The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1970

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It ,,,1, not de igncd a. •111 att,l('k \)Tl ~l ,1Jcl1c1c ~ft1rra\ r a 11 int r1ngc111ent tlf1011 her righ t to r,c,1l l1cr t,cI1cf . Rather thi \\ a a l - gr. .1111 t 1 enc tt rag 111er1ca n. to t .. 1,1d and ~r•eak. their c n, iction . 1-hc ri~inal goal f 100.000 letter ...... .... ,, ~ qt11 k.l~ rca hed and the letter ~nt·nt1ed t pot1r in. B) n1 id- eptem– ber 2- .:! n11Il1on letter and petition 1gnatt1re had b en recei\ ed. The e ...... ,, ere pre ented to Dr. Thoma 0. Pain . dm1n1 trator of ASA on epten1ber 2-l at A Headquarters 1n \\ a hi ngton. D. C . ...... ub equentl)' . another one million letter ~ ,, ere f Of \\ arded to A A. An additional one mi ll ion let ter and pe– t1c1on ignature made up the Time quare di pla)·. Thu , over four-and– a-half million concerned American ha\ e indicated their upport and com– mendation of the Bible reading by the A tronaut of Apollo 8 . The e letter are till arri, ,ing at a rate of about 100.000 a \\·eek. Thi i per– hap the large t , 1 oluntar}Tcommenda– tion of an act b}' man that ha ever occurred 1n ot1r nation· hi tory or perhap in the hi tory of the world. One of our OARBC pastor s Rev. Darrell Bice. F ir t Baptist Church , 1Ie . Ohio. pro\·ided letter s to ASA a n11meographed bulletin in erts for l11v I lr1 Tl1 C Iv ry 8 pti t Church B II font i11 , Ohio lhrounh Church Bulldlng Corn l1itt< 1 P. 0. Bo 455, El y t i,, , Ohio 44035 7 CERl IFICATES 121 2 Yr. MATURITY 6\ 0 0 C RTIFICAT S 10 Yr. MATURITY 6 ° 0 CERTIFICl\lES: 71 2 Yr. MATUR ITY 51 2° 0 CERTIFICAlE.:S1 1 Yr. MATUR ITY 5 c- C-£.:RTlflCATES:90 DAYMATURITY For D<'t,, ils Call Colle ct : (513 ) 592 7672 John R. Wood, Pastor Ho lp A Growing Church To Bet ter Meet The Noeds Of A Growing Communi ty! - ''Smoking Hasn't Hurt Me Yet'' C l1 ccr UJ'> lt \Viii . Bt1llct , gtin\ , elec tric chair. clr \\ 11ing, hanging. rioi"on. are fa tcr . Bt1t for low t1 i– citlc. there is n thing like c iga rette , iga r . an<l pipe . igarette n1oke nt a1n nint eeen poi on - includ– ing carbon 111000 ide, nicotine, car- - holic acid. and f t1rfural. One cigarette cont ain a n1uch ft1rfural a twenty 011nce of whi key. Furfural i fifty tin1e a poi onou a alcohol and cau - e tre111or , convt1l ion . n1u cle twitch– ing. paraly i of re piratory 1nu cle . Hud on Maxim said , 'With every brea th maker inhale imbecility and e hale n1anhood .' ' - Selected. the convenience of hi own people. The re pon e wa overwhelming. Two da 1· after the initial di tribution , a call \.\r a received at the church office for 300 more. One of the ladie from the church had left a copy on her de k where he works - other aw it. the \ V hole office force wanted one. Thi wa repeated later in the week only with a larger number of copie being reque ted. On and on go the detai l - sufficient to ay that the end re ult wa approximately 3000 extra copie being run off and di - tributed . .. all from out ider ! Every la t one of them wanted to expres their approval of the a tronaut . Pa - tor Bice remarked . . . "This was another demon tration to our people that God still over-rule the forces of Satan! ' THE HEBREW AND CHRISTIAN SOCIETY 12 AKRON COLUMBUS DAYTON C LEVELAND 291-3280 928 -5538 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 237-1604 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 434-6348 BOSTON, MASS. 787-3 506 78 1-4825 926-9743 ~ BAP TIST MID-MISSIONS JEWISH MISSIONARIES IN CLEVELAND ~ Di rector: Leeland H. Croccs Mrs. Leeland Crotts, Miss Ca rolyn Renner, Miss Carol A. Mc i ver 4205 Cheste r Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44103 FEBRUARY, 1970 A Good Definition by Warren Wiersbe S <)Jll • }' ',1 rs :1g ), I rcn<I l he I >11 i ng stal c111 ·nr on n cl1t1rc l1 IJullc b<)n r< I : ; I /1 ri ,ti(III i ,· <I / JC' l'.\'<JN \.V /t rJ i\ I ()R(//VI I I (JR ,/VJ ( ; a11rl I (JR GJVI CJ WJ1 c1 t a \.v()ntJerf11I c.lefinition! C J1r1 tran is a per\On wJ10 j /, .r.: i l'e11 . llaving received Christ as } av1our, the believer is forgiven fl ever of all hi c; i11 c; . "Having forgive } Oll all lre pa c;~cs" states ( '" olossia 2: 13 : and Hebrew 10:17 promi< hAnd their 4)inc; and iniquitie will remember no more! '' But a hri tian i al o / org ivitlf! . he ha experienced the grace of Ge in hi own heart, he certainly cann, carry anything within against h brother. Paul wrote in Ephe i an 4: 3. ' ·. . . . forgiving one another, eve a, God for Chri t' ake hath fo given you .' Some of the mo t mise able people I know are Christians wit unforgiving pirit . They till carr within malice and unkindness toward tho e who have offended them. 1 real Chri tian - one who wants t glorify Chri t- will ettle the e thing privately and lovingly for a rea Chri tian i forgiving. Finally a Christian i f or giving ' Freely ye have received, freely give.· One of the mark of a true Christia1 i hi de ire to give to other . Fir t o all , he wants to hare the Go pel Then he want to hare of his time talent and material po e ions tc help other find Chri t. Selfisl1nes~ and C/1ristianit), cannot ivalk togetl1er If a man has any under tanding ot what it mean to be a Chri tian then he realize the privilege and obliga– tion he ha to give to others. "Give and it hall be given unto you:' A Christian i not imply a per on who believes a certain way; he must al o behave a certain way. Some mi ionarie vi ited a heathen village and told the people about Christ. "Oh, we know him!" the natives said "He ll ed to live here!" Careful investi– gation hawed that a godly mission– ary had vi ited the village years be– fore, and had made uch a tremend– ou impression on the natives that they thought he wa Je u hrist! A true Chri tian i forgiven, for– giving, and for giving. How do we measure up? NOT TO BE REPRINTED WITHOUT PERMISSION. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST