Messages from Other Christian Leaders
Message from Dr. W. Marvin Watson
President, Dallas Baptist University
Truth is in many ways the culmination of two ventures with
which Dallas Baptist University has been involved. In March of 1983 and
February of 1985, the University, along with the International Academy
of Philosophy and the Institute for Research in Christianity and
Contemporary Thought, co-sponsored two major international conferences:
The Reality of God and The Dignity of Man (also called
Modern Thought and The Turn to Theism) and Christianity
Challenges The University: An International Conference of Theists and
Atheists, in which reputed scholars from Europe and North America
were participants.
These conferences had several unique features. Various fields of
knowledge were well represented. Scholars discussed the foundations of
Christianity among themselves and with laymen. Most important, the
conferences brought together many believers.
In response to an invitation from Dr. W. A. Criswell, pastor of First
Baptist Church, Dallas, Pope John Paul II sent a special message for the
first conference. Pope John Paul stated that he was pleased to note the
fraternal collaboration between Christian brethren in a common effort to
be at the service of man in search for a greater knowledge of God. He
asked God to bless the conference organizers and the efforts of all who
joined them in the great cause for truth, personified in Jesus Christ
the one Mediator with the Father and Savior of the world. This message
is most appropriate for Truth.
In continuing the task begun in the first two conferences,
Dallas Baptist University looks forward to working closely with
Truth. We are motivated by the University motto, "TO GOD BE THE
GLORY."