The Christian Should Be The Person Who

Sadly Enough, There Is A Kind Of An Anti-intellectualism Among Many Christians: Spirituality Is Falsely Pitted Against Intellectual Comprehension As Though They Stood In A Dichotomy. Such Anti-intellectualism Cuts Away At The Very Heart Of The Christian Message. Of Course, There Is A False Intellectualism Which Does Destroy The Work Of The Holy Spirit. But It Does Not Arise When Men Wrestle Honestly With Honest Questions And Then See That The Bible Has The Answers. This Does Not Oppose True Spirituality.

God's Word Will Never Pass Away, But Looking Back To The Old Testament And Since The Time Of Christ, With Tears We Must Say That Because Of Lack Of Fortitude And Faithfulness On The Part Of God's People, God's Word Has Many Times Been Allowed To Be Bent, To Conform To The Surrounding, Passing, Changing Culture Of That Moment Rather Than To Stand As The Inerrant Word Of God Judging The Form Of The World Spirit And The Surrounding Culture Of That Moment. In The Name Of The Lord Jesus Christ, May Our Children And Grandchildren Not Say That Such Can Be Said About Us.

In Two Areas Above All Others The Christian Demonstration Of Love And Communication Stands Clear: In The Area Of The Christian Couple And Their Children; And In The Personal Relationships Of Christians In The Church. If There Is No Demonstration In These Two Places, On The Personal Level, The World Can Conclude That Orthodox Christian Doctrine Is Nothing But Dead, Cold Words.

Doctrinal Rightness And Rightness Of Ecclesiastical Position Are Important, But Only As A Starting Point To Go On Into A Living Relationship - And Not As Ends In Themselves.

The Basic Problem Of The Christians In This Country In The Last Eighty Years Or So, In Regard To Society And In Regard To Government, Is That They Have Seen Things In Bits And Pieces Instead Of Totals.