The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1966

Chri tian T.V. Program Emerson Russell The telc, i it n progran1. "T e le– Bihl T1n1e··. c uld \.\ ell be pre ented a ··The T e l e - B i b I e tory.' · The producti n. created and directed b\i J. Em r. on Ru ell. Art Director f edar\: ille Col lege. i now going int the third vear . It i relea ed every undav mor;ing at 10: 15 o'c]ock folio,, ;ng the Catholic ·sacred Heart ' teleca t. 'Tele-Bible Time' ' came into be– ing on Channel 8. KTUL-TC, Tul a . Oklahoma. in 1961. It later opened in Columbu in 1963 . The pre ent televi ion mini try on Chan– nel 6 i a literal fulfillment of Mr. Ru ell's early call to 'Preach through Art: The artist wa formerly staff– cartoonist for the Sunday School Time and Church-page Cartooni t for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr. Russell has the vision of a mi ionary and approaches the ' Tele– Bible Time' · mini try on the basis of faith. H i favorite promi e is Jeremiah 33: 3. With it a hi constant chal– lenge. he see no limits to the growth and effectiveness of a simple direct, televised Bible mes age in which he talks and draws his well-known tele– cartoons. Recent addition to the Tele-Bible T ime staff is Professor David Mat- on. Music Coordinator and Professor of Voice at Cedarville College. His organization and direction of all musi– cal features is already haping the program for better and more critical acceptance by other television sta– tions. The greatest need, Mr. Ru sell in– sists, is prayer. To him, prayer does the impossible. He wishes to have the readers share ~'ith him the burden of MARCH, 1966 PAGE 8 Less~n Fnt>m Tln.e, -FI RST Cneat ien ! :ctb Y£ ~IDST the ~ingdom of 6'~d,and his ·'>r·:u righteousn€ss;and all th-ese thrngs{pErs~n· al and mattrial n£eds} shall b€ added unto you. ( MATT. 6:33) N•f •56 '-~~l,'l:, prayer and the vision of faith. Pray with him that the entire Taft chain, of which Channel 6 i a member, may soon accept the program. A Euro– pean Christian television leader has already opened the po sibility of Mr. Ru sell's ministry being on the power– ful Luxembot1rg station. (Concluded from page 5) considered sacred that is really lacking in mu ical integrity he calls for the Biblical principle of sanctifi– cation in regard to the mu ic and not just the word used in our church ervice . Why should we not tolerate perversion and error in the use ~f Gods Word in our churches, but still permit a perversion of God's gift of n1u ic in our church services? Is there a place for flashy, ensuous or cheap mu ic in our churches patterned after the music of the world, either in the manner in which it is composed or in the manner in which it is interpreted? May God help us to be more discri~– inative. According to Dr. Gabele1n ' ' . . . only defensible criterion of the fit ness of music for service as a hand– maid of the glorious truths of the Go pel is its own. inherent quality, Used by permission of Sunday School Times. provided that it meets, first of al1, the test of truth." This test of whether music is suit– able to be used in our churches does not limit the music we use to only that which has a "sacred" title. In fact the sacred title has little to do ' with it. The criterion becomes: Is a piece of music written and performed in such a way so that the melody, harmony, and rhythm of the music produce within the Christian the ap– propriate physical emotional, psy– chological, and spiritual responses that are in accord with the Spirit of God living within the child of God? Call to separation ' '... Come out from among them and be ye separate...' (II Cor. 6: 17) hould apply as much to the music we use in our churches and the manner of its performance as it does to any other pha e of our Christian life. May God help us to musically expre s Hi prai es "with the spirit and with the understanding .also.'' (I Cor. 14:15). THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST