The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1957

January 1957 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST ' ----------- 1 t i . 11 0 t . trc111gr t l1at tl1 c ,,·01·1 (1 ]l1i8ll l1 1 1·– Ht a 1 els i 1 r 1 a111 e 13 apt i I t ' 0 1, ve11 that P1· te ta11ti~111 g· 11 ral l. car1·ie. fal1lt)" co1 ce1 t. f t l1 t( T'111 ~ 1)11 t it i : t 1·ag·i to 1 i H ·0 , ,01· th at 11ot i11fre<111e 11 t l}' 111 e111l1er ._ of Bat1- ti. t l1l11·cl1e. ar ig11ora11t of the . ig·11ifi a11ce of t1 e title l1y ,~ 1 ]1iel1 the3r a1·e 10110111i11ate 1. [->rr 11 ct 11. t 11 e 1·e a . 011 f 0 1· t l1 i. 011 ] i t i 11 is I·eadily a1JJ)ar e11t a. 011 e . tt1 li ~· 1,e ·e11t c1111rcl1 hi. tor}r b11t 111 a11y eve11t tl1i. ought 11ot to x ·11se it 01· · l1ffice a a r ea. 011 £01· . ·il e11ee 0 11 the part of t l) o,·e "\\ 1 110 l1a \ T • )1) e r e p o11. ibilit1r fo1· i11 ·t1·11c-ti110· a11c1 ~ ~ ·a1--i11g' for the aint . It i 111or e or 1 . 11. 11al to fi11 cl peopl e a un1i11g· a1 l tat i11g tl1at the di."ti11g11i 1 i11g· f at11re of Ba1)– ti t ' i that they beli v i11 i111- mer io11. ~ot lo11g ag·o a \'vell ecll1- cated a11d l1ighly r e l)e tecl p1·eacl1- er a 1 ti,,e i11 mi . io11a1·3, e11 terpri. r a11 l ca1"r·3ri11g; 011 a ·om111e11 la1Jle J iece of h1·i t ia11 ,vorlc i11di iatec1 i11 a letter to the ,,,rite1, that hi~ ·011 eptio1 of tl1e it11atio11 ,va. exactly t l1at. Yet thi 111a11 wa a11d i a mem1)er of a Bapti t h11r h . Thi idea vrhi h i · o prevale11 t today, i a1 outg·1·0,vtl1 of thinl<– i11g· ,vhieh 1n iµ:ht l)e ·alle 1 1·eaetio11- a1,y th eology- or to 1Je n1or xa t– reactio11ary e elesiology. To cl ()11 l1t one of tl1 n10. ·t la111r11ta 11lc f ea– t11r es of 1·ece11t cht11·ch hi:tor)r ,va.· the i11va ' io11 of t 1 eologi al lfl) ral– j. rn into t he :talJli. 11 eel J->1·ot ~ ·ta1 t de110111i11atio11. . A g·e11e1·atio11 ag· it . re111 ec1 a l1110. t as tho11!?:h tl1e e11- tire field had been captt1r ed by the moderni~ t . As a re ult, r efugees from the withering blight of materialistic unbelief in the pulpit fled from all kind of background to find refuae in . ome haven of Chri. tian fellow- hi p a11d Bible exp o ition ,,lithout r eg:ar c1 to cli ffer 11 c·r . of l e11 om– i11a tic)11a l JJO li t y or f i11e J)oi 1 t : of tl1<-1<> loµ:y. llt111 g r y so ttl. · n0e1tlecl to lJP f Ptl , a 11 (~111r1·g·011 c·y s i1 ltatic>11 l1atl cll'i8P ll ctlttJ lllH1l ) r 11l1Pl'C(P1l0ll1illcl – tjoll<1 ] c·c 1 11t c 1 rs c,f c·h11rc· l1 f p]J cJ\\'Hl1i1 > \\ 1 P l' <=' set llJ> tc> 111c 1 Pt thP 11 1 rcl . I 11 s l1 01·t , a 1 r\\' cle1 11 c> 111i11ctti c>1 1 P, 1 01,, \cl i 11 \ 111c 1 1·ic·a - 'J' /1 r l ul<,J'fl e11 r; 111i11r1 - l1 r1 11 r1/ f) < 11r;111i11 rlfirJ JI . 111 ~()}}j( ' i11stH ll(' '~, H~ ,1 j'( 1 Sltlt of tl1cisc~ l 'P\ 1 0lt1tic,11al'.) c·l1a11g·:)s ,,·l1i ·1 BAPTIST I~ J)R. 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Let 1ts r eto<>11izc ot1r l)r et11re11 of the I 111 r de110111i11a– t io11 a,l l ) e110111i11atio11 a11cl ,, 1 i ·h t l1e111 ,,r 11. I3l1t let t1. 1·e111e111be1· ,vl1at a Ba1)tif~ t i. c1 11(l that 11 i · :0111 t }1i11g · c1 uit a lJii ot l1e e tl1a11 a11 in1lll 1-. ·eel I 11 t 1· l e11 01ni11c1 tio11,1li ·t . TRACTS by DR. WILLIAM L. PETTINGILL ALVATION PLUMB AND PLAL~ EXACTLY WHAT I THE GO PEL? ON E SAVED ALWAYS SAVED PRICE 40c per 100 plu po tage THE D AND D PRINT SHOP 347 Davis Street Findlay, Ohio GIFTS TO OHIO ASSOCIATION Rev. Robert J . Reynhout, Treas., 276 Washington Ave., Elyria Ohio 1~~ tl ·li tl- T ot 1 i11g·l1 <11l1 11,t1)ti f,; t ( 1 ltl1r c: l1, l•~ l)y1·in -------······-------------------- $ ~.()() r ,, ll c1r111c)11,, l~cl J)tis1 1 l1t11·e l1 ~ .. 01 ttll ()li \'e ------------------------------------ 1().()0 . 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