by Tamara J. Jaffee-Notier |
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| WRITERS AND WRITING (see also "ARTS AND MEDIA: BOOKS") |
| 89 | INTERVIEW: Walter Wangerin |
| 91 | ARTICLE: The House Where Mrs. Story Used To Live by Walter Wangerin |
| 94 | INTERVIEW: Madeleine L'Engle |
| 110 | INTERVIEW: Father Joseph Girzone/ If Jesus were here would you do it? |
| 130 | ARTICLE: The Peretti Seminar: A Retrospective Evaluation Peretti's literary contributions of "Yahhh!" and "Yaaak!" by Steven D. Greydanus |
| 135 | INTERVIEW: Susan Howatch Refusing to deal with unrealities |
| 141 | INTERVIEW: Robert Fulghum Seeing ourselves in the mirror |
| 158 | INTERVIEW: Virginia Stem Owens - Is "creative writing" an oxymoron in Christian circles? By the Trinity Foundation Editorial Board |
| 160 | INTERVIEW: The Door Interview Harlan Ellison - The beast who cried "Oy vey!" at the heart of the atom. |
| 169 | INTERVIEW: Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time saves nine by Becky Garrison |
| 170 | INTERVIEW: "Thoughtful Evangelical" - A Phillip Yancey Interview by Doug Duncan |
| 174 | INTERVIEW: An Interview with Walter Wangerin, Jr - "A meditation on the nature of storytelling and faith. By Glenn Berg-Moberg |
| 175 | INTERVIEW: Sherman Alexie - Cinematic reflections on Guilt Squared |
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| YOUTH CULTURE / THE JESUS MOVEMENT |
| 1 | EDITORIAL - The Jesus Movement - by Ben Patterson |
| 2 | ARTICLE - "Taking the Incarnation Seriously" by Lambert Dolphin
INTERVIEW - Jack Sparks |
| 3 | OBITUARY - The Jesus Movement
LETTERS |
| 4 | FEATURE - "And Now the News" |
| 5 | LETTERS |
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| YOUTH MINISTRY |
| 2 | CARTOON - The Perfect Youth Minister Paper Doll
PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - First Baptist Church, Modesto, California - Bill Stewart, Director of Youth |
| 3 | PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, Maryland - Russ Cadle, Minister of Youth |
| 4 | FEATURE - Head in the Sand Award: Christianity Today
PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - First Presbyterian Church, Yakima, Washington - Sonny Salsbury, Minister of Youth
REVIEW - 1971 National Youth Workers Convention - "Telling It Like It Was" |
| 5 | INTERVIEW - Jim Vaus
PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - First Baptist Church of Van Nuys California, Mike Crooker Junior High Director. |
| 6 | ARTICLE - "The Vanishing Youth Director" by Denny Rydberg
CARTOON - "Well, Actually...or What a Youth Worker Says is not Always What He Means."
EDITORIAL - by Ben Patterson
INTERVIEW - Jay Kesler
PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - Clearwater Community Church, Clearwater, Florida - Paul Young, Minister to Students |
| 7 | ARTICLE - "Youth Ministry - After That What?" by Dr. Lorin Soderwall
PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - Skyline Wesleyan Church, Dale Baily, High School Pastor |
| 8 | PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - Bill Turnbull, Penthouse Church, Waikiki Beach Hawaii |
| 9 | PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group - Jim Irby, Mt. Carmel Christian Church |
| 10 | PROFILE - Profile of a Youth Group, Sig Zielke, Grace Community Church, Temple, Arizona |
| 13 | ARTICLE: "Profile of a Youth Worker"
ARTICLE: "Questions to Ask When Joining a Church Staff" by Bill Stewart
ARTICLE: "Scratchings"
BACK DOOR: "Death of a Youth Worker" by Gary Wilburn |
| 14 | PROFILES OF A YOUTH WORKER: Jim McCue |
| 17 | FEATURE: Performance Appraisal for Church Youth Workers by Kathryn Lindskoog |
| 18 | FEATURE: Handy Youthworker's pat Answer List 1
FEATURE: Youth Workers Aptitude Test |
| 22 | ARTICLE: "Of Lizards and Liberty" by Harlan Shoop |
| 23 | FEATURE: VAL-YOUth, A Values Clarification Game for Youth Directors |
| 24 | LETTER: From a Frustrated Youth Worker |
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