Cornerstone University - KUMI ORI Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Dedication In so many ways we see the Lord Jesus Christ shining through your life. Your deep concern when problems are brought to you when they seem insurmountable to us, and the kindly way you deal with them, whether they be spiritual, emotional or financial difficulties, are evidence of the special devotion you have for your girls. Wc are thank- ful for one on whom we can depend at all times to do the very best in every situation. Your obvious loyalty to and love for our school and for what it stands, and your uncompromising stand for Christ assure us that He is the center of your life. The example of your well-regulated and disciplined life is manifest in the faithful and humble way in which you carry out your daily tasks. You have been a valuable asset to our school by impressing us with the importance of a Scriptural Christian education program in our churches. Through you many of us have been brought to a better understanding of the needs of the children in the Sun- day School. We gratefully dedicate the 1958 Kumi Ori to you. Miss Carpenter, because of your untiring service for the students, the school, and above all, for the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Con you prove that? . . . I'll have to be shown ... I don't know . . . What's the pur- pose? . . . How can I find out? These are ques- tions which fill the mind of the average man today as he is seeking to time some satisfactory solution to the facts of his existence. This fast twentieth century has brought with it a whole new vocabulary. Such words as inner tensions, perplexing problems of life, tranquiliz- ers, and escape, have become familiar to all of us. In the midst of this we find the stable solidarity of God's Word speaking with comforting assurance, giving poise, direction, and goal, to the person who will seek God's counsel. in quite another realm, however, even some Christians find occasion to question the advisability of the existence of such an institution as the Grand Rapids Baptist Theological Seminary and Bible In- stitute for the training of young men and women for Christian work. Still others question certain ac- tivities and aspects of school life. It is in attempt to answer some of these questions concerning our school that the theme for this yearbook has been chosen as . . . This Questioning Age. Editor . . . Doug Gray 2

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Why are we here? In our scientific age we are constantly hammer- ed with the question Why? Just os there is a scientific reason for a man-made satellite to maintain an orbit around our earth, so also there is a scien- tific reason why we as students have been attracted to B.T.S. Our philosophy of life is based on Christ Jesus as revealed in the Bible. We have come to the conviction that the proper interpretation and application of this Person, Christ, to our lives and to the world is summed up in what is known as the Baptistic stand. Therefore, it is a logical, scien- tific conclusion that we should further prepare our lives under the facilities of a distinctively Baptist school. We have dscovered that school in the Grand Rapids Baptist Theological Seminary and Bible Institute. That is why we are here. 4