by Emily Snell | Apr 12, 2011 | News Slider
Despite severe weather, students and community members filled Willard Collins Alumni Auditorium on Monday night to learn more about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr. Weston W. Fields, one of the world’s leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholars, was the featured speaker at the Prentice Meador Distinguished Lectures, an annual series designed to honor quality communication in the area of faith and spirituality. “It was as though someone at the time of Jesus had the ability to take a picture of the Bible as it was at that time, and then had hidden it away, and someone 2,000 years later could open it up and see exactly what the text of the Bible was like in that day,” Fields said of the scrolls. Fields said that people often wonder how closely the current English Bible resembles the Bible of that time. He said the scrolls assure people that the Bible has been passed down carefully and reliably. “The text has been transmitted amazingly well and faithfully,” Fields said. “Much more faithfully than any other ancient text.” Dr. Ken Durham, the Batsell Barrett Baxter Chair of Preaching and emcee for the evening, agreed. “This gives us even more confidence in the Biblical text,” Durham said. According to Fields, the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered nearly 65 years ago, mostly in caves in Qumran, the northern area of the Dead Sea. He said the scrolls were hand copied and preserved by a “separatist” group, possibly called the Essenes. Fields said the group who copied the scrolls probably had no “direct connection” with Jesus, but he said Jesus would have likely spent time near...
by Emily Snell | Apr 12, 2011 | News Slider
Pancake Pantry received a rating of 59 out of 100 on its Metro Public Health evaluation two weeks ago. The restaurant’s low score has some students wondering if they should pay more attention to health ratings. “It makes me rethink why I don’t check health scores more often,” said Rachel Hacker, a sophomore communication major. “I go in with assumptions about a place just because of its atmosphere, but those aren’t always correct.” Hacker, who is from Gallatin, Tenn., said she looks at health scores if they are posted in obvious places in restaurants, but if not, she said she doesn’t search for them. Hacker said she thinks students consider price more than any other factor when choosing where to eat. Kathryn-Claire Watts, a junior from Murfreesboro majoring in public relations, agreed with Hacker about price being students’ main concern. Watts said she usually doesn’t research health ratings before she goes to restaurants off campus but said she notices if they are posted in a visible spot in the facility. “I really pay attention to the ones on campus because they’re right there while you’re waiting for your food,” Watts said. William Bratton, a senior from West Palm Beach, Fla., said he also thinks about price first. He said that he trusts local businesses and isn’t too concerned about their health ratings, but he said he pays attention to health scores if he isn’t familiar with the place. “Like a local burger joint, I can forgive it being under an 85,” Bratton said. “If I don’t know the restaurant, I do look for that.” Watts said that she heard...
by Emily Snell | Apr 11, 2011 | News Slider
Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Weston W. Fields will be presenting at the Prentice Meador Distinguished Lectures on Monday, April 11 in Collins Alumni Auditorium. The event will begin at 7 p.m., and students who attend will receive chapel credit. A question and answer session and a book signing will follow the lecture. Terry Briley, dean of the college of Bible and Ministry, said the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was important because it offered insight into the Bible that was 1000 years older than previous manuscripts. “This has been, for the last 50 or 60 years, one of the most significant Biblical discoveries that has been made,” Briley said. “It’s very revealing in terms of the text of the Bible.” Briley said that Fields is “one of the leading scholars in the world on the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Fields has been the executive director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation since 1991. He has written four books, the most recent of which is The Dead Sea Scrolls. A Full History, Vol. 1. Briley said he thinks the event will give attendees greater confidence in the reliability of the Bible. “I think they’ll have a clearer picture of the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Biblical study,” Briley said. “I think they will probably come away with a better appreciation for how reliably the Biblical text has been handed down over time.”...
by Emily Snell | Mar 31, 2011 | News Slider
Hundreds of students will take the stage tonight for Lipscomb’s 48th annual Singarama. [Update: Theme winner for night one of Singarama: Time, directed by Morgan Philley featuring Phi Sigma, Sigma Iota Delta, Gamma Xi and friends] Performances will be in Collins Alumni Auditorium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30. There will also be a show at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Lincoln Mick, one of the hosts and a freshman from Jacksonville, Fla., said he thinks the performers are well prepared. “All of the groups are fantastic,” Mick said. “They’ve done a lot of hard work. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.” Please upgrade your browser Video by Ryan Malone The theme of this year’s show is “For Good Measure” and will feature three groups: Time, Temperature and Distance. Emily Sullivan, junior in social work and director of Distance, said she thinks the cast is ready. “The group is excited and in great spirits,” Sullivan said. Sullivan said that lack of sleep has made things difficult, but watching the show develop has helped her through. “As director, all I can do is have faith in my group,” Sullivan said. “I’m actually seeing this show come together. It makes me so proud!” According to Melissa Lancaster, a 2004 graduate and director of hosts and hostesses, those involved have been focused on final details this week like staging and lights. “It’s really neat to see what these guys can do in less than a month,” Lancaster said. “It’s impressive to see how quickly they can come up with this stuff.” Lancaster said she enjoys helping with the...
by Emily Snell | Mar 25, 2011 | News Slider
Lipscomb students were turned away at Scotland’s border during spring break when they tried to enter the country for their mission trip. The team was denied access by Scottish customs officials when they arrived on Sunday, March 13, to start their work with Westmaines Church of Christ. The situation is currently under investigation. Katie Dillard, senior in studio art, was one of the team’s student leaders. She said it is still somewhat unclear why the group was detained, but she said she thinks they were targeted by the officials. “We’re all white Anglo-Saxons,” Dillard said. “But none of us look at all suspicious. I guess the moment we showed up on the UK border, I felt like we were profiled as Americans.” Dillard, who is from the Washington D.C. area, has travelled internationally before and said that she worked hard to prepare her team for the trip. But things started to go wrong, she said, when one of the customs officials began questioning a student. “She was asking very intruding questions,” Dillard said. “He was not expecting her to interrogate him like that.” “Everything started snowballing downhill from there.” One team member, Emily Millstead, a freshman social work major, was cleared to enter the country but was sent back when the officials decided to detain the whole group. Millstead, who is originally from Grand Blanc, Mich., said she has traveled internationally before but felt nervous in Scotland. “That’s the most intimidating customs I’ve ever been through,” Millstead said. “It was kind of intense.” Millstead said she was putting away her passport when she heard some commotion and realized there...
