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The Fundamentalist Journal Volume 4, Number 3

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The most influential conservativehotestant writer of our era - now colkctedin thk monwnentalset THE GOMPLETEWORKS OF FRANCISA. SCHAEFFER

NOTa reprint- all2l volumesrevised and updated Who is the most importantEvangelical writer of our time?lf a pollcould be taken amongEvangelicals the world over,the nameof FrancisA. Schaefferwould pro - ably leadall the rest.By far. The liberalspretend that a few TV preachersare causing the resurgenceot conser- vativeProtestantism. But it goesfar, far deeper,and muchof the creditbelongs to FrancisSchaeffer. He is bringingthoughtful conservative Protestants 1) backto their rootsand 2) rightsmack into the mainstream. How to fonnuhh a worilviewthat is bothChtislian and conservalive Schaelferranges from epistemologyto VOLIIME 3: A Christion View of Spiituality spiritualityto the atts How to relatebiblical reality to the nitty-gritty of everydaylife. Includesthese four books, completeand updated: VOLUME 1: .4 Christiannew of Philosophyond Culture No Uttle P€ople * True Spiriluality * The New Super- How Christianity relatesto philosophy...to culture. Roots of Spidtualily * Two Contents, Two Realities the "God is dead" mentality. How to make the Christian faith live and flourish under modern conditions. Includesthese four VOLUME 4: A Christiqn Viewof the Church books, completeand updated: Why Westerncultue is dying. Is the church dying too? How the The God Who ls There * Ffcape from Reason * He ls church can surviveand grow in our time. Ways of giving Chris- There and He Is Not Silent * Back 10 Freedom and tian witnesstoday, in deedand word. How the chuch can cope Dignity with ecologicalproblems and population growth. lncludesthese four books, completeand updated: VOLUME 2: A Christion Viewof the Bible as Truth The Church at the End of the Twenti€th C€ntury * The lsthe Bible true? How arid why it istruth. When does the Bible Church Before the Walching World * The Mark of the touch on science?How to integrateGenesis with theologicaland Orristian * Death in the city scientificthoughl. How Bible truth should relateto Bible study - and to the Christiar worldview. Includesthese five books, VOLLME 5t A Christion Viewof the West completeand updated: The rise of Westem culture - and the seedsof decay. What Genesis in Space arld Time * No trinal Conflict * Christiansmust do. Coming: the death of freedom and the rise Joshua and the trlow of Biblical Historv * Basic Bible of an authoritarian elite? Abortion, euthanasia, pollution: Studi€s * Art and the Bible Christian responses.Includes these four books, complete and updated: Pollution and the Death of Man * How Should We Then Uve? * WhateverHappened to the Human Race? * A Orristian Manifeslo

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Fourorticles exomine the scripturol Theconiroversiol toctic of bomb- position on homosexuolity,ond ing obortion clinicsto stop obor- provide o Christionresponse io tionsis cousing conflici in ihe pro- the problem. life movement.

FEATURES On oul covel: Cloudius.theRornon {$ In Review Emoerorwho exiled Aouilo ond CounselingHomosexuols ployed 20PculD. Meer. M D Priscillo,is by RichordKiley Ireosuresfrom lhe lexl in the NBCielevision dromo "A.D," The Serviceof Foiih Suchwere Someot You Articlesobout the eorly Christion RichordD. Potlerson 22MichoeBroun churchbegin on poge 30, ond o review of the film is on poge 47, 5tSuccesstulTeoching ldeos CF, HelpingChildlen Glow Up Come, Let UsReoson Together av Slroighl-u,eo'qea ,st sr' Dovd W Chopmon Jeily FolwellCommenls 1)'- ,R The StoFspongled Slory A Ministrvto the Follen Plolile -' Anoeo ElweI lunl 53JohnEvons-M chele Prince 14FundomenlolismTodoy Q1')Copturing lhe Awesome FundomentolistFonoticism 55 MlnlsrryUpdote "- Power ol lhe FirslChurch PrivoteReligion ond Public Roph W Morks,Jr Policy-EdwordDobson Foce fhe Focls 57A Tosie of Victory ?t lhe Cholocler ond Pelspeclive-Abortion Col Thomos v- Commilmenl of Eorly t6ClinicBombings-Col Thomos Church Leodels 58Bible Sludy-Deuteronomy JofrnV rker Chlislionity& Ethics NoroldL. W lmington 17Homosexuolityond the Bible qQ Preochels ond Preoching Pou D Feinberg AO News-BombirgClinics Couses v ' ConflictWithin Pro-Life "' W A. Cnswel 36Inlerview-Advice from the Movement-Modin Mowyer A7 "4.D."Porlroys lhe Pogon AposilePoul-Poul R Fink " Wolld ol lhe Birlh of FolwellDebotes Kennedy Blogtophy-Som Mork Smith Chlistionity A)'- Jones Riciord Kevn Bornord BroughtRevivol to o Notion B y V ck Bofret1 $l NewsBrlefs DEPARTMENTS Thunderin the Pulpit Atler All-Sociol Concern? Preporefor the Lifeto Come 66Not Me, l'm o Fundomentolist! 7 YouSoid lt 5OM JON-AS TrumonDollor

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Shlmel's Dust does not really care whether we are IHE ORIOINAISCOFIEID SEFENENqE 8I8IE Evangelicalsor Fundamentalistsl'All IttT Edlllon O r1a7 Fi.€ Grahod Morocco-€v. x 5% -BIs.k I seethat my hatemail is up! That too often we are fighting for someor- must provethat I really do exist after ganizationor somepnsition, instead of Liat 175.00 Our Prlc.: l3l.OO Pst co: t2.00 Total: _ all. Thepersonalization of the objectof fightingfor the lord JesusHimself. We D l2A1FL BondodLeether-8y. x5% (L.a/sedz€) one'shate is the first steptoward ac- really need!o get our priorities straight- 8l.ck EurOundy- &own - cepting the reality of the one hated. enedout! Thanls for a wonderfularticle Poslager$1.50 Tolsl: - Haveyou evernoticed how much athe- and.afine issue.Do keepup the good fl l251FL aohd€d Lsalhor-5 x7% (Handyslz€) ists actually hate God? 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C.Gaebelein whom he cites,tended STAFF to ignorethat there is a presentking- In Philip Lindner's critique of my dom on earth,most contemporary pre- commentson dispensationalism, he il- millenarians and dispensationalists ExeculiveEditor: Jeny' Fo we lustrates the current tendencyto attack recognize that there is a spiritual PublisherNe son Keener the tenetsof premillerurialismunder kingdom to which all believersin SeniorEditor Edword Dobson the term of dispensationalism. Christ belong at the present time as EdilorDeboroh Huff Historic premillennialism holds confirmed Copy EditorEorlene R Goodwin by Romans 14:17.What AssocioteEditorsl that Christ is not fulfilling the Davidic premillenarians and dispensational- W Dovd Beck. Donie R Mitchell kingdom now, but that this will be ists teach,however, is that this king- ConlributingWrilersl fulfilled after His Second Comrng. dom is not the fulfillment of the prom- Angeo Elwe Hunl . Morl n Mowyer While early dispensationalists,like isedDavidic kingdom in the Oldiesta- Co Thomos EditoriolAssistontsl ment.Christ is reigningnow from the CrndyB Gunler. Jeanne Moson Father'sthrone in heaven.In the mil- LornaDobson lennium He will reign from David's ReseorchAssisloni Morjorie L Fulch throneon earth (Jer.23:5-6).David's Creolive DireclorSlephen I Albochten throne was never in heaven Grophics/Deslgnl and the Bion Qobedson.Supv . DioneJohnson Fatherl throne has neverbeen on earth. EdwanoCoemon . JoneO sen While it may be true that we can- LorryHeoth not equatedispensationalism, premil- Phologrophyl . lennialism,and Fundamenlalism asthe LesSchofer. Mgr BriqnPrlnce CothyD Wolson terms relateto differentconcepts, the ProductionAssistonti Conn e Plls definition of each must stand upon Typogrophersl scriptural grounds, and the terms SusonW Shpwosh . 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A Ministrytothe Fallen

primary goal of the church is we must forgive him-no matter how to reach and minister to the many times he repeats the offense. fallen. No one exists beyond Forgivenessis theultimate expression the scopeof God's grace:the alcoholic, of true Christianity. the prisoner, the drug addict, the adulterer, the homosexual.Although Restoratlon we havea tendencyto rank sinnersby The ministry to the fallen doesnot the degreeor severityof sin, Goddoes C*dr.oiog is easy, end with the call to repentance.It must not. He seesus all alike-in needof His includethe opportunity for full resto- grace and mercy. but consolingtakes time, ration of the repentantsinner. Every- The gospel message applies to Denouncingsin is simple, onewho repentshas a placeof servrce everyone.When the church ceasesto for God.All too often we are guilty of give that messageto all people,it has but deliveringthe sinner neglecting the sinner after he has failed in its mostbasic mission. Christ can be exhausting, repented.We merely go on our way never limited the free offer of the concentratingon reaching new con- gospelto a few. Rather, He commrs- verts, instead of restoring the fallen sionedus to give all men His message brother to full servicein Christ. of redemptionand forgivenessof sin. restoration.We must be willing to con- When a believer falls into sin, wc Evenwithin the bodyof the church front sin and then restore the reoen- may feel that his failureundermines we are to havea ministry of reconcilia- tant sinner.Both areessential if we are our doctrine of regeneration.Many tion to our errant brethren.Christrans to fulfill the ministry of Christ. disavow the fallen brother and shun should never rejoice over the failure of him completely.This will drive him another believer. Rather, the apostle Repentance into hopelessdespair. Upon his repen- Paul admonishesus: "Brethren, if a Our first responsibility is to call tance, our responsibility to him be- man be overtakenin a fault. ve which sinnersto repentance,a necessarycon- comes restoration, not isolation and are spiritual,restore such an onein the dition for salvationand for restoration, condemnation.The church must be a spirit of meekness;considering thyself, if we expectthe blessingsof God. place where broken people get the lest thou alsobe temnted.Bear ve one Callinga sinnerto repentancemay piecesof their livesput back together. another's burdens, ind so fulfill the involvethe uncomfortableconfronta- law of Christ" (Gal.6:l-2). tion of specific problems. However, People Helplng People If we are to obeyChrist's command loving confrontation is the most impor- The church is in the people to live as He did, burden-bearingmust tant thing we can do for an errant business. Ministering is more than becomea major part ofour lives.Run- brother. merelypreaching sermons and declar- ning from peoplewith problemsis In standingagainst sin we run the ing truth. True ministry is the applica- ofteneasier than helping them through risk of appearingjudgmental and un- tion of the love of Christ to a hurtine difficult times. But if we do not offer loving. After being in the pastorate society.Condemning is easybut conl assistance,we relegatepeople to a less- nearly 30 years,I havecounseled all soling takes time. Denouncingsin is than-humanrole. In reality, we all have kinds of peopleinvolved in all kinds of simple, but delivering the sinner can committedsin of one kind or another. sin. I facetheir sin problemshead on, be exhaustine. We do not have to kill someoneto but that doesnot mean I do not love Godhas c[osen to displav His love becomea fallen Christian.Some of us them. to fallen peoplethrough fillin people. are victims of pride, jealousy,hatred, Genuinelove goesbeyond parrot- Sinnerssaved by His graceshould be rage,anger, bitterness, or an un[orgiv- ing vain niceties. It involves a will- the first to offer His grace to others. ing spirit. Whateverour sin, we are all ingness to lose the relationship, to We should be the first to announce equally guilty before God. undergothe stressof facingthe prob- hope to any sinner.God is still in the The goal of the ministry to the lem, and to commit to the healing soul-savingand sin-forgivingbusiness. fallen is twofold: repentance and process.When a personrepents of sin, And likewise so should we. I l2 FundomentqlistJournol

FUNDAMENTALISMIODAY

FundamentalistFanaticism hirate Religronand Public Policy

by Edward Dobson

7ll ne securar meqla ano rne : deadthree dayslater. We believethat t I rellgrousestabllshmenl have a faith in Christ is the only way to heaven I conspicuoustendeng/ to equate and that we arecommanded to preach Frmdamentalismwith fanaticism.From the gospelaround the world. We be- the actions of the Shiite Muslims of lievethat JesusChrist is comins back han to the abortionclinic bombingsin to this planetto establishHis kiigrlom America, everything done by irrational ano to relgn. (revolutionary)zealots in the nameof Our faith is deeply In this theologicaldomain of our religion is characterizedas "Fundamen- rcotedln our private religion, we seek no change, talistl' Becauseof this constantden sa- conciliation.or comoromise.When we tory use, the word Fund.amentaiist commitmentto the statethat our objectiveis to evangelize strikesfear and paranoiain the hearts insptrcdand inernnt the world. we meanexactlv that. When of multitudes. The underlying message we state that salvationis oredicated is that all Fundamentalistsare wagin! Wod of Gd. upon faith in Christ,and not baptism, a holy war and meanto force their re- confession,or churchmembership, we ligious dogmason the r€st of society. mean exactly that. Thesestatements One author describedFundamentalists are not anti-Catholic,anti-Jewish, or by stating,"He is comingafter you to us, you must know what we believeand anti-Muslim; they are expressionsof get you to join his army. If you don't hoy that belief expressesitself in the what we believe.We have always be- want to join, he's coming after you puollc arena. Iievedand preached the samemessage, anyway" (Texas Monthly, Nw,, 1981, andwe do not intendto chansefor the p.178).Such unjust characterizations Hvate Rellglon sakeof beingaccepted accord'ing to the area premeditatedattempt to manipu- Fundamentalistscan best appease standardsof others. late the minds of the Americanpublic the secularistsby believing nothing, The ooint of tension seemsto lie and causethem to despiseand-reject sayingnothing, and doingnothing. We more with our methodsthan with our the messageof all Fundamentalists. could silencethe criticism of our oppo message.Sometimes we exerciseour The Fundamentalist movement is nents if, like Private Shultz of "Hogan's religious objectivesin a way that de- not without extremists,but judging the Heroes,"we simply stated, "I know stmysthe impactof our message.Paul entire movementbv a few radical oub- nothing!" But that would be an uncon- admonishesus to "speakthe truth in lic statementsis unfair. As Fundamcn- ditional surrenderof who we are and love"(Eph. 4:15). Our messagemust be talists,we rejecthit-lists, namecalling, what we believe. tempered with a love that accepts manipulation,and other coerciveat- Our faith is deeply rooted in our others-even those with whom we temptsto hijack the political process. commitmentto the insniredand iner- stronglydisagree. Extremists who de- We stand opposed to those who make rant Word of God-the Bible. We be- clare that the Papacyis of anti-Christ, imprecatory prayers, bomb abortion lieve that the Scripturesare without or who dehumanizeothen with emotive clinics, and call opponents"satanic error, not only in mattersof religion, declarationsof their own bigotry are devilsl' We want to be judged for who but alsoin mattersof history science, insensitiveto othersand lack the love we are,not for somebizarre prcnounce- and the cosmos.As such they are the of Christ. ment with cultic overtones.We do not authoritativeguide for faith and prac- judge the Jewish community by the tice.We believe that JesusChrist is the Publlc Morallty bigotry of RabbiMeir Kahane,who ad. virgin-bornSon of God,the promised As Fundamentalistswe believethat vocatesthe deportation of all Arabs Messiahof Old TestamentScriDture. the First Amendment prohibits the ftom Israel.Nor do urewish to be judged We believeHe died a substitutibnary establishmentof a state religion and by similar pronouncementsfrom the and vicarious deathon the crossand thereby protects the rights of all re- Fundamentalist fringe. To understand was literallv a-rdbodilv raisedfmm the ligions. At the sametime, it doesnot 14 FundomenlolistJournol advocatethe exorcismof God and re- in peaceas fellow Americans. We must for anyonein NorthernIreland. Why? ligion from society.We believe that practice the "GoldenRule" in all our Becausemy fatherwas unlike many religion must neither dominate the relationships. Protestantministers there. He taught politicalprocess nor be dominatedby me how to love-not how to hate. He it. Wemust be freeto worshipGod ac- Practlclng Love taught me the value of all human condingto the dictatesof our conscience, beings-Catholic,Protestant, Jewish, and we must be free to exerciseour Religiousfanaticism is one of the and others. He taught me that prob- politicalrights as good citizens. But in mostdestructive forces on this planet. lemsare solved by reasonablediscus- exercisingour political responsibilities, I know,because I grew up in Belfast, sion and love-not by irrational be- we havebeen misinterpreted by some, NorthernIreland. I haveseen the dam, havior andkilling. As Fundamentalists and a little clarification is in ordcr. age-both physicaland emotional. My we mustpractice that love in our pri- First, we are not seekingto make grandfather'sstore was bombedand vatereligion and our publicmorality. Americaa Christiannation. We are destroyed.My cousinswere killed in May we learnwith Paulto "speakthe concernedabout the erosionof the reprisalmurders. Yet I bearno hatred truth in love." I basicvalues expressed in the Judeo- Christiantradition, and we believe we must strengthenthose values within l01h,\NNtr.\L our soclety. Second,we are committed to an Americathat is oluralisticin the broad- LIBERTYHOME BIBLE INSTITUTE est sense.We desire to protect the rightsof allminorities-whether or not they shareour faith. For example,we HOLYLANDTOT]R disagreewith the doctrineof the Mor- mon church,but we must protect the Mormons'right to havetheir mission- ISRAE,L*d ENGLAND aries knock on our doors,so we can havethe liberty to knock on their doors. Third, we are committedto Drin- May 27 - June 7, 1985 ciples, not political parties. We are committedto protectingthe life of the 12glorious days unborn and defendingthe nation of Israel. We are concernedabout the growing industries of pomographyand illegaldrugs, and the increasingrole of governmentinto religious affairs. We $1645 are proponentsof a strong defenseas the bestdeterrent to nuclearwar, and t JumboJet Transnortation I lsraeliGuides from that positionof strengthnegotiat- ing theverifiable elimination of nuclear t FirstClass Hotels I 0utstandinsBibh Teachers weapons. When political platforms convergewith our agendawe support . AirConditioned Buses I Interpretationforthe Deaf them,and whenthey do not we oppose them.We advocatecobelligerency with othen who shareour moral,social, and politicalconcerns. We are exercising our Americancitizenship and doing YourHost: Dr. H. L. Willmington, what the NationalCouncil of Churches, the National Associationfor the Ad- VicePresident, Liberty Baptist vancementof ColoredPeople, the Na- Schools;Dean, Liberty Home tionalEducation Association, and other BibleInstitute specialinterest and minority groups havebeen doing for years.When others suggestthat we should be silent, we wonderif their only concernis that we threatentheir position in the political -Drocess, . ForT0ur infOrmati0n send coupon to: Liberty Home Bible Institute, Founh, we seek to influence the ' Lynchburg,VA 24514 oi callToll Fre; 1.800.44G5000 political processin the highesttradi- Please send brochure and additional information to: tion of Americanpolitics. We reject the useof manipulativepower politics and inhumanemethods to accomolishour goals.While we maybattle wiih others in the process.we must live with them ADDRESS: qTATF. 7lp. i)rT-\aT \r/^Tt\ /F rEI

