I am a 1974 graduate of Campbell University, am married to a 1978 Campbell graduate and our daughter is a 2002 graduate. I have served on the Board of Ministers and have been privileged to witness the continued growth of the University into a fine institution.

Several members of congregations I served have attended Campbell and I will continue to recommend Campbell as a place to get a great education in a Christian atmosphere.
    

I have known Jerry Wallace since he was an adjunct professor at Campbell. He is a man of integrity who does what he says and stands for Christian values. We are privileged to have him and the other leaders who guide Campbell to educate our people in a place where they have opportunity to grow in their faith.
    

Because of this, I am dismayed by the implications of statements made by people both during and since the Baptist State Convention meeting in Greensboro in November. I would encourage people to go to Campbell and see what is happening there instead of taking the word of others — mine included — concerning the state of the university.

Innuendo and uninformed comments are not the proper sources of information from which we should base our decision making about any one or any institution. You will find Campbell a safe place to grow in the faith we all cherish, that Christian values are upheld by the administration, faculty and staff, and that a good Christ-centered education is available to all.
    

Even if we disagree, let us be careful how we treat others who are a part of the body of Christ. For the world around us is watching. “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” — Jesus

I am a 1974 graduate of Campbell University, am married to a 1978 Campbell graduate and our daughter is a 2002 graduate. I have served on the Board of Ministers and have been privileged to witness the continued growth of the University into a fine institution.

Several members of congregations I served have attended Campbell and I will continue to recommend Campbell as a place to get a great education in a Christian atmosphere.
    

I have known Jerry Wallace since he was an adjunct professor at Campbell. He is a man of integrity who does what he says and stands for Christian values. We are privileged to have him and the other leaders who guide Campbell to educate our people in a place where they have opportunity to grow in their faith.
    

Because of this, I am dismayed by the implications of statements made by people both during and since the Baptist State Convention meeting in Greensboro in November. I would encourage people to go to Campbell and see what is happening there instead of taking the word of others — mine included — concerning the state of the university.

Innuendo and uninformed comments are not the proper sources of information from which we should base our decision making about any one or any institution. You will find Campbell a safe place to grow in the faith we all cherish, that Christian values are upheld by the administration, faculty and staff, and that a good Christ-centered education is available to all.
    

Even if we disagree, let us be careful how we treat others who are a part of the body of Christ. For the world around us is watching. “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” — Jesus

Those who preach a prosperity gospel miss the point of what the “true” gospel teaches us. John 15:7 says, “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you” (NASB). Hasn’t the focus always been on “ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you?” This is where we run into trouble as Christians: not reading the whole verse.

If I am abiding in Christ and Christ’s words are abiding in me, I will not be asking that my life be filled with money or with material possessions. Christ instructed us not to store up treasures on this earth. If we are consumed with God prospering us, the opportunity for greed to set in multiplies greatly. We see in Acts where the early church sold all that they had and split up the proceeds amongst each other. Jesus taught about the man who tore down his barns to store up more on earth and his soul was required of him that very night.

Christ is about giving everything away. He gave up everything when He went to the cross because He understood what would be gained from what He was giving. How can Christ followers not conduct our lives in the same manner? 

The word of Christ tells me to lay aside the wants in my life for the greater purpose of the gospel, but if I fall prey to prosperity teaching, I begin to look at God as Santa Claus, whose sole purpose is to give me what I want. My prayers should be for God to increase my faith and to help me to be a better example of Christ to the world.