The Sunday
School Lesson
A Ministry of the
Burnt Smmp Baptist Association
BAIN ABAS* BUILDHk AND
MSSONAIY
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I oday our lesson focuses on
Barnabas: Builder and Mis
sionary. And in the truest
sense at the word Barnabas
was a builder and missionary.
He was the builder of the
Church of Antioch and the
builder of character. His was
the true missionsary spirit
that of willing to let others like
Paul receive the credit while
he stood in the background.
Barnabas is described by F J.
Foakas Jackson in the follow
ing terms:
"Barnabas indeed is one of
the most attractive characters
in the New Testament. He
possessed the rare gift of
discerning merit in others.
Probably inferior in ability to
Paul, he was superior la
Christian grace*. He seems to
have been utterly without
jealousy, eager to excuse the
faults of others, bob judge
mental, quick to recognise
merit, ready to compromise
for the sake of peace and calm
under stress. The Paul of
history contributes to the
progress of the world, Barna
bas and tboae like him make it
endurable to Bve in. Whilst
we admit the greatness of
Paul, we cannot forget that
Barnabas was the teal pioneer
of a world-embracing Christi
anity."
It is to the everlasting credit
of the leaders of die mother
church at Jerusalem, limited
as they were in their vision,
that they at least had the wits
to send the best man they
could lay their hands on to
lead the new church in
had Mdl a cod oMw taw and
who was shackled by iu rules
and regulations; bet they sent
. the man with the bi^cs.
heart la the church. They
Could not have acat a better
man ' than Barnaba*
geoeiouk-ueartea even to tbe
point of celling Ma land and
giving the proceedc to the
early church- liberal minded
and unprejudiced, good- na
tured, sympathetic, confi
' dent, foB of faith, just the
kind at man who could take
hold at a small, unorganized
group of people and weld
them into a strong Christian
body that was truly mission
ary in spirit and that had
uk people of the woridln its
heart.
The first thing Barnabas
did when be got to Antioch
was to remember Paul. He
knew that he needed help if
he were to make the most of
the opportunities that the City I
of Antioch, the third largest
city in the Roman Empire,
second only to Rome and
Alexandria in Egypt, pre
sented to the Christian chur
ch. Iw^i weot to Ttiw
ing, instructing. preaching
and ministering. Within a
year they had the church
established on Ann ground,
and by that time the people
who belonged to the church
were called for the first time
Christians. There has never
been a better name by which
to describe the followers of
Christ. We are not Catholic or
Protestant, or a member of a
certain sect or denomination.
We are above all else follow
ers of Christ. We are Chris
tians. And in that descriptive
name we find the common
basis of our unity. Barnabas
was not only a good man but a
gospel man, a good news
man. He was committed to
the spreading of the good
news, along with his partner
Paul, throughout the world.
One of the first impulses of
the Christian experience is to
share Jesus with others.
William Temple tells it like it
is, "Christ's gift of Himself,
that is to say cf perfect love, is
not something which you can
have and keep. If you are
keeping it, it proves you have
not got it. Every Christian is
a missionary, and if he is not a
the greatest needs in ell -
churvhes today it the recovery
Indeed, very few people will (
become Christians unless 1
they are encouraged by an ?
attentive, loving, arid devoted ?
Christians. t
?A certain insurance sales- i
man was reported to have 1
said, "It's a reflection upon ?
an insurance salesman if a (
single person in the commun- j
itv dies without insurance." 4
However, the greatest trage- ]
dy is for people to die without ,
Christ. When people die ,
without Christ, it could well
t>e s reflection upon the
Christians they have known.
The example of Barnabas is
an inspiration to the dedica
tion of our lives as "encour
agers" and witnesses to the
glory of God and the saving of
the lost. A hint to the wise is
sufficient. Amen.
Chewing gum was discov
ered by dte Maya Indians
centuries aoo.
!"be woman motorist ww trying
o navigate a traffic jam. Ska ram
nod the car in front of her, dm
ried to back ap and ha seined
Jowtn a pedestrian. Then she triad
to move over to the curb and ran
into a hydrant
\ policeman came up. "Okay, lady
let's see your license."
'Don't be silly," she groaned;
'who'd give me a license?"
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TODAY'S CHUCKLE: My wife
report* her year-old nephew i* at
the dangerous age?he can turn
on the TV set by himself.
N.C. Center for
.
Public Policy Research
The N. C. Center for Public
Policy Research has added
nine members to its Board of k
Directors. Board Chair si as
Thad t. Beyle said seven
women and two men were
elected to the Board, which
now consists of 36 North
Carolinians from Grandfather
Mountain w? Wilmington.
tiected to die Boara were:
Marilyn K. Biasell of Charlot
te, a former state legislator
and now a practising attorney
and Mecklenburg County
commissioner; Keith Crisco of
Asbeboro, Vice President and
General Manager, Stedman
Corporation, Elastic Division;
Frances Cummings of Lum
berton. President-elect of the
N. C. Association of Educa
tors; Jacqueline Morris-Good
son, an attorney and chair
person of the New Hanover
County Political Action Com
mittee in Wilmington; Jeanne
Hoffman, a businesswoman
and educator from Mars Hill;
Kay Sebian, who is active in
the Woman's Political Caucus
and a member of the New
Hanover County Planning
Board in Wilmington; Asa
Spaulding, Jr. of Durham,
Vice President for Adminis
tration for Durham Life >
Broadcasting Company; Mary
Pinchbeck Teets. principal of
Janie C. Hargrave jchooi in
Lumberton; and Ruth Dial
Woods, the Director of Indian
Education for the Robeson
County Board of Education in
Lumberton.
The Center's Board is head
ed by Beyle who is a professor
of political science at UNC-CH
and who has been Chairman
since January 1980. The other
Board officers are Virginia
Fozz of Banner Elk, Vice
Chairman: Walter DeVries of
WrightsviBe Beach. Secreta
ty; and V.B. (Hawk) Mmm
of Raleigh. Treasurer.
Other membars of the
Center* Board ma: Thouua L.
Barringer of Raleigh. Bee.
Daniel T. Blue. Jr. of Raleigh,
James S. Fergoaoa of Greens
boro. Charles Z. Flack. Jr. of
Forest City, Joel L. hieashaaaa
of Durham, Karen C. Gottovi
of Wilmington, R. Darrell
Hancock o4 Salisbury, Sea.
Gerry Hancock. Jr. of Durham
Watts Hill, Jr. of Chapel HiH,
Mary Hopper at Charlotte.
Sandra L. Johnson of Raleigh,
Betty Ann Knudsen of Ral
eigh, Thebna Lennon of Ral
eigh, Hugh Morton of Grand
father Mountain, Roy Parker,
Jr.. of Fayetteville, Betty
Chat in Kasb ot cnarioue,
Grace Rohrer of Chapel Hill,
McNeill Smith of Greensboro,
Robert W. Spearman of Ral
eigh, Patricia H. Wagner of
Chapel Hill, Alfreds Webb of
Greensboro, Cameron West
of Misenheimer, and Betty H.
Wiser of Raleigh. The Cen
ter's Executive Director is
Ran Coble.
The Center for Public Policy
Research is an independent
nonprofit corporation created
in 1977 to examine the
policies and practices of state
government. It is nonpartisan
and has Ootn uemocrats and
Republicans on its Board. It is
supported in part by grants
from the Mary Reynolds
Babcock and Z. Smith Rey
nolds Foundations, both in
Winston-Salem. Past efforts
by the research group have
been rankings of the effective
ness of legislators, and stu
die's of .teacher certification,
the tobacco industry, and the
effect of federal budget cuts
on North "Carolina.
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