2004 Miracle Yearbook

Fall Bible Conference eb Wpon 1&stib As freshmen tried to stay afloat in the rush ofgetting started andreturning studentshuggedtheirfriendsand moved backin,the2003Fall BibleConference focused everyone's attention on Jesus. The soloists and praise team continued Cedarville's tradition ofquality,God- centered music, and "Lion of Judah" remindedeveryoneofChrist'simminent victory. Speakingasanew,fatherlypresident to hisnew studentbody,Dr.BillBrown opened the conference by calling students and faculty to excel in Christ as Paul called the Philippians. He showed his audience how they should discern what is best by changing their minds and hearts: changing minds by seeingeverything asGod sees,looking forGod'shandeverywhere,andthinking maturely; changing hearts by determining to love,serve,and give to others. Presbyterian Pastor Joe Novenson from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, spoke during the second half of the conference. Drawing from Hebrews, he addressed the problems of apathy and failure, urging that attention be turned from selfto Christ. He pointed outtheneedforrepentanceand humility, which arise outofhonestyin relation to an individual'sgoodness."The Bible is notabookofvirtues,"he asserted."It's abookoftwits"—evenBiblically,there was no one good apart from God's grace. With a dramatic but genuine urgency,PastorNovensoncommanded the attention of a full chapel, placing Christ,in power,glory,andsacrifice,in their line ofvision. Sophomore Katie Fickes summed up the campus-wide sentiment when shesaid,"PastorNovensonemphasized God'salmightypowerandamazinglove insuch a waythatIgained areallyclear view of God's grace I had never understood before." 44 Harvest Neysa Fuller smiles before singing a solo for the chapel. Jeremy Camillo says,"Rev. Novenson was the best conference speaker that I can remember. He showed us the different attributes of God and really made me think about how God sees us and how we should respond to Him." (Top) Faculty dressed in their regalia march in the aca- demic chapel recessional for convocation. Eliza- beth Tegge comments that "it was fun to see all the different colors!"