The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1968

L.A.B.C. News 1;earl , were bles ed as a re ult o( the tudent Mi ionary Conference and the Day of Prayer at Los Angele Baptist College. Pre ident John R. Dunkin was one of the featured peakers at the annual Pastor 's Retreat, and the newly formed Athletic Go pel Team, undeir the direction of Coach Ronald Ree e, ha been bu y l1olding meetings. The L.A.B.C. Chorale, under the direction of Mrs. Hilda M. Bower , will be touring April 5 through 16. Their trip will take them to the state of Washington. Rev. Acquistapace re– ~ ports that the ' '400' ' club continues ~ to grow! For information concerning the "400' ' club, write the C-Ollege Public Relations office, Newhall , California - 91321. t a Sweetheart Banquet Some 230 people at tended the Sweetheart Banquet from the North Bethel Association Church. The Banquet was held in the new high school at Findlay. Rev. John Wood moderated the meeting and Rev. Mar– vin Troyer brought the mess 1 age from the Word of God on the subject of "Christian Homes." A ladies' trio from Findlay and a saxophonist from Bellefontaine along with some ex- temporaneous numbers provided the music. A blessed time of Christian fellowsihip was enjoyed by all. CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION INC. Founded 1904 Witnessing to Jews in Cleveland, Ohio; Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The largest staff in the history of the Mission augmented by a radio ministry at home · and abroad, and a mailing ministry in the United States and abroad. Presenting Christ to our Lord's brethren by visitation, Bible classes, correspond– ence courses and literature. Staff members are happy churches in the spirit of Acts present the work of the Mission inspirational reports and by slides. to visit 15:4 to through colored " Brethren, my (our) heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.' ' Write for your free copy of "The Trumpeter for Israel" our quarterly mag– azine devoted to the work of Jewish evangelism. Gerald V. Smelser, Supt. Cleveland Hebrew Mission P. 0 . Box 18056 Cl veland, Ohio 44118 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST •.. . . . . . ·.· ...... ·.·.·: ...... ··:·:··· ··:·:·:·· :··. :···········. ......... . ... 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I wen t to the g ame . iii; :::::: RIVERSIDE Signed, :::::: ill ill ······ FOOTBALL FAN ······ •'•'•' . . .• f ill :::::: Dear Football Fan : :::::: . . . ······ ii{ The Bible says in James 4 :17, "To him :f) . . . ······ :!:\:i that knowe th to do good and doeth it /:i:~: ill ~ i{l not to him it is sin." As a Christian, l~f tm the things of the Lord should take first f\i :::::: place over everything else in our lives. :;:::: ill % [if You will never experience real fruitful (}) :}[ - Chr istian living until you learn this secret. [{) !'{ af What if everyone in the church did what l} f/ " Tha t 's wha t I get for no t g o in g t o you did the night of the game and what f/ fj Reviva l Meet ing," if one of your unsaved relatives came /{ {i[ to the revival? What would they think of {ii .. . •,•. :i:!:i your Christianity? )::i:( ill $ ······ S,'gned ····· : : : , :·:·: ". . .... :::::: TEEN TALK ~:::: ~ ~ :·:·:· .•.·.• ... D T T lk ······ :::::: ear ee n a : : : : . . . ·•···· !{) I'm scared of fire, even in chemistry, when it 's necessary to lig ht the Bunse n burner, i)! :-:·:· :;:;:: /{! my pa rtner has to light the burne r. My partne r laug hs at me and some t imes ge ts annoyed f!i :;:::: beca use of it . :::::: ·.·.•• •····· ·.·.·. .·.·•· f\: I' m not a Chr istia n. I ac t like one at church, but I'm scared that somed ay in Church, :i:!:i •····· •.•.•. ;jf I' ll be asked to give the praye r and I won' t be able to. I've even to ld my Sunday If :::::: School teacher that I'm a Chr istian but I'm sure she knows that I am on ly acting. I' d :::::: :-:·:· ·:·:·: :::::: I ike to be a Chr istian but I feel that I've neve r been truly ca lled . My Sunday School i:i:i: ill m fi: teache r gives the invitatio n every Sunday but I've never had t he fai th to go and ta lk :{i {/ to her. I need he lp now! @ :·:·:· s. d :·:·:· =::::: 1 g ne , ::~:: '· . . •.·.·. ······ SCARED ······ :-:·:· : : : ~ ill ·.·.·· Dear· Scared ·. ······ . . ..... ;.;,:. :-;,:. J/ I thing all of us can remember when we were afraid of things that were related H! !if to our salvation . One of mine was I was afraid I would wake up some morning and my ~iii~ ,.·.·· ·····• J:W parents would be gone (Raptured). I was afraid of what I would do, how I would get ti :::::: along . But when my parents ' Christ became my Saviour, I never once had that fearful ~:=: ~~ th m dream. ~ .·.·.· ... ... ···•· ;,;,;, : . . :(:}i I think the fear of fire, and your unsaved condition GO TOGETHER. Ple~se be- :)~:( i) honest with yourself and the teacher - you need no special call for S'alvation . ¥ ······ ··•·•· ~)i Scripture says the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, m:l; i!l but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that alt ~} ,;,;,; :::·~ :::::: should come to repentance. ~~: ~ ~ :::::: Signed, ::.~ ······ ...... :::::: TEEN TALK ~ ~y »~ .. ~.~. ~ •··.· •••••• ,;.;,:,:-:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:-;,;.;.;.;.:,:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:-:-:-:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:-:,:-:-:-:,:,:,:,:-:·:·:·:-:,:,:-:,:-:,:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:-:-:-:-:-:-:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·~:·:·:;.•!•,:.;:·:·:·:·.;.;:;,;,:,:,,.:,:·:·:···:·:·,•!;:$,~,,:-,::,:.. ;·.-}~~ ..... , ,·:·: . . . .. . ......... ..... ......... , .. "'.:, : ~· .. :,,.,~ ' l:i:l >:·:<·:·:·:w~;;'J;;t~C'f "B;';;:7yJ;;;JF"N;;J''";{J;t;;r'"'W;'zT"'.'''' ':'''''.'"''·th;·;:<·-:··· ··:·-·,·:''";;;;;ry;;;;; ~1 ····•· :,·:· ii letters, questions and comments to TEEN TALK, 23096 Center R idge ~ @ Road, Westlake, Ohio - 44145. ll /!}3:;:;:~;.;::,:::::::::=:::;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;(;:;:;:;:;:;:;:::;:;:;:;:::=::::~:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:::::;:::::::;:;:;:;:::::;:;:;:;:;:::::;:::;:~;:;:;:::::::::::;:;:;:::;:;:;:;:;:;:;:::::::;:;:::::::::::::;:::::;:;:;:;;~~=::=::~;::;:;:;:~::::;~:::~;~~;::~::::::*:~~:~~~:~:~~~~~~~~~~ ,,, .... ·.•.· . .,,.,,·.···· .· ... ................................................. '.......... .. ... .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ..... . ... . .... . .. . .. . Coulson Shepherd, founder "Fait/1 iJ· awake11etl by the MESSAGE, a11cl the MESSAGE 1/1a1 att ·c1ke115· it c·omeJ· t /1 r o11gl1 t /1e Wor<I of C/1rist'' - Roman 10:17 ( .E.B.) The At ESSA GE TO I SRA EL prog,an, ha.\ been 1>roclui111111g (;o,J'.\ 1neJJage t o Cio<i 1 \ people Jo; o,·e, lO ret11 \' 011111ore tha11 50 ,a,/10 \/(l//011,\ '0(1.\( 10-CO(l\/ tllltl 111 Jo1, 1g11 IIU(iCJII\ Man ) J eH.ts ha, 1 e be,·11 teache,/ for Ch11\t 1h1011gh th<' ra,/10 111 i111.\/1 l u1ul bl· ,nail, co,·1t'\f'Olltle11c e, ott, \l'\ anti {Jt>I \Olla/ H Olh. JJ l e tft'flt'llt/ 011 (;o,/ (I/It/ thl /Jlll) ' C'J'/ 11/ Jlc•u•t11,/\h11, of !/ is /Jeor>le ~encl /01 a /1~<' cor, i• of 0111 111/01111at i, e 11u1r.:a""''-, Al t'.\ .\age to Is, ael. M • ·•" rl -, ) ] ,l l.L • I • n o · 31 , l'a tcho,:ue, ·~" \ 'ork, ,'\', 11772 MARCH, 1968 Kenneth Meyer~. Rad,lo Messenger PAGE 13 I