AbortionClinic Bombings A Matterof Conscience by Cal Thomas

he mayor of Washington,DC., becauseof the "immorality" of the Marion Barry has called the Vietnam war and the arms race? bombins of abortion clinics What about the New YorkReview ol "terrcrist acts."comparable to those of Boofrs,which in the mid-sixtiesfeatured the Nazisand the Ku Klux Klan. kav- a Molotovcocktail on its coverand the ing asidethe argumentthat the Nazis recipeinside? The Review said America and the Klan killed people,and the was reachingthe point where revolution anti-abortionistssay their goal in bomb was morally required. Who denounced ing buildingsis to preventthe destruc- R".".br, *hro that philosophy?Not Marion Barry tion of innocent human life, let us press violencewas more Of Mayor Barry's attempt to link on to analyzethe mayor'sanalogy. Even the abortion clinic bombers to the better, let us observethe position of the trendy? Whenthe Nazis,theologian Carl F. H. Henry says mayor and his fellow civil rights acti- Berrigan brothers that the Nazis"repudiated an objective viss 20 yearsago when violenceagainst moral order which deniedthe universal people and buildings was coming from destrovedfederal dignityof manl'Henry says the Nazis the left and not the right. property becauseof the stressedNordic suoerioritv and Jewish In the middle 1960s,young Marion inferiority much as the praabortionists Barry headedthe Washingtonchapter "immoralitv" of war? (excuseme-prachoicers) stressthe rn- of the Student Nonviolent Coordinatins feriority of unborn babies and the Committee.Following the assassina- KKK the inferiority of blacks. tion of Martin Luther King,Jr., SNCC's As to the morality of blowing up national chairman, StokelyCarmichael, abortion clinics, that is a more difficult was reported by the Eeening Sto.rto challenge.Richard John Neuhausof havesaid, "King's deathmade it a lot the Centerfor Religionand Societyin easierfor a lot of Negroes-they klow today held in high esteemas precursors New York put the question correctly in it's time to get guns nowl' to the nonviolentwing of the civil rights a book called Movementand Revolu- Somebelieve remark like that con- movement. /ion. Said Neuhausof the violent anti tributed to the riots in cities throueh- In the chapter"Black Violence in war and civil rights protestorsof that out America.Nearly 600fires wereiet the TwentiethCentury: A Study in Rhet- day,"Do they mean to saytlat the time across the country following King's oric and Retaliationl' the authors ouore has come to declarethis government death. and Stokelv Carmichael ob- RobertWilliams, former presidentof morally illegitimateand in the nameof served,"That was light stuff compared the Monroe.North Carolina.Branch of a higher law say that it is legitimate with what is about to happen." the NMCP,who said,"Our only logical and imperative to engagein violence to Try as I did, I was unableto find a and successfu.lanswer is to meet organ- changepolicy?" singlenewspaper story lrom that period ized andmassive violence with massive Neuhaussays there are casesthat which reportedMarion Barry as hav- and organizedviolencel' demandrevolution, but rc'\blution must ing denouncedCarmichael's inflam- W E. B. Du Bois,the notedDrotest always be the last step. The question matory rhetoric-or the riots. leaderand a founderof the NAACBoc- that must be askedtoday, he says,is While King and other prominent casionally advocatedretaliatory vio- whether the last steDin the abortion black leaderseschewed violence and lence. In 1916Du Bois admonished debatehas been reaihed. made nonviolencethe cornerstoneof black youth to stop shouting platitudes If you want my opinion, I am per- the civil rights movement,still others of accommodationand rememberthat sonallyopposed to the bombings,but I movedin a more violent direction. no people ever achieved liberation would not want to impose my morality ln CitiesUnder Siege:An Anatomy without an armed struggle. on orners. of GhettoRiots, 1964-.1%8, David Baisel Rememberwhen violencewas more and PeterH. Rossiresurrect some in- trendy? Rememberwhen the Berrigan I @ i985 l-osAngeles Times Syndicate terestingquotes from blacks who are brothers destroyedfederal pmperty Reprintedwith permission. 16 FundomgnlolistJournql I Ht./t\ltAt\ tv & FrH|lrTr || /_\a \

Homosexualitrr'u and the Binte ., o,paurDFeinberg

Ho.o*"*oal behavioris againstGod's intention for human sexual activity.

n recentyears supporters of homosexuality tion of homosexualityis no morejustified than the haveattempted to further their causeby practiceof heterosexualitywould be becauseof changingfieimage of homosexualitythrough heterosexualraoe theuse of euphemismssuch as "gay," "alternate Whileit is true thatthe men of Sodomdesired to lifestylej'andso forth, and by effortsto provethat rapethe angelicvisiton to their city,this interpreta- it is not a perversioqbut a geneticallyinherited tion cannotstand. It doesnot accountfor the fact characteristic.They have advocated ethical relativism that thejudgrnent of Godfell upontwo entirecities. andhave even gone as Washomosexual rape far as to claim the acommon practice and support of Scripture thereforethe basisof Thisastounding claim thejudgment of God? deservesour attention It couldhave beer\ but Thereare at leastfive thatis not statedin the crucialpassages in the text. What is more Bible that require damagingis thatGod's carefulexamination. judgmenton homosex- Genesisl9:1-ll uality is quite in har- The sin of Sodom mony with His pru andGomorrah has tra- hibitionand denuncia- ditionallybeen under- tion of this sinin other stoodto be homosex- Scriptures properly uality.As a matterof fact, another name Second,a bolder for homosexualityis 'sodomyl' proposalby thehomo Thegrossness of this sinwas thought to sexualcommunity has been that Genesis19 is not be seenin the characterof the judgmentthai God abouthomosexuality at all. Ratherthe sinof Sodom wroughton thesecities. andGomorrah was related to a erossviolation of the Thetraditional interpretation of this passagehas hospitalitycode This interpreta-tion is supported by beenchallenged in at leasttwo ways by homosexuals, threearguments. (a) The Hebrew word yada'is Fint, homosexualshave argued that the sin of Sodom found943 times in theOld Testament. It is usedonly and Gomorrahwas not simplyhomosexuality, but l0 timesto referto sexualrelations. and alwavs of i homosexualrape. If this is sq thenthe condemna- heterosexualkind. If homosexualrelations had been Morch 1985 U in view,then the Hebrewword sftaccb and inerrancyof Scripturewill be un- homosexualityamong Israel's neigh- would have been used. This word is persuadedby the attempt to denythe bors.As a matter of fact, cultic prosti- used50 timesin the OIdTestament of genuinenessof the Peter and Jude tution was associatedwith fertility sexualintercourse, of relationsbetween passages.Furthermorg while this in- rites in paganreligions, hardly an ap- men ano women,men ano men. even terpretationis novel,it fliesin theface propriate context for homosexuality. humansand animals. Thus, yada'must of the long historyof interpretation Alongthese lines, some have claimed be takenin its commonmeanins of "to that identifies the sin of Sodom and that the prohibition was connected knor.r" or "to getacquainted with.' The Comorrahas homosexuality. Finally, it with the growthand survivalof the na- rnen of Sodom and Gomorrah were is difficult to see how God could be tion.This is pureconjecture; nothing in thetext lends credence to sucha claim. A secondattempt to circumventthe teachingof this passagemight be called ceremonial.Here the distinction be- tweenthe moral and ceremonialaspects lt matterhow much of theLaw is crucial. The moral Iaw is enduring; the ceremonialaspects are our heart may go out to transitory.The Christian today is not the homosexual,we boundby theceremonial aspects of the Law.This prohibition is to be found in havean obligationto the contextof ceremonialuncleanness dueto menstruationand the emission make it clear that of semen. homosexualityis a sin. We are not bound by these com- mandstoday. Why shouldwe be bound then by the prohibition againsthomo- sexuality?The answer of courseis sim- ple.These prohibitions are repeated in simplyinterested in gettingto knowthe justifiedin sucha sweepingjudgmenr the New Testamentand the penaltyof angelicvisiton. The offer of Lot'sdaugh- as that wroushton thesetwo ciriesif deathshows that the ground of the com- ter was a bribe to the men of the city the only or piimary sin was a lack of mandis moral-not ceremonial,as sup- to be hosDitablein their actions.It has hospitality. ponerso[ homosexualityhave claimed. .ro se*ual intention. (b) Furthermore, interpretationis supportedby the way Irvitlcus lE:22and 20:13 Romans in which Sodomand Gomorrahare re- l:26-27 ferred to in other biblical texts.Examine Thenext major statementin the Old The New Testament.as well. con- Isaiah 1:10.Jeremiah 23:14. Ezekiel Testamentabout homosexualityis demns homosexualactivity. Romans l6:48-49.Matthew 10:14-15. and Luke found in the HolinessCode, kviticus l:26 dealswith lesbianism(homosexual 10:10-12.These passages are silent on l8:22 and 20:13.This code contains relationshipsbetween women), while sexualsin. They either mentionthe ar- God'sdemands for orderingthe life of 1:27treats male homosexuality.Both rogance of the city or its lack of His covenantpeople Israel. This order passagesseem to teachthat theseprac- hospitality.(c) The homosexualinter- had as its goal the setringapan of tices are evidencesof God'sjudgment pretationof Genesisl9 grewup in the lsraelfrom the immoraland idolatruus on thosewho reject His revelation. intertestamentalperiod as the resultof practicesof her neighborsso that she As might be surmised from what thebooks of Jubileesand Joseohus. It might be acceptableto worship the has gonebefore, this interpretationof is chargedthat 2 Peter2:6-8 and Jude 7 true and living Cod (cf. [.ev l8:3). Paul's teaching does not go unchal- are a reflection of this apocryphal Leviticus 18:22stands within legisla- lenged.Homosexuals make much of attitude. tion relatingto prohibitionsagainst all the presenceof the word "natural" in Careful examinationof this inrer- impermissible and unnatural sexual the text and related it to a distinction pretationshows it to be false.Statistics relationships.I-eviticus 20:13 is simply within homosexuality.Homosexuality is can neverdetermine the meaninsof a a restatementof 18:22.Both call the of two kinds. Intersion refers to a can- word. The contextmust decideihich homosexualact an abomination(He- dition of constitutional homosexuality. meaningis to be preferred.The sexual brew,to'abah).\*viticus 20:13 adds the The conditionis an unalterablesexual understandingof lada'is supportedby death penalty for the practice. preferencefor membersof the samesex. its use in the immediate context in Homosexualshave sousht to evade Penersion,on the other hand,is activity Genesis19:8 where any other sense what seemsto be the cliar and un- of a homosexualcharacter against one's would makeno sense.Moreover, while mistakablemeaning of thesetexls in constitutionor sexualpreference and it is true that Sodomand Gomorrah two ways.First, they have dismissed orientation. Until recently all homosex- wereexceedingly wicked cities, so that them on cultural or nationalsrounds. ual activity was viewed as evidenceof their sexualsins are not singledout in Homosexualitywas prohibited not be- perversion.No longer is this tenable,so every passage,neither do the texts causeit wasmorally wrong,but because it is claimed. aboveexclude homosexuality as at least it wasassociated with templeorostitu- AII of this appliedto the passageis a pan of thecause of divineiudcment. tion in the surroundingnitions. How- interpretedby the homosexualin this Thosewho believein rhe insoi'rarion ever,there is little evidenceof relisious way.Paul is condemninghomosexuality 18 FundomentollstJournol l that grows out of perversion,not inver- ual prostitution.Neither of the terms sion. Accordingto their argument,if includesa constitutionalhomosexual homosexualactivity is the result of in a committedand loving relationship. one's constitutional preference,it is Again,such an interpretationis an both unalterableand permissible.It is artemptlo getaround the meaningof according to, not contrary tq one's the text rather than to understandit. nature. According to them it is only The evidencelor the word studiesis perversion,homosexual activity that is not drawn from the first centurv.but contrary to one'sconstitutional sexual later. Etymologically,arsenokoini orientation, that is condemned. means"a male bedmatefor a malel' A greatdeal depends on thisdistinc- Moreover,both terms follow the general tion betweeninvert andpewert homo- Greek word ponroi (immorality) as Featuring sexuality.While biological or genetic specificexample of it. A parallel con- o GradesK-5 evidencedoes not support such a dis- struction can be found in I Timothy o Master teachers tinction. mv main concernhere is with l:10where there is a list o[generalim- the text. fhere is a good exegetical morality, followed by specific examples o Traditional Chris- reason[or rejectingthis interpretation. of that sin. tian education Theword "nature"seems to carry with o Designed for the Pastoral Concerns it its typical meaning,which has refer- smaller school ence to the ordered regularities of How then shouldwe as Christizrns o nature.Paul's argument is that homo- deal with homosexuals?I-et me suggest Affordable sexualbehavior is againstGod's inten- the following: tion for human sexualactivity, and that In truth. No matterhow much our Write for informalion. this is plainly seen in nature. Thus, heart may go out to the homosexual,we A Beka Vlleo School there is no wav that the word "natural" havean oblieationto makeit clearthat Box 18000,Slation FJV Pensacola,Florida 32523 Penecola Chnsliai adm rs srudenisol anlr race, .olor. and naliondlor elhnr orlgin. 'W" *" all sinners,but we have not engagedin all kinds of sin.

