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L ast week we looked at w hat sin is
and what it is not This week let 's see
w ho has sinned and what that means
to us as well as the answer for the
problem of sin Romans 3 23 tells us
that all have sinned, that includes
sou and me What does that mean to
us, since we are all sinners? Romans
<> 23 says that the wages of sin is
death, can we earn eternal life? No!
Rom 6 2 3 also tells us that life is the
gift of God For instance, if a man
steals a car, he earns time which he
can pay by a number of months/years
i tf prison If he murders someone and
tlft sentence is death, he can't fulfill
tljj: sentence and live. Similarly, if
want to have eternal life, we can't
? p5y the penalty ourselves, because
-"tija.law condemns us to death There
i$no good work, there is no penance,
tljcre is nothing that we, of ourselves,
can do Eternal life is a gift, and a gift
c5n not be earned, nor can you force
afkyone to give a gift to you. Galalions
2J16 tells us that there is no good
wyrk or deed of the law by which we
can justify ourselves. The word justify
(justification), simply means to
hjrgivc The one that we have sinned
against is the only one w ho can give
forgiveness. He is not in any way
obligated to forgive us, even if we
vScre to stop sinning and live perfjclly,
there would still be the condemnation
of death for our past sins,
tljc penalty for which we can not pay.
Ivis only by faith in the one who paid
tfic penalty, Jesus, who knew no sin.
Equally important is flic fact that
Jtfsus was the lawgiver, the very one
whose law we have broken. If some
created being had lived a perfect life
and died on a cross in 31 A.D. That
may have been admirable but it would
hqvc no saving grace or power and it
w ould have meant little to us because
it was necessary for the one whose
laVv was transgressed, to have died.
Not anyone else, especially not a
created being When 'we penitently
con\e to Christ, recognizing our need
of a personal Savior, and with deep
repentance (sorrow) ask for His forgiveness,
than we are counted as if
we had not signed (Jer. 31:34). This
experience is described in Romans
3 :25 w here we receive forgiveness of
sins that are past, please note that the
verse says past and not present, or
future sins. Furthermore, there is no
where in scripture that you are ever
forgiven of a future sin before you
cqntmit'it. I stress this because some
have said that "when one comes to
Christ, that one's past, present, and
future sins arc forgiven". There is no
scriptural basis for this, nor is there
a sound Biblical argument. The Bible
says that when we come to Jesus, "He
clpanscth us from all sin" (1 John
1 7). The word "clcansclh" is not a
past tense use of this verb, but rather
a present and ongoing work that is
kpown as Sanctification. 1 John 2:1
- Here, John's first admonition is for
believers not to sin (linear sin
(Greek)) second, if any man sin
(punctilcar sin (Greek)), there is an
ad\ocale" The point here being again
that is another sin comes up on you
that you had not planned on, confession
could be made and you could be
forgiven, and this is possible because
jesus ministers in the heavenly Sanctuary
made without human hands.
He is the one who is the only mediator
Not a priest, not Mary, not any
other being no matter who they were
or how long they have been dead, or
how high a place they might have
held Prooftcxts> Exodus25:40, God
here refers Moses to the pattern of the
true Sanctuary. Hebrew 8:1,2 says
that besides there being a real sanctuary
in heaven, we also have a High
priest there. 1 Timothy 2:5 tells us
there is one God, and one mediator
between God and man Jesus Christ.
A questioner once asked me how
could Jesus be a mediator between
God and man and still be part of a
trinity of coequals? Let's go to the
Bible... Galations 3:20 - "blow a
mediator is not a mediator of one, but
God is one." Paul wrote both of the
previous two passages, and I believe
this one in Galations explains the
other in 1 Timothy 2:5. Jesus was
both our brother and our Creator, our
sacrifice and our mediator, yet He did
not actively hold allof theseoffices at
the same time. Now, because He was
made like we are, tempted like, are
(Hebrews 2:14-18 & 4:15), also part
of Jehovah, and as such able to succor
(aid/strengthen) us as we-have need
and ask. Romans4:25 tellsusthatHe
was raised for our justification. This
means that our forgiveness involves
more than just His death on Calvary.
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Welcome to RCC Today, a new
column dev oted to keeping the public
up to date on the goings on at
Robeson Community College. It is
my intent to familiarize you, the
reader, with the programs, services,
faculty, staff, students, facilities and
every other facet of the College. I
look forward to sharing information
with you on a weekly basis. Many of
you may have seen our television
program with the same name. It airs
every Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. on
the Lumberton Cable channel 6 and
at other times on WNCP. The column
is somewhat of an extension of
that, just another way for us to keep
you in the know.
