The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1961

J_u_ly_,__ 1_~0_ 1 ___________________________ 'l_'H_E_~O~H=I~O~IN:....:.=D-=.EP_EN_·_D_EN __T __ B_AP __TI __ ST ________________ ~---------P-a~g_e_N_i~ne BOOK REVIEWS SAY YE TO LIFE! by Anna B. ~fo,:i" 155 pp. $2.50. Zondervan Publ. House, Grand Rapids, Mich. H ere is a deep, and yet popular, and sometimes humorous book on Christian gro,,rth. Tl1e ordinary spiritual read er ,vill lo,Te it and profit, but a preacher may question it in spots. ~1rs. ~10,, 1 kno,vs it and says, "Others ma,· feel that I have not , sp elled out the doctrine adequately. This is not a doctrinal study. Be– sides, I trust the \\ 1 ork of the H oly Spirit so full)' vvhen His \\'Ork is gi,,en a chance by full acceptance, that I am con cerned first of all about that commitment.' ' Regular Baptist preach ers hav·e to remember 1'1rs. 1,fow belongs to the Church of the Brethren and does not alwa)'S say things our way. That she is a Bible b eliever is undoubted, but she ge ts too careless of doctrine ,vhen she says, "Our Father .... This is our relationship which is possible through the Holy Spirit." She should have said it is made possible through Jesus Christ. We also think she honors Gandhi too much and is too uncritical of Liberalism, though sh e only uses Gandhi and others in p assing illustrations. Yet she can put the truth so helpfully too, as \\ h en she says, ' 'Guidance is like an electronic-eye door. As you draw near the door will open.'~ This book comes out of a long and busy life as a missionary to India, as a professor at Be thar1y Biblical <; e1ninary in Chicago, and as a ,vide- 1, tra, elled lecturer. - The Editor 0 0: 0 0 700 BLE El) i\1E I IEAR '"f A'f "f .ACK, l)y J )1111,v oo(l) 1 , Zo11dervan Jlous , Cr,111d Rapicls , 11 ~r $1.00. \~' I'"fH A Ric:l1arcl G. Pt1 l)li~hing ~1icl1. , p ll- 111 tl1is ''a(1,, 11lt1r ir1 tr11st'' tl1e au tl1or , a11 E : .13. J)ftstor, tnk s tl1 r ,< d r fro111 t 11 arl)' l1<Jt1rs of l1is 1 < ar fa t< l 1 >art , llr1ck to }1is r c - ·o, e 1")' d a)'S at ]10111 . II gi,,.ls \\ 1 it l1 l)i ri t t1a l i11sigl t r111cl 11oice \\' (Jrds, 11is t';)XJ)<">rie 11 .l, ll1011gl1ts < 11<1 r '(>1 - 1 c t iOJ1S of tl1is ",,< l)t"Y oJ clis ·<J t1rag - ,, . 111 Jl t JOlJ J"Jl )'· rf ')1 J)aragr J111S COit r11i11 g ]1is t11011g)1t • 11d 111 ;>dit a1 io 1 011 'T')1c \\ 7 ill of od , 1" ~11sio11 , J i t a11<I < ,, r- \\ ig]1t , rf ) \i iOJJ , ] ad d T J\ 1 t,S, 11d , 1, i11i 11 a1 1110 l i11t r s liJ1g rid 1 lig] t ~1 i i g. ~ to1 m1d ] , ) 111a1 a)iJ, ,, ould do ,, ..]] J)l o ·u1 t]1is 1 o J or tl1 ir \\ 11 p ;>J 0 11al ]if a 1 d 1,1i11i t 1 1 • Jl1 I . J .. t1 , .. I )' t t , ] io on t i11u d on JJage 16) John Reed Called To Cedarville College • I<· John W. Reed, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Stryker for the past seven years , has accepted a call to become instructor in Speech a11d Homiletics at Cedarville College. His ministry at the Stryker Church will be concluded on Aug. 20. Dt1r– ing the past seven years the church bas exp erienced solid growth. Tl1e average attenda11ce in 1960 was 158. 