No. 66 OFFICIAL NEWS ORGAN OF THE DEAN BURGON SOCIETY April 2002 - July 2002

"The Words of the Lord are pure Words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." (Psalm 12:6-7)

Come to Arden, NC--DBS, July 24-25, 2002

• Where & When

We're heading for the south this year for our 24th Annual Dean Burgon Society Meeting. The dates are Wednesday and Thursday, July 24-25, 2002. We hope you can join us this year in Arden, NC. It is close to Asheville, North Carolina on the map. The church that has invited us is Grace Fellowship Baptist Church led by Pastor Danny Hardin. The address of the church is 511 Long Shoals Road, Arden, NC 28704 (a suburb of Asheville, NC).

• Phones to Call

As we mentioned in our last Dean Burgon News, there are four phones you may use to contact people who can help you with any questions you might have. (1) You can leave a message on the Church phone which is 828-654-0800. (2) You can call Pastor Hardin at home after 5:30 p.m. EST at 828-675-9544. (3) You can call Pastor Hardin at his work phone at 828-678-3013 during the day. (4) You can call Ben Wilkerson at 828-681-0370 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. He is helping the Pastor as the coordinator for the meetings. We appreciate his valuable assistance.

• How To Find It

You might want to take with you these directions to the church. Arriving from the north: Off of 140 take 26 east to Exit 6 (Skyland/Long Shoals Rd.). At the light turn right, proceed 0.7 miles, turn left into driveway of GFBC. Watch for the large sign on the left. Arriving from the south: Off of 126 take Exit 6 (Skyland/Long Shoals Rd.). At the light turn left, proceed 0.8 miles, turn left into driveway of GFBC. Watch for the large sign on left.

• Speakers & Titles
  Here is the schedule of our speakers and their titles as of press time.
   

• Go Quality Inn!

DBS has 27 rooms reserved at the Quality Inn right in Arden, NC. (828-684-6688) They have a deluxe contin- ental breakfast which includes waffles, french toast, hot biscuits, bagels, muffins, danishes, juices, cereal, milk, and coffee. Sounds good to me! If you say you are with the DBS, the rate for either singles or doubles is $65 per day. It is only 2.9 miles from the church. Take exit #6 off Interstate 26, proceed east on Long Shoals Rd., turn right on Skyland Inn Drive. Call NOW! We reserved 27 rooms, and only 8 have been taken, so there are only 19 rooms left. Get your reservations TODAY if possible!!

• Calling All Ladies

Mrs. Waite would like to invite all the ladies of the church and area to attend the DBS Women, 10-12 noon, Wednesday, July 24th. The meeting is at the Grace Fellowship Baptist Church, Arden, NC located at 511 Long Shoals Road. You can call the church if you have any questions of how to get there.

• Women's Program

This year, we will have a special speaker from Liberia, West Africa. She is Tiangay (Mrs. Solomon) Joah. Her husband is Pastor of Refuge Baptist Church in Liberia. She was to have come last year, but could not get her visa. She has her visa now and will be speaking on the subject, "The Bible Version Issue & and African Woman." Other speakers will be the Pastor's wife, Mrs. Hardin, Mrs. Bob Doom, and D. A. Waite, Sr. Hope to see many ladies at this meeting.

• Meeting Tapes

In case you can't be at the meetings, you can order audio tapes (9 audio cassettes @ $25 + $4 S&H) or video tapes (3 video tapes, six hours each, @ $35 + $5.00 S&H).

• Check the Internet

You can go to our DBS website that is kept up by Mr. Ted Grasser who is on our DBS Advisory Council. The web address is www.Dean BurgonSociety.org. Go to the home page, click on "ANNUAL MEETINGS," then click on "DBS 2002, 24th ANNUAL MEETING." You'll find "MAP OF ARDEN, NC, RESTAU-RANTS, and LODGING." This is very useful information.

• Your Meals

This year, there will NOT be meals at the church. We will be going to the nearby restaurants for breakfast (if not at your motel), lunch, and supper. You'll notice on the website that there are many places to eat. Page two of the listing of restaurants gives places as close as 0.7 miles from the church. Brother Ben Wilkerson has sent our office a list of six suggested restaurants for your consider- ation: (1) Sugar Daddy's Diner; (2) J&S Cafeteria; (3) Shoney's; (4) Ryan's; (5) China Garden, and (6) Sagebrush Steakhouse. You will receive a handout with the location and general price ranges of these when you arrive at the Confer- ence.

• Dress Code

Pastor Danny Hardin has asked us to include this in our communications for the July 24-25, 2002, meeting in his church. He has asked our Dean Burgon Society people to observe the following dress code for the meetings:

"Grace Fellowship Baptist Church requests the following dress code for those attending the DBS meetings, men are expected to wear slacks, no shorts, and the ladies are expected to wear dresses or skirts and tops, no slacks, to the meetings. The building will be air conditioned and comfortable. Pastor Danny Hardin"

I am sure that all of our Dean Burgon Society attenders will respect this dress code as the church and its pastor have requested. We don't have any problems with this standard and will be happy to conform to it. Our people have these standards.

• Inspiration of God

We received a few reactions from some readers about the position of the Dean Burgon Society on translations (whether in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, or any other language) as being referred to as "given by inspiration of God." God Himself did not "breathe out" (and this is what the words, "given by inspiration of God" stand for in the Greek text of 2 Timothy 3:16) the words of the translations of the Bible in the various languages of the world. God did not do it--men did it. For us to affirm that God "breathed out" the various transla- tions of the world, that would, by definition, be a "double inspiration by God" which must be rejected by all Bible-believing Christians. There is a great deal of confusion about what is meant by the words "given by inspiration of God" (2 Timothy 3:16), and it behooves each redeemed Christian to understand the terms properly. Many have learned this incorrectly and must un-learn this error.

• Mark 16:9-20 Book

The wonderful book written by Dean John William Burgon entitled, The Last Twelve Verses of Mark, was the first book reprinted by our Dean Burgon Society. It was done in paperback. We sold out all these copies and now have it reprinted in hardback. It is #1139 @ $15.00 + $4 S&H. Be sure to get this hardback edition of this very useful book. Phone in your credit card order to 856-854-4452. Get one for your Pastor & church library!