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Continued pg. 5 .ouidea.com and .arn.org.) on Intelligent Design check out these sites: www www Who is Philip Johnson? He is one of the founders of the Intelli- gent Design movement. (For more information P.1 One Nation Under Whatever Under Nation One P.1 to Retire Max Barnett P.1 and Science Evolution P.5 Phillip Johnson did not address the issues One question was particularly important to . The topic was “One nation under what- about Evolution or Intelligent Design during his lecture but received many questions about these issues in the question and answer period. Several faculty and staff from the University of Oklahoma were present and asked many emotionally charged questions. the discussion. A professor of evolutionary biology asked a question about the lecture th John 12:46 “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” one who believes in me should stay in come into the world as a light, so that no John 12:46 “I have web-site: www.ou.edu/beaconou At the lecture, he argued heavily that evolution is more philoso- At the lecture, he argued heavily that evolution Philip Johnson spoke at the University of Oklahoma Law School Philip Johnson spoke at the University Phillip Johnson explained

“One Nation Under Whatever?” “One Nation Under BeaconOU ever?” the Contro- “Teach phy than science, and that schools should on Thursday, April 15 on Thursday, James Wickett versy.” He discussed the im- He discussed versy.” portance of looking at science without a priori naturalistic During his talk, philosophy. he discussed the importance of teaching students the difference between observable, testable science and philosophy. that he wrote a two-sentence amendment for Senator Rick Santorum. This is commonly referred to as the good science education should prepare students to distinguish the Santorum Amendment. It states, “(1) data or testable theories of science from philosophical or religious claims that are made in the name of science; (2) where biological evolution is taught, the curriculum should help students to understand why this subject generates so much continuing controversy, and should prepare the students to be informed participants in public discussions regarding the subject.” and made a reference to the people of the Middle-Ages believing in a flat earth. This was shocking because it is well known in edu- cated circles that people in the Middle-Ages knew that the earth was round. The Flat Earth argument is a farce that was created by two historians of science. Phillip Johnson was a little shocked that an academic still believed such a statement to be true. Hopefully, this is not to the discredit of the educational staff at the University of Oklahoma. Johnson then reemphasized T I C K E T S

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I know that you will that I believe would of amazed by the content Always Take a Firm Stand Always Take No matter what the odds are against you, always stand up for what For me, it has been a crazy journey. I have fallen in the 1% of many For me, it has been a crazy journey. you believe in. When God puts something on your heart, let the whole is world know what it is. Some people may call you crazy or wild, but that have divine inspiration for what you are doing, and you there opinion. You will get great satisfaction for it. It is for the glory of God as he blesses our lives in many different ways. Others are jealous of you because of but they your zest for life and love for God. They could be the same way, don’t have the courage you do. God is an amazing being, and man sometimes cannot understand why HE does what HE does. But when He reveals the truth to you, everything you endured or went through makes since. It is comical as I see people question God. How do you question the So, you accept what happens un- can’t. supreme being of the earth? You til HE shows you why it happened. When He reveals the truth to you, you feel stupid for questioning Him. Man has an inquisitive nature, and sometimes it makes him look stupid. Be ready for God to reveal His plan for your life. When HE reveals in the plan, you will understand why God takes you through your journey life. bad health issues, but it has been a great blessing, not a problem. Why? God has blessed me and made me into someone who can help others. Aaron Adair The Significance of Jesus Christ Jesus of Significance The Adair Aaron not experi- They did Testament. the Old God in heard about only Man Imagine the to mankind now. that is available type of relationship ence the His son to help us. God sent wanting Being known to mankind Supreme of the Him. The people the world could see earth as a man so down to be- but they just they never saw God, had great faith as Old Testament believed human, some people came to earth as a Him. When God lieved in pure astonishment. and others were in die for all of man’s reason