Torch, Fall 2002

2 TORCH / Fall 2002 Editor Dr. Martin Clark Managing Editor Roger Overturf Associate Editor Kara Steinman Proofreaders Martha Baldwin Wendy Orchard Senior Designer Michael Bieniek Photo Editor Scott Huck Cedarville Torch Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall 2002 Published by Cedarville University Dr. Paul Dixon, President NO PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS Cedarville Torch is published for alumni and friends of Cedarville University. Direct comments and requests for extra copies to: Managing Editor Cedarville Torch 251 N. Main St. Cedarville, OH 45314 937-766-7808 pr@cedarville.edu www.cedarville.edu ISSN 1093-4618 Follow the Romans Road to Salvation! Romans 3:10-11 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.” Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 10:9-13 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” or Christ ... For Others ... Forever is our theme for this academic year, my 25th year as president and the 115th in Cedarville’s history. This theme was the vision of our five Reformed Presbyterian founders in 1887. And it resounded in 1953, as the Baptist Bible Institute of Cleveland moved to this campus. James T. Jeremiah, Don Tyler, Harold Green, Bob Rohm, and Bob Gromacki are names on a long list of Cedarville leaders who have been committed to this theme. We take the Great Commission seriously and delight in the opportunity to prepare men and women to reach their world for Christ. As I have often said, “We will never reach a world for Christ from the pulpit.” It must be done every day in every place from the pew to the pulpit. A Christian liberal arts education reinforces this belief. In chapel, I often share accounts of students leading others to Christ. The student body always erupts in applause. In the opening chapel annually we ask our students with unsaved parents or grandparents to stand so that we can offer our prayers for these loved ones. Throughout the year, as reports of these loved ones’ salvation come in, we praise God for answered prayer. At graduation, we focus on our seniors and their unsaved family members and friends. The glorious gospel of Christ is preached and the challenge to repent goes out. Our seniors desire to have each person realize that Christ is all that is needed. Evangelism and discipleship have been my heartbeat since the Lord saved me as a high school senior in 1956. Before I became president, Mrs. “D” and I would have college men in our home once a week to disciple them and encourage them to build into others’ lives. Discipleship continues today throughout our student body. Our director of discipleship ministries is responsible for teaching discipleship and encouraging our students to be involved in this ministry—and hundreds are. For Christ ... For Others ... Forever has been a Cedarville emphasis for decades. By God’s grace it will always be the heartbeat of this campus and of our alumni. You participate in this theme, too, by your support of Cedarville University and your prayers for God’s blessing upon the administration, faculty, staff, and student body. Paul Dixon, President F Things We Do n The Way We Do the