can be limited to heterosexualswho homosexualityis a sin.God calls it an c''u[|ch G'lowtn practicehomosexual behavior. abomination.God also calls the homo- sexualto repentof his or her sin. and netilF,lef,ter I Corlnthlans6:9-11 to changehis or her actions.This will passagein I Corinthians6:9-ll not be easy,but neither is it easyfor I t1c ('hut(h Grorth The reffietter ,VBi/e/r.r can help vou lead c.onstitutesan important vice list in the onetrapped in heterosexualimmo- iour churh ro hore eifedive prom- sroNth bt keepins you in. which Paulspecifies generally the con- rality to stop.God has, however, Ionncd o. such Nbjn_h a\ dition of sinners who follow a con- ised His enablement. q=:i-= .]iur.h gro\rh, a-anse|nm, ====-..=..= discipleshipand na-ardship tinuedand unresistedcoune of willful In humility. We areall sinners,but cdurarion. The arrrch C/,r/, \?tri/.r/er,earure\ disobedience.For such there is no place we havenot engagedin all kinds of sin. :--:_ i:_-= =r::F= Dan! ani.lesby noredchurch in the kingdomof God.In this list there That we havenot is due to the srace of cro$rh spe.ialii, Dr. Elmcf aretwo kinds of disobediencethat arc God.This shouldmake us both thankful +1+===:5=roqn\. Toq.L insishrinl. and exceedinglyhurnble. Sunda! school and .hurh of soecialinterest to our discussion. sroslh has earnerlhrh rhe urle ol Nir Slnda\ School:' The-Greek words are malakoi and In loye.Sin is a terrible master.It To .eccneyour FREE sub\.ripho. rend u\ rour name andaddres Or, ruj.all u\ and*e $ill arsenokoitai.These words are difficult catchesits prey and doesnot want to mril vour ilr( l(u. 11)l)AY l80.t) to translateinto English.The majority releaseit. While Godhates sin, in this of biblical scholarsunderstand them as casehomosexuality, He lovesthe sin- Name Polrdr referencesto the passiveand active ner. I-et us neverforget that our lnrd partners respectivelyin homosexualre- JesusChrist died for that sin and for lations. "effeminate.nor abusers of the sinner. Towns themselveswith mankind"(v9). Recent I Paul D. Felnberg is professor of homosexualinterpretation of this pas- biblical and systematictheology at Church Atwth hstltute sagehas taken malakoi to mean"soft" PO.80r 4404 Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School, Lynchburg.vA 24502 or "self-indulgent"and arsenokoitai to Deerfield. Illinois. He holds a Th.D. (804 845-4040 refer to a malehomosexual prostitute. from Dallas TheologicalSeminary and Thus,the passageis supposedto con- is a candidatefor a Ph.D from the demnthe self-indulgentand homosex- Universityof Chicago. Morch]985 l9 he practice of homosexuality is a sin.The Bible calls it a sin in both the Old and New Testa- ments.But Christiancounselors must realize that it is not a sin to have homosexualtemptations. If you and I Gg+seling have heterosexualtemptations due to our own insecuritiesand/or Satan's en- ticement,we havestill donewell if we tlomosex-u*J,# resistthose temDtations and do not acr on them.Only ;hen we willfully dwell on thosetemptations, or evenworse, act them out by committing adultery,do we commit sin. The same is true for homosexualtemptations. The person who hashomosexual temptations is not necessarilya homosexual.A homo sexualis someonewho willfully prac- ticeshomosexuality. At the Minirth-Meier Clinic rn Dallas,my associatesand I havehelped hundreds of hornosexualsovercome the practice of homosexuality. As Christian counselorswe must love peoplewho havethis sinful problem, just as we love peoplewith any other sin problem,remembering that we all haveroom for soiritual improvement. Christcan heal iny sin pro6lem.Paul's list of the sinsin the Corinthianchurch includes fornication, adultery, cheating, stealing, jealousy, and homosexualitv.However. the members of the Corinthian church, through spiritual growth, were able to over- comethese sins, and Paul was able to eventuallysay, "and such r,veresome of you" (l Cor.6:9-l l). Althoushthere are womeninvolved in lesbian-relationships,the vast ma- ioritv of homosexualsare males.ln the iamily backgroundcommon to many male homosexuals,boys are born and rearedin homeswhere the fathersare either out of the picture altogetheror sodedicated to theircareers that they their mothers.They develop a feminine elementaryschool they identify with soendverv little time with theirsr.rns. identitv. with feminine likes and femaleteachers. If they go to church Therefore,from birth to 6 yearsof age dislikes.During that periodthey feel theymay attendSunday school classes the boys model their mannerisms, unlovedby and insignificantto their with femaleteachers. So they continue behavior, and way of thinking after fathers and crave their affection. In to grow up identifyingwith the female

he simplest way to help homosexualsovercome the practiceof homosexualityis to dig into their past, cometo logical conclusionsabout the roots of their homosexualcravings, and proceedfrom there to figure out how God wants to meetthe natural needsthat were never met in childhood.

20 FundomentolisiJournol gender.(Churches should have couples from there to figure out how fu wants superficial culture. Some males are teaching young children whenever to meet the natural needs that were threatenedby former homosexualsbe- possible,so they can identifywith both never met in childhood. Assure cause of their own denial of subccrn- males and females.) homosexualsthat God loves them as scioustemptations in that area.In fact, When theseboys reachtheir teen- much as He loves people who comrnit maleswho are very flirtatious with the ageyears, they developstrong crushes heterosexualsins or gossipor overeat, opposite sex are frequently trying to on malesinstead of on females,for two and that God wants to meet all therr prove to themselvesthat thev are not purely psychologicalreasons. First, needs.Assure them that Godcan meet homosexuals. since they have identified with the their cravinssbetter than Satancan. Former homosexualsshould alsobe- femalegender, and other femalestheir Homoseiualsneed to confesstheir gin to date girls their own age.Even age are developingcrushes on boys, sinful acts to God and ask for for- though they may not have any sexual they developcrushes on boys.Second, giveness,just as we would confessany desire for them for another year or so, their intensecravins for a father's af- other sin.At this point I frequentlyshare they shouldget to know them as friends fection, which thef never received, I John l:9 with homosexualswho are and try to becomeinvolved in their lives. causesthem to seeksenuine love from already believers.I take unbelievers However, they must not spend the other males and theiyconfuse it with through John 1:12, Romans 3:23, majority of their time with these sex.They may yield to a homosexual Romans6:23, and Ephesians2:8-9 and platonic friends, becausethey may con- relationship,but not becausethey have try to win them to Christ.Then I go to tinue to identify with the femalegender desiresto Dracticesex with other I John 1:9and havethem ask God for sexually.Primary emphasisshould be males.They-are willing to givein and forsiveness. on developingfriendships with males their own age and older, with whom they can begin to identify and from whom thev can receive emotional and spiritualaifection to helpfill the father Ho*o."*uals tend to have onecrush after vacuum.The longerthey do this the less Satanis ableto usethat naturalneed to anotheron maleswho remind them of their fathers. tempt them to fulfill it in an unnatural way. A Christian counselorcan take this information regardinghomosexual men commit homosexualacts in order to At this point they should give up and apply theseprinciples to counseling win the affectionof anothermale. homosexualbehavior immediately and womenwho are felding to lesbianprac- Almostalways, the homosexualswe forever.However, I promisethem they ticesbecause of an unfulfilledneed for havetreated tend to haveone crush after will continue to havehomosexual temr affectionfrom their mothers. another on males who remind them of rationsbut thal the temptationswill Many of the homosexualswe have their fathers. I remembertreatins a decreaseil intensityweek by weekas treated begin to developgenuine affec- pastorwho had severalhomosexuafa[- we continue the counselingprocess. tion for the femalesthey date. Many fairs. As he describedthese affairs to After six months to one year of weekly havegotten married, had children,and me,I noticedthat all his lovershad red therapy sessions,the temptationsare leamed to enjoy sexualrelationships hair, a moustache,were musical,emo- much less severeand much easierto with their wives. Thev-their must Drorecr tional. and oassive.When I told hirn that resist.They may have some temptations themselvesthroughout livesfrom he mustnoi havespent much time with off and on throughout life, just as I have goingwhere Satan could tempt them. A his father growing up, and that I as- temptationsto overeator spend too few havehad occasionallapses back into sumedhis father must have had red mucn, ano so on. a homosexualact, only to comeback to hair, a moustache,was musical,emo A key to help decreasethose tempta- counselingoverwhelmed with guilt. tional, and passive,the pastor was tions is to figure out waysfor them to Theyneed to confessthe sin,forsake it, shockedand thoughtI must havesome receivegenuine emotional and spiritual and go on with life-just as Christians supernaturalability to readminds. His affection from healthv. heterosexual who commit other sins.The book Grou" father had beenthe music minister of Christianmales in thecirurch, and from ing Up Straightby GeorgeRekers has a churchand indeeddid havered hair, their heavenlyFather. Daily devotions someexcellent suggestions for parents a moustache.and emotional and oassive and a friendly, conversationalprayer life who want to makesure their children features.His father was so busy iervrng are vitally important in developingan rr- do not becomehomosexuals. I have the l-ord that he neverhad time for his timate relationshipwith God.But for- written ChristianChild-Reaing and Per- son.So this pastorspent his life search- mer homosexualsshould also seek out sonalityDevelopment and. Family Foun- ing for a substituteand confusedthis heterosexualChristian males of various dationsrhat also outline how parents normalcraving with homosexualtemp- agesand beginto developproper friend- can avoidthis problemby giving their tations.He had a natural God-sivenneed ships with them. They may do this time and attentionto their children. lor malealtectron, bul hewas trylng to through a Bible study group, church meet that needin a sinful way. athletic teams.church choir. or some I Paul D. Meler is a psychiatrist, ' The sirnplestway to help homosex- other creativeopportunity. They should lecturer, author, and partner of ualsovercome the practiceof homosex- develooone or two male friendstheir Minirth-Meier Clinic. P.A.. rn uality is to dig into their past,come to own agewith whom they can eventually Richardson,Texas. He holdsan M.D. logical conclusionsabout the roots of shareanything, without fear of rejec. from the University of Arkansas their homosexualcravings, and proceed tion. This is not alwavs easv in our Medical School,Fayetteville, Arkansas. tvlqrch1985 21 Such ^\f,Iere Someof %u

,.rli:,-. , rr. .i.: ,r,i il: A Christian Response to Homosexuals

by Michael Braun

omosexuality is an escalatingphenomenon of our modern society and is no longer a topic shunned or ignored by the Christian community. The homosexual has become a cause celebre for humanistic social architects in their unending quest to restructure our society. Moreovel, he has become a member of an emerging minority group. Consequently, he is being courted and flattered by opportunistic politicians. According to The ConnecticutMutual Life Report on Ameican Valuesin the Eighties, the vast majority of middle Americans believe homosexuality is wrong and fear the spread of its influence. Yet the homosexual is being driven deeper into the grip of immorality through the growing acceptanceof this classic perver- sion by a small but very influential segment of our society. 22 FundomenlolistJournol How is a Christian to respond? must be quick to saythat there are no Outrageis certainly legitimate.But in barriers strongenough to keepneedy the faceo[ this cynicalexploilation, peoplefrom a God who can forgive. clearlv the homosexualshould not be TT Sharing the gospelwith homosex- the piimary target for our anger.We -flomosexualitvhas a uals is Dart of the Christian'sGreat should direct our displeasure first Commisiionas Christ's disciples. Such toward the heterosexualpanderers who greater stigma attached a missionwill be demanding.It will rc- use homosexualityfor their own pur- to it than greed and the quirewisdom, discretion, and restraint. ooses.Nevertheless. to thoseof us who In short, Christianswho work among want to bring a healing messageof love of monev.This homosexualswill haveto strike a deli- hooe to the men and women in this oughtnot to be so. catebalance between mercy and judg- confusedand perversesociety, anger is ment whenthey sharethe loveof God. not the most productivecourse. Instead People Can Change homosexualsubculture of viewins the Our world is in lockstepwith the in terms, we must simplJadversarial deterministswhen it comesto any dis- seeit asa needyarea ripe for ministry cussionabout the homosexual.Unfor- Thehomosexual world is a missionfield than amongheterosexuals. Self destruc- tunatelytm manyChristians have joined The Awful Hce tion seemsto be the only alternative the parade.Repeatedly we hear the God'sjudgment has fallen heavily open to many homosexuals.Bell and idea that "you are what you are and uoonhomosexuals. As a result of their Weinburg'sHomosexualities, a highly thereis no helpingitl' "Sexualorienta- immoral sexualbehavior, several dis- respectedstudy, revealed that 20 per- tion' is spokenof as if there wereany eases are of epidemic proportions centof the admittedhomosexuals sur. numberof predeterminedtracks a per- amongthem. The outbreakof AIDS (Ac- veyedhad attemptedsuicide as opposed sonmight be on in life, and anychange quired ImmuneDeficiency Syndrome) to 4 percentof the normal, heterosexual in directionor attemptto alter course has beenwell publicized,but herpes, community. Again, San Franciscq a would result in a major derailment. syphilis,and gonorrheaare also ram- centerof homosexualactivism, has one The first thins a Christianmust be pant amonghomosexuals. AIDS heads of the highest suicide rates in our committedto whentalking with homo- the list of fearful diseases.The Morbidity nation. sexualsis that the gospelis the power and Mortality WeeklyReport, Juneo, Theseterrible factsshould concem of Godthat effectssah,ation. It unleashes 1984.notes that 72 percentof all AIDS the Christian conscience.The homosex- God'soower in the livesof men.This sufferersadmit to being homosexual. ual needsto be rescuedfrom his awful power is able to redeemany situation AIDShas every appearance o[ remain- dilemma and Jesus Christ is the and reverseany errant direction.This ing 100percent fatal and is spreading. answer.His words and ultimately His gospelhas one clear messageof hope Tragically,this fatal diseaseappears work on the cross,offer hopeto those and helo for the homosexual:"You can capableof beingtransmitted to hetero- desperatelyneedy people who live change.You can be changed.You are sexualswho are unfortunate enoughto amongus in fear and self-loathing. not destinedto pursue a life of hopeless receiveblood transfusionsfrom infected oe- rversion." homosexualdonors. The December2, DoesGod Give Up? About eightyears ago a youngman 1983,MMWR stated that in 1982,6 The homosexualmust be ministered came into our church family with an hemophiliacscontracted AIDS through to by caring Christianswho can offer unusualstory. For more than 12years no other discernableway than blood a messageof hope.Yet some may reply, he had been"married" to anotherman transfusion. By November30, 1983, "How canwe minister to homosexuals and living in a largemetropolitan area that number had grown to zl-a 250 when Godhas givenup on them'?"This in the Southeast.One day an unknown percentincrease! The fear of sexually misunderstandingof Paul'scomment penon handedhim a tract.Its message transmitteddeath has had a soberins in Romansl:26 and 28 must be cor- seemedobscure to him and he threw eflecton the homosexualcommunitv: rected.The Englishidiom "to giveup" it away.But it begana thoughtprocess This paralysis of fear is a fasi- implies the abandonmentof all hope. that inevitably led to an admission that growing fact of life amongthose who To"give up" is to surrenderto superior he was dreadfully unhappypursuing walk the dead-endstreet of "homosex- odds.This is contrary to the graceof the lifestyle he had chosen. vality:' In Bad News lor Modem Man, God.The Greekword of Romansl:26 He wasfull of fear.In his words,he Franky Schaeffer quotes one young actually means"to deliverl'It is used knew of no "old homosexuals,"except man as saying,"You're always looking of church discipline in I Corinthians thosewith enoughmoney to buy com- at a po*€ntialpartner and thinking, 'Is 5:5and I Timothy 1:20.In eachcase it panionship.Relationships among his this the one who will kill me?'" had a purposeof correcting,restoring, homosexualfriends rarely stood the Fear amonghomosexuals goes be- and redeeming.God has given the test of time.He was afraid and he was yond the threat of disease.Physical homosexualover to the conseouences growing older. Then he tumed to Jesus violence,depression, despair, and per- of his sin,but with our greatGod there Christ and found peacewith God and sonalitydisintegration are all theheri- is always hope for any sinner. with himself.He turnedhis backon the tageof thosewho choosea lifestyle that A moral messageof hopefor those homosexualcommuniry and with grcat opposesthe laws of God. The 1984 with courageto repentmust be placed struggles that continue even to the PresidentialBiblical Scoreboardre- before every homosexual.It must be present,he submittedhis sexualityto ported that a 1980New York Times sharedby Christianswho are not afraid the loving guidanceof God. study showed that the murder rate to showall men that the loveof Godhas The Christian must reject sexual among homosexualsis 15times higher moral boundaries.Nevertheless, we determinismand spreadhope to those Morch1985 23 who desoairof their sins.But thereis Is your fellowshipa placethat accepts more we must do in order to minister peopleregardless of their former life- to homosexuals.We must overcome style, or is it a place of fear? Homo- our fear of the homosexual.We must phobia doesnot belongin the church alsohelo him overcomehis fearo[ us. The christianmust of JesusChrist. Our ministry to homosexualsmust The Power of the Truth balancelove and discipline. reject sexual If Christiansare going to be success- A Btbllcal Perspectlve oetermrnlsmano ful in their ministriesto homosexuals, A Christianmust takea standagainst spreadhope to those they must be committedto the whole homosexuality.But he must make it counselof God Their compassionmust verv clear that this is not a personal who despairof their be temperedby their doctrine. The maiter In this light he is definitelynot sins. Holy Spirit is the onewho changesthe againstthe homosexual,rather he is homosexual,and we must neverforget reachinsout to him. that He is the Snirit of Truth.We need Theri is no room for prudish bigorry to proclaim all of what the Scriptures among Christianswith regard to the teach about homosexuality. homosexual.Nor is their any room for homosexualityhas a greaterstigma at- Havingclearly said that homosexu- coarsejests at his expense.We are too tachedto it than greedand the loveof ality is wrongaccording to God'sWord often guilty of this.But it maybe whis- money.This ought not to be so (cf. Rom. l:24-27;I Tim. 1:9-11;and tling in the graveyard.Bigotry and Third, note that Christian fellowship I€v. 18:22),Christians must also teach mockery may mask inner fears. is a placefor homosexualswho turn to that it is personally destructive.No- While fearingthe damageof homo- Christ and reject their former sexual where has this been put more aptly sexualityand hating the impact it has choices."Suchj' Paul says emphatically, than in Romans1. on individualsand society,the Chris- "weresome of youl' Part of the gospel When people pursue homosexual tian mustnever succumb to expressions invitation from Christians to those behavior thev receive"in themselves of simplemindedand unreasoned preju- caughtin the webof pewenion should that recompenceof their error which dice.We would do well to reflecton the be "that there is a placefor youl' Any was meet" (Rom.l:27). Here compas- approachof Scripture to the problem homosexualwho reDentsand turns to sionmingles with a warning.Homosex- of homosexuality. Christ, who rejects a sexuallifestyle uality is destructive.It will ruin your Know ye not that the un- that runs contrarv to God'sWord. has life. The Christian needsto makethis righteous shall not inherit the a placewith all of us,a placeof equality fact known to the homosexualcom- kingdomof God?Be not deceived: and love.Christian fellowshio is a nlace munity carefully and constantly. neitherfomicators, nor idolaters, for sinnerswho repent without diitinc- We oonose-ii homosexualbehavror nor adulterers, nor effemiaate, tion, shame,and rejection. because destroyshuman life and nor abusersof themselveswith Finallv. obsewethe utter confidence Dotential.Homosexualitv defiles the mankind. nor thieves. nor cove- Paul hasln the Wordof Christ, under image of God in us and-"truth about tous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, whoseauthority and by whosename God" is irretrievably lost in the nor extortioners, shall inherit the peoplecan find holiness,purity, and wreckageof its perversion.Our God kingdom of God. And such were complete forgivenessbefore a God has spokenand we must not be silent. some of you: but ye are washed, whoseown holynature condemns sin Be it errant or aberrant,according but ye are sanctified, but ye are categorical)y.Paul is absolutelycertain to the Scriptureshomosexuality is justifiedin the nameof the Lord that the Holy Spirit cantransform any more than merelya choicemade by in- Jesus,and by the Spirit of our fu humanbeing caught in thisweb o[ sin. dividuals.Christians must teach that (l Cor.6:9-11). Any ministry to homosexualsthat homosexualityis ajudgmentof Godon First, Paul is straightforward.He doesnot ultimately lead to a panicipa- a society.This was the lessonof Sodom. callsit exactlywhat it is.Paul minces tion by the former homosexualin full This is the clear indictmentof Romans1. no words;homosexuality is wrong. churchlife is incompleteand unbiblical. In cenain asDectswe must view Secondly,Paul puts the entiremat- Strategically,a ministry to homosexuals homosexualityai a symptomof even ter into a proper perspective.Before maybegin in "parachurch"outreaches. greaterproblems of godlessness.Justice Godthe sin of homosexualitytakes its Theymay involvespecial support groups must preventChristians from merely placebeside the more sociallyaccept- and counselingservices designed spe- attackinshomosexuals. In the broader able offensesof "greed,""theft," and cifically for the problemof homosexu- view,allif us sharethe responsibility "drunkenness."To God the "macho" ality,but theymust ultimately end in for the rise in homosexualbehavior. If heterosexualwho betrayshis wife,the placingthe homosexual who repentsin the homosexualsees the American "high rolling" businessmanwho will full and effective fellowship with a church humbled and repentant,per- do anyhing for profit, andthe jet-setter Iocal church. hapshe or shewill then find it easier who lives to party are no better than If a ministryto formerhomosexuals to follow suchan example.If we areto the man or womanwho has fallen into allowsthem to avoidthe church,or sit minister to homosexualsthere is ncr homosexuality. Iightly and often anonymouslywithin room for self-righteousness. Sadlv.manv Christians find fellow- its ranks, it is failing to deal with a ship witir known adulterersand dishon- majorissue of discipleship-panicipa- I Mlchael Braun is pastor of Com- estpeople more desirable than contact tion in the local church.This is a chal- munity ElangelicalFree Church, Garres- with a homosexualwho may be crying lengenot only to the homosexualwho ville, Florida, and co-author of ?he out for help. In most churchestoday repentsbut alsothe localchurch itself. Chistian in an Ageol SexualEclipse. 24 Fundomen'lolistJournol HelpingCtrlaren Grow llp STRAIGHT by GeorgeA. Rekers

am comingto talkwith you churches)teaching sexual relativism; J- J- f | for my parents'sakeonly," propagandaby gay liberationists;and I Tammy confessedas she homosexual pornography in books, introducedherseif to me in her first magazines,or movies. Responsible visit to my office. Tammywas 17 and parentswill do everythingthey can to her oarentshad insistedthat she see shield their children from the hom

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and the heroes and slogans that came out of that conflict are still familiar. But Francis Scott Key's glimpseof Old Glory in the "rocket'sred glare" during the Battle of Baltimoregave us an anthemthat neverfails to stir the heartsof freedom-lovingAmericans. March 3 is NationalAnthem Day.a fitting time to reflect on the eveningof September13, 1814... Franciswas worried. He was alone,surrounded by the enemy,and on a seeminglyhopeless mis- sion.The seaspray blew into his face as he rode silently in a small escortboat. He tried to compose his thoughts, his words, and his appearance,but he could not smooth the creasefrom his forehead or erasethe warinessfrom his eyes. 28 FundomentollsiJournol He was on his way to ask a favor and a soldier appeared."Please," Fran- The victory would not go to the British! from a confident enemvcommander. cis whisnered."I need someair. Sea- Francisfelt his heart surge in praise But why should the British navy feel sick. vou knowl' and patriotism. disposedto grant FrancisScott Key any The soldier grunted and turned the Francis Scott Key authored "The sort of favor?l,ess than a month before, key in the lockl'It's your neck, bub, but Star-SpangledBanner" after this mem- they had capturedand burned Washing- if you want to walk on the deck I sup- orablenight. For more than a century to4 forcing eventhe Presidentfrom his poseit's all rightl' it was oneof the most popular patriotic house.That statelymansion was now When he reachedthe deck, Francis songs,and it officially becameour na- nothins but charred walls. stood still and scannedthe horizon. He tional anthemin 1931,when President Yetihe spirit of this renegadecoun- could barelydiscern the outline of the HerbertHoover signed a congressional try was alive and well. Francis had fort's wall, and only an occasional bill to that effect. laughed when he heard how Dolley bunt from a rocket illuminated the sky. We sing it with pride. But lest we Madison,the Presidenfswife, had rislad What was the situation?Was tle Amen- forget, the fourth verse of Key's song her life to rescuethe portrait of George can army still in control of the fort? is worth repeating171 years later: Washingtonfrom the burning house. Francis found that the rocket blasts O thus be it ever when free men That indomitablesoirit wascharacter- provided light enoughto seethe Ameri- shall stand istic of Americansisurely they would can flag, still flying over the fort. The Betweentheir lovedhomes and survive this latest test of fortitude. vrctory was not yet won. the war's desolation! The night was long. Francis walked Blest with vict'ry and peace,may the deck for hours. He thought about the heav'n-rescuedland the citizens of Baltimore,his family, Praisethe Dow'r that hath made and the familiesof all Americans.And and presirved us a nation! he prayed, "PleaseGod, it has been Then conquerwe must, when our Sfb '*, rwuhd 0 Your gracethat hasmade our country causeit is just, /rW, tatfto{d/ry' strong.Preserve Your handiwork and And this be our motto:"ln God is help us to stand as free men." our trust!" lgb As the sun began to rise behind And the Star-spangledBanner in Francis,its filtercd beamsshone thmugh triumph shall wave "&-g the smoke and revealed a dingy but O'er the land of the free, and the proud flag flying high abovethe fort. home of the brave. I

Now in Baltimore Harbor, as the cool Seotemberwinds belied the warm sun and warned of approachingwinter, Kttow Francisreviewed his mission. William CalledTo Beanes,who had beentaken prisoner Thglob during the occupationof Washington, was on board the British commander's TheMinistry Options. ship With only a letter in his hand and a prayer in his heart, Francis was going StudyOff,Campus and Discovera surprisingnew world of to try to bargain for Beanes'srelease. opportunities.Your nextjob couldbe When they at last arrived at General EarnA Degree! amongthe thousandsavailable right now Ross'sship, Francis followed the sol- in Christianorganizations. Find out wher€.. . write Intercristo.You'llreceiv€ diersinto the officer's stateroom.Gen- r Bethany allows you to remain in your aneasy.to-use list ol curr€nt openingsthat eral Rossread the letter Francishanded present ministry while earning your 6t your uniqueskills and abiliiies. Explore to him, and then spoke abruptly. degree. your possibilities.Wriie Intercristotoday. . "We'll have to seeabout this in the Bethany offers quality education, is Contact Intercrigto loday: morning. We are preparing to attack. tundamental and Baptist in doctiine. r$00)426.1342 Evennow Fort McHenry is about to be . One may earn either the ASSOCIAIE, (Alaska, Hawaii, Washtngtonstate, taken." &{CHETO&MASTER or DOCIORATE (206) 545-7330). degree through the Off-Campus Or retum the coupon belour, The General transferred Francis to Program. r------a small cartel boat behind the fleet to . tusidenr classesare available at the Intercristo wait for the morning. The night seemed Dothan Campus-tuition at a minimum. The Christian long, and the room in which he was . Credit is given for previous college CareerSpecialisis. confined was stifling. Francis could work and life experience. PO.Box 3387 hear the sound of cannonsand bombs, Seattle,WA 98133 the pop of gunfire, and the roar of war- Wrileor Callfror Free Iniormation ring men. So much dependedon the Please send me information on finding BETHANYTHEOLOGICAL "my place"in God'swork. battle-Baltimore was outcome of this SEMINARYAND BIBLE COLLEGE Name one of three vital American ports, and its capture by the British would be a PO Box 1344 Dolhan,Alabema 36302 City crippling blow to the young nation. (20s)793-3189 When he could bear the susoense t:-) no longer,Francis rapped on the door Morch 1985 29 [-wtrlirngtbe Annomr lonerof tbefritst @Uttttrt by Ralph W Marks, lr.

will never forget the day our be unable to claim the promise of ing church.Acts 2:42 says, "They con- first child was bom. I recall Matthew 16:18. tinued steadfastly in the apostles' doc- that unique experience of Becauseof a carelessattihrde tor,yard trine' (meaningteaching or instruction). walking into the hospital corridor and the visible church and the admission Though the Word of God was yet un- seeingour new son.Birtll What ecstatic of unregeneratemembers, J. Gresham written, the apostles'doctrine was the joy! Machen wrote in "Christianity and Wordof God Paulsaid in I Corinthians Acts 2 records the birth of the first Liberalism": 14:37,"If any man think himself to be a church.Here was the church in its in- "But what is the trouble with prophet,or spiritual, let him acknowl- fancy,thriving early with the ecstasy the visible church?What is the edge that the things that I write unto of new life and living in the awesome reason for its obvious weak- you are the commandmentsof the lordj' power of God. It had no precedentsto ness?...One cause is perfectly I've had peoplesay to me, "Doctnne follow, no denominationalguidelines to plain-the Church of todav has is junlC' And on the other extremethere give direction, and no seminars to at- Leenunfaithful to the tord 6y ad- are pastors who believe that the pulpit tend. This is the church that Jesussaid mitting great companiesof non- is no placefor teaching.But that was He would build and of this church, He Christian persons,not only into not true of the church that Jesusbuilt. said, "The gatesof hell shall not prelail her membership,but into her He built one-and that onewas a teach- againstit" (Matt. 16:18). teachingagencies.... The greatest ing church.Paul kept sayingover and What are the characteristicsthat menaceto the Christian Church over to Timothy and Titus things like made this new church so alive and todaycomes not ftom the enemies "speak thou the things which become dynamic?What principles can we learn outside, but from the enemies sound doctrine" (Iitus 2:1); "Preach the and apply to put the sameunction in withinl' word" (2 Tim. 4:2);"Study to shew thy- our churchestoday? Purity is extremely difficult to self approvedunto God" (2 Tim. 2:15); achieve,but it is neverthelessa biblical "Till I comg give attendanceto reading, goal. With God's help, we can discern to exhortation,to doctrine" (1 Tim. 4:13); A RedeemedChur,ch which applicantsfor church member- and, "If thou put the brethren in re- Satan and God cannot operate the ship rnay never havereally trusted the membranceof thesethings, thou shalt church together.A primary principle of Saviour.This becomesa great oppor- be a good minister of Jesus Christ, ecclesiologr(the doctrine of the church) tunity for er,angelism! nourished un in the words of faith and is that a church must be a redeemed of good docirine" (l Tim. 4:6). community.According to Acts2:4142, A Splrlt-fllled Church RayStedman says in the April 1984 3,000people believed, 3,000were bap- Not only was the church in Acts a issue of Moody Monthly: tized,and 3,000continued steadfastly. redeemedchurch, but it was a Spirit- The people of God are not From this text we learn that when filled church. In Acts 2:38 we read: well-fed,that is, biblically taught. Jesusbuilds a church He builds ir on "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, There is a serious lack of biblical redeemedpeople. and be baptized every one of you in the exposition from pulpits and a I remember pastoring a church name of JesusChrist for the remission failure of the people to grasp the where onlv one person on the church of sins,and ye shall receivethe gift of counterculturechallenses inher- board gavi cleai testimony to faith in the Holy Ghostl' In Acts I :5 Jesusprcm- ent in biblical truth :. . . God's Jesusas Saviour.The otherswere rather ised that the Holy Spirit was going to people need to hear from Him bothered by the phrase "born again," come:in Acts 1:8He promised that this through expositionof the Bible. and felt very uncomfortable with that Spirit would bring power;in Acts2:4 ht us give back God'svoice-in clear invitation in my preaching. the Spirit came;and the next few chap- the pulpit and whererrcrHis Word Otherpaston hce the sameproblem. ters reveal just how Spirit