for coming to earth was to Jesus knew His was? Jesus suf- is: why was He treated the way He sins. The question remember Him. did so those who did not believe will fered the way HE week of Easter on had a three-hour special during the Peter Jennings talking about the full of scholars and Christians ABC. It was a program way He did, there If Jesus hadn’t suffered the life and death of Jesus. the world HE put the sins of discussion about Him today. be a wouldn’t mankind and all on His shoulders and He died for before and after Him it wouldn’t have If He had died a simple death, we have done wrong. in the world today. made such a difference stand out from other world reli- There is one thing that makes Jesus the dead. What more do you want to gions; after HE died He rose from believe in? in because man has to see it for It is not enough for man to believe Bible, which is God breathed and himself. It is stated as a truth in the it. therefore true, but man does not accept from God, and he has looked to the Man has lost faith as he has turned he loses faith in himself world for help. As man sees he is undependable, his faith in himself, he turns to God. and all of mankind. When man loses done man needs to look back to God and see what HE has Today’s and see the faith the Old Testament for us. Man needs to look back to faith, and the only way to do these people had. Man needs to rediscover that is to rediscover God. see how the King of Kings came Read the Easter story and you will down to our level. down to earth and lowered Himself right , since God is Persecution in Nigeria in Persecution right is right The Right must win. There is a group you always see succeed. You get tired of their success You There is a group you always see succeed. God.” Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) English theologian & hymn writer from and wrong and leadership.” Truman Harry 33rd President of the United States, 1945-53 “For since you know they don’t play by the rules. Their success continues, so since you know they don’t play by help you can confront the unrighteous. God’s what do you do? With a stand for the truth, but at least Some people may not like you for taking about it. you feel better after you said something of you. can sit there and allow what you know to build up inside You the way they win is after year you see the team win, but you know Year information you know to ask God to help you reveal the not right. You help you can bring down the unrigh- God’s the proper authorities. With teous to make the levels even for everyone. God doesn’t favor one man have a but He does favor those who believe in Him. You over another, rules and be eternally choice to make, do you want to play by God’s for your false success. or do you want to cheat to win and suffer happy, gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? “How far would Moses have What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? What would have happened to the Reformation if Mar- tin Luther had taken a poll? It isn’t polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It’s Doing the Right Thing Doing the Right Aaron Adair P 4 P Aaron Adair Aaron were killed people hundred 1500 that almost I saw research, doing some In on a Christian youths went Christians. Muslim because they were in Nigeria in Nigeria. nearly 200 churches tour by torching persecution Asso- branch of the Christian of the Kaduna vice chairman Sam Kujiyat, behind the extremism” was Islamic Nigeria, said “foreign-funded ciation of attack. the USA. Just like the problem somewhere else besides is a Terrorism worry about. Bigger in Nigeria said there is nothing to USA, the authorities I had to go to a cultural Why? About a year ago the way. issues could be on a Muslim service. of my classes, and I decided to go experience for one beliefs, but there is people who stand up for their They are very passionate opposing religion. It or injure thousands of people from an NO reason to kill are posing to be terrorism and religion. If these Muslims is not good to mix terrorists are giving Christians, it is not right because the religious just to kill name. the Muslims a bad and take over just be- some rich organization to come in It is not right for lived Jesus was a common man on earth, and he cause they have money. are killing people. It is because of their among the people. These terrorists but at times it can be the root of all evil. Money is great, money. by the persecution in Nigeria in your Please keep the people affected by the grace of God. prayers. Pray there will be a resolution

