Articles for tag: Don DeWelt

May 1, 2022

Christian Standard

A Passion for John 17: The Legacy of Don DeWelt

By Chris DeWelt Sometimes a cataclysmic event can sharpen one’s focus. Sometimes a difficult trial can give new meaning to all the pieces in one’s life. Sometimes suffering is the key in finding clarity of vision. My father, Don DeWelt, possessed a passion for the body of Christ to live out the prayer of Jesus for his followers: I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in

January 1, 2022

Chris Philbeck

Chris Philbeck

What They Didn’t Teach Me in Bible College

I am thankful for my time in Bible college. I enrolled at Ozark Christian College in the fall of 1976 and while there I developed lifelong friendships, a greater understanding of the Scriptures, and a deep love for preaching. Don DeWelt was my homiletics professor, and every class was memorable. That course provided me with a better understanding of how to preach, and it awakened my love for preaching. But it wasn’t just my homiletics class, it was also the opportunity to hear great preachers in chapel services and at special events. I learned about preaching with passion by listening

June 20, 2017

Christian Standard

Misplaced Loyalty? (A Healthy Commitment to the Restoration Movement)

By Jeff Faull Attitudes toward the Restoration Movement from within the movement are greatly varied. They range from a blind, unquestioning loyalty to the movement””its founders, champions, and slogans””to a lack of interest and an assessment that our historic plea and positions are irrelevant, all the way to an overt disdain and intentional distancing from our heritage and history.  Myriads of articles have been written about the ongoing decline of denominational loyalty. The editors of Christianity Today even put a tombstone under the headline “Are Denominations Dead?” on their June 2010 cover, highlighting a piece on waning tribal commitment by

July 28, 2014

Christian Standard

Daily Expectation

By John Caldwell (From our series “The Best or Worst Advice I”ve Ever Received.”) My first year at Ozark Bible College, Professor Don DeWelt distributed pieces of card stock to each of us in his Acts class. There were but two words printed on each piece: “PERHAPS TODAY!” He taught us to live each day in eager anticipation of the Lord”s soon return. For years I kept that piece of card stock prominently displayed in my study. Somehow it got lost in one of my moves. But his advice remains a major key to living a holy life. In the

August 19, 2007

Christian Standard

From Conversation to Cooperation

By Victor Knowles Since 1984 thousands of people from across the United States have attended the unity meetings known as the Restoration Forum. These annual gatherings, attended primarily by interested members of Christian churches and churches of Christ, have focused on Jesus” prayer for unity in John 17, “That they all may be one . . . that the world may believe.” On September 6 the curtain will fall on this unique gathering, the longest-running, and arguably the most successful, unity endeavor in the history of the Restoration Movement. At 9:30 a.m. April 16, 1982, a “Code Blue” was issued

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