first-centurv observer would sought to improve the quantity and since Jesushad conquereddeath, He probably hive given the early quality of his life Scientificand medical could solveman's basic problems(death ChristianChurch little chance adlanceshave extended the averaselife and the meaningof lifi). of survir.al,much lessof convertingthe span,but no onehas everbeen a6le to hwer of the Holy Splrtt-The early Romanworld. escapedeath. So if someonehad the Christiansbelieved they wereempow- Although Jesusenjoyed initial popu- answerto this problem,he would have ered by the Holy Spirit (the third per- larity, the crowdsturned againstHim, no trouble finding an eageraudience. son of the Trinity or the Godhead).In and He was crucified by the Roman Much of our effort (,r,vork,education, Acts 1:8the last words of Jesusto His althorities after a ministry of only marriage,the accumulationof wealth, disciplesare recorded:"But ye shall rnree years. etc.)is directedtoward improving the receivepower, after that the Holy Ghost His closestfollowers, the 12disciples quality of our lives.Yet thosewho seem is comeupon you: and ye shall be wit- (students),were not wealthyor learned to havethe most,often find that their nessesunto me both in Jerusalem.and men.Only Matthew had the equivalent lives lack meaningand purpose. in all Judaea,and in Samaria.and unto of a collegedegree. The apostlesbelieved tbat the gospel the uttermost Dart of the earthl' Jesus'followers numbered only in (literally "goodnews") answered both Acts recordJphysical miracles such the hundreds, and the approximate the temporaland eternalquestions of as people being healed of blindness populationof the RomanEmpire was mankind.Jesus said, "I am comethat and deafness,and remarkable transfor- 120,000,000.Civil and religiousauthor- they might have life, and that they mations of immoral people such as the ities in Palestinewere opposedto the might have it more abundantly" (John Philippianjailer. The apostlesattributed church and beganto imposelegal sanc- 10:10).He also said,"For God so loved their power to God the Holy Spirit. tions-executions,imprisonment, and the world, that he gavehis only begot- UntversalAppeal of Thelr Message- Deallngs. ten Son, that whosoeverbelieveth rn At first the church consistedof Pales- Yet the Book of Actsportrays the ex- him should not perish,but haveever- tinian Jewsonly. At the feastof Pente- ponentialgrowth of the earlychurch, lasting life" (John3:16). cost in Jerusalem,3,000 Greek-speaking which in threecenturies would The discipleswere in disarray fol- Jewish pilgrims from Mesopotamra, lowing the crucifixion of their master, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Romewere con- but after the Resurrection verted.In one day the church had be- they were totally changed. come international. The apostles said that they Later, convertswere made in the had seenHim repeatedlyover rest of Palestineand amons the once- a 40-day period. Thus they despairedSamaritans, wh6 were ra- knew that cially and historically relatedto Jews.

FundomentollsiJournol Then Gentilesthroughout the Empire A Plan of Actlon-Acts 1:8gives a were added. All social classeswere plan for geographicand ethnicexpan- welcomed. sion.Second Timothy 2:2 remindi the Although peopleof the first century early church that leadership must be had many prejudices, the Christian constantlydeveloped and that any in- church wasopen to all men ald womer\ stitution is only one generationaway 'And Jew, Roman, Greek and barbarian, from destruction: the thinss that glave,poor, and free. thou hast heardamong many witiesses, In a world where women lacked the samecommit thou to faithful men, freedom and honor, they were given who shallbe ableto teachothen also." respectand opportunities of service,as The Quallty of the Moral Llves of werePriscilla, Eunice, Lydia, lois, and Early Chrlsttans-The condition and others.The apostlePeter told menthat mannersof the Christiansin this aee if they abusedtheir wivesGod would €l,,fouut,o*plr of tle firdt ar€ most beautifully describedby tFe not answertheir prayers(1 Peter3:7). cmturpts! mf,nppfriulicgg, unknown author of the "Epistola ad The apostle Paul commanded,"Hus- Diognetum"in the early pirt of the bands,love your wives,even as Christ tDr€bristian cburc, bnd seconocentury. alsoloved the church,and gave himself opoilto dl. for it . . . . So ought men to love their The Christians are not dis- wives as their own bodies" (i.e.as much tinguished from other men by as they lovethemselves, Eph. 5:25,28). country by languagEnor by civil Hlgh Standards Expected of l€ad- telling them not to seekhis pardon: institutions. For they neither ers-Paul givesthese qualifications for May the wild beastsbe eagerto dwell in citiesby themselves,nor 'A bishoos: bishonthen must be blame- rush uoon me.If thev be unwill- use a peculiartongug nor leada less,the husbandof onewife, vigilant, lng I wrll compelthem. uome, singularmode of life. Theydwell sober, of good behaviour, given to crowds of wild beasts;comq tear- in the Grecianor barbarian cities, hospitality, apt to teach;not given to ings and manglings,wracking of as the casemay be; they follow wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy bonesand hackingof limbs; come the usageof the coultry in dress, lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not cruel tortures of the devil; only food, and the other affairs of life. covetous;one who rules well his own let me attain unto Christ. Yet thev Dresenta wonderful and house,having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house,how shall he take care of the church of God?.1" (1 Tim. 3:2-5). You will be instructedby an ex- Physical and Moral Courage-As ceptionalfaculty who teachfrom one readsActs, he is impressedwith a Biblicalperspective. the courageof the early leaders.Eleven of the 12 apostleswere executedfor their faith. The aoostle John died in exile. They *e.e bften arrested and beaten.Paul says this of hishardships: Of the Jewsfive times received I forty stripes saveone. Thrice wasI beatenwith rods,once was I stoned.thrice I sufferedshio- wreck, a night and a day I have beenin the deep;In journeyings Respected at often, in perils of waters,in perils Quality of robbers,in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the CEDARVILLECOLLEGE heathen,in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness,in perils in the sea,in perils amongfalse Almost 50 percentof our faculty have Ph.D's. They average brethren:In wearinessand pain- 10 yearsof teachingat Cedarvilleand bring extensiveprofessional fulness, in watchings often, in experienceto the classroom.The quality.of their instructionpro- hunger and thirst, in fastings ducesresults that arerecognized by graduateschools and recruiters often, in cold and nakedness (2 Cor. ll:24-27\. from major firms andcorporations. Ignatius(A.D 67-ll0)was a pupil of Johnand the bishopof Antioch.When An accreditedBuptilt College of Arts and Scicnces he was sent to Romi to be executedhe CedaNilleCollege. Box 601. Ccdarvillc,OH 4531.1 l5ll)766-2211 wmte this to the Roman Christians. Morch 1985 33 confessedlyparadoxical conduct. They dwell in their own native lands, but as strangers.They take part in all things,as citizens; and they suffer all things,as foreigners Every foreign country is a father- land to them. and everv native land is a foreign. They mirry like all others, they havechildren; but @bclfromunfusUeisthey do not cast away their off- spring. They have the table in common.but not wives.Thev are ffffi *.ifi*ion, public torture, complete ostracism, being eaten alive by wild lfi|ffi animals, or burned as a torch to light the night skies were only a few BEU of the horrors the early Christians faced. Christ told His followers that thi:y would suffer for their faith just as He would. When did persecution start? And why? A look at the leaders of Rome who ruled the world gives sorneinsight into the atrocities confrontiug first century believers. ,lu4zslur ruled from /|4 B.C.to A.D. 14.He succeededhis great-uncleJulius Caesar to the throne and was secondonly to hirn in the ability to command the powerful Roman Empire, His tax forced Joseph and Mary to go to Bethlehem where Jesus wasbom. Augustuswas not fond ofJews,but providedfor the daily sacrificesmade in the templeat Jerusalem.Herod the Greatwas amonghis staunchestsupporters. I\bedus (14-37),stepson and son-in-lawof Augustus,took over the empire at his father's death. A successful warrior and manager of the empire, his moody nature led him to spendmuch of his rule in the island of Capri. He is linked with conspiracy and murder in efforts to grab more power. t'@r, During his reign Valerius Gratus and Pontius Pilate govemedJudea, Christ was tutfnnof tfe crucified, and Cbristianswer€ marqred. At onepoint Tiberius had all the Jewsbanished from Romebut then revenedhis decision llp paganswere confusedas to the difference gsr[,crurct crf,llongo our betweenChdstians and Jews.Although Tiberius probably never heard the gospel,he sent for Pilate to explain the reports of unjustifiable cruelty to Christians.However, rogpoct,M beu st Tiberius died before Pilate reachedhim. affettion." Callguh or Gaius (37-41)was probably history's most reprobate character. Although a nephew and favorite protege of Tiberius, he is believed to havehastened that ruler's death. During his first few months in office, he seemedto be a just ruler, but following a serious illness he becamecruel, finding great delight in torture and bloodshed.The Jews suffered grievously at his hand. This perverted and insaneruler in the flesh,but do not live after nameda horse as consul, the flesh.They live upon the earth, Claudlus Al-54\ restored some calm to the throne but his personal life was in but are citizens of heaven.They shambles.His first wife, Messalina,was executedfor infidelity. Thenhe married Agrip obeythe existinglaws, and excel pina who would later be instrumental in his dernise. the laws by their lives. They love Herod Agrippa gained Claudius's favor by lobbying for the nephew of Tiberius all, and are persecutedby all. to succeedCaligula. For his efforts Herodwas made king of the Holy land. To gain They are unknown, and yet they favor with the Jews,Herod slew oneapostle, then seizedanother (Acts 12). Initially are condemned.They are killed Claudiusfavored Jews but later he had them banishedfrom Rome.Aquila and Priscilla and are made alive.Theyare poor were amonethat number, and makemany rich. They lack all fso (54-{S),with his nother, Agrippina, plotted his way to take over the throne. After his marriage to Octavia, the daughter of Claudius, his stepfather, Nero was things,and in all things abound. namedheir to the throne insteadof Claudius'sson Britanicus.In 59 Nero had his They are reproached,and glory in mother killed for objecting to his plaDs to divorce his wife and marry a consort. In their reoroaches.Thev are calum- 62 he divorced and murdered Octavia to marry his consort, PoppaeaSibina. With niated ind are justifiid. They are her encouragement, he began indulging in the basest acts of immorality- cursed,and they bless.They re- homosexuality included. He killed PoppaeaSibina three years after their marriage. ceivescorn, and thei givehonor. PoppaeaSibina was a Jewishproselyte, and as long as shemaintained Nero's favor, They do good,and are punished he treated the Jews well, but not the Christians. In 61 while in prison in Rome,Paul as evil-doers.When punished, wrote to the church of Philippi describingbelievers in the householdof Caesar.Chris- they rejoicg asbeing made alive. tianity had been somewhat checkedby Tiberius, but it was now spreading rapidly through Rome.Nero was the Caesarto whom Paul appealedand at whose tribunal By the Jewsthey are attackedas Paul was tried after his arrest. ln 64 a nine-day fire swept Rome.Additionally, Nero aliens, and by the Greeks per- had depleted the public coffers and the economy was in havoc. Nero needed a secuted;and the causeof the en- scapegoatto assuagepublic frustration-the Christianswould servehis purpose. mity their enemiescannot tell. For the next 200 years those who named tlte name of Christ were subject to los- The soul is enclosedin the body, ing property and life. And althoughpersecution in varying degre€sstill exists,we but holds the body together;so can only imaginehow the early believerssuffered for their faith in Christ the Christians are detainedin the I Deborah Huff world as in a prison; but they containthe world. Immortal, the FundomentolistJournol soul dwells in the mortal bodv; was to separate,and then meet 220)wrotE "We are of yesterday.Yet we sothe Christiansdwell in thecor- again to panake of ordinary foo<- have filled your Empire, your Cities, ruptible, but look for incorrup- Thus the early church grew from your Towns,your Islands,your Tribes, tion in heaven.This lot God has 120in the Upper Room(Acts l:15) to pur Camps,Castles, Palaces, Assemblies assignedto the Christiansin the 3,120,when 3,000foreign Jews on a and Senate' By the end of the Imperial world; and it cannot be taken pilgrimagewere converted(Acts 2:41) Persecution(A.D. 313) Christians num- from them. to 5,000men, not counting women and bered about one-half of the population Isaac Taylor, in his Ancient Chris- children (Acts4:4) to the point where of the RomanEmpire. tianity, which is expressly written "the numberof disciplesmultiplied in againsta superstitiousovervaluation of Jerusalemgreatly" (Acts6:7). I John Vlrkler is a chaolain in the U.S. the patristic age,nevertheless admits When Acts begins, the setting is Army Reserve.He holdian M.Div.from (vol. l, p.J/r: Jerusalem.Thirty yearslateq when the SouthwesternTheological Seminary Our brethren of the early book closes,Paul is 2,000miles away Fort Worth, Texas,and is a candidate church challengeour respect, as in Rome,and hundredsof churchesare for a Ph.D. from the University of well as affectio4 for thein wasthe found in between.Tertullian (A.D. 160- Virginia, Charlottesville. fervor of a steady faith in things rmseenand etemal;theirs, often,a meek Datience under the most grievous wrongs; theirs the cour- ageto maintain a goodprofession before the frowning face of philo sophy, of secular tyrarmy, and of splendidsuperstition; theirs was You will meetover 1800stu- abstractednessfrom the world dentsfrom almost50 statesand severalforeign countries. and a painful self-denial:theirs the mbst arduous and costly labors of love; theirs a munifi- cencein charity,altogether with- out example;theirs was a reverent and scruoulouscare of the sacred writings; and this one merit, if they had no othel is of a superla- tive degree,and should entitle them to the venerationand grate- ful resardsof the modem church. How l-ittle do many readersof the Bible,nowadays, think of what it cost the Christiansof the second and third centuries,merely to res- cueand hide the sacredtreasures from the rage of the heathen! RightPrograms at TheChristian message gave hope to ordinary peopleof all racesand back- grounds.Ordinary men and womenlived CEDARVILLE extraordinary lives.Pliny, who was sent by the Emperor Trajan to Asia Minor where Christians had becomeso nu- COLLEGE merousthat the heathentemples were almost forsaken,wrcte to the Emperor: They affirmed that the sum of their crime or their error,which- Weoffer you 9 of thel0 mostwanted fields of study,according to a everit was.was this: thevused ro spansa broadselection meeton a statedday before light, recentCollege Board Survey. Our curriculum and to sing among them- of44 areasof studyfrom which to choose,and every student takes selves,in turn, a hymn to Christ, Bible.Our Christian Ministries program, emphasizing evangelism as to a god, and to bind them- anddiscipleship, is oneofthe mostfar-reaching anywhere. selves by an oath, not to any wickedness,but that they would never commit theft, or robbery nor adultery; that they would neverbreak their word; that they An accr.ditcdBaptisr College oi An\ rnd Scicncc{ would never deny a trust when CcdarvillcCollcgc. Box 601, Cedarvill!. Oll l5:i ll (513)766:lll called to give it up; and after these performances,their way Morch 1985 35 INTERVIEW