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I close with a statement from Erwin Sch “I’m very astonished that the scientific It picture of the real world is very deficient. all gives a lot of factual information, puts our experience in a magnificently consistent and but it is ghastly silent about all order, scientism. attack any explanation will push and Naturalists as un- than evolution by any means other for origins it is that science, as Remember though scientific. by God fearing scien- known, was used originally are: original of such scientists tists. Examples method, Francis Bacon; proposer of the scientific Johannes Kepler; fa- astronomy, founder of modern theory of probability and ther of the mathematical Blaise Pascal; early chemist combinatorial analysis, Boyle; founder Robert Law, and stater of Boyle’s science and mathematics, many areas of modern Laurate, Michael Faraday; Isaac Newton; Nobel theoretical physicist, James Clerk one of three great These scientists many more. Maxwell; and many, because of their belief in were able to do science astrophysicist, God. Stephen Hawking, a renowned sundry that is really near to ones heart, that really matters to us. It cannot tell us a word about red and blue, bitter and sweet, physical pain and physical de- good or light, knows nothing of beautiful and ugly, Science sometimes pretends bad, God and eternity. to answer questions in these domains, but the answers are very often so silly that we are not inclined to take them seriously.” His lec- book. Darwin on Wedge of Truth. of Truth. Wedge The Right Questions ; and One Nation Under Whatever contd. from P1 One Nation Under Whatever contd. from The Right Questions; Truth, Meaning and The Right Questions; Truth, ; to the audience that this is why it is important to It was great to see Phillip Johnson in person and an “Teach the Controversy.” And when we begin to let the Controversy.” “Teach will see more we the issues become discussed freely, issues like Flat Earth become discredited. honor to have the UC Berkeley professor at our campus. He has written some ground breaking books that you might want to look into: Trial the Public Debate ture was based on ing continuity over alteration.” Here the people wanted to maintain a status quo. In our classes and our nation naturalists are trying to change science by imposing their philosophy on it. They call non-science. anything that does not fit their view, They claim that anything else has left the scope of science and is just religion and has no place in re- But they have ascribed to a new religion, ality. ing, but this has never been done and cannot be and cannot been done never but this has ing, no proof for their earth. They have done on the a creationist or intelli- any more than philosophies the taught as So why is evolution gent designist. for the origin of life? explanation only scientific two teenagers movie “Pleasantville”, In the transported to a black and from the 1990s are As the teens interact with white 1950s TV world. Pleasantville the people and the the inhabitants of The fearful black to color. town begin to change a counsel and forge rules for and whites assemble and whites and coloreds alike. all citizens, black and one of the teens, now in The scene changes one of the supposed rules. Bud/ is reading color, McGuire, reads, “Eight. David, played by Toby high school curriculum must All elementary and emphasiz- teach the non-changest view of history, Evolution and Science and Evolution ther. So when Michelson ther. ther was the substance of æ æ ther wind was not observed, æ ther wind, as proposed, was ob- æ I have had to sit in classes and be indoctri- and sit in classes had to I have ther existed, Lorentz came up with his ther existed, Lorentz came up with nated by the philosophies of my professors. I my professors. the philosophies of nated by as such never thought student, and am a zoology lectures where my to sit through I would have personal philoso- spoke about their professors evo- speaking about convictions. I am phies and of which I speak teach lution. The professors for evolution but a philosophy, not the science of the realm of science. evolution has left and astrophysics major, I have been an Eric Dr. my professor, when studying physics teach from many views. He Abraham, would here is the information used did not only teach he taught background and today know it, but such as not worked and why, theories that have taught the Bohr Model of electrons. He also not how knowing something for sure is the example of Lorentz’s scientific. Take contraction laws. The speed of light had been calculated and and measured for the known speed taking that light is a wave, it was pre- be- dicted that space, that is the space sub- tween celestial bodies, must be some stance more dense than diamond, illuminiferrous Jerimiah Johnson Jerimiah but they were wrong. In his zealousness to prove that did his famous wave splitter experiment, it did his famous wave splitter experiment, was very surprising that nothing showing an that served. Since it was a known fact æ contraction laws. These laws explained why the space, Lorentz colored the data with his that space really is we know Today, philosophy. a vacuum. This is due to scientists properly