1999 Miracle Yearbook

dandelions litter the,floor Dr DMardocklistens a,s- Dr. Callan, Dixon,s-kows- ha disdain,(top). shares- a,Cedarville,wcperience, CHARTR P eriodically during chapel,Dr.Dixon recommends books to the student body. One book he read last year so influenced the college president that he asked Hugh Hewitt, author of "The Embarrassed Believer,"to speak before the student body on the annual Charter Day chapel. Hewitt is a well-known journalist in Southern California. His Emmy-award winning program Lifeand TimesairsonLos Angeles PBS station and he is often sought out as a speaker on the West Coast. As a Charter Day speaker, Hewitt's dynamic and contem- porary lecture came as something of a surprise. Students who "saved a skip for Charter Day," expecting the usual aged theolo- gian, missed a message aimed at motivating students to pursue media careers or support those who do. Halfway through his message,Hewitt asked students planning on pursuing careers in the media to stand. He saw few,and asked the rest ofthe audience to pray for those standing. "The Marines ofthe cultural war are the Christians who will go into Journalism and who will stand up for what they believe—not to become Christian journalists, but to be journalists who are Christians and unashamed ofthe Gospel," Hewitt said. For those not "called" to pursue journalism, Hewitt advised, "Find the good and praise it." In this context,he was speaking of mainstream media. He sited "Thechallenge by theLosAngeles Times,reli- the example ofhow few letters fo ryou...ifs to gion Christian. columniiset,wai nttefvoaungde1it this aisl distressing and cautioned his encoura e the audience against fostering a li h . similar apathy. "Thechallengefor you... is ,, curc to encourage the church when -Hugh Hewitt it makes a dent on the culture and not just to complain when the culture makes a dent on the church." A panel of professors who recalled the early days of Baptist Cedarville completed the celebration of Charter Week. History professor J. Murray Murdoch led the platform discussion. Al- though humorous, most of the panelists reminiscence focused on God'sprovision during the 112years Cedarville hasbeenchartered as an institution for higher learning. "Ourtradition is rooted in the Word of God, and traditions provide an anchor in times of up- heaval," Murdoch said. DIXON CHAPELS/CHARTER DAY