The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1960

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I le diecl fo r al l. ·1,11<.'1 <..') i ., ,1 tl1( 1 olog1c·,1l positic)11 ,,·11ich l1t)lll" tl1.1.t tl1e \ l icl(lle ~1 ~111 died bt1t ftlr ,1 l1~111dft1l. \ ,~e are told that be– f<.)re tl1 fot111d.1tio11 of tl1e e~:1r th the .. l1rligl1t, ,1rbitraril\· decreed that • t1l)ot1t 3 per C'e11t of Hi cre,1ttrre l1c)t1ld be a\ eel ~111cl tl1e other 97 p er ce11t l1ot1ld be da1nned fore,·er . And ,,·hen ,, e a k ,,·h)r, ,,,e are told tha t it ,,·,1 ''for Hi crlor, ·." .. Ho,,.. cot1ld it e, ,er be for the glory of a od of light. in ,vhom there is no dark11e at all to create a negation , a chao ? And that i ~,hat in is ; it · a r1ecratio11 · it is chao . uch a propo ition that God could not glorify Him elf u11le He created a negation, unle He crea ted a chaos, is a mon- trot1 contradiction in terms. ~ o,, , I belie,,e in the Bible's doc– trine of predestination and election \,·ith all mv heart. If it were not .. there I ,,·ould despair of anybody be- ing saved. The Bible doctrine of predestination and election is as– socia ted \\ith grace and mercy. Be– fore the foundation of the world God determined that His mercy and grace ,·ould ne\·er desert the saved until the}r \\·ere conforrned to the image of Christ. I r eject Arminianism on both criptural and philosophic grounds. But I believe that the Bible t eaches that the Triune God al"vays has, is now and al wa ) 'S \ \i.ll do everything H e can do consistent with His charac– ter, consistent ,vith His holiness and consistent \\Tith the free moral nature \\rith \\•hich He has endo\ved man to ' save ev·ery· soul born iI1to this world. \\~e are told that God can do anything. That is false. God cannot do any– thing that is inconsistent with His nahrre. There are may things that an hon– est man cannot do and remain an honest man. There are many things that a ,rirtuous \\roman cannot do and remain a , rirtuous \\'Oman. God can- ( Continued on page 11) r111~ I ctc1n bcr, I 960 AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 DAYS Rally Day ,,,a th begi1111ing of a , ·igorot1 race for the Et1clicl - otti11g– l1a1n Bc1ptist u11day cl1ool. This great co11te t is e1 titled " ROU D THE \, 1 0RLD I 50 D. Y " ! Th e ~'Race" b egan on October 9 and will co1 clt1de 011 o, ,ember 20. Each t eam ( depart1nent ) i vvorking hard t o get folks ii1 so that they might be v·ictorious a t tl1e finish li11e on o– vember 20. ew members are b eing added t o the Sunday School- Mis– siona1y Edt1cation is being increased -and the Lord is blessing. Score is kept on a large chmch scoreboarc.. as ,vell as department scoreboards. Each t eam is represented on the scoreboard by a different mode of transportation- the Cradle Roll by a Stork, ursery Dept. by a toy car, Beginners by a tricycle, Primaries by a Jet , Juniors by a missile. Inter– mediates by a speed b oat, Seniors by a hot rod, Ambassadors by a sports car Chapel Crusaders by a donkey, Maranatha Class by a Model T Ford, and the Jubilean Class by a covered wagon. The Sunday School visits a differ– ent mission station or country each week. This is called the "Port of PTL Seri ture Distribution Paces A rica's March to Freedom ALFRED A. KUNZ, ~}:6~~}ional POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE 49Honeck Street, Englewood, New Jersey all .'. Infc> rm:1tion is givc11 abol1t the la11guage, ct1stoms, the p eople a11d and a missionary serving i11 the field. Promotio11al materials and items of interest ha,:e been set up in an attractive display in the lobby of the church. Posters have b een made and flyers distributed by the young p eop le of the church. Each week the church bulletin cover h as a picture of the missionary and the "Po1i: of Call" for that particular Sunday. Attendance is increasing and souls are being reached with the Gospel. Our chief purpose is to r each , win and hold these for Christ that they, too, might grow in His grace and knowledge. George E. Huffman is the pastor, Hazel Willis , Director of Christian Education, and Robert Boes is Sun– day School Superintendent. The chmch is located in Euclid, Ohio. In the picture Miss Hazel Willis and Rev. George E . Huffman stand next to the display in the lobby of the church which helps to keep interest high in the "AROU D THE WORLD 1 50 DAYS" Sunday School con– test!-Elaine Sinclair, Publicity Di– rector