Under the Parsonage Roof by Althea S. Miller
BIOLA Bible Conference
UNDERSTANDING It was a heart-warming experience for Daddy and Mother to hear their 17-year-old son pray: “Dear Lord, help us Juniors in the achievement tests today. Help us to think clearly and may we not be tense.” “ Tents?” exploded four-year-old Mark. “That’s what Indians live in!” Family worship had not officially come to an end because the parents had not yet prayed. But the howl of laughter which filled the room at little brother’s comment, brought prayer time to an abrupt halt. “David didn’t mean that kind of tents, Mark,” Dorotheann explained. “Uh huh, he did,” the family “ caboose” insisted. “You’re stupid,” Paul chimed in. “He isn’t stupid. Mark just doesn’t understand the word David used. It isn’t part of his vocabulary yet. Nor do you understand what it means.” Mother added as a sort of after thought, “You didn’t sound very kind talking like that to your brother.” As Mother went to the first class of the day she found herself praying with renewed fervor that her 7th and 8th graders would come into a spiritual understanding of the Word in Bible class. She r e c a l l e d the prayer of the Apostle Paul for the Colossians: “ . . . that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual under standing” (1:9). She knew for certain that no man outside of Christ has true wisdom or comprehensive understand ing. David was showing signs of in creased maturity. Mother’s heart was glad in the knowledge. Her son had understanding that his Father could and would keep him calm in the face of tests. He was not afraid to ask for what he needed. How blessed he is to learn while in his youth the im portance of getting an understanding. As his parents pray for David, they pray for their other children, that they will all obey the injunction: “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is (Eph. 5:17). Tense — or tents? Mental maturity will make clear the different mean ings to Mark. But may spiritual understanding never lag behind the mental.
The shape of things to come
With the ushering in of the international geophysical year and the opening of the space age with man-made satellites, there appears to be a vitally new interest in biblical prophecy. With this in mind, the B iola Bible Conference at Mount Her- mon, Calif, this year will have the theme: “ The Shape of Things to Come.” The conference is scheduled for August 10-17 and will feature Dr. Louis T. Talbot, Chancellor; Dr. S. H. Sutherland, Presi dent; Mr. A1 Sanders, Vice-President; Dr. Arthur B. Whiting, Chairman of the B iola Bible Department; Miss Joy Ridderhoff of Gospel Recordings. Margaret Sanders will be at the organ and Dr. Gordon Hooker at the piano. Mount Hermon (see May K.B.) is located south of San Fran cisco in the heavily wooded Santa Cruz Mountains. CAMPUS CARAVAN BIOLA faculty teams again this year will hold special con ferences in the Northwest under a project known as the Campus Caravan. These conferences are geared to meet the needs of each individual church in which they are held. For information on either the Mount Hermon conference or the Campus Caravan conferences, write Kenneth Daniels, Di rector of Christian Service, The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, 558 South Hope St., Los Angeles 17, Calif.
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