The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1954

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'lll'c-lllt'0 t}1at .'l~el1 tl1i11g· are i}l ortle1·, ( 2 ) lt ,, 1 i]l g·i\' (l reaso11al)le cl: 11ra11cc of acl()l)tic>11 <111cl coo pel'atio11 011 t l1e 1)a1·t <>f thr cl111rch a: a ,v11ole. 'I'l1e:r are the peo1 le ,~?ho are J)l'lJl<'iJ)al }~r c·o11 c·Pr11ecl al)Oll t th is i1111)01--tc111t 111attr t. If th :\r a1--e ao·reeal)l it is fairly certai11 ·that the ·l1t1r ,'11 it– se 1 f ~·ill be i11 a 01--d, ( 3 ) It ,, 1 ill l,cep 1111for~1111ate a11tl le11gth~T 111i. - 11l1cler .·ta11(l111gH 011t of tl1e c-ht1 r C' J1 h11si11e8~ 111eet i11 ~· \\ 1 her e t11r 1>l,11, sho11ltl 11ext go for acloptio11. I ell' too ofte11, the hea tecl (li ct1. , io11. that ari e and co11ti11l1e in a l u ,·– iness session are the re ult of faulty or sketchy informatio11 rather tha11 outright and intelligent di - agreement. 11ch eve11tualitv ca11 be avo~decl lJy the di. c11 . ion grol1p and still plenty of roon1 i. l eft fc>r th~ ag~-olcl Baptist l'ight to cli~– agrPr 111 the lll1si11rs8 r11 eeti t1 <> of t}1p c·l1t1rC'l1 , s l1ol11 cl s11<·h cle8ir; )x - • J)t'<1S810ll. ·1. 1\l)(Jl' 'l 'rII 1 1~ J>f1A~ AN ,, \ ( ' l[l 1{( 1 11. , 1 i11<·<"* tJ1ic..; is c1 ti111<1 - l,t1<.lg·pt t}1Ht \Vil] 1·po·11lct1P tl1c• lifP <,f' 1l1c· ,,vhcJI<' c·}1111·c·l~ ,111cl i11 lll<lll\' i11sta11c·t•:-; c·l1,t11o·p tt,,~ J>l'H\"<'r lllC'l'1 . n . ltl g ttig·ht Hll<l <>t' tltc 1 ,t<•1ivi1i< 1 S <>I' Jl~HJlJ' gt'<)ll J)S \\ 1t}1i11 111<' fl'Hlll<' - \\' (Jt'I{ c,f tlJc! ,,r·ga111zct1ic,1t , it is s<; 1111(l J3aptistic proeeclt1re to l ·t tJ1 e cl1urch 1nal<c tl1e fi11al clc •isio11. TlJE 01110 INDEPENDENT BAPTIST '1' 1 . 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Seminary Graduates Produce Our BEST ADS Are Not Written •• They Are LIVED I Our graduates who are faithfully and fruitfully serving around t h e world are the primary evidence that thi~ ministry is honored of God. Young people looking forward to Chri.stian trainin" ask: "Will my ~red1ts be. tr!insferable? Will my train– ing be Biblical and Baptistic? Will I be able to serve the Lord acceptably when .r grad~ate?"- By the grace of God. 1n the hght of the experience of our a lumni .ov e r t,he past 20 years, our answe r 1s - • Yes:• F or a cata– logue write t o R ev. M ead C . Arm– s trong , R egistrar. Appro ved by the R egents of N . Y Coop e rating with the GARBC . Paul R . Jackson , D .D ., Pres. J ohn R . Dunkin, Th .D , De-an " Spirituality plu::. Scho/ar&hip" - BAPTIST BIBLE SEMINARY, JOHNSON CITY, N. Y. 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