Biola Broadcaster - 1972-09

A LITTLE MUST BECOME A THOUSAND

By DR. LORNE SANNY President of the Navigators 1972 Commencement Message

idea that has motivated me since I was a student. I am eager to share this especially with the graduates of 1972. It is beautifully pictured in the text read a moment ago, "A little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation, I the Lord will hasten it in his time." Paul expressed this to Timothy, "The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also." As a student at Biola I re­ member hearing the quotation of D. L. Moody, "I would rather put

One day l sat down to lunch with a man I had not seen for sever­ al years. After we ordered he asked me a startling question, "What is the greatest thought you have had in the last two years?" I went to­ tally blank! How would you have answered? What has come to my mind since is not only the greatest thought I have had in two years, but I believe is the greatest thought I have had since I was a student at Biola in the forties. Apart from the thoughts of Cod Himself, His Son Jesus Christ, and the great themes of salvation, there is one pervading

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