The Broncos’Voice ^
February 13,1998 J
RELIGION
"THE ANOINTING IS
THE DIFFERENCE"
by Sonya Nicole Wagstaff
"Your calling is from birth,"
replies Dr. Booker T. Anthony
enunciating with confident
conviction. God has equipped
everyone with a special task,
and Dr. Anthony has received
his calling. On Sunday, De
cember?, 1997, he preached
a trial sermon at First Baptist
Church on Moore Street in
Fayetteville, where he serves
as a deacon, musician, and
Sunday School teacher. A host
of relatives and friends wor
shiped as a vessel delivered a
message.
Baptized at the tender age of
twelve. Dr. Anthony is no
stranger to the word of God.
Admitting too young to under
stand, like Jonah in the Bible,
God kept calling him. Dr. An
thony began teaching Sunday
School twelve years ago. It
was through those diligent
Sunday School messages that
drew hem spiritually and regu
larly to the readings of the
Bible. That's when God re
vealed his omnipotent plan.
Dr. Anthony began to discern
God's promises through the
secular world, family, friends,
as well as the ministry. "My
mom knew thirty years ago I
would preach," says Dr. An
thony. The anointing is truly
the difference.
Demonstrating the Good
News of Jesus, The Christ,
Dr. Anthony has lectured the
following to communities and
churches: "How to get back
into the Garden of Eden,"
"Christianity in higher Educa
tion: A God-Centered Ap
proach," "the Birth of Jesus:
An Old Testament Perspec
tive," "How Black Men Con
tribute to the Conspiracy to
Destroy Black Boys," "Home
Evangelism: A moral Impera
tive," "Character Education,"
"Forgiveness," "the Second
Coming: Where Will You be
When the First Trumpet
Sounds?" and "A Way Out of
Hell."
A native of Scotland Neck,
North Carolina, and the
youngest of eleven children.
Dr. Anthony earned a B.A. in
English from St. Augustine's
College and his M.A. and
Ph.D. in English from The
Ohio State University. After
teaching at Ohio State Univer
sity from 1982 to 1986, he ac
cepted a teaching position in
the English and Communica
tion Department at
Fayetteville State University.
Dr. Anthony served as Chair
of that Department from 1991
until his appointment as Act
ing Executive Assistant to the
Chancellor in January of 1995.
Currently he is a tenured as
sociate professor of English
and contributing editor to the
Fayetteville Rise, an African
American newspaper.
A graduate of the Harvard
Graduate School of Education
Management Development
Program, Dr. Anthony was in
strumental in helping the En
glish department receive ap
proval of the M.A. degree pro
gram by the University of
North Carolina Council of
Graduate Schools, and suc
cessfully presented
Fayetteville State University's
Master of Arts in Teaching
English (M.A.T.) to the NC
Department of Public Instruc
tion for authorization to imple
ment the program in January
1996. He has also served as a
Table Leader for the College
Board's Advanced Placement
Reading in English Literature,
and for three years he coordi
nated assessment projects for
the College of Arts and Sci
ences at FSU.
He is a member of the Na
tional Association of Presiden
tial Assistants in Higher Edu
cation, the Alpha Kappa Mu
National Honor Society,
Kappa Delta Pi Education
Honor Society, Sigma Tau
Delta English Honor Society,
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, and
serves as the nominations
chair of the College Language
Association.
Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation--
You Can’t Pay Your Way Into Heaven!
By Shawn Torry
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In the times of Martin
Luther, the Roman Catholic
Church was a dominating
force in all of Europe. The
church wielded power over
monarchs and the countries
they ruled. Unofficially Eu
rope was a “neo-theocratic”
continent. The Roman Catho
lic church had so much power
that many of its of- ____
ficials, at all levels,
became corrupt.
During the 18th
century, the people
seemed to be very
concerned about the
future of their souls.
The Roman Catho
lic Church taught
that after death the
spirit went to a place called
purgatory, before going on to
heaven or hell. The official
position of the Roman Catho
lic Church was that people
were justified (saved) by
works. This meant that the
key to being saved or achiev
ing eternal life, was by the
amount of works that a person
did, or in this case,, the amount
of money a person gave. The
church recognized works as
being financial, rather than the
physical giving of one’s self or
time in support of the minis
try.
If the position of the Ro
man Catholic was correct, that
meant that the peasants, the
poor people, who had no
money to give the church.
were predestined or sentenced
to go to hell. It is not hard to
understand why the Roman
Catholic Church took this po
sition on salvation. It was
purely a financial decision.
The Roman Catholic Church
was one of the wealthiest or
ganizations on the earth.
Martin Luther advocated a
very strict interpretation of the
bible. He questioned many of
... at the very least Til commit 4
to 5 acts of fornication^ maybe
more ifI can eat a bucket of oys
ters.
the Roman Catholic Church’s
doctrines and practices. The
issue of justification (salva
tion) was perhaps the most
severing of all.
Because it was believed
that salvation was achieved
through works, the paying of
penance; it would then have
been possible for people to just
pay to inter the Kingdom of
God. Luther felt that the prac
tice of allowing people to pay
for salvation had no biblical
basis to support it. He also felt
that this practice would give
the rich a definite advantage
over the poor. Luther had been
taught that God was a fair and
a just God. The practice of
paying for salvation would ne
gate all of that. Aside from that
fact that the people were be
ing mislead, by “Men of God,”
Martin Luther felt that allow
ing people to pay for their sins
was like giving people the go
ahead to sin, as much as and,
however they pleased.
Think about this, if you
knew ahead of time that you
were going to commit sin, you
could pay in advance. For ex
ample, suppose I was planning
on participating
in an upcoming
orgy. I would
have been able
to go to the
priest and say,
“Father, I am
planning on tak
ing part in that
—big orgy every
one has been
talking about this weekend. It
is gonna be in that big hotel
downtown. I figure that at the
very least I’ll commit 4 to 5
acts of fornication, maybe
more if I can eat a bucket of
oysters. I’ll probably be look
ing at 4 to 5 acts of adultery
too. 1 may even have 1 or 2
murders if any men try to rub
up on me. 1 don’t roll like that.
I mean I’m nasty and all, but I
am not gay. Hey if somebody
wasn’t nasty, then nobody
would be here right? So how
much do you think all that will
cost me to still be saved? I
don’t .mean to sound cheap or
anything but can I pay for
these sins in installments.”
See “LUTHER”pg. 11
Coming to Fayetteville
FEBRUARY 13th-15th
In the name of Allah
Imam Warith Deen Mohammed
“The World Wide Islamic Scholar’^
Leader and Teacher of the Muslim World America
He is the man that Muhammad Ali, boxing champ follows.
He is the man who taught Al Hajj Malik Shabaazz....Malcom X
He is the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s son!
He is the leader that Muslim countries have honored for 20 years.
He is humble and powerfiil and a friend to good Jews and Christians!
Friday; Jumah Prayer
Saturday: Registration 8:00 am. at the Howard Johnson off 1-95 Hwy. (Checks made pay
able to NCMBC)
Sunday; Breakfast $7-S10 Individuals with technical skills are to greet Iman W.D.
Mohammed at The Breakfast. ..r i
Iman Warith Deen Mohammed’s lecture at Capel Aretia (1:00 PM.) , at Fayetteville State
iiiUniversity (5,0Q0-10,000 people expected) FREE