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1975-1978
God, Where Are You Now That We Need You? EDITORIAL: Hope in Despair by Ben Patterson ARTICLE: "If They Stole My 'Patty'..." by Kay Lindskoog LOSER: Christian Consumer Guide LETTER: Letter from Yaconellis to Grace Community Church re Lisa INTERVIEW: Stanley Mooneyham, President of World Vision re poverty FEATURE: Suggestions for Individual and Group Action from the Office of Senator Mark Hatfield FEATURE: VAL-YOUth, A Values Clarification Game for Youth Directors FEATURE: Comparative Chart on World Relief Agencies ARTICLE: "Another Slant on Giving and Guilt" ARTICLE: "The Spirit is Calling us to Hawaii" by Jay Jarman and Grant Lee FEATURE: Cliff Gotcha...Epicurean Odyssey by C. McNair Wilson BOOKS: And There Will Be Famines by Larry Ward; No Little People by Francis A. Schaeffer; Clarifying Values Through Subject Matter by Merrill Harmin, Howard Kirschenbaum, Sidney B. Simon; David by Nancy Roberts MOVIES: The Godfather, Part II, Lenny, Freebie and the Bean, Murder on the Orient Express, The Towering Inferno FEATURE: Christian Cliches: Illustrated
Jocks for Jesus EDITORIAL: "Popsicle Evangelism" by Ben Patterson MOCK AD: Not Many Wise, Mighty or Noble Agency FEATURE: "Push 'em back, Push 'em back, Way back" Dept. LOSER: Tom Critchton, Rochester Hills Baptist Church for cutting bus in half LETTER: From a Frustrated Youth Worker INTERVIEW: Donn Moomaw, Linebacker of the Year CARTOON: The Reverend Oral Fixation by Phil Steffen CARTOON: Abba Warner Football Tryouts Today INTERVIEW: Gary Warner & Skip Stogsdill -- directors of Communications Dept for Fellowship of Christian Athletes MOCK AD: Commitment Equipment ARTICLE: A Sports Manifesto INTERVIEW: Kyle Rote, Jr. soccer player FEATURE: Eschatology Consciousness - Raising Quiz FEATURE: The New Wittenburg Door Rating System ARTICLE: "Kicking the Sacred Cow" by Kay Lindskoog BOOKS: Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins; North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent; Meat on the Hoof by Gary Shaw; Buckeye by Robert Vare; Cosell by Howard Cosell; The Alleluia Affair by Malcolm Boyd; Talk to Me by Charlie Shedd; Images of Man by Donald J. Drew MOVIES: Woman Under the Influence, Shampoo, What if They Gave an Election and Nobody Came FEATURE: Sports page by Wayne Rice
Towers of Babel Issue EDITORIAL: "Towers of Babel" by Ben Patterson INTERVIEW: Dr. Robert H. Schuller MOCK AD: First Annual International Church Growth and Pastor's Leadership Conference ARTICLE: "Toiletry NEWS" by Kay Lindskoog & Mike Yaconelli ARTICLE: "A Visit to Hammond" by Denny Rydberg LOSER: Rev. Bill Lane who sets himself on fire while preaching ARTICLE: "How to Close Down Your Church in Five Easy Lessons" by Ka Tong Gaw?? CARTOON: Not that kind of calf! (sacrificing a leg) by Denhart CARTOON: The Further Adventures of the Reverend Oral Fixation by Phil Steffen BOOKS: A Season in Hell by Percy Kauth; A Father...a Son...and a Three Mile Run by Keith Leenhouts; Robert H. Schuller books: Power Ideas for a Happy Family, Your Future is Your Friend, Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking, Your Church Has Real Possibilities, The Greatest Possibility Thinker That Ever Lived, God's Way to the Good Life, You Can Become the Person You want to Be, Self-Love the Dynamic Force of Success MOVIES: Tommy, The Passenger, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Eiger Sanction, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Brief Vacation FEATURE: One-more-look-at-Matthew-Four Department -- "The Wittenburg Door Salutes the Great Churches of Our Time"