Advice from the Apostle Paul compiled by Paul R Fink

What ls the most lmportant thlng Deaconsmust be grave,not double- I can do ln startlng a new church? tongued,not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the First of all, supplications,prayers, mystery of the faith in a pure con- intercessions,and giving of thanks science.And let these also first be shouldbe madefor all men;including proved;then let them usethe office of kings, and all that are in authority; that a deacon,being found blameless.Even you may lead a quiet and peaceablelife somust their wivesbe grave,not slan- in all godlinessand honesty.This is derers,sober, faithful in all things.tet goodand acceptablein the sight of God the deaconsbe the husbandsof one our Saviour;who will haveall men to wife, ruling their children and their be saved,and to cometo the knowledge own houseswell. They that haveused of the truth (1 Tim. 2:1-4). the office of a deaconwell purchaseto themselvesa good degree,and great What ktnd of characterlstlcs boldaessin the faith which is in Christ should I cultlvate ln the men of mv Jesus(l Tim. 3:8-131. church? Supposea young man, two months Men that pray everywhere, lifting I wlll probably be younger than shy ol graduating nminary and frcm lull up holy hands, without wrath and many people ln my church. How shall of all the apprehensionthat comeswith doubting (l Tim. 2:8). I seek to be percelved by them? enteing the pastorate,had the oppor- tunity to seek advice the apostle from I understand that yorl use the word Let no man despisethy youth; but Paul.What would thestudent ask? How "blshop" (overseer)to emphaslzethe be an example of the believers, rn would Paul reply?(References haw been responslbllltles of the pastor of the word, in conversation,in charity, in slightly readability.) editedlor local church. What are the mlnlmal spirit, in faith, in purity (1 Tim. 4:12). quallflcatlons one must meet to be a prstor? How may I make sure that I am an If a man desire the office of a exampleof all of those thlngs to the bishop, he desireth a good work. A peopleof my congregatlon? bishop then must be blameless,the husbandof onewife, vigilant, sober, of Neglect not the gift that is in thee, good behaviour,given to hospitality, which was giventhee by prophecy,with apt to teach; not given to wine, no the laying on of the hands of the striker, not greedyof filthy lucre; but presbltery. Meditateupon thesethings; patient, not a brawler, not covetous; give thyself wholly to them; that thy onethat ruleth well in his own house, profiting may appear to all. Take heed havinghis children in subjectionwith to thyself, and unto the doctrine and all gravity; (For if a man know not how continuein them (l Tim. 4:1416). to rule his own house,how shall he take care of the church of God?)Not a novice,lest being lifted up with pride How should I deal wtth dl*lollne he fall into condemnationof the devil. probleme?Should I treat everyon-ethe Moreoverhe must havea goodreport samH)r are there speclal consldera- of themwhich are without; lest he fall ttons I should gtve ln sore sltuadons? into reproachand the snareof the devil (l Tim. 3:1-7). Rebukenot an elder,but entreathim as a father; and the younger men as What about deacons?What are the brethren; the elder women as mothers; mlnlmal quallflcatlons one must meet the youngeras sisters,with all purity to be a deacon? (l Tim. 5:l-2). 36 FundomenlollstJournal CEDARVILLECOLLEGE Right Programs RespectedQuality ReasonableCosts

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Cedarville College. a Brprisl College ofArts and Sciences . Box 601 . Cedarville, OH 45314 . (513) 166-22t I How should I react when someone Is tt really rlght for the pastor to What advlce would you glve me ln brlngs an accusatlon agalnst a fellow be pald a salary? conductlng my llfe ln general? pastor? Let the elders that rule well be Fleealso youthful lusts:but follow Againstan elderreceive not accusa- counted worthy of double honour, righteousness,faith, charity, peace, tion, but beforetwo or threewitnesses especiallythey who labour i.nthe word with them that call on the Lord out of a (l Tim. 5:19). and doctrine.For the scripture saith, pure heart.But foolish and unlearned Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that questions avoid, knowing that they do What klnd of characterlsdcsshould treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer genderstrifes (2 Tim. 2:22-23). I culdvate ln the women of my church? is worthy of his reward(l Tim. 5:17-18). Study to shew thyself approvedun- to God, a workman that needethnot to Women that adom themselvesin be ashamed,rightly dividing the word modest apparel, with shamefacedness of truth. But shunDrofane and vain bab- and sobriety; not with broided hair, or blings: for they wiil increaseunto more gold, or pearls, or costly array; but ungodliness(2 Tim. 2:15.16). (whichbecometh women professing god- liness)with goodworks (l Tim. 2:9-10). As you know, slr, there ls qulte a blt of cfifrct betweenChrlsdan t€ad€rs Should wornenbe put lnto placesof ln the cornrnunlty.What advlce do you leadershtp ln the local church? have about separadonand untty?

Suffer not a woman to teach.nor to tet nothingbe donethmugh strife or usurp authority over the man (1 Tim. vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let 2:121. each esteem other better than them- selves.lnok not every man on his own Why do you hold that vtew? things,but everyman a.lsoon the things of others (Phil. 2:34). Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived,but the ShouldI haveany lnvolvementwlth woman being deceivedwas in the trans- rmbellevers,Llberals, or the socalled I probably won't hav€ the hlghest gression(l Tim. 2:13-14). "ecumentcal movernent?" salary ln the world. Should that be a concern to me? Be ye not unequally yoked together How wlll women who deslre to with rmbelievers:for what fellowshin have any lnfluence In the local church But godlinesswith contentmentis hath righteousnesswith unrighteoui- be tulfllled? great gain. For we brought nothing ness?And what communion hath lieht into this world, andit is certainwe can with darkness?And what concordhith The younger women shou.ldmarry, carry nothing out. And having food and Christ with Belial?Or what part hath he bear children, guide the house,give no raiment let us be therewith content, that believethwith an infidei? And what occasion to the adversary to speak re- But they that will be rich fall into agreementhath the temple of God with proachfully (l Tim. 5:14).The aged temptation and a snare,and into many idols? For ye are the temple of the liv. women. . . may teach the young women fmlish and hurtful lusts, which drown ing God;as Godhath sai4 I will dwell in to be sober, to love their husbands,to menin destructionand Derdition. For them, and walk in them: and I will be love their children, to be discreet, the loveof moneyis the ioot of all evil: their God, and they shall be my people. chaste,keepers at home,good, obedient which while somecoveted after, they Whereforecome out from amongthem, to their own husbands,that the Word of haveerred from the faith, andpierced and be ye separate,saith the lord, and God be not blasphemed(Iitus 2:3-5). themselvesthrough with many sor- touch not the unclean thing; and I will rows (l Tim. 6:6-10). receiveyou, and will be a Father What about fie old€r godly wtdows unto you, and ye shall be my sonsand dau€h- who may be ln my churdr? Is tbere any Where should I devotemy energles ters, saitl the tord Almighty (l Cor. way I can use them to enhance our ln my nlnlstry? 6:14-18). ndnlstry? Thou therefore,my son,be strong Any concludlng thoughts? But if any widow (be over 60 and in the gracethat is in ChristJesus. And desolate)let (her) be taken into the the things that thou hast heard of me But watch thou in all things, en nurnber (of those supported by the among many witnesses,the samecom- dure afflictions. do the work of an church). She should be godly, and mit thou to faithful men,who shall be evangelist, make full proof of thy should have been the wife of one man, able to teachothers also. Thou there- ministry (2 Tim. 4:5). well reported of for good works. She fore endurehardness, as a gd soldier should have brought up children (and) of JesusChrist. No man that warreth I Paul R Flnk is professor of pastoral lodged strangers. She should have entanglethhimself with the affairs of ministry, Liberty Baptist College,Lynch- washedthe saints' feet, relieved the af- this life; that he may pleasehim who burg, Virginia. He holds a Th. D. from flicted, (and)diligently followedevery hath chosenhim to be a soldier(2 Tim. Dallas Theological Seminary Dallas, good work (l Tim. 5:9-10). 2:14\. Texas. 38 FundomenlollslJournol Preochers ond Preo,q,hing

hrist is the one ereat theme of to movethe heart and the will of the To minimize the written Word is to tne pulprt, ano around thls all peopleas well as to instructthem in dishonorthe living Word.To magnify other themes sather as to their the way and in the faith. A sermon the Book is to glorify Christ.The Bible center and as to their end. Paul said, oughtt6 be like theepistles of Paul.The and the Christ stand or fall together. "We preach Christ crucified" (l Cor. apostlewrote of greatdoctrinal truth The storm centersof Christian theology l:23).He statesthis againin 2 Corin- andteaching; then he closedwith won- today,as in centuries past, are the deity thians5:18-21, in Galatians6:14, and in derful practical application. All of of Christ and the infallibility of the manyother passages.When somebody Paul'sletters are like that. The first Dart Holy Scriptures. cameto Spurgeonand said that all of is doctrinal.and the secondoart is A man and his word may be two dif- his sermonssounded alike, he admitted: alwayspractical when he applies the ferent things, but not God and His "That is correct. WhereverI take my truth of the gospelof Christ. Word.God's Word is like GodHimself, text,I makea beelineto the Crossl'AII the sameyesterday, today, and forever true preaching,whatever its rangeof (Heb.l3:8; Ps.l19:89). To love the Word topics,is the preachingof Christ. No is to love God.To receivethe Word is topic is fit for the pulpit that doesnot to receiveGod. To believethe Word is lead to Him. The themesof the preacher The to believeGod. Spiritually, to know the areessentially the samein all ages,for themesof the Wordis to know God.We see Christ in the human heart in its depravityand preocherore the pagesof the Bible. Erasmuswrote needdoes not changewith the chang- in the prefaceto his GreekNew Testa- ing years.God's remedy is the simple essentiollythe ment, the ?rtr6 R€ceplas,the first ever gospel,and that everremains the same somein olloges, published(1516) and the text that be- yesterday,today, and forever. camethe basisfor the Kins JamesVer- Effectivepreaching in all agesad- forthe humon sion of the Bible, thesewdrds: "These heresto thesesame great truths. They heortin its holy pageswill summonup the living havediffered only in modesof illustrat- imageof His mind. Theywill give you ing and applyingthem, but the subject deprovityond Christ Himsell talking,healing, dying, matterof the minister'smessage is un- needdoes not rising, the whole Christ in a word. They changeable.The sermon,according to will give him to you in an intimacy so John6:63, is not of words.cold and in- chongewith the closethat He would be less visiblc u.r different, but of soul-changingtruth, chorvgingyeors, you if He stood beforeyour eyes." filled with Spirit and life. The pastor's If I could live my life over, going heart will be ennobledby the studyof back to my 17thyear when I beganto the Bible and its quickeningthoughts preach,I would preachthe Bible. If I of God.But there is more.As the days could not get a messageout of a verse, pass,the preacherwill be speakingout I would takea paragraph;if not a mes- of a ric[ personal,religious experience Thereare many different kinds of sageout of a paragraph, then I would A mereauditory ministry is a failure. preaching,but the heart of it all is to takea chapter;if not out of a chapter, A man ought not be just a pep talker, preachthe Christ of the Bible, the Word then out of a book; if not out of a book, or just a tightrope walker, afraid of fall- of God incarnate,spoken and written. then out of a Testament.But I would ing off in either direction.He ought to It is a strangething that all three are -nreach the Bible. presentthe whole counselof God.He calledthe WordofGod, whether robed There is "problem preaching"and oughtto avoida dry formal,metaphysi- in flesh, or comrnittedto a scmll in ink, "life situationpreaching,' but this kind cal method in his message.A sermon or reverberatingwith the voiceof God. of preachingtends to makepeople prob- is not a theologicalessay. It is designed The Bible and the Christ are inseparable lem conscious and savors more of tvlorch 1985 39 psychologythan religion,more of self- A fifth way to preach is by way of his cropsfor fertility and yield.Preach help than God'shelp Weneed to forget using specialoccasions to bring a per- every kind of way. about ourselves and think more of tinent messagefrom Godto the listen- Andrew W Blackwood,Sr., in T/re Jesusand the peoplefor whom Jesus ing congregation.Mother's Day can be Preparationol Sermons,quotes from died. Through the preaching of the a sermonon the home,New Year's Day B. H. Streeter's"Concerning Prayer," 'A Word of God,we point men to Jesus. theseobsenations: connectedseries In preachingthe Bible the pastor on any subjectby a man of moderate may follow severaldifferent approaches. ability will makefor more permanent One is to preach it expositionally. impressionsthan an eoualnumber of This is the methodof selectinga larye Aton ondhis isolatedsermons bv a biilliant soeaker. portion (a paragraphor more)of the Thecongregation recalls what wis said Bible and expoundingits meaningand wordmoy be two the last time.They look forwardexpec- applying the messagebefore the people. differentthings, but tantly to what will be said next timel' Anotheris to preachthe Bible textu- This is so true in my own experi- ally. This is the expositionof a smaller notGod ond His ence.Besides my expoundingthe Word portion of the Scriptures,as oneverse Word, of God book by book in the Bible,I or one woro. work on a specialseries of sermonsall A third method of preachingis the time. Here are two series I am topically.This is the preparationof a workingon now:My annualpre-Easter messageon a subjectpresented in the a sennonon renewedChristian commit- services(Iruett started them and I have Bible,such as assurance, faith, commrt- ment,Easter on our hopeof a resurrcc- continuedthem now in the 64th year) ment, atonement. (Ihey are without tion, Christmason thi gift of God's whichare built aroundthe themg"God number.)George W. Truett was a great love,Thanksgiving on the debtof grati- Speaksto Americal' topical preacher. tude we owe the [ord, and on and on. The other concernsa serieson the A fourth approachto themessage of Concerningthe waysof preachingI problemsthat face all humanity,and theBible is throushcharacrer studies. would like to makethree observations. especiallywe who areliving in the pres- This is the simplest, easiest,and in The pastor ought to lary his preach- ent permissivegenenrtion. The mes- many instances,the most enjoyable ing. Weought to employevery type of sagesare built aroundcharacters in way to preach.To makeBible characters sermon.We ought constantlyto shift the Bible and the problemsthat over- live before the people,with all therr and changeour methods,approacnes, whelmedthem. Such subjects as: faith, faults, and failures, is a most emphases,and materials.We ought to Noah: Drugs, Drunkenness,and rewardingchallenge, be like the smart farmer who rotates Nakedness Lnt: Living with Homosexuals Ishmael:Islam and the Oil Slick Achan:The Sin We Are Afraid to Confess Elkanah:Household Heartaches A SimpleExplonotion WillDo Eli: UndisciplinedChildren David: SexualDrives Here are five rules about the pastor's use of words that are worth the Ahab:Fony Yearswith the Wrong pastor's perusal. Woman . -1.The first rule ofpulpit oratory is to keepit simple.Excessive verbosity Malachi: When a ParentHas No i:a*+"!.y d]lsipates desireablesemantiC lucidiiy! Use plain ordinary Partner fcod and Divorce) English. T-heXing JamesVersion of the Bible is a pouierful wiiness to simpll My third observationis that thebest and forcefully beautiful English. of all sermonsis an exoositorvsermon. 2. Avoid words that are too familiaror are not familiar or words that are That is,without doubt, the greatestway heard too often. Do not confuse or misuse words. Use the dictionary. Look to build a marvelouscongregation, to it up. preachexpositorily. There is an advan- 3. Be terse.It is easierto understandsomething that is brief. Evenlegal tage in this way of preachingfor the contracts,traditionally long-windedand difficult tlounderstand, are chaig. preacherhimself. He learns,he grows ing. As their length decreases,their comprehensionusually increases. in his heart, and the messagethat he 4. Recognizethe connotationof a word aswell as its denotation.A word,s readsin the Bible becornesflesh and denotationis what it means-precisely;its connotationis what it suggests, blood in him. There are also adlantases its overtones."Fat" has a different connotationfrom "plump.', Remimber lo the congregation,world withouteid. Mark Twain'sobservation? He said,"The differencebetweenihe rieht word Theylearn to lovethe Bible,they learn and the almost right word is the difference between the lightnin{and the the messageof God,and they become lightning bug." acquaintedwith the Holy Scriptures. . !. Seeksimplicity. If you can usea one-syllableword in placeof a three. Oneof the tragediesof our modernday syllablew_ord, do it. As it happens,it is usuilly the Anglo-Saxonwords that is that theBible is largelya sealedbook are short, hard, gritty, and add clarity and strerigth to srtech or writing. Most to the people.They do not know what excellentwriters will use six AngloSaxonwords foriverv one that comes it presents.How little of all the wealth from.Greek or Latin words,even though the dictionary showsthat only one of the Scripture is presentedin the word in ten comesfrom the Anglosaxon. pulpit! The methodof expositorypreach- inq is one of the finest in the world. Avoid in expositorysermons a pa- hands of the painter creatinghis pic- Men like Dwight L. Moody are an ex- rade of learning and allusion to com- ture or a compassand trowel in the ceptionto that observation,but the ex- mentaries or too many referencesto handsof a builder erectinga building. ception only provesthe rule. Correct other peoplewho havestudied. Present The pastor ought to stand up gramrnar and exact pronunciation can the messagein your own way and in squarely,face his congregationfully, causean educatedDerson to listen to your own self. It costsfar more labor openhis mouth widely (the larger the a messagehe doesnot think he wants to preach an expositorysermon than cavity,the richer and more pleasantthe to hear Theoastor cannot lose in train- any other,but it is the greatestway to sound),and speakdistinctly, address- ing himself io be careful in his speech. preach.The mightiestpulpit power in ing his sentencesto the last mem- Thosewho are sensitiveto it wili re- the years passedhas been in the ex- ber who sits on the last pew of the spondwith gratitude,and thosewho are pository methodof preachingsuch as church.The preacheris noi preachrng unawareof it are not bothered by it found in Chrysostom,Augustine, Ilther, to himself; he is preachingto the people sincethey do not realizethe difference. Calvin,Chalmers, Andrew Fuller, and and when he speakshe ought to keep Remember to speak naturally, of course,many modernpulpit giants. plainly, simply, fervently.This is the Howeverthe method of preaching, Puritan ideal. The genius of Puritan remember the people.Preach to the preaching lay in its simple, unadorned, needsof the people,remembering their plain presentation.Jonathan Edwards intercsts,sorrows, trials. To make God's A listedin his bookof Reso/a1ior6;"Never Word live for the peopleis an incom- to speakin narrationsanything but the parablechallenge. Address their wills, /1mere ouditory pure and simple verityl' conscience,understanding. ministryiso foilure, The most important textbook of The messageis for llerz, not for that era wasthat by William Perkins, selfishpurposes of ostentation,exhibi- A monought not Cambridge,England, The Art ol Proph- tion, or show.The differencebetween beju$ o pep esying,published in 1592.He wrote: a bore and a goodconversationalist is "Human wisdom must be concealed, that the bore has not discoveredthe tolker,or just o becausethe preachingof the Word is distinctionbetween what interestshim tightropewolker, the testimonyof God and the profess- andwhat interestshis hearers.Of a ccr- ing of the knowledgeof Christ and not tain scholarlybut monotonouspreacher ofroidof follingoff of human skill. The hearersousht not it was said, "If he doesn'tGreek-root ineither direction. to ascribetheir faith to the gifts-ofmen you to death,he will Hebrew-stemyou but to the oowerof God."Paul in I Cor- to deathl' For the sermonto blessthe inthians 2:l-5 said the samething. people,it must developone idea, re- ThomasHooker in The Soul'sPrep- peatedmany limes under a few main aration (1632),wrole: "l have somi- Doints.from two to five andnever more them in his eye,in his mind, in his timesadmired (wondered) at this: why ihan seven.The sermon ought to be thoughts,and in the loudnessof his a companyof gentlemen,yeomen, poor€ about 30 to 40 minutes in length. volce. women,that are scarcelyable to know Teachin your preaching.In Ephe- Thereis a sayingin preachingthat their ABC'syet havea minister to speak sians4:ll the pastorand the preacher goeslike this: Latine.Greeke. and Hebrew and use the are linked together.The Greekis pastor- Begin slow,talk low Fathers,when it is certain they know teacher.the samenerson. If all the scr- Rise higher,take fire. nothing at all. The reasonis, because mon is a pep talk,-then20 minutesfor It is a sayingworth remembering. all this stings not; they may sit and its length may be too long. But if the Manyspeakers start at toohigh a pitch. sleepein their sinnes,and goe to hell preacheris teachingthe Wordand will By startingtoo high,there is no further hood-winckt,never awakened." of the lord in his message,20 years is place to go but to strain evenmore. It May God deliver us from such a too short. The pastor ought to help is better to find the best,most natural judgment. carry out the admonition of Simon pitch for your voiceand then raiseor When the pastor standsup to speak, Peterin 2 Peter3:18, helping rhe people lower it accordingto the emphasisof let him be himself. You may be a fair to grow in graceand in the knowledge your message. imitator of somebodyelse, but you are of the lord Jesus Christ. Teaching It is interestingto look at sheets the best exampleof you God evermade through preachingnurtures the faith givento a homileticsclass with which Howeveryou are,in whatevermanner of the people.They are busy in the the young theologueswere asked to God constructedyou, let him glorify secularworld. Thevhave set vou aside gradethe preachersthey were to hear. himself through your individual per- for the purpose to make known to them They were to grade them in posture, sonality.Be yourself. the Wordof God.Find out the marvel- gesture, vocal contrast, projectron, ous truths of God and revealthem ro vocal variance, eye contact, humor, I IrV.A. Crlswellis pastorof First Bap the congregation(Deut. 29:29). Every vocabularydiction, attitude, and gram- tist Church,Dallas, Texas, and founder sermon ought to make appeal to the mar. I wonder how eachof us would of CriswellCenter for Biblical Studies lost, but it also ought to be a banquet comeout if we wereso graded by these and CriswellChristian Academy. This spreadfor the hungry-heartedpeople. students? article is adapted from Criswell's The tools of the pastor are words. kt me speaka brief wordabout the Guidebook for Pastors by W. A. How he speaksthem moldsand shapes Iast category,grammar. lncorrcct gram- Criswell, chapter two. @ Copyright what he is seekingto accomplishjust mar and mispronouncedwords will 1980, Broadman Press. All rights as certainly as doesthe brush in the turn off almost anv educatedperson. reserved.Used bv permission. lvlorch ]985 4l BCGRAPHY SamJones Brought Revivalto aNatiorl