11ew attendance record , ivas e tab– lished on tfother's Day, 1961, \\rith 210 present. It has been necessary to hold double services on Sunclay morni11gs for the past hvo years. Some of the highlights of Pastor Reed's ministry, l1ave b ee11 tl1e com– ple te r modeli11g of the cl1t1rcl1 base– m ent to pro,·icle n1axi1nu111 tis of space, the ins tallatio11 of 11e,v gas furnac s i11 tl1e cl1urcl1 a11cl parson– age a11cl tl1e re111oclelli11g <>f tl1e p ,1r– sc>n agc . I11 eptc111 bcr of 1960 t\\'O lots a11d ,l 11011 <ie ~1(1 j<> i11i11g t l1e (•l111rt'l1 property to the sou th were purchased as the first phase of a building pro– gram. The lot is being used for parking area and the house is slated for use a a u11day School A11nex. In 1960 a religious census of Stry– ker a11d the surroundi.J1g area \\·as completed. ince then, a visitatio11 program h as been in operation at the church. In 1959 the church joi11ed the local , state, ancl natio11al groups of the G.A.R.B. C. Pastor Reed states that his \\'Ue has b ee11 a11 effective h elpmeet in his mi11istry and her e11couragement to co11ti11t1e his teachi11g mi11ist0' a11d aclvanced stt1dies has b een a real asset. The Reeds have h\'O chil– dren- Becky aged nine a11d Be th wl10 is fot1r. In additio11 to l1is vvork at the church, Pastor Reed tat1gl1t p eech and Engli h al Stryker High chool for five years. Duri11g the pring Semester of 1960 h e ,,,as a Graduate Assistant at Bowling Gree11 tate l J11i– versity. His education i11clt1de : B. ., Bryan College, 1951; B.D., Grace Theological Seminary, 1954; 11.A. , Bo,vling Green tate Ur1iver it\\ in , 1961 . Pastor Reed ha b ee11 ac- cepted at Ol1io tate 11i,·er it,, to ~ vvork tO\\'Urcl a Ph. D. i11 p eech , be- gin11i11g i11 eptember . Thi \\'Ork ,vill b e carried 011 , vhile te,1chi11g a full cl1eclt1le at eclar,rill . s ti111e per1nits, Pa tor Reed ,,,ill b e a,,ail– able for pt1lpit 11pply, \ ·a11gel1. tic er,,ice , a11d Bible 011ferent·e. . Hi · addre a t eclar, ille \\'ill be 20.'3 P ,1lm r Dri\ e. Rocl11e) \ \ ') e, ,,,110 joi11. tl1 ( "' ecl.1r– ' ille fact1lt, , Ll1i fall to t e,lcl1 I~t1\1 - ., 11 ss, is alst> fro1n tl1e tr\ lei l111rcl1. • 1 rccl1 ,1 , ,1l l ,t11, \\ ifc.\ of L")cl .. 11 \ ille' B,1sk tl J,111 c<>,1t·l1, D t>11 C',1lla11, I\ tl1 ") 5is tt~r <>f ~11 . ,,·,st~ a11cl 1~ ,11 <) fro 111 • tl1e F ir\t l ~ .. 11 ti'>t ( l1t11 t·l1 <>i .. "t1, 1'.c·r 011 ot1r lleautiful can1pus O\'Cr looking San .F' rancisco Bay, l1igl1 school gr acis can obta i11- "' JlRI~ ' '1,1,\ l ~I) ' ,\ '1'10 1 fi"Olt I,,J}t' }i~ J ' )) s .. R ' I · ~· B . . a11<I B .Tl1 . <legl'c . ; Bible 11111jol' ,,,it)1 111it1c,1· i11 'I l1t~olog.)' 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