ap- plying science and observing and drawing con- clusions from the data not extrapolating beyond their means. In physics, I was taught real science. It was objective seeking out, through unbiased observa- tion, the mechanics of how nature works. Now I am taught only that which is ex- in zoology, plained through natural physical processes is real. What is the mind then? What is information? These scientists will say are philosophical questions, but if all that is in the physical realm then science can define them. Naturalists always want creationists or intelligent designers to come up with an experiment to prove a designer but they never have experimentally or creator, shown evolution. They have made a soup of amino acids, polypeptides, and other organic molecules, but never life. If they had, then it would have been by their intelligence and not by chance. 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EVEN ODD P 7 P al and area bands. .com for a current schedule of events. .maxbarnett.com for more details of the for .maxbarnett.com can. Students are more focused on the things of God. They will continue this school year with a campus wide fast mentioned in greater detail on page 6. “I will not mention him Jeremiah 20:9 But if I say, or speak any more in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot. www .ouislandparty www When asked how Max has influenced them and how they have When asked how Max has influenced Chemistry Freshman says, “constantly going after spiri- Craig Bagley, who is this old Architecture Junior says, “At first I thought, Wu, Tony Making disciples that make disciples has always been the goal of life verse is Isaiah 43:4, Since you were precious in My Max Barnett’s Max Barnett to Retire from the BSU from Max Barnett to Retire ample of Christ.” Go to weekend events. plenty to had Wu Bagley and Tony changed since coming to OU, Craig say. love but because of my mentality, tual disciplines, not just in a legalistic since coming to OU? “Spiritual sin- for God.” How have you changed that I had always wanted to do.” I saw people doing the stuff cerity, ask me how I was doing and he guy? He would always greet me and me more indirectly by ob- cared how I was doing. He has influenced to share 37 years of his life to serving how he lives, how he is willing He is al- me constantly. reach out to college students. He challenges even when it is a sophomore ways taking notes, constantly learning, Even though he is retiring, he is speaking. He is another friend of ours. graduates and bring people from still thinking of ways to minister to overseas to equip them to go back and share the gospel there.” Max Barnett. He is always encouraging us to make scripture memory when it is in our hearts and on our can live the Word verse packs. We minds. sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you. Therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life. IP04 waiting for those who do not love God, they would do whatever it takes to make sure people heard the gospel.” It clicked with him. He looked up at me and said, “I guess that is why you are here.” I said, “I am here because I love you and I know that God still loves you.” If the gospel of Christ has changed you, then you are like Christ, willing to go wherever God leads you. It is great to see such a saving faith, a believing faith on this campus before I graduate. Many have our prayed for revival to sweep this campus. With eyes on Jesus and our hearts with His, I believe that it

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Current bands include Radiant and Tink Lipton, and many more are on the way. Check Check and many more are on the way. Lipton, Radiant and Tink Current bands include When I am Weak, He is Strong When I am Weak, In my weakness, I became discouraged. I questioned why I was even As corny as it sounds, I fell in love with the country in the week I was As corny as it sounds, I fell in love Spring Break 2003 was my first leadership experience in missions. I had Spring Break 2003 was my first Jesus Week Missed the Boat! contd. from P1 the Boat! contd. from Missed Jesus Week If we stay behind the spiritually chained doors of our churches and we do not share this good news with the world, then we are as captives ourselves, not understanding of the good news of Christ and needy of a Savior. After I became a Christian, I went to my hometown and spoke with one of my best friends from High School that had become a homosexual. He had grown up in I gave him my testimony. church and knew more scripture than I did at that time. I remember him saying, “if people really believed the message and knew that there was a hell The Brothers of Beta Upsilon Chi invite you to the 2004 BYX OU ISLAND PARTY, their annual free concert featuring well-known loc their annual free concert featuring BYX OU ISLAND PARTY, Upsilon Chi invite you to the 2004 The Brothers of Beta there if I