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,.r:,1" ' he nineteenth century pro- the Jonesfamily with dissipation. This "wild oats" period ducedtwo evangelistsof such modestwealth. troubled those who loved the young stature that their parishes YoungSam's mother died whenhe lawyer,but it was,according to Jones's werethe nation:Dwight LymanMoody was 9, but she was often cited in his biographerson-in-law, Walt Halcomb, and SamuelPorter Jones.Sam Jones serrnonsas an exampleof true Chrrs- "remarkably free" from the sins that was unquestionablv the most con- tian piety.After thedeath of his wife, normally accompanydrunkenness. troversial, plain-spbken,oft-quoted, John Jones moved his family to Jones quit drinking prior to his nonconformist in the history of Cartersville,Georgia, where Sam con- salvationwhile standingby the death- American evangelism.He won more tinued his education through high bed of his pleading father. Finally souls (Moodyexcepted), closed down school, EuharleeAcademy, and was relenting,he cried, "I'll make you the more saloons,stepped on more toes, ostensiblycollege bound. At this point promise. I'll quit! I'll quit! I'll quit!" and riled more editors, socialites, the plans of Captain Jones for his Quit he did, but for a time he was still politicians, and educators than any young son beganto come unraveled. in darkness.When Joneswas finally man to that point in Americanhistory. By the time of Jones'sgraduation, the convertedand viewedhis former con- Joneswas born at OakBowery in Civil War haderupted and JohnJones dition throughemancipated eyes. he ChambersCounty, Alabama, October was on an extendedhiatus with the was so outragedat the stateto which 16,1847, the newestbranch on a family army of Virginia. To complicatemat- the bottle had reduced him that he tree laden with the bitter-sweetfruit ters, Sam suffered from "nervous thereafterreserved his moststormy in- of preachers.His great grandfather dyspepsia"(chronic indigestion)and vectivefor theliouor industrv. "T[ere was a preacher.His grandfatherwas not only eschewedcollege, but sought is nothing in graie that will make you a preacher.His grandmother on his refugefrom the maladyin intoxicants. a soberman with a quan of whiskeyin father's side was the daughter of For an extendedtime, Jones, by his your stomach. . . . Nobody but a scoun- Robert L. Edwards,Georgia's renowned own testimonv.became a "slave to li- drel will sell whiskey and nobodybut pioneer preacher and a direct descen- quor." He hadenough drive, however, a fool will drink it . . . . Whiskey is all dant of JonathanEdwards. Four of his to undertakea study of law and after rightin its place,but its placeis hell." uncleswere preachers. And his father, a year'spreparation was admitted to Jonesacceoted Christ at a revival Captain John L. Jones.was a devout the bar. During this periodhe married held by his aged,circuit-riding grand- laymanwho, by his own admission, Laura McElwain of Henry County, father, Samuel Jones, at a small should have been a oreacher. As a Kentucky.Jones showed great promise preaching station called Felton's youngman, Captain Jones felt "called as a lawyer; and having graspedhis Chapel.During the invitation he felt to preach"but for financialconsidera- father's oratorical flair. his soeeches convicted but held back tremblins tions ootedfor a careerin law. In later becamethe talk of Cartersville.His becauseof his reourationas a rounder. life he iamentedthe choicebut wasap- potential seemedunlimited, but his As he wrestledwith the choiceof em- parentlya gifred,much-sought triil new associateswere as dissolute as he barrassmentand rejectionby stepping lawyer whose oratory swayedjuries and provided new opportunities for out or the wrath of God by hanging 42 FundomentolistJournol back, an old verse from childhood sideredhis options, and returned to Sam, it seemslike thesepeople want raced through his mind. "I can but law; but a prudent Sam Joneswould to starveus out.'" Tenaciouslv.the pgrish if I go, I am resolvedto try, for not havebeen Sam Jones. He wasover- Jonesclan weatheredthe storm, saw if I stay away I know-I must forever joyedjust to havea placeto preach.He the boycott out, and ultimately re- die." Joneswould recount durins his said,"When I startedto preach,I had joiced in a circuit that wasablaze with sermonsthat "in that little couirtry a wife and one child, a bobtail pony, the fires of revival. church,with my dearold erandlather and eight dollars in cash." What he The conferencewould reassignJones preaching the sirmon, I wjnr and gave alsohad wasa mind to work. He soon two moretimes-twGyear stintson the myself to God.He took me and pulled pumpednew zealinto the five stattons Newbeme and Monticello circuits- me up and laid my headon his bosom, on his run by stagingrevivals, visiting before conceding that his gifts de- and wept like a child, and said bro- members,converting 'God sinners,and in- mandedless restrictedexpression. In kenly, blessyou my boy,and may creasingcollections. That first yearhe eight years of circuit riding he had you be faithful unto death.' I was a was compensated9700, which was preachedan estimated8,000 sermons, reformed, reborn, and chansedman $635 more than the total offennss seen more than 5,000 converts,and from that hour." taken in by his predecessorr[e gaineda reputationas a dusr-kicking, The step toward full-timeservice previousyear. ObviouslyJones had a fur.flying, spellbinder who inspired was also initiated by Grandfather unique talent. myriad requestsfor church revivals. Jones, who was evidentlynot content Jones'snext assignment, the Desota Giran a largelyhonorary appointnent by with halfuay measures.He announced circuit, was a nine-churcharranse- the conferenceas headof an orphanage, to several intimates that Sam was ment with more affluent churih Joneswas freed to enteran era of suc- calledto preachand told his grandson, memberswho presentedhim with a cessfulsmall revilals and further refine "You cancome willingly into it, or you knotty new problem-worldliness. his act for a larger stage-the nation. you canbe whippedinto it, or will lose Whenhis initial gentleapproach failed Describinga tlpical SamJones per- y-our - religion if you refuse."Although to elicit an adequateresponse, he tormance,U. S. CongressmanTom Wat- the theologyis debatableon a couple developeda new minisrerialstyle. son said, "I heard there was a little points, of the younger Jonesdid not Herehe honedhis knackfor cutting, preacherup at the Methodistchurch want to risk losingthe mostglorious slashing,polarizing, and controversy who was knocking the crockery around possession of his life, so he declared that would be evidencedthe restof his in livelystyle... who wasdustins the for the ministry. Two weekslater, the career.On rhiscircuit he "calledsins jackets'ofthe amen

Morch ]985 43 the trusteesof the New Jerusalem.Wth Greek in hell." The Globe-Demouat scheduledto begin,Jones was carried groans and sobs and tears, these old would later claim that it had made through the throng and up the steps of bellwethers of the flock fell on their Sam Jones. His simple retort was the hall on the shouldersof a souadof kneesand cried aloudin their distress. "Well, why don't you make another!" policemen,and when he appearedin- Then. . . he tumed his gunson us sin- On the last night of the campaignmore side-he was greeted with a roar of ners. He abused and ridiculed us; he peoplewere turned away than were apPrause. stormedat us and laughedat us: he able to attend the service. The remainderof Jones'slife was called us flopcared hounds,beer kegs, After a brief respite,Jones sifted liberally punctuatedwith successful and whiskey soaks.He plainly said that through severaloffers before accept- crusades.Chicago, later billed as "the we were all hpocrites and liars, and he ing the invitationo[ I. W. Joyceto it- town Billy Sunday couldn't shut intimated tlnt most of us would steal. tempt a duplication of the St. Louis down," yielded to the Jonesoratory For six week the farms and storeswere successin what Moody called "the and thousandswere saved. neglected,and Jones,Jones, Jones was graveyard for evangelists,"Cincinnati, In San Francisco Jones faced a the whole thing." In a short time, Jones Ohio.The first servicedid not tax the hostile press,which tried to portray would be nearly "the whole thing" from 800-seatcapacity of St. Paul'sChurch, him as an unrefined buffoon. In one Atlantic to Pacific. and 10 days into the campaign,the servicehe lashedback, "You little sap As with Moody,the lightning strike crowds were still comfortably con- headed reporters with your eyes io that flamed into a nationwide spectacle tained in the sanctuary. With the close togetheryou can seethrough a occuned away from home, and a con- tenacitylearned on the circuits, Jones key-holewith both of them . . . if you scious promotion of a newspaperwas lashedat sin in high places,stirred the can't reportthe sermonsas I deliver crucial. Sam Jones beEana St. lnurs crowds, attracted the media,created them, you stay away from here." revival under the arlspices of the an atmosphere of excitement, and In Palestine,Texas, the mayortook CentenaryMethodist Chuich. When the watchedthe campaigntake off. exceptionto Jones'sclosing sermon, The meetingswere moved to the which mercilessly raked corrupt Cincinnati Music Hall, which was so public officials. The next morning he Iargesome were afraid the evangelist waited for the preacher at the train was overly optimistic and could not station and struck him in the face with "II" wasdusting the even be heard (he was never a a cane.Jones wrenched the canefrom jackets of the amen- bellower). His peculiar resonance, the mayor, knocked him down, and , ,, however, allowed even the nisht pummeledhim until someonlookers cornerDretnrennawav crowds of around 7,000to hear h-im interceded and pulled hirn off. He later whichbrought the easily.He spokethree or four times a explained,"I kniw if I let him whip me, day. Only the earlv mornins servrce everywhereI went someone-gallused doublegrunts out failed to iill the hugebuildirig, and at mayor would be jumping on rne-I night peoplewere always turned away. decided to niD that Dastime in the of thosefuzzy fossils," During the final weeksof the crusade, bud." 600per day were converted.According For over two decadesSam Jones to a local paper, "The revival con- preached and prayed and scrapped ranks of the revived overflowed the ducted by Sam Jones has been and promoted his way across the church's auditorium, the meeting was spreadinglike wildfire; until now lit- nation several times. Over a half moved to the Exposition Music Hall, tle else is tlought of or spokenof in the million Americansleft a Jonesmeetins where it began to take on the char- city. The subjectsof purity versusim- with a dual citizenship.Only Moody acteristicsof a citywide camDaisn.At purity,and godliness.versusungod- could claim a greaternumber of con- this point, the St. t ui s Globe-berilogat lmess nave penetratedDlaces where verts, and even he did not have the deciiled to report the proceedingsand before sucli thoughts were never samesocial impact. experienceda dramatic increasein ctr- dreamedof." At dawn, October 15, 1906,Jones culation.As the meetingprogresse4 the D. L. Moodytook a train to Cincin- was on a Rock Island train bound for newspaperand revival seemedto fuel nati to observethe groundswell first- home and a birthday party in his eachother to new heights.The paper hand. In the confusion, he was not honor. While joking with a porter, he ran effusive accounti. editoriiliied able to approach the evangelistbut fell over on his side and died of heart favorably, and printed Jones'ssermons returnedto the stationand dashedoff failure. As the news was relayedacross in full. Predictably,the.services gained a note. It read,"God has qiven you a America,a train namedthe SamJones momentum, and The Gateway to the sledgehammerwith whic[ to sharrer Specialwas commissioned to take the West began to clamor "Jonei, Jones, the formalism of tJrechurch and to bat- fallen soldier the rest of the way home. Jones." t€r down the strongholdsof Satan." The special, with a picture of the The Globe-Democratadmitted that Accordingto the CincinnatiInquter, honoredevangelist hanging beneath the it did not understandeverything that at 7 p.m. on the last night of the front lantern, drew large, silent crowds was going on but was eagerto print meeting, "Elm Street from Twelfth at every station and city on its trek to anything the guotable evangelist and FourteenthStreets was one surs- Cartersville where 30.000attended the uttered. Another reponer asked the ing seaof humanity-the lockedoutl' funeral. preacherto commenion the criticism The streets were impassableas an thathis preachingwasanti-intellectual. estimated40,000 peopb mi ed around I Bllly Vtck Bartlett is professorof Jonesanswered, "I'd rather have to the Music Hall unable to enrer. church history at Baptist Bible College, learn my ABC's in heaven than know Minutes before the meetins was Springfield,Missouri. 44 FundomenlqlisiJournol TI-..]IIrvr I\INFD \L_./L \ INi\ TLE L DI f \/Lf II DIT I Prepar€for the Life to Come