The Totaled Woman EDITORIAL: "May the Twain Ever Meet" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Christian and Missionary Alliance for their monument to compassion and concern for the elderly. INTERVIEW: Marabel Morgan ARTICLE: "Reactions from a Partial Woman" by Kay Lindskoog CARTOON: Alpha-Omega books by Ray Cioni ARTICLE: "Decade of Women: A perspective from Mexico City" by Noel Fitch, PhD. INTERVIEW: Letha Scanzoni FEATURE: The Total Woman Quiz ARTICLE: "The Bloom is Back on the Rose" by Kay Lindskoog BOOKS: Naked Nomads by George Gilder; These Strange Ashes by Elizabeth Elliot; Papal Bulls and English Muffins by Joe McCarthy; Total Fitness in Thirty Minutes by Laurence Morehouse MOVIES: Rollerball, Jaws, The Other Side of the Mountain, Scenes From a Marriage, Love and Death CARTOON: Hiding The Wittenburg Door inside Playboy to read in store by Dan Pegoda
Merchandising the Gospel CARTOON: American Christianity exhibited on a cross EDITORIAL: "Jesus and Joe DiMaggio" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Chief Charging Bear and Riverside Tabernacle of Flint, MI INTERVIEW: Russ Reid re marketing, advertising FEATURE: "Jeremiah of Jerusalem" by Dave Sheffel ARTICLE: "1234567 Rules for Personal Workers" by Larry Walker CARTOON: The Reverend Oral Fixation ARTICLE: "On Behalf of Men!" by Kay Lindskoog ARTICLE: "Premiere...A Bomb! The Hiding Place" by Denny Rydberg ARTICLE: "Dear Mr. Roeder" by Mike Roeder CARTOON: Christian advertising by Den Hart ARTICLE: "Don't Take the Uglies Out of Christmas" by Vernard Eller BOOKS: The Problems of Wineskins by Howard A Snyder; Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Dallas Roark; Salvation by Surprise by Earl Palmer; Man in Black by Johnny Cash MOVIES: The Hiding Place; Three Days of the Condor; Until I Die; Monty Python and the Holy Grail ARTICLE: "The Sin of the Church Page" by Mike Yaconelli FEATURE: "Catchy Mottos for Church Advertising" CONTEST: Bicentennial Essay Contest
Bicentennial Issue EDITORIAL ISSUE: "Pieta" by Ben Patterson RECANT: Of previous LOSER re elderly LOSER: Rev. Paul B. Tinlin re favoring broadcast of executions and Rev. Dr. Ray Bateman--Feeding 5,000 FEATURE: Bicentennial Bible INTERVIEW: Martin Marty re society, America COMIC: "Starchie" comic book ARTICLE: "America...Love it or Leave it!" by Kay Lindskoog INTERVIEW: David Gerstein a political activist BOOKS: A Spiritual Autobiography by William Barclay; Success is a Moving Target by Robert Raines; Something Happened by Joseph Heller MOVIES: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest FEATURE: Great All American Contributions to the Church
The Door Busts the Theological Cosa Nostra EDITORIAL: "St. Augustine’s Dung Beetles" by Ben Patterson FEATURE: Cliff Gotcha...Bicentennial Tours Evangelical and Economical LOSER: Church of the Second Coming, Inc. INTERVIEW: Earl Palmer re seminaries FEATURE: Who's Who in the Cosa Nostra FEATURE: Bicentennial Essays CARTOON: Maffia ruffing up parishioner who disagrees with church policies FEATURE: Maffia Photos with captions INTERVIEW: Fortrell Fiddle, D.D. re renewal FEATURE: Between the Lines...A seminary catalogue we'd like to see CARTOON: Jesus in temple amidst doctors by Dan Pegoda AD: Modest Apparel BOOKS: Moral Development...A Guide to Giaget and Kohlberg by Ronald Duska and Mariellen Whelan; What is Family? by Edith Schaeffer; The Age of Sensation by Herbert Hendin MOVIES: Barry Lindon, Hester Street, Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother ARTICLE: "A Modest Aid for Harried Ministers" by Dean Sigler FEATURE: M.I.R.E. BACK DOOR: "The Little Boy Who Wanted to Fight Fires" by Mike Yaconelli
TV Issue EDITORIAL: "Watchers" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Patricia French's Christian Charm School MOCK AD: The Hits of the Nixies INTERVIEW: Dr. Paul Borgman re television INTERVIEW: Malcolm Muggeridge CARTOON: Film shooting of pastor praying by Den Hart ARTICLE: "Powerful Predictive Prophecy" by Harry Boonstra CARTOON: Televised church service by Dan Pegoda MOCK AD: Add A House ARTICLE: "With Jaundiced Eye: Viewing TV Askance" by Kay Lindskoog SURVEY: Favorite TV Programs BOOKS: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig; Screwtape Writes Again by Walter Martin MOVIES: All the President's Men; Robin and Marian; Next Stop Greenwich Village WAVES: quotes from Rollo May and Mark Twain REVIEW: "The Following Religion is Broght to You in Living Color" by C. McNair Wilson aka Christian Amory
Celebrating Five Years of Publishing at a Loss EDITORIAL: "The Battle for the Tent" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Hans Mullikin, Southern Baptist evangelist, who crawl 1200 miles INTERVIEW: Mike Yaconelli, Wayne Rice, Denny Rydberg POEM: The Holy Sea POEM: Message for the Masses by Sister Rose Tillemans, CSJ FEATURE: The Wittenburg Door TILL NOW: A Not-So-Sober Look at Our Last Five Years by C. McNair Wilson REPORT FROM INTERVIEWEES: Joe Bayly, Hal Lindsey, Letha Scanzoni, Marabel Morgan, Mel White, Wes Pippert, Ladon Sheats, Stan Mooneyham, Bernard Ramm, Jay Kesler FEATURE: Church Bulletin GUEST EDITORIAL: By Jim Grindle and Larry Burtoft CARTOON: Idea Books BOOKS: Born Again by Charles Colson; Angels by Billy Graham MOVIES: The Omen CARTOON: God parting the Red Sea with a comb FEATURE: Christian Classifieds
Campolo on Bomber, Big Business & Beauty Queens EDITORIAL: "A Sublime Madness" by Ben Patterson INTERVIEW: Dr. Harvey Cox re evangelicals, theology, women, cities MOCK AD: Drive-In Church by Joe Lynch LOSER: Living Cross INTERVIEW: Tony Campolo re communism, politics, church, laws, military, women's lib, Miss American contest CARTOON: Rapture shout by Den Hart BOOKS: Trends in books by Mike Yaconelli; How to Rear Children by Dr. Jack Hyles MOVIES: Silent Movie; The Big Bus; Tunnel Vision; Swashbuckler; The Bad News Bears; The Missouri Breaks; Futureworld ARTICLE: "Deteriorata" by unknown
Sings God’s Greatest Hits EDITORIAL: "Let Jesus Use Your " by Ben Patterson LOSER: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church of Huntingdon Valley, PA, for courses such as foliage & flowering house plants ARTICLE: "Rockin' Out in the Rockies" by Wayne Rice INTERVIEW: Larry Norman QUOTES: John Fischer ARTICLE: "Watch Out for that Old Devil Syncopation" by Mike Royko ARTICLE: "The Confessions of a Sunday Night Musician" by Dan Jerome ARTICLE: "Estruth's: 'Believe it or Not!'" by Georglyn Estruth FEATURE: Bicentennial Music Scene QUOTES: Billy Ray Hearn BOOKS: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Mark Hatfield; The Gift of Inner Healing by Ruth Carter Stapleton MOVIES: The Shootist, Red Sunday, Beyond the Next Harvest FEATURE: Evangelical Hall of Fame, Wax Museum
