Category: The Bison
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This is War!
Lord, I hate what I do! What I do I do not want to do. What I want to do I do not do. How can I claim to be your child when this great sin continues to reign in my life? Please do not allow me to slip out of your hand. I need…
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It’s God’s Work
Lately, I have been struggling with one question: “If God is in the business of salvation and redemption, why does it take so much work on my part?” I fear that the answer to this question will not be fully understood until we are bowing at the feet of our Father. Jude made one statement…
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Self-Conviction
When I was a senior in high school, I had the privilege of serving as the president of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. For our first meeting of the year, I decided to make Totino’s pizza rolls for everyone to eat. One of my friends, a Messianic Jew, came to the meeting. He did not eat…
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More than a Taste
One of the misconceptions of many Christians today is the great emphasis on having an experience. We tend to dabble within the Christian religion with an idea that God loves us more when we attend church or perform good deeds. We tend to exalt the Christian experience because it gives us some sort of high.…
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Time for Embrace
You wake up in the morning just to lie in bed. Twenty minutes before class you are finally able to muster the energy that it takes to get up. You get dressed, place your books into your bag, and start out the door. As you are walking across campus to your nine o’clock, you hope…
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Coping
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A Plank in the Eye
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Christian Liberal Arts
As a Christian Liberal Arts University, Oklahoma Baptist pursues the idea of integrating our faith with all areas of learning. OBU has even ventured beyond the notion of integrating this faith in the classroom and has created a Christian environment for almost every organization, and social club, that can be found on campus. One…