The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1969

7 /, I/ 1(}. /1 ,·,c·,, ,, ,,,,e l a f. r , of , 11 /1i i .\11es a /11,, /1 1e1i dial allti " Ill JI J J l Ji . ' 111 tl1eir Jn,11,ar ' l , 1 • ;,.,,, . tl,e I .st< r "Jf tl,e f'l111r I,. }., cl'. l I l· i /1er. 11 d tl,e f<ll/0H·i 11(! nrti<·lc. Ji l rl1i11 111 re f c111r JJc1. f<lrs s/1011/cl t ke ti111e I<) spet1k 0111 <1~c1i11,·r 1/1e (,,. ,. .. f ti, daJ·. J ant1ary , 1969 1 he f 11 \\ ing letter \\ ., nt to th.. 4 k r(>11 Beaco11 J 011 r11al. It has n t ~ n pt1 l1shed. I th ught ~t ,, ell to har it \\ it h )" u. ..To he Editor:' ' ..I ,,·rite in pr t t to two articles in the Beaco11 Jo11r1zal f December 21 :' On i entitled, '~The tar: Ques– r1 n . But F w n wer ,'' by Rev. L ter '· n ol\'ing. He tates that the tar ,,·hich the Bible tates appeared t and guided the Magi to Jesus is n1erel,· .. . . . well intended ymbol– i n1. . ." He further say that "The t ry of the tar of Bethlehem was probably manufactured. . . " In other \\·ord there \Vasn't really a star at all. Matthew made up the whole tory. "These tatements certainly sound like tho e of modern religiou liberal– i m which denies the Chri tian doc– trine of the In piration of the Scrip– ture by God the Holy Spirit. How doe the writer feel about the virgin birth, the sub titutionary atonement, the bodily resurrection and the literal 10 The Iron Curtain is not Fireorool MARCH, 1969 ()lllitl' ( f l' ' tl1cs 111 rrl, 111a11,1tn 1,1r "ll s \ ' 1111,llls nl~H,? • < >11 • lll1..' 111crcl, s,11,j ·~tivt 11\,t s ·l1r,l.11 I, 11r1n irl\.' ,r tak1ng s 111- l l 111.. ,,11) ,\ llal is 1-,v1ot1.. 1y lit 'r., I n11cl 111,t ... ,ri "al ts starlc<l there j · no st 1- l l 11g. l1( l t1cl1 l't;liguJtl\ ltl1c1ali 111 cl s .. 11h,111 c \\ l1 ,1l the w11 tcr ca ll ·l''"c11ti~\l hr 1,tia11it ,, l1t1t <ic troy~ it l Ctltl .. 111l1lical hr1~tiar1it y is ba cd t111 n at1 i11~pirc<.l, infa11il1lc and thcrc- 1 1 ~ at1th ritative Book f Holy 111)tt1re. J ti t a the ar guided the Ingi to Je u o d guided n1en 1n th writing of th criptur o thait what they wrote was trutih with n ad mi t ure of error. "Th Biblical account would lead u t under tand that ithi tar was a up rnatural phenomenon a miracle. nd if one believe in the Super– natural God of the criptures then one i not surprised by the miracul– ou - but expects it. God the Holy Spirit in pired Matthew to write that there wa a tar because there was a tar! This was 'His Star' and it guided the traveler from the Easit to the house where Jesus and His parenit.s were stayin,g. Obvti.ously their vi its came after the visit of the hepherds to the stable. "The econd article in question is 'Question Box' by Ronald H. Kuhne. In an wering a question be states Peter was the first Pope. There is ab olutely no biblioal or historical evidence to support such an assertion! The faot is both the Bible and history clearly reveal it to be a false stalte– ment. That some claim that Peter was the fir t Pope is true but to staJte that he was is not.' ' Northfield's ' 'Operation Friendship' ' ~()111 thing 11cw n n<I n bit cliffcrcnt i~ (-,·ing triccl c1t Northfiotd Jlapti ·t ( ht11 ch wl1 •re ot1r l)r tl1cr, Rev. l.,ynn l{ cJgcrs ~e rvc a\ p a tor. progran1 ca lled "Operation ricncl\hip' ' i~ now tJnder way. n- cc rn1ng thi ~ pl an, Bro~hcr Rogers wr tc ti s the following . . . " hi s is a program written up in the Scrip– lttrc Pre hri tian Education Mono– graphs, mailed to many pastors period– ically. We like the idea proposed in ne of Lhem regarding visitation and h ave adopted it. The program amounts to telescoping activirt ie to keep from jamming peoples schedules so that every night they are involved with ome church act ivity. We moved our prayer meeting to 7: 00 p.m. It di mis e promptly at 8: 00 and many of the people take one or two visita– tion card and drop in on ithe people on their way home from p!layer meet– ing. The program ju t began recenrtily. The fir t Wednesday evenilllg we had 27 involved in visitation as a result. Our choir which has always rehearsed right after prayer meeting ris able to get into their rehearsal eanlier and thus do a little better job in that part of the church's m1inistry. They, too, are encouraged to take visittation cards and visit the people at ·their convenience between Wednesday ,and the next Lord's Day." This look like a good ide·a. It might be well for others to try it too!! WHEN YOU THINK OF MISSIONS . .. PRAY for "THE KENDRICKS" Central African Repubilic Ben and Nina Kendricks Baptist Mid-Miissions 4205 Chester Avenue Cleveland, Ohio - 44103 Dr. Ketcham in Ohio During March 10 through 14, Dr. Robert T . Ketaham wi11 be speaking at Cedarville College and in the Grace Bapti t Church, Cediarvhlle. Pastor Rev. Wm. Broughton extends a warm welcome to everyone in the Cedar– ville area to hear Dr. Ketcham when he mini ters at the ohurch. Dr. Ketcham is also scheduled to mini ter at the Euolid-N 01trtingham Baptist Church, Euclid, Ohio. These date are March 30 through April 3rd. Dr. Wilbur C. Rooke is pastor of the Euclid-Nottingham Church. He too, would welcome any and all to these services. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST