The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1969

' 'We Are Having Great Servicesl" I 1an 1' of our 0.1.B. reader will be happy to learn of .. the ble ing of the Lord on the mini try of Rev. Robert F. Roger and hi work at the Bible Bapti t Church in ~ Pitt burgh. Penna. In a recent note, he writes the fol– . Jo\ ing . . . " \Ve are ha\ ing great ervices. There were 208 in attendance the day the Grand Rapids choir was Bapti t Church. Other Ohioan on the program, during the day \\ere Rev. Vern Prugh. Re\. Douglas Couch. Dr . Kenneth 1uck. and Rev. Earl \\'1llett . Your editor ' Rev. Moffat , began a erie of e\ angel1 tic erv1ce ~Ion- d:ty, May 26 which ran throt1gh unda}. June 1. The Lord ble ~ed. . here! 1 he Lord i cau ing soul to come to Christ in almo t ever} ervice. We have 21 waiting to be baptized. The orthfield Bapti t Church v.hich 1 pa tored b 1 1 A pecial Dedication service for their new building . \\'as held !\fay 25. P articipating in the program were Re\' . Lynn Roger recently ga, e their Church Bu to the Bible Bapti t Ch11rch of Pitt burgh to u e in their un– day chool \\ ork. ho\.\ n above i "Brother L) nn'' pre- l Bob· brother, Lynn , who i pa tor of our orthfield en ting to ' 'Brother Bob' ' the key to the Church Bu . Glimpses of Truth f rom the Greek New Testament b y Dr. George Lawlor - KALOS- The word o f 11ri tia, i A tt rac ti1· ,. 1 11e s 11e i ntere ting wor<I k <1/cJS is a :haracteri t ic .'T'. term tt \.:Cl to de- ribe the qu ~li t}' of the hri t ia n 1fe, Vt l1 icl1 ~od i nte nd shall 111ake 1 la ti11g i1111lre io1 u1,0 11 tiho 11 ur1d u . ua I l )' in t l1c A . . it is .1111pl} r rid red ' g d' ', a lLl1o l1gh i11 111. 12:17 it i t ra11 lated " h o11e t' ', ind 111 J a111e 2 :7, '" rth y." ]' tc;r .a) s t11 t "'e are to 11 ld ur d a il) 1 1ft: l)ef r .. urillJ .. lie, 1 er a g d' ', i11 ,,der t t1 t tl1c 1 11 1 Jd tir 1 - iu t t ll cl1art1cte1 izcd ll}' g d ,.. r l s ( J J 1. 2: J 2 ; a rid 1) , u] t t ll<tl It IS i g ' ( kt,IOl ll t d n tl1111g dt II \\lili 1 111a ff rd a II \ Ji111 lJ,:111, 1 \ eak n l1in1 in ) kc,l<J • J a, J>l n- I u en f t" kal<J H OHIO I D P NDE T BAPTI of all women and H omer de cribe ireu as the "comlie t" ( kalos) man of all the Greek who came to Troy. enophon ay that Cyrus wa "mo t hand ome ( kalos) and generou ,'' and Aphrodite the goddes of love i de cribed by H on1er as "fair (ka/os) and hapely." The word i u ed not only of people, but of anything that i hand- n1e, ~tatel 1 , and fair. Hon1er u e~ it of a great and '·go<><ll} 1 11 court in ,l beautiful n1an\ion: ag,1in of a ubeall– ti I t1l] y-v.' rOllght ' ' '>hteld. an(I of a " f,tir" tract of orchard J,1nd. Ai 1sto– J)har1es tell\ ho \.\ on1cor1c \\'~a te on the \V,tll ()1 t he11s the \\: L)rds ' 'The c it )' of 1\thcn" is l,et1111if11 l." l-l cr cl<)– tt1s \\rrit 'S tha t n1e 11 } )I1g ago 111ade " ,vise'' rt1l ~ fr )tar lcar11i ng, bt1t 1}1 ,l l >111 ha\'\; 11 ) \;XI' ri 11 >f t l1 "gr<t('i Jt1 ~·'' t h i11gs >f l iJc. 1 ~11t1 l id l l t 1 e ,, r I k a Ios t de rill , c'-=r tain "'l,,e//- it11aterl" a1111 . J-.. \I I )'\\ )lt= r j 11 tJ1 ll f t }1 i '" rd k a I <J , t l1 r i t f \111 I t l1 id a f I \' .-1 i n .. , stat li11 , tl1at ,,J1i 11 d ligl1t" J1 art 11d gi, I I ,t tar t tl1 I t d I ib tl1ings 111'-tl , 1 11 11d 111e • • t111d fdtr, 111 , e11 11t tl1 t ar g1, 1 lJ di d1g111(1c , ,ct1,it1e ti cl l .._ 111111g a11d I r 1 ""'' 1 tl1 . Jt ,, , 1- u 1 1 ,t =- t 11 n r l n s f '1ut1fl1l" , n "J >1 r 1 . Jl •1 \\ r l I t 11 t 1 t \\ ~l fl t orable" ( 1'a/o ~) to rob a gue t "' Pindar ti the \\ ord 1n pealing of "noble" deed,, and _ enoph n charactertlcd crate ti a pattern of .. nob]ene\ .' ' Plato ti e" it 1n de- crib1ng the .. go d" c0ndt1ct f a ~ - certain boy brought tip 1n then . ,, enophon contr'-1 t\ \\ hat i, .. beat1l1- ft1l'' ( 1'all> , ) \\. 1th all that 1 ugl)'. In the Pap, ri , kalos 1-.. tl\eJ to tie\ cr1he a11i 111 a l, th,1t arc 1n °g xi·· con<l1t1on: of gral'l\!' that are tl1L,) r1~ a nd th t1· "l1c~1t1t11t1l · t 1 le k tlJ)– on· ()r a \\ 11- l i t" ttini · f ""h nor– ,tblc' 111\!11 ,vh( sc , , )fl ·a11 l c tr,u t d· f l ~1 " 11 ,, h ar~ d I 11dabl .'' It is tis J t) des ril c \\i11 th~ t h,"' l)e 11 left t sett It: a11ll t) 111 tt•r tintil it i 111\:: II )\V ·111 l l its \ t:f 7 b ~t. Kc,Jos i~ le rl) a ,, rd "f n bilit , 11d lignil , d s ribing ,,hat is b , llti– t l l I, g ra i u s a 11 I st t l . ] t j I - ri1 ti,e f 1}1, t \\ t1i 11 i ,, t1 i 11 111111 '1 n i 4 t t 11 t i n 111irati n, ,, t11 11 i \l ftal I l It , a g 1 n " ,, 111 11 11 di ti 11 t 1111 J I i 11 ll J O t 11 l d ) Jll i 11 11 t '1 t \\ 1 lh 1 t 111 s Is t 11 ,, rd ' n i t t 11 H I I 11 1 t I 11 t 11 · I ,, rk " •1 l h =- l ll .• g lild t1c1r,l ·t 111 ") tl1 latl t lit, r t11 l1gl11 1 l11n t t1, t n1 ~ 11 t n n g , 11 n1 , , ,tlk n lll .. g d I I d . l ( ont inu · o n p g 11) - ' }1 i t • JUN -JUL , 96 7