New Church Life July/Aug 2013 | Page 5

in this issue F ive ministers of the General Church offer their Declarations of Faith and Purpose as part of their ordinations – the Rev. Peter M. Buss Jr. into the third degree of the priesthood, two men graduating from the Bryn Athyn College Theological School, plus one new minister in Japan and one in South Korea. (Page 345) As part of his ordination, Mr. Buss delivered a talk on just what is meant by Faith and Purpose. (Page 350) The Lord taught on earth by means of parables – 98 in the four Gospels, 29 in the Old Testament. In a sermon on The Power of Parables, the Rev. Jeremy F. Simons talks about F