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7B RELIGIOrme C^rlotte Thursday, June 8, 2006 Dean says Democrats can win the reUgious vote in 2008 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EUGENE, Ore. —Howard Dean says Democrats must have faith in their ability to attract religious voters. The former presidential candidate, who will speak at this weekend’s Oregon Demo cratic Convention in Eugene, says his party must do a bet ter job of winning the support of evangelical Christians, who have voted Republican in recent elections. Tb that end, Dean recently appeared on Pat Robertson’s “700 Club.” The appearance wasn’t without its bumps. Dean had to later apologize to gay-rights leaders for incor rectly stating during the pro gram that the party’s plat form said “marriage is between a man and a woman.” Still, Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said in an inter view with the Register-Guard newspaper that he hopes to eventually make another appearance on the Christian Broadcasting—and that he’s encouraging rank-and-file party members to discuss faith and morality. “Our Democratic values are American values,” Dean said. “Most people in this county, including evangeficals, think it’s immoral to let children go to bed hungry at night. They Baptists toughen standards think it’s immoral not to have everyone in some kind of health insurance.” The convention will give party members in Oregon a chance to get more acquaint ed with the idea. It offers a half-day training session on religious outreach, an impor tant part of the Democratic Party’s attempt to extend beyond its core secular issues. But Amy Langdon, execu tive director of the Oregon Republican Party, said Democrats are so out of step with religious voters on issues such as abortion and gay marriage that the approach has little chance of working. “I think theyil be hard- pressed to make the case to the faith community that somehow the Democratic Party serves their interests,” she said. The religious outreach is part of an overall emphasis m this convention on training' Democratic activists for suc cess at the ballot box and in policy-making. Session and speech topics include Internet strategy for grass-roots activists, how to use the party’s new voter file database, and ways Democ ratic leaders can broaden their appeal to work for all Oregonians. Democratic Party of Ore gon Chairman Jim Edmun- son said debating the party platform and voting on the policy positions that Democ ratic candidates will be expected to stand for in the general election will contin ue to be an important part of the convention. Continued from page 5B lion members, the second- largest association of Baptist churches in the nation. About a half-dozen North Carolina churches stand to be affected by the policy. Not all have publicly endorsed or supported gays, but they do affiliate with the more liberal Alliance of Baptists. That organization, based in Washington, D.C., welcomes gays as equal members. In North Carolina, 21 churches affiliate with the alliance. Many have already left the state convention. “It was more a relief know ing we’re not part of that any more,” said the Rev. Randy Sherron, pastor of Green wood Forest Baptist Church in Cary, which has 1,500 members. The church part ners with the Alliance to help support a church in Cuba. Others that are stiU mem bers of the state convention say they may make the same break. The policy is “one more way of carving out exclusions for God’s children,” said the Rev. Mitch Simpson of University Baptist in Chapel Hill. Stan Hastey, executive director of the Alliance of Baptists, said the board’s decision was saddening. “AH of us on the moderate side were proud to claim North Carolina as a bastion of reasonable thinking and moderation,” Hastey said. “It’s clear now that the con vention has joined other state units in going fundamental ist.” ADVERTISEMENT In service to God as a family Continued from page 5B should be done to “the glory of God” (10:31). God does not receive glory from divided Christians. We exalt Christ by uniting with fellow believ ers, not opposing them. 2. How did Paul find out about the division of the Corinthian church? (v. 11) Paul was not ambiguous about the source of his infor mation. He told the Corinthi ans that some from the household of Chloe had informed him of the “con tentions,” or quarrels, in this yoimg congregation. While we know nothing of Chloe, she was likely a mem ber of the Corinthian church. Either family members or servants probably related the information to Paul in Eph esus while they were visiting that city. “Observe [Paul’s] prudence; He names the family, to let it be seen that he made his alle gation not without authority. He does not name the indi viduals, not to excite odium against them” (Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown’s Com mentary, Zondervan). 3. Who did the divisions revolve around? (v. 12) Instead of involving doctri- Meet N Grin nal distinctives, it seems that the divisions in Corinth revolved around personali ties. Even today, churches may experience factionalism when certain people gravitate to one leader over another. More often than not, power struggles are at the root of division, as when one person or group wants to control oth ers. In Corinth, the personal ities may have represented certain doctrinal emphases that were distorted by the proponents of the divisions. Verse 12 tells us of the lead ers that the Corinthians chose to align themselves with. There were four groups that were established as a result of division in the Corinthian Church. These groups “represented” one of the following leaders; Paul, ApoUos, Cephas (Peter), and Christ. The Prophet’s Column, Inc. 6183 NC 109 South Wadesboro,NC 28170-9533 “I WAS DEAD”-Part I J.M. Little, Teacher “AND you hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” (Eph. 2:1) Every soul bom of woman is bom dead spiritually. Man is also a trinity: body, soul and spirit. Writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul said: “...I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (I Thess. 5:23). Whether you know it or not, my friend, you are a trinity as set forth in God’s eternal Word. In your body, you are world-conscious. You can touch ‘ things with your body and fee! them. In your soul, you are self-conscious. In your spirit, you are supposed to be God-conscious. But man in his natural state is not God-conscious because by nature man is dead spiritually. May the Lord give me grace to set forth the truth about man in his dead spiritual condition as I know it, having been taught by the Holy Spirit. Let me hasten to say that you cannot know one truth experimentally about your true condition as taught in God’s Word unless the Holy Spirit reveals it unto you. And you cannot know Christ experimentally, as your Lord and your Saviour, unless the Holy Spirit reveals Him to your heart. It is the express work of the blessed Holy Spirit to reveal your heart to you, and then reveal Christ to you. And it is always through the written Word that both are revealed to you. My friends, if this has not happened to you, I don’t care how many years you have been a member of the church, how many professions you have made, how long you have served on the usher board, how long you have been a member of the deacon board, how long you have been teaching, nor how long you have been pastoring or preaching. Get it! If the Holy Spirit has not revealed your heart to you, and if He has not revealed Christ to you, you are not saved! Just how far down the line of truth a man can go and not be saved I do not know. But a man can teach and preach a lot of truth and still be deceived by Satan. As I have often said here: “Satan is the arch deceiver!” How few know what I am talking about. ^HOfO/CALVrN"F'ERGLISON Kira Allison (second from left) and Lakisa Leake laugh with Virtue (from left) Heather Martin, Karima Kibble, and Eboni Holland during an autograph session. 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