Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Does truth change with words? Why do we accept some words as true and not others? Is it a conditioned response to recognizable word patterns? Most people would recognize such Biblical names as Abraham or Judas, or places like Galilee or Bethel or Judea, or even events like the crossing of the Jordan or the Resurrection. Why do we accept the passages as true? as the truth? This quizz may give you a clue. Examine the following sentences, some of which were found in fortune cookies in New York’s Chinese restaurants and some of which are found in the Bible. Answer yes if the statement is Biblical and no if it was found in a fortune cookie. 1. Teach not by speech but by accomplishment. 2. Be sure that you act on the message and do not merely listen. 3. Patient endurance is what you need. 4. Do not act on the impulse of the moment. 5. Resist any impulse to be hasty today. 6. One day’s trouble is enough for one day. 7. Make these matters your business and absorbing interest. 8. Be cautious yet confidently aggressive. 9. Always aim at doing the best you can. 10. There is always time enough for courtesy. 11. Be kind to each other, be understanding. 12. Be on the alert for new opportunities. 13. Be careful of extravagance. 14. Acquire a treasure which will form a good foundation for the future. 15. Your efforts will soon be rewarded. 16. Let us not grow tired of doing good. 17. Pass for now. the risk is too great. 18. This person’s love is just and true: you may rely on it. 19. She will honor you if you embrace her. 20. Take the offensive—overpower evil with good. 21. Don’t become snobbish, but take a real jnterest in ordinary people. 22. Do not envy a man of violence. 23. Have lots of fun but choose your companions wisely. 24. Silence the ill-informed criticisms of the foolish. 25. For the time being you will find silence your wisest reply. How did you do? It could be that you had difficulty identifying the Biblical sentences because most of us depend on the King James Version phraseology to mark it as Biblical. All too often it is the form of Biblical message we recognize not the content. Both KJV English and fortune cookie expressions in their accepted form strike us on separate levels of acceptance. The KJV, with its ingrained flavor of historical authority is usually distinct from the earthy practicality of fortune cookie wording. The real questions are these: Are you aware of the non-verbal as well as the verbal influences that come In to play with words? Do you judge the validity of a statement by its apparent source? We often speak and listen as if words resound in a vacuum, unaffected by culture, historical setting, or geographical location. That’s where the anthropologist comes in. Who would have guessed that a linquist or anthropologist could be so practical? Our thanks to Dr Larson for the quiz.

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Do you feel pressured or left out by other students? In the beginning you feel pressured by other students; later on you realize that most of them aren't as mature as you. and that they don't have the experience you’ve had. Steve Voth Ye$-pre$sured to become accepted by them, and left out because you’re left out by them. Jim Worgan Do MK’s have problems others don’t? You better believe it. Language transition can become a real problem in self-expression, particularly if it’s a transition from the foreign idiom to the vernacular of the States. There is even a transitional gap between English and English, and the problem is not to learn the language as such, but to be able to function normally in that idiom. That is, without having to halt and stutter or keep asking, ’'What?’' Do you feel like an American? Do you consider yourself one? Yes—but I consider myself an American by birth, but Argentine by heart. Do you know your family well? No. Like my two youngest brothers I haven't seen for three years. When I was home last they were away at school. I’m probably like a stranger, an aunt or something. Is there a stereotype of Americans? All rich. All blonde. All they think of is money. Argentina is a country very much against Americans, but deep down inside they would give anything to go to the States, at least to visit. Nancy Hill THE MISSIONARY KIDS more commonly known as ’’MK s. constitute one of Bethel's unique minority groups. They bring with them an often bizarre mixture of experiences. Take Pete Genheimer for instance. I once slept 100 yards from where 24 lions killed a buffalo. And that's true. 1. Nancy Hill. 2. Haul Swanson. 3. Paul Lentz. Next Page 1. Tom Ycungquist. 2. Sue Law. 3. Jon Lewis 20