The Door Looks at Aging EDITORIAL: "Cradle to Grave Triviality" by Ben Patterson FEATURE: C.S. Lewis quote and poem: "As One Oldster to Another" FEATURE: Religious irony LOSER: Dr. Robert Schuller's followers INTERVIEW: Maggie Kuhn ARTICLE: "Theology of ... er ....." ARTICLE: "On Hearing a Tiresome Preacher" by Linda Bagshaw PUBLICATION: "The Only Side" enclosed in this Door ARTICLE: "The Company Tells Me that I'm Old" by James A. McCracken ARTICLE: "The Apostle Kirby Rubidoux" by Jacob Ben-Choshek BOOKS: Let Me be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot; Praise the Human Season by Don Robertson; Strategy for Living by Ed Dayton ARTICLE: "Sorry, Wrong Number" by Kay Lindskoog MOVIES: The Front, Norman is that You, The Ritz ARTICLE: "Good News, Bad News" by Georglyn Estruth
The Year of the Evangelical EDITORIAL: "Shall We Dance?" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Holmes Theological Seminary's Junior High Camp for their rules INTERVIEW: Bill Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ ARTICLE: "Bumper Sticker Christians" by Larry Finger ARTICLE: "When I Survey..." by Wayne Rice ARTICLE: "You Can't Take it with You" by Wayne Rice ARTICLE: "Spiritual Smugness" by Mike Yaconelli ARTICLE: "Fishers of Men" by Dave Sheffel ARTICLE: "Paganworld" by Craig Wilson BOOKS: The Right to Remarry by Dwight Hervey Small; Evangelicals in Search of Identity by Carl E. H. Henry; Smart Dads I Know by Charlie Shedd; The Joy of Running by Thaddeus Kostrubala MOVIES: The Passover Plot, Network, Two Minute Warning, Pink Panther Strikes Again, King Kong CARTOON: Jesus Saves, Jesus Garcia Lifeguard by Den Hart FEATURE: World Faith Bulletin
The Preachers EDITORIAL: "Can Preaching Survive Television?" by Ben Patterson ARTICLE: "Sermon Titles for the Active Pastor" by Kay Lindskoog INTERVIEW: Dr. James Daane FEATURE: Words from John MacArthur, Jr. FEATURE: Words from John A. Huffman, MR. FEATURE: Words from W.A. Criswell ARTICLE: "Caveat Lector" re religion in America FEATURE: "A Word for Pastoral Superstars" ARTICLE: "Seig Heil at Houston" by Denny Rydberg FEATURE: Words from Lloyd Ogilvie FEATURE: Words from Dr. Bruce W. Thielemann ARTICLE: "Power in the Pulpit" ARTICLE: "Chaplains" by Craig Wilson BOOKS: What Really Happened to the Class by Michael Medved & David Wallechinsky; Passages by Gail Sheehy's; The Last Western by Thomas S. Klise MOVIES: Voyage of the Damned, Bound for Glory, Rocky FEATURE: Preaching World Records by Craig Wilson
Kids EDITORIAL: "Spiritual Barometers" by Ben Patterson QUOTES: "Lines From Your Childhood..." by James Sims WAVES: re family and a quote from Thomas C. Wear LOSER: National Association of Evangelicals re capital punishment ARTICLE: "The Smell of Artificial Roses" by Rod McKean INTERVIEW: Mr. Fred Rogers POEM: "To a Dogmatist" by Michael Graves POEM: "The Evangelist" by Bruce Gorden ARTICLE: "Memoirs of a Jet Cadet" by C. McNair Wilson ARTICLE: "Children Need a Sense of Significance" by John M. Drescher FEATURE: New Organizations Dept. -- Black Penguins ARTICLE: "A Triad About Love and Justice" by Kay Lindskoog FEATURE: Caveat Lector re International Distinguished Artistic Service Awards Festival BOOKS: How Shall We Then Live by Francis A. Schaeffer; Is There Life After High School by Ralph Keyes MOVIES: Star Wars, Annie Hall, Slapshot, The Late Show, Nasty Habits ARTICLE: "Don't Let School Interfere with Your Child's Education" by Joseph Bayly
Door Looks at Missions and the Third World EDITORIAL: "The Space From the Third World" by Ben Patterson POEM: "Green Pastors" by Bruce Gordon LOSER: Kenneth Bowers of Phoenix, AZ, for Communion Pak, Ltd ARTICLE: "The New World: A Giant Jigsaw Puzzle" by Earl Palmer INTERVIEW: Howard Snyder ARTICLE: "There is Life After Life--A Door Reader Proves It" by David Downing ARTICLE: "A Somewhat Modest Proposal" by Jack Barranger INTERVIEW: Kefa Sempangi BOOKS: Independence for the Third World Church by Pius Wakatama WAVES: Quote from Brady Tyson MOVIES: NYNY, Sorcerer FEATURE: Caveat Lector re ladies magazines
Behind Closet Doors-The Door Looks at Homosexuality ARTICLE: "The Garden Grove Controversy" by Charlie Shedd re Crystal Cathedral INTERVIEW: Anita Bryant CARTOON: Church basketball team losing to gay church team by McNair FEATURE: Homosexual Aptitude Test ARTICLE: "A Christian Sociologist Looks at Homosexuality" by Dr. Tony Campolo EDITORIAL: "A Belated Answer" by Ben Patterson and Kirt Anderson FEATURE: Keep the $ in Chri$tmas by Craig McNair Wilson LOSER: Homiletic & Pastoral Review for A Born Again Kneeling Santa INTERVIEW: Malcolm Boyd CARTOON: Mary to Jesus: "How many times do I have to tell you? It's red wine with meat, white wine with fish and fowl!" BOOKS: Is the Homosexual My Neighbor by Letha Scanzoni & Virginia Ramey Moolenkott; Let Justice Roll Down by John Perkins; Male and Female: Christian Approaches to Sexuality by Ruth Tiffany Barnhouse & Urban T. Holmes MOVIES: Oh, God!; Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Bobby Deerfield, Julia, One on One ARTICLE: "Bible Studies Dept: Relational Revelation" by Will Eisenhower
Door Asks Bob Harrington Some Pointed Questions EDITORIAL: "If You Love Jesus, Shut Up!" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Northwestern College for Day of Prayer INTERVIEW: Bob Harrington re fun, success, marriage problems CARTOON: Child reading tract by Den Hart CARTOON: "What Christian Students are Wearing Spring Semester" UPDATE: The Preacher and the Porno King ARTICLE: "The Atheist & the Preacher" by Bill Martin INTERVIEW: Madalyn Murray O'Hair BOOKS: Brother to a Dragonfly by Will Campbell; A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo; Where is God When it Hurts by Philip Yancey; Fit or Fat by Covert Baily; The Husband Book by Dean Merrill MOVIES: Turning Point, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Semi-Tough, The Gauntlet FEATURE: "Danger-Signs Questionnaire" by Kay Lindskoog
To Be Known EDITORIAL: "To Be Known" by Ben Patterson POEM: "Crucifixion" by Larry L. Finger LOSER: Larry Flynt CARTOON: "Plains Baptist Church Family First Church Service" by Den Hart INSERT: "God's PEOPLE" including Francis Scraper BOOKS: Lust, the Other Side of Love by Mel White; Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer by Kenneth Pelletier MOVIES: Saturday Night Fever, High Anxiety MUSIC: Al Green's "The Belle Album" FEATURE: The Song of Solomon Illustrated by Den Hart
Summer Evangelism Issue EDITORIAL: "Christian Worship" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Oral Roberts University -- Is Fat Un-Christian? INTERVIEW: John Claypool re evangelism CARTOON: I found it bumper sticker by Dan Pegoda UPDATE: Yreka Report ARTICLE: "Bible Study of the Month" by Harry Boonstra CARTOON: Church sign--$10 donations only $6.95 by Tom Finley ARTICLE: "The Body Beautiful" by Richard Stanislaw BOOKS: The Cultural Subversion of the Biblical Faith by James Smart; Christ and the Media by Malcolm Muggeridge MOVIES: Unmarried Woman, Straight Time, Silver Bears MUSIC: How the West Was One with 2nd Chapter of Acts, Phil Keaggy and A Band Called David; Real to Reel FEATURE: "Hamburger Heaven" by Dan Pegoda & Erik Nelson
