TORREY CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Pictured above are members of the Biola administration staff and featured speakers frpm this year's annual Torrey Memorial Bible Conference. From left to right are Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland, Biola president, Major lan Thomas, Rev. Thomas E. Steele, conference director, Dr. Arnold T. Olson, Dr. James H. Christian, Biola College dean, Dr. Walter L. Wilson, Dr. Cornelius Van Til, Dr. Lehman Strauss, Dr. Ralph Stoll. Rev. Donald MacFarland, and Mr. Richard Bennett.
MISTAKES OF LIFE Have you ever noticed how readily people seek to excuse themselves for the faults in their lives which are so apparent? Here is a compilation of seven mistakes from daily life, not necessarily given in the order of their importance. First, one of the primary mistakes of life is to fail to save your money. Second, to fail to improve your mind with good reading. Third, to try to make others believe exactly as you do. Fourth, to believe a thing is impos sible just because you can’t do it. Fifth, to worry about something that cannot be changed or a circumstance that is very likely never to occur. Sixth, to believe that one can climb the ladder of success by stepping on someone else. And seventh, the greatest of all and yet a mistake that is occurring in the lives of many, and that is the realization that while there, must be life after death, no preparation has been made for eter nity. “Behold now is the accepted time, behold now is the day of salvation.” 10
don’t count the cost. You don’t say, “Alright, what’s in it for me?” Don’t tell the Lord that you haven’t had sufficient education. If you saw a man in a burning building, you wouldn’t say, “I don’t have enough education to tell him to get out.” How foolish we are sometimes in trying to find excuses for not wanting to do what the Lord desires of us. Don’t misunderstand, however, it is good to get all the educa tion you can in various fields, and especially the Word of God. Get to know your Bible and the Sav iour. Take the position of being a very kind and gracious benefactor to the one with whom you are dealing. Take the place of the person who is listening to you. Try to see how they feel and how thy react to information you give them. You must use God-given common sense to know how to apply the message in each individual case. Don’t let Satan keep you from the joyous reward of leading precious souls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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