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Cedarville Magazine
Letters
A Timely Resource
I just received my Spring/Summer 2012
Torch
(“Welcoming the Stranger”). The adult Sunday school
class I teach has been studying the relationship between
justice and compassion and how believers can live out
biblical truth related to these concepts. I am going
to use selected portions of
Torch
to supplement this
quarter’s lessons. Thank you for such a timely issue.
What an unexpected blessing!
Tom Chmura ’78
/
Westfield Center, Ohio
Thank You for Your Stand
I deeply respect what Cedarville is doing for Christ
and His Kingdom. It was my privilege to see some of
your folks at last November’s Evangelical Summit on
Immigration in Chicago. It was impressive to hear of
CU’s leadership in the student community. May God
prosper all your efforts. It is a critical need.
I presented a paper, “Thinking Biblically on
Immigration,” to the Congregation Symposium in
Madison, Wisconsin, last November. It was a pleasure
to acquaint themwith Cedarville and your uncommon
vision and ministry.
Art Gay
/
Evangelical Initiatives International
/
McHenry, Illinois
Glad for New Perspectives
Just wanted to thank you for putting together such a
great conference. I must say, putting a speaker with
different viewpoints in the lineup did what it was
supposed to do, at least for me. I went home Friday
night and wrestled with Scripture to better develop
and support my perspectives.
Looking at the New Testament, scriptures make
it very clear that it was the Church’s job to reach the
poor. In Acts 4, those who had excess sold it and laid
it at the feet of the apostles for them to distribute to
the less fortunate. When the Church complained about
the lack of care for the widows, the apostles appointed
godly men to oversee the distribution of food, not to
petition Rome. The government at the time of Christ
cared very little, if at all, for the plight of the poor, and
Christ’s reference to the fulfillment of the Isaiah 61
prophecy is obviously a spiritual one — He had come
to set us free from the debt of our sins.
I didn’t link it together this way until I listened to
Lisa SharonHarper, and I’m sure I would not have done
so unless she shared her perspective. As Arthur Brooks
stated, the moral ideas will always win out over facts.
Christian Victor
/
Springfield, Ohio
Welcoming
the Stranger
Spring–Summer2012
Making SenseofToday’sCritical IssuesFromaBiblicalPerspective
Editor
Joel Tomkinson ’03
Managing Editor
Carol Lee ’96
Alumnotes Editor
Monica (James) Bowen ’92
Creative Director
Chad Jackson ’05
Graphic Designer
Joshua Redmond
Photographer
Scott Huck
Administration
President
William Brown
Provost
John Gredy
Senior Vice President for Business
and Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Sohn
Vice President for Academics
Thomas Cornman
Vice President for Advancement
William Bigham
Vice President for Christian Ministries
Robert Rohm ’68
Vice President for Enrollment
Management and Marketing
Janice (Warren) Supplee ’86
Acting Vice President for Student Life
Kirsten Gibbs ‘93
Cedarville University is a Christ-centered
learning community equipping students
for lifelong leadership and service
through an education marked by
excellence and grounded in biblical truth.
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Spring 2013
Volume 1 Issue 1
