Cedarville Magazine, Spring 2013

2 | Cedarville Magazine Letters A Timely Resource I just received my Spring/Summer 2012 Torch (“Welcoming the Stranger”). The adult Sunday school class I teach has been studying the relationship between justice and compassion and how believers can live out biblical truth related to these concepts. I am going to use selected portions of Torch to supplement this quarter’s lessons. Thank you for such a timely issue. What an unexpected blessing! Tom Chmura ’78 / Westfield Center, Ohio Thank You for Your Stand I deeply respect what Cedarville is doing for Christ and His Kingdom. It was my privilege to see some of your folks at last November’s Evangelical Summit on Immigration in Chicago. It was impressive to hear of CU’s leadership in the student community. May God prosper all your efforts. It is a critical need. I presented a paper, “Thinking Biblically on Immigration,” to the Congregation Symposium in Madison, Wisconsin, last November. It was a pleasure to acquaint themwith Cedarville and your uncommon vision and ministry. Art Gay / Evangelical Initiatives International / McHenry, Illinois Glad for New Perspectives Just wanted to thank you for putting together such a great conference. I must say, putting a speaker with different viewpoints in the lineup did what it was supposed to do, at least for me. I went home Friday night and wrestled with Scripture to better develop and support my perspectives. Looking at the New Testament, scriptures make it very clear that it was the Church’s job to reach the poor. In Acts 4, those who had excess sold it and laid it at the feet of the apostles for them to distribute to the less fortunate. When the Church complained about the lack of care for the widows, the apostles appointed godly men to oversee the distribution of food, not to petition Rome. The government at the time of Christ cared very little, if at all, for the plight of the poor, and Christ’s reference to the fulfillment of the Isaiah 61 prophecy is obviously a spiritual one — He had come to set us free from the debt of our sins. I didn’t link it together this way until I listened to Lisa SharonHarper, and I’m sure I would not have done so unless she shared her perspective. As Arthur Brooks stated, the moral ideas will always win out over facts. Christian Victor / Springfield, Ohio Welcoming the Stranger Spring–Summer2012 Making SenseofToday’sCritical IssuesFromaBiblicalPerspective Editor Joel Tomkinson ’03 Managing Editor Carol Lee ’96 Alumnotes Editor Monica (James) Bowen ’92 Creative Director Chad Jackson ’05 Graphic Designer Joshua Redmond Photographer Scott Huck Administration President William Brown Provost John Gredy Senior Vice President for Business and Chief Financial Officer Christopher Sohn Vice President for Academics Thomas Cornman Vice President for Advancement William Bigham Vice President for Christian Ministries Robert Rohm ’68 Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing Janice (Warren) Supplee ’86 Acting Vice President for Student Life Kirsten Gibbs ‘93 Cedarville University is a Christ-centered learning community equipping students for lifelong leadership and service through an education marked by excellence and grounded in biblical truth. 1-800-CEDARVILLE • cedarville.edu Cedarville Magazine is published spring, summer, and fall and mailed free of charge to alumni and supporters of Cedarville University. Direct inquiries and address changes to: Cedarville Magazine , Cedarville University 251 N. Main St., Cedarville, OH 45314 cedarville.edu/magazine magazine@cedarville.edu 1-800-766-1115 Spring 2013 Volume 1 Issue 1