Torch, Fall 1999

P rayer may be foreign territory to you. It may be that you know to say grace before meals. You may even recite a prayer of thanksgiving when you get a clean bill of health at your annual physical. But the demands of a true commitment to diligence in prayer may seem a bit outlandish and maybe even overkill. While no one, save God, can know your heart condition, this is a dangerous attitude to have. David M'lntyre, quoting some of the great Christians of the past, wrote: "Chrysostom has said, 'The just man does not desist from praying until he ceases to be just.' Augustine declared, 'He that loves little prays little, and he that loves much prays much.' Richard Hooker wrote, 'Prayer is the first thing with which a righteous life begins, and the last with which it ends.' Pere la Combe said, 'He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray, and he who will be constant in prayer shall know what it is to have a pure heart.' John Bunyan proclaimed, 'If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian."'* There can be no doubt that prayer is one of the outgrowths of a genuine salvation experience. If you are not sure you have ever experienced the salvation offered by grace alone through the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary, we encourage you to take that step now, before you set this magazine aside. For more information, contact: Robert Rohm Vice President for Christian Ministries P.O. Box 601 Cedarville, OH 45314 937-766-2211 rohmr@cedarville.edu *David M'Intyre, The Hidden Life ofPrayer (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1993), 24. Prayer: Spiritual Service by Paul Dixon I Student Teaching Cross-Culturally by Alicia Baisley and Philip Bassett 4 The Missionary Track by Ed Lewis 10 Campus News 14 /'- ' f I l MEMBER Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Editor Martin Clark Managing Editor Roger Overtu1f Associate Editor Kara Steinman Proofreaders Martha Baldwin Wendy Orchard Graphics Mike Bieniek Dan Clingan Kerry Estes Photography Scott Huck Cedarville Torch Vol. 21. No. 3 Fall 1999 Pubbshed by Cedarville College Dr. Paul Dixon, President NO PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS Cedarville Torch is published for alumni and friends of Cedarville College. Direct comments and requests for extra copies to: Managing Editor Cedarville Torch P.O. Box 601 Cedarville, OH 45314 937-766-7808 ISSN I093-4618 Torch 3