Some people learn the Bible, some live it.
Dr. John N. Jonsson knows it and lives it. He learned the verses and learned how to live them at the hands of his Baptist missionary parents while growing up in South Africa. Jonsson learned early in life that his parents' conviction about loving the indigenous African people was not popular with many of the white residents of the province. Jonsson, who is now a professor of religion at Baylor University, said during a visit last week to Hardin-Simmons University it is imperative that Christians understand that. That principle is expressed four times in the New Testament, he said, twice by Peter and twice by Paul.