I d like to briefly tell you just a
little bit about myself. In 19851 came
to RCC to become the College's first "
Resource Development Officer. SubsetjuenUy,
I have worked in the areas
of Public Information, Evening Business
Instruction, Planning and Research,
Institutional Effectiveness
Small Business Center, and Human
Resources Development. Currently,
my responsibilities include Public
Relations and serving as executive
director of the RCC Foundation, Inc.
I will be the primary writer of information
appearing in this column.
However, from time to time you may
see an article contributed by another
^member of the RCC staff or faculty
and it will be credited to that writer.
In addition, you may see some reprints
of pertinent information from
other sources such as the North Carolina
System of Community Colleges.
Likewise, these submissions will be
properly credited to the original
source. Enough introduction, let's
get on with the news!
NEW EMPLOYEES COME ON
BOARD
Two new employees recently
joined ( or rejoined in one case) the
RCC family. Mrs. Flora Gail LowryWilliams
is the new Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) Instructor/
Coordinator. She began her dutieson
January 6, 1997, and came to the
College from Union County where
she served as EMS Director for the
county's paramedic program. Mrs
Lowry-Williamsis married to Horace
Williams and is the daughter of Dr
Welton Lowry and the late Mary D
Lowry. After graduating from UNCP
in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Biology and a minor in
Medical Sociology, Lowety-Williams
spent a year doing post graduate
work at Bowman Gray School of
Medicine. She then earned an Associate
of Applied Science degree in
Emergency Services at Catawba Valley
Community College. Since then
she has been working and teaching
in the paramedic field and is happy to
be back home working in hercnosen
field.
Mrs Tammy Bozeman also began
her duties on January 6, 1997
Mrs. Bozeman, a 1985 graduate of
RCC's Secretarial Science program,
served as secretary to the business
and cosmetology faculty from 1985-.
89. Sh$ then served as secretary to
the Assistant Vice President for Day
Curriculum until 1990. After seven
years at home with her family, William-8,
Andrew-7, and husband
Shane, Mrs. Bozeman has returned
to RCC as Secretary to Emergency
Services.
Not as new, but in their first year
of employment are the following
Glenda T. Jackson, Cassandra C
Stone, Rodney Williamson, Tela
Lambert, LaShawn Ford and Gail
Thompson Ms Jackson is a graduate
of Durham Business College vs ith
an Associate in Executive Secretarial
Science Her work history includes
the US Army Medical Department
Center and School, US Army Department
of Community Recreational
Activities, Chevy Chase Insurance
and Realty, NC Employment Security
Commission and NC Manpower
Development in Lumbcrton Ms
Jackson is employed with RCC as
Executive Assistant for Personnel /
Services and Instruction and Support I
Services and is a native of Lumberton
Cassandra C. Stone has taught
various English classes on a parttime
basis at Robeson Community
College and UNC Pembroke. She has
a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of
Arts Degree in English Education
from UNC Pembroke and is employed
with RCC full-time as an English
Instructor. Mrs. Stone is married to
Jesse S. Stone and they have two
children, Jessie-5, and Kara-4 The
Stones reside in the Hermitage community
in Lumberton.
Rodney Williamson comes to
?Robeson Community College from
the Public Schools ofRobcson County
where he was employed as Director
of Computer Services. He is employed
at RCC as Computer Network Technician.
Mr. Williamson has a Bachelor
of Science in Mathematics.
Tela Lambert graduated form
Robeson Community College in 1996
with an Associate Degree in Applied
Science in Administrative Office
Technology. In April 1996, she was
hired by a temporary employment
agency to work as a part-time secretary
in the RCC Counseling and Career
Center, and in September, 1996,
she was hired full-time for the position
by the College. Mrs. Lambert
lives in Rowland with her husband,
Charles and their four children;
Charles-13, Virginia-11, Krystal-9
and Jackie Nicole-7.
LaShawn Ford is a 1992 graduate
of North Carolina Central University
where she received a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Biology. During
1994-95 she was employed with the
Public Schools of Robeson County as
a Science Instructor in the Extended
Day Program. For the past year Miss
Ford has worked as a part-time instructor
in the RCC Learning Center
and was employed full-time in August,
1996. Her parents are Mr and
Mrs. Dallas Ford. She has one
brother, Bernard, and two sisters,
Kimberly and Natalie. She resides in
Fairmont.
Gail Thompson, English Instructor,
comes to RCC and UNCP where
she taught English for one year. A
native of Fayettewlle, Ms. Thompson
taught for niney ears at St. Philip's
College in San Antonio, TX. She
earned the Bachelor of Arts degree
in English from Bennett College in
Greensboro, NC and a Master of
Arts in Educational Administration
from Fayetteville State University.
She has completed additional graduate
course work in English at
Marshall University in Huntington.
West Virginia. The RCC family extends
a big welcome to all these new
employees.
CALLING ALL RCC NURSING
GRADS
The RCC Nursing Department is
planning a reunion of all graduates
of the College's R.N. and L.P.N,
programs. The reunion will be held
April 25-26,1997, on the RCC campus.
If you are a graduate of the
nursing program, please call the
school at 910-738-7101, ask for the
nursing department and leave your
name, address, telephone number and
year of graduation. We can't wait to
see you!
T^by Dr. Stan Knick, D<rect^^|
Human beings are an adaptive lot.
Generally when they are presented
with a challenge and given enough
time to deal with it, they are capable of
coming up with an adaptation to suit
their needs. Inventions such as the
bow and arrow, agriculture and
ceramics are examples of adaptations
made by ancient people in many lands,
including the ancestors of today's
Native Americans. The list of
adaptations made throughout
prehistory and history by Native
Americans is virtually endless.
One Native American adaptation
which has not received a lot of
attention is Indian Sign Language, also
known as Plains Sign Language. In
the vast area of the great plains and
eastern plateau there lived many
different groups of Native people.
Although in many ways their
respective traditional cultures were
somewhat similar, their languages
were extremely diverse. Not only were
there different languages (including
Lakota, Pawnee, Arapaho, Kiowa,
Crow, Shoshone, Cheyenne and
others), but also entirely different
language families (including
Algonkian, Caddoan, Kiowan,
Shoshoncan and Siouan). Meanwhile
these people did not live in isolation,
but came into regular contact with
each other in the conduct of trade and
political alliances.
Because there was so much
linguistic diversity, there was a
profound need for the development of
ways to communicate across language
barriers. Overtime the people jointly
developed a language using gestures
instead of spoken words to carry on the
necessary business. If one tof these
Indian nations hod been consistently
able to dominate the others, sign
language might not have been
necessary. In the course of human
history, dominated nations frequently
have been compelled to learn the
language of dominant nations. But
where there was a relative balance of
power as on the plains and eastern
plateau, some other adaptation had to
be made to meet the linguistic
challenge of how to talk to strangers.
Enter Indian Sign Language.
Anyone could learn to use it. Words
which were difficult to pronounce and
sounds which were hard to make from
other languages could be avoided.
Many signs could be used that simply
looked like the object or action they
were meant to represent (these arc
called "iconic" signs). Signs which
were widely and repeatedly used by
members of various nations became
permanent parts of the language.
Eventually the language became so
complex that even subtle
conversations involving irony and
humor could be enjoyed.
When the Spaniard Coronado
"explored" the southern plains in the
early 1540s, he saw Native people
using sign language. Countless other
explorers and settlers observed Indian
Sigh Language in use: some of them
even learned to make use of the
language themselves.
Sign language was not only used
between nations, but also within
nations. The use of signs was a
common part of ordinary
communication, where signs added
emphasis and subtle meanings to
stories and public speeches. In the
twentieth century it is especially in the
realms of storytelling and religious
ceremony that sign language has
survived. Kldcrs in the Assiniboin,
Dlackfcct. Crow and Northern
Cheyenne (among other) nations still
use Indian Sign language, and some
arc even re-introducing sign language
instruction to their younger members.
What began as an adaptation to
communicate with strangers has
evolved into a way to keep traditional
Indian culture alive.
L'or more information, visit the
Native American Resource Center in
historic Old Main Huilding. on the
campus of the University of North
Carolina at Pembroke.
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Nothing sums up the gentlest
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home as effectively.
"A room is transformed when
you introduce freshly cut flowers.
Suddenly, it becomes warmer,
friendlier?a room where people
love to be," said Kevin Ylvisaker,
president of the American Institute
of Floral Designers (A1FD).
When you bring the outdoors in
with flowers, says Ylvisaker, use
them to brighten unlikely plnces.
Flower arrangements in the living
room and dining room are a natural,
of course. But how about flowers
on your desk, in the bathroom,
kitchen or bedroom for a bright
surprise?
Get creative with containers.
Depending on the style of your
room use everything from clear
glass to crystal, terra eotta, baskets,
brass and silver.
For a flowerful home AIFD
offers the following buying tips:
blossoms should have a firm,
crisp look.
look at the center of the blossom:
if the pollen has built up, the
flower won't Inst long.
select buds at different
stages of opening so that they
won't open all at once.
leaves on stems should be
healthy, not wilted; healthy folinge
indicates a healthy flower.
for the best floral buys seek
the advice nnd guidance of your
local professional floral designer.
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