Covenant College - Tartan Yearbook (Lookout Mountain, GA)

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Bzblzcal studzes provides fra mewo rk The significance of the Depart- ment of Biblical Studies at Covenant lies in the fact that at Covenant the Bible provides the framework for all the other disciplines. There are four teach- ers in the department, all of which serve as chairman on a rotation basis. Mr. Anderson has been with Covenant since 1964. At present he is teaching doctrine and the book of Hebrews. He is involved greatly in the ministry of the New City Fellowship. His teach- ing is characterized by his zeal for the kingdom and the new humanity in the risen Christ. Raymond Clark, too, has been at Covenant for over ten years. Currently he is teaching courses in Old Testament history to freshmen, as well as leading another class through Calvin's Institutes. Mr. Clark serves as a presbyter in the Reformed 1 , Presbyterian Church on Lookout Mountain, where he also leads a prayer group. Dr. Gilchrist adds a significant and necessary dimension to Bib- lical Studies with his knowledge of the Old Testament. He teaches Prophets of Israel and book courses in Isaiah, Deuteronomy, Psalms, and DanielfRevelation. 'hxA 1 1 Besides his role as an administra- tor fDirector of Institutional Researchj, Dr. Gilchrist is also involved with World Presbyterian Missions. The newest member of the Department is Dr. Jim Hurley. His contributions to us include teaching in the areas of doctrine, Foundations of Modern Culture, ,H 3 an-v - I . X MT?-

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Could these rough hands have reached the smallest flower or having reached Cursed to touch or even deify fwhich is also cursedj? The petals fall upon my dark flesh's Burning memory with each embrace. I must receive And yet this is no place for such a one With such eyes of earned innocence. These are no such hands That could have faith. Yet, once a man Pressed his lips Against a holy ember And was undone And was made clean. I would be taught and teach If that fire could blister This mute tongue And then perhaps, after the Perhaps the flower- Mine. fire, at l If there once were promises They shall be given as signs For seasons Or patriarchal stars Or the sun making the day Or breaking the darkness of night I have seen a pool I have seen a pool Water in the ground Do not be led away If I laugh as if to tell her- The water will always have its reflections It shall always for the burning hand Prove the cool answer To the animal demand. If there once was a sea If there once was a sea That needed crossing It shall be raised to the stars And wet their tired burning faces. And we shall walk upon the sand And walk upon the sand Reaving oranges from the palmls green hand If there were sands If there were deserts And even if we could become Thirsty together side by side Then these our own clean bones would lie And chirp until the heavens moved Down upon our desert And the world was water once more And the world was water once more. This shall be only a long never This shall be indeed a long never In our minds. For a forever It was promised that water Should be in pools onbf fNow fire must come entire for the first time being quenched in the earthless streamsl But still the water remembers If there once were promises They shall remain along with- You and I before the fire And stars which shall never die.

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1 0 I Thistle Pauline Epistles, I Corinthians, and Philosophy of the Christian ' Faith. He also provides us with some timely chapel messages, as do all the other members. One may not sit under the teaching of Dr. Krabbendam without becoming aware of his deep concern for his students. He has taught the books of Romans and II Corinthians, and at present is teaching Apol- ogeticsflivangelism and James. He is a conference speaker on occasion, and is presently teach- ing a series on saving faith at the Reformed Presbyterian Church on Lookout Mountain. Dr. Young is most noted for his fine work in the area of missions, and was himself a missionary in Japan for many years before coming to Cove- nant. He has done much study in the field of Covenant theology and has written a series of booklets on the motives and aims of missions, which are an integral part of a theology Of missions. -Tom Fischer L L. ,l,..- MA - '0'w ' - ' --...,, l- A L... rf' a -fri