was not able to serve my purpose. One afternoon, in the midst of there if I was not able to serve my purpose. One afternoon, in the midst of a one of my self-pitying conversations, God spoke to me through the face drama 3-year-old. This absurdly adorable little boy was intently watching the being preformed. Disregarding his age, his eyes showed that he was grasping con- the story of Jesus Christ as expressed through the drama. I came to the the clusion that it was not about me and my abilities, or lack thereof. God is the one who draws us near to Him. He merely allows me to participate in process. Maybe I should be quiet more often…. there. Naturally, I jumped at the chance to visit my heart and my Bolivian I jumped at there. Naturally, armed with another year of Spanish This time, countrymen again this year. my two - translator for the group. Finally, experience, I was an official and translating Spanish converged! pastimes of sharing life with others a couple fainting students, we made it to Despite a few visa problems and was effective and people were listening! “my” country unscathed. The drama the Devil attacks those who are advancing But, as in any missionary situation, the most: my voice. A nasty virus stole the Kingdom. I was hit where it hurt testimonies from En- it is hard to translate my voice for several days. Yeah, language. glish into Spanish using merely body the amazing opportunity to travel to Bolivia with a group of high school stu- the amazing opportunity to travel to was preparing to return to the States, dents performing a drama. When I country…my heart. there is something I left in this beloved Kaylan Lytle and be utterly amazed, for I am going to do “Look at the nations and watch, even if you were told.” Hab. 1:5 great things! Things you wouldn’t believe, almost 35,000 people die in the people 35,000 almost Every day Every g g g .heartofgod.com .perspectives.or .okcperspectives.or .thetravelingteam.or Religion can be good as long as it is true religion-to care for the fa- Religion can be good as long as it is pray for revival and revival does not come, because our hearts We Our Actions Speak Louder than Our Our Actions Speak Louder Words Ricky Thomas could argue against that state- therless and the widows. No Christian against it with many well to do Christians argue ment with words. Yet, are tossed minor bread their actions. The widows and fatherless their houses with gold and satisfy crumbs while the elite Christians fill their flesh to the fullest. In Revelation Jesus speaks of such, “I was hungry and you did not feed me, I was naked and you did not clothe me”. Our actions speak louder than our words and show where our faith and hearts truly lie. “He who knows to do good and does it not to him it is sin”, James 4:17 The reason our nation has not been won for up your cross and Christ is that we have not been won for Him. “Take follow me”, Jesus says, “Anyone who takes a hold of the plow and looks to the right or the left is not worthy of me”. are evil. Revival must begin with us as individuals. Churches seem so confused about what revival is. They can come together and dance and sing, jump and run in the aisles, yet unless there has been imparted of God and a hunger to know Him and make a hunger for the Word Him known, these actions are no different than what takes place in a day care. If such a revival has no spiritual growth taking place, then it will never reach the surrounding community outside of the church walls. The majority of “Christians” in the U.S. remain infants. Infants think of themselves and can do little by themselves. “Mine”, is a word you will hear a lot in a day care. “Mine”, is a word you hear a lot in the church By the time they ought to be teachers they still have need for of today. milk, para, Hebrews 5:12 Do they make disciples that are Christians- in Christ image or like Christ? Our churches in America have changed word and even teach con- because they have lost their love for God’s trary to it. He will return! I want to see that. I hope that you see that and are not ashamed in that day. The above statistics are real. are above statistics The and over 270 million billion Muslims, 550 million Hindus, There are almost 1 there are ways you can address this If this information is compelling to you, Buddhists in the world today that have no chance to hear the gospel from a today that have no chance to Buddhists in the world do have missionaries While these “unreached” church in their culture. missionaries work the ratios are staggering; only 1000 laboring among them, each face the task of Muslims in the world, and so among the 1 billion people for Christ. reaching 1 million group of people, the the situation resembles a small Spiritually speaking, while a group three the plenteous blessing of the Lord Church, feasting on bite. times our size still waits for its first about the state of the world. The disproportion. Become