by Sam lones

Ti,trnyou to thestrong hold, ye pis- Thereare three classes of prisoners onersol hope:eten to day do I declare with hope,and there are three classes that I will render d.oubleunto thee of prisonerswithout hope.Now let us (Z.ech.9:12\. find our latitude and longitude on spiritual things. It is the privilege of everyman to know his bearingstonight, to know iust wherehe is. and to know he all-absorbins theme with whither ie is tending. I God and angelsand goodmen The first classof prisonerswithout I is the salvationof the livine. hope that the Book ipeaks of are the Not the salvalionof menwho lived 5-0 angelswho kept not their first estate years ago,or 100years ago.They have but sinnedagainst God and were driven had their opportunitiesand enjoyed away and put in chains of everlasting their privileges, and they have met darkness,to await the final judgment their destiny.Not the salvationof men day.While you and I hale had a chance who shall live 100years hence; they of life, andwhile peaceand pardon are haveyet to be born and yet to enjoy for the fallen man, those angelswho their privilegesand opportunities. But keDtnot their first estateare in that the absorbingtheme of God,and angelg lorie land of deepdespair, without a ray and goodmen is the salvationof men of heavenlylight or a spark of hope, andwomen who live andwalk andtalk forever and forever. As I look uoon an upon the face of the earth tonight. And immortal spirit whosechains confine now we purpose tonight, not to draw it to hopelessand everlastingdesparr, Eu"ry stepwe take upon our imagination or try in the my heart shuddersas I look upon the shall be towatd the least to imposeupon your credulity, picture. But I neversaw an angel.I have but we stand squarelyon the Book,and neverbeen brought into sympathywith cemeteryand yet we we will talk aboutwhat we know angelsby association.I know very little rushright gates There are somethinss that we all of them. Angels have not flesh and upon the know in common. I knori that I am 24 blood.They are not subjectedto wrin- of thecemetery hours nearer the cemetery than when kles and gray hairs and old age and I assembledwith you in this houselast death, like you and I, and perhaps they tnprcparced for death night. You know you haveone day less are separatedfrom our sympathy. and eternitv. to live than you had this morning when But this Book sneaksof another the sun arose upon this world. You classof prisonerswithout hope.That know that in your youthful days your is that man and that womanwho have heart was softer,your consciencewas walked the streets,enjoyed just such more tender, and your will was more privilegesas you and I enjoy,and then easily affected by truth, and by grace, die without God and without hooe rn than it is tonight. You know your life the world. Theremay be somegospel and charactertonight are not what they truth in that old couplet: ought to be before God and man. There While the lamp holds out to are somethinss that we know from the ourn, teachingsof ihat Book. And now we The vilest sinner mav return. come squarely to the text: "Turn you to But when fate snuffs th6 candle and it the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope." goesout in death,then all hope is gone Morch 1985 45 forever.The common convictionsof classesof prisoners with hope. The brother,the man who saystonight: "I humanityare all togetheron this prop first classwe mentionedare the faith- surrender to God;I give my life to Him; osition, that as the tree falleth, so it ful men and womenof the church of I seekthe Crossj'that man is a Drisoner shall be forever.and that. instead of God,striving, struggling, day after day, of hope.And you will never be damned there being anything in death to revene to keepthe comrnandmentsof God,and if pu will follow the inspiration and the and to sanctify and to save,death is the lora and serveHirn with all their hearts. desire-'God help me to be a Christianl' openingof the door andthe passing out Friend. let's vou and I look after our of the soul into eternity. hearts tonight. Is there down in our And perhaps 1,000of this congrega- souls an intensg burning desireto be tion at this moment,if you wereto die a Christian?If there is, let us surrender in your pew beforeI am thmugh preach- f h"r" seenmen rcject to that desiretonight and say: "I will ing, would be prisonerswithout hope, make my peacewith Godl' forever.Your heart in your bosomis a the merciesof Goduntil And then, there is anotherclass of muffled drum beating your funeral I havealmost head the prisonerswith hope,and that is those marchto the tomb.And everystep you men and womenwho havenot madeuo and I take from this hour to our dying gatesof mercyclose their minds at all. but thev are thinli- couch, shall be toward the cemetery, in their facesforcven ing on this question.Oh, brother, there and yet we rush right upon the gates is a chancethere that you may be saved, of the cemeteryunprepared for death and I wish wery poor man here tonight and unpreparedfor eternity. with the desire in his heart to be a Oh, sir, if there is a fact in my his- They are prisoners,but, thank God, Christian. I wish you would be like tory for which I am thankful and hope prisonersof hope-prisoners of hope. President Garfield who, when thev to praiseGod for in heavenforever, it Everygood man that walksthe faceof probed his wounds, lmked at the doc. is that fact that Goddid not let me die the eanh is a prisoner of hope. tors and said, "Doctors, is there any in my sins. It is the fact that in and My mother was oncea prisoner of chancefor my life?" through the aboundingmercy and grace hope,but when deathcut the ligaments The doctors answeredback, "Yes, of God,I wasbrought to seemyself and that bound her to earth, shewent home there is a chancel' repentof my sinsand make peace with to God.and for 30 vearsshe has been And Mr. Garfield said,"Well, I will God before I went henceand was no walking the goldenitreets, one of God's takethat chance'And he did. He wres- more among men. free children, forever. My precious tled and grappledwith deathfor three But there is another classof ons- father wasa prisoner,but, thank God, long months as no hero in Amerrca, onerswithout hooe.Thank God we are a prisoner of hope! And when at last perhaps,ever did; and if that man and not among fallen angels!Thank God, he, upon his dying couch,pushed the that woman will take the chance-a we are not amonsthe dead!There is doctors back from his bed, he over- chance that you have tonight-and another class oi nrisoners without leapedthe circle of lovedones about grapplewith it with all your ransomed hope,and that is thi men and women his dying couch, and abovestar and powen as grandly ald nobly as Garfield of this city that are just as certain to moonhe went until he overvaultedthe did with life, then I say to you it will be damnedas they walk the streetsof very throne of God itself, and tonight issueinto a bright, happy,joyous exper- this city today.There are men in this he walks the goldenstreets, a child of iencehere, and heavenin the end. city who havenot hearda sermonfor Godand free forever.Thank God these "Turnyou to the stronghold, ye pris- 20 years;there are men in this city who chainswill not last always.Thank God onersof hope:even to dav do I declare havesettled it-'I neverintend to hear thesetemptations are not forever.Thank that I will iender doubli unto thee." anotherl' God theseenvironments will not last I took God at His word. When I In my short life as a preacher,I want further than the grave!Bless the lnrd, startedout to follow God,I left our lit- to tell you tonight I haveseen men reject Q my soul! tle homein Cartersville,but blessedbe and reject and reject the merciesof God Thank God,there is anotherclass God,He has given me a hundred homes until I havealmost heardthe gatesof of prisonerswith hope.That man out whereverI havegone-just as good as a mercy close in their facesforever. therewho doesnot belongto any churc\ home could be. And I left one mother- Just ascertain as he breathes,he is but he stoodup hereyesterday aftemmn a graciousstepmother she was to me- a doomedman. He neverwill repent. and said, "I run the white flag up; I sur- I Ieft her to follow Christ,and bless His Thechances are all againstus. Bmthet render to God;I want to be a Christianl' holy name,He has given me a thousand will your heart everbe as tenderas it Brotherhear me tonighl Godloves the mothers wherever I have gone, who has beenin the past?Will you everbe meanestman, just like God lovesthe havebeen as good to me as my own worked up under gospeltruth as you best man. Brother,yonder is a father preciousmother. I left a few friends in havebeen in the nast?And if after all who lovesa sonwith all his heart,and my own home to follow Christ, but, your tenderyears are goneand all the that son is headedto a dmnkard's grave blessedbe God, He has given me a influencesof your youthfuldays fail to Does that father's love savethat boy - thousandfriends for everyone I have reach you, are not the probabilities from the drunkard's grave?Neither can left.And, blessed be God.I havenow tonightthat you neverwill repent,that God'slove save His son-you andme- a thousandfoldmore in this life and you will die like you are, "a prisoner unlesswe brins ourselvesin the com- bright hope of everlastinglife in the without hooe?" passof graceind let Him saveus. world to come. God help everv man But. I thank God.there is a different That man who has in his heart the here tonight to say,I wili turn to the side to this question,and let us con- burningdesire to be a Christianis a stronghold! I will be a Christian!I will sider it but a moment.There are three prisoner of hope, and I tell you, my give myself to God! I

46 FundomentolisiJournol "A.D."Portrays the Pagan World at theBirth of Christianitv by Richanl Kevin Bamard

he l2-hour dramatic mini- religious film. So what do we get for all segmentsnot made available to us, 'A.D.l' '?.D." series Anno Domini. the time and effon? should make for entertainins scheduledto air on NBC dur- That is not always easy to deter- televisionviewing. ing Easterweek, chronicals the events mine. Labella, his co-writer Anthony Peoplewho enjoyed"Jesus of Naza- from shortly after the deathof Christ, Burgess,and director StewartCooper reth"should also enjoy'A.Dl'The pro- through the deathsof Peterand Paul take a layeredstory approachto the duction has the same feel, the same and the destructionof Jerusalem. period, not unlike what viewershave flavor,the samestyle of cinematography Producer Vincenzo Labella, who cometo expecton "Hill StreetBlues" as "Jesusof Nazareth."The sets are also produced "Jesus of Nazareth," and "St. Elsewherel'There are a rariety massiveand well done.Care has been takento seethat setsand costumesac- curately reflect the era. The religious segmentsar€ not overly sentimental. Jewishand Christian consultants were employedto helpensure that accuracy. Thereare, on the otherhand, things that will disturb someviewers. Extra- biblical dialoguewas written to bridge gapsin the story line where the Bible is silent. Some biblical dialosue rs deletedor edited.But in all fairness, there seemsto havebeen a conscrous effon to stay as close to the biblical accountas the limitations of time and format would allow. Becauseit por- traysa violent and immoral era, "4.D" has its shareof violenceand immoral- ity-though not as much as in most weekly cop shows. Fundamentalistsof the Baptistper- suasionwill be delightedto seeSaul of Tarsusbeing baptizedby immersion. On the other hand,they maybe a little uncomfonablewith thestrong empha- sis baptismreceives in Peter'ssermon VINCENZO RICOTTA as Steyen IOHN HOUSEMAN as Gamaliel on Pentecost-thoughthe speechfol- lows the biblical text quite closely. 'A.Dl' On the whole, is much berter brings to the screenthe eventsin the of interwovenplot lines. The biblical than typical televisiondrama and of- Actsof the Apostlesand the turbulent layerfollows the characters in Acts.The fers somedefinite strengths that make early yearsof Christianity,wrapped in nonbiblicalhistorical layer tracesthe it wonh watching. It gives a better the historicalevents of the RomanEm- eventssurrounding the livesof four understandingof the violent and pagan pire.The $30million projecttook thrce Romanemperors. And the nonbiblical, world into which Christianity was born. yearsto produce and includes over 700 nonhistorical layer gives Labella the And who knows,in presentingChris- actorsand techniciansand more than opportunity to insert a fictional iove tianity asan alternativeto that ancient 'A.Dl' 400speaking roles. The cast is impres- story After all, who could be so bold world, might evenpoint somein sive,featuring such genuine craftsmen as to promote prime-time television our day towarda genuinefaith in Christ. as JenniferO'Neill. JohnHouseman. and without a love story? JamesMason, along with other notables But the layerswork well togetner, I Rlchard Kevin Barnard is director like Ava Gardnerand Ben Vareen. at leastin thelimited sesments shown '4.D." of communicationfor the International is not primarily a Christian to reviewers.If the qutlity of acting Bible Society,East Brunswick, New film. In fact,it is not evenan especially throughoutthe film is consistentin the Jersey.

Morch 1985 47 IN REVIEW

GROWINGUP STRAICHT arguesthat propercounseling can cor- Bible-believinsChristians have been by GeorgoAlon Reksls rect sexual role problems if it is amongthe beit friends the Jewshave availableto childrenat early stagesin ever had. Reviewedby Ed Hindson their development. Grosefairly and objectivelygrves The author devotestwo chapters to credit to the Bible-readineChristian helpingparents deal with homosexual tendenciesin both children and teen- agers.He urgesparents to be honest and informative when alerting their childrento the dangersof sexualtemp tation and the imDortanceof sexual responsibility.He ilso givestwo chap- ters to the discussionof help andhope for those alreadyinvolved. Throughout the entire book the author balancespsychological insight with spiritual advice.His approachis biblically based,personable, and prac- tical. This book is professionalin the highest senseand a must for every communityfor helpingto forward the parent,pastor teacherand youth v,orker This bookis uniquein all the litera- causeof Jewishnationalism. (Alfred A. (MoodyPress, 1982, l58pp., ture that givesa Christianperspective $4.95) Knopf,1984, 36lpp., $17.95) on the homosexualissue. Writins from years l0 of clinical research,deorge ISRAETIN IHEMIND OF AMERICA Rekers,a Christian psychologistand by Folel Grose BOOK NOTES professorof family and child develop- ment at KansasState Universitv offers Reviewedby JamesO. Combs, editor specificguidance to parenb who want of Baptist Bible Tibune. rHEHEAUNG OF IHE I{OMOSEXUAI to Drotecttheir children from hom<-,- by leonneFoyne sexuality.To those whose children may For the first time, the full and docu- alreadybe involved,he offers redemp- mentedstory of the rise of pro-Israel This bookis written from the heart tive hoDe. attitudes over a period of 150years, with an appealfor hope and healing for Theauthor viewshomosexuality as culminatingin the formationand sup- homosexuals.The author rejects the a sin and not a geneticdetermination. port of the Jewishstate, has been told conceptthat homosexualityis a genet- He presentsstraightforward and dis- by a distinguishedscholar with impec- ically determinedcondition and argues turbins evidenceof the shift in the cablecredentials. Peter Grcse is a senror that it is an identity crisis that can be Ameridan PsychiatricAssociation away fellow and director of middle easrern correctedonly by the inner healingof from viewing homosexualityas deviant studiesat the Councilof ForeisnRela- genderidentity. Written from a Chris- behavior. Rekers dates this shift at tions in New