Worldly Evangelicals EDITORIAL: "Passages II" by Mike Yaconelli CARTOON: The Christian Clone by Tom Finley INTERVIEW: Richard Quebedeaux LOSER: Pastor Lloyd J. Tomer for using jet as a church FEATURE: Bumper Stickers You May See this Summer by Paul Leiffer ARTICLE: "Incisive Observations" by Kay Lindskoog BOOKS: The Worldly Evangelicals by Richard Quebedeaux; Splendor in the Ordinary by Thomas Howard; Lust, The Other Side of Love by Mel White review done by a reader of The Door MOVIES: The Boys in Company C, Coming Home, The Last Waltz CARTOON: Couple on date by Dan Pegoda
Money Issue CARTOON: Bake sale by Den Hart EDITORIAL: "Consumer Religion" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Ralph Wilkerson for stating Idi Amin is a nice fellow FEATURE: Reward for lost ball of gold thrown out of heaven INTERVIEW: Larry Holben, screenwriter re poverty, world economy FEATURE: "How to spend $15,000,000.00" by Wayne Rice FEATURE: Computerized personal letter from Jerry Falwell ARTICLE: "How to Respond to the Pitch" by Dave Sheffel FEATURE: Invest in the Lord's Work ARTICLE: C. Davis Weyerhaeuser ARTICLES: A TRIOLOGY = "On Fund Raising" anonymous; "On Money & Garden Grove" by Ken Edelman; "On Riches" by Ken Bryfogle BOOKS: Property and Riches in the Early Church by Martin Hengel MOVIES: Born Again, Heaven Can Wait, Grease, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Capricorn One FEATURE: Financial Planning in the Ghetto -- Bob & Peggy Lupton
Christian Booksellers Association Convention EDITORIAL: "On the Making of Many Books" by Ben Patterson LOSER: Born Again Products CARTOON: Priest reading Total Woman by Tom Finley ARTICLE: "Books, Bucks and the 'Born Again' Boom-Notes on the C.B.A. Convention" by W. Ward Gasque CARTOON: Calvary Baptist Church by Den Hart INTERVIEW: John Bass, CEO of CBA INTERVIEW: Marlin Van Elderen, managing editor of The Reformed Journal ARTICLE: "Evangelical Publishing..." by Larry Brooks INTERVIEW: Richard Baltzell, editorial director for Fleming Revell Co. FEATURE: Bestseller Game by Tom Finley INTERVIEW: Robert DeVries, Vice President of Zondervan CARTOON: A look at contemporary Christian publications by Den Hart FEATURE: News reports of Idi Amin being born again FEATURE: "Previews of Coming Attractions" by Wayne Rice & Tic Long CARTOON: Hal Lindsey 25 years from now BOOKS: How to Read Slowly by James Sire; The West Point Fitness and Diet Book by Col. James L. Anderson & Martin Cohen MOVIES: No Longer Alone, The Buddy Holly Story, Foul Play
Theologian of the Year EDITORIAL: "Steve Martin, A Man for Our Season" by Ben Patterson FEATURE: "Worship Service" by Virginia Hustedt FEATURE: Quotes from Theologian of the Year, Steve Martin BACK DOOR: by W.D. Moen FEATURE: "The Commandments of Me, Delivered to Man by a Man in Marin County" by Tim Stafford INTERVIEW: David Hubbard re church in l978, forgiveness, rebuking, seminaries, marriage & divorce CARTOON: Church bought an elephant by Den Hart LOSER: Rev. Paul Lindstrom, Church of Christian Liberty, for missionary evangelism--guerrilla warfare ARTICLE: "The Rheumalites" by Bill DeWitt (cult, sect) MOCK INTERVIEW: "The Right Reverend Doctor Swami Joseph Abdule Lincoln asks himself some very TOUGH QUESTIONS" by John C. Moyer BOOKS: The Last Year of the War by Shirley Nelson, Don't Waste Your Time in Worship by James L. Christensen, A Special Kind of Belonging by Dr. Herb Wagemaker MOVIES: Interiors; Up in Smoke; The Big Fix SONG: "The Happy Sounds of Christmas" by Larry Finger |
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