more informed help assist you in your search: following resources are available to least-reached area of the world, called the 1040 Window, without ever having ever without 1040 Window, called the world, area of the least-reached Christ. The faith in Jesus of repentance and saving message heard the workers to 332,000 full-time about 4,000 of its sends only modern church of our spend 95% culture. We witness in their have no gospel those who is already a where there on evangelism on ourselves, 4.5% resources effort in the on evangelistic of one percent witness, and half Christian the world. unreached areas of www www www www A Letter to a Dark Place Dark a to Letter A It’s been a long time since I have visited you, or thought about you, or prayed about you, or visited you, or thought time since I have been a long It’s be the light of the gospel. But to remember the goal of bringing you We following statistic: we here spend 95% I confess to you, with no excuses, the how many you are? Out of the 6 Can you remind me again, dear friends, you live suffer under the curse of poverty Is it still true, that the places where O But time still runs away with you, and sweeps you swiftly toward the fire. not I pray that by our coming we might yet save some of you; but we will please wait for us to come. younger generation, and you middle-aged, You Mark McLane Mark window: the 1040 friends of Dear as Jesus did. worked to serve you time since I have has been a long for you; it your needs, and situation; I know unaware of your I am not totally Of course, the unaware of your sins; completely are dying in You your desperation. here who are dying because we for you on the cross. You salvation Jesus won you from the lies of not yet made our way to you, to rescue know the truth have the Enemy of God. been have We slow. to you that our progress seems honest, I must admit more than training and knowledge; we have time, people, blessed with money, free from your bonds. support a significant effort to set you enough of each to resources pool these have not yet learned how to effectively we Unfortunately, us to give to you, The blessings that our God has entrusted to initiate this effort. we continue to use for other things. pour it into more Bible Study We of the money God has given us on ourselves. Christian retreats, and more Christian courses, more Bible editions, more Our responsibility to you, our lost entertainment, music, books and T-shirts. sadly hindered by all of this. But I also and hopeless brothers and sisters, is here in the US money 4.5% of God’s present to you a slightly happier statistic: Of right here in our country. we spend on Christian ministry to non-believers leaves half of one percent for you, my course, you can do the math. That desperate ones. friends, you, the neediest and most over 2 billion? Is it still true, you billion in our world, do you still number you comprise one third of the souls on unreached nations of the world, that that you have not a single church in your earth? Is your plight still so black, shine the light of Jesus to illumine cultures that can effectively and sensitively your gloom? but also physically? Can it still be true, you and devastation, not only spiritually of your ancestors’ souls cry out from 2 billion, that generation after generation that you might not come there, and yet no Hell for someone to go and warn you, one has yet been sent? not completely black. I have felt a fresh situation, dark as it may seem, is Your plight, wind from God, blowing across our land. He is awakening us to your myself, and renewing and reviving our hearts to prepare us to come to you. I are in though I am small and helpless, am planning to come; the words of life a me, and I long to come and share them with you. Others, too, are working; their number of my dearest friends are already there among you, pouring out Also, lives that yours might be saved; some are still preparing, just as I am. here; and God is using them to exhort the Body many stay behind reluctantly, mightily to soften our hearts more toward your need. your forgive us, you hopeless millions; we are so out of shape for this race, and have us, sister! We us, brother; forgive lives outstrip our pace. Forgive that you have only one life to live, and after that the judgment. We forgotten have forgotten that in your place, just as in ours, time waits for no one. and come soon enough to save everyone. Oh fathers, mothers! Uncles we will grandmothers! Age is not kind to you, and so I beg you to forgive us; falling over into see you from far off, not be there in time to rescue you. We that chasm of death, and though we run we cannot catch you. us, us, if you can, for our sluggishness; forgive will be there soon! Forgive We if you if you can, for our ease, for our hoarding, for our selfishness! Forgive us, can, for our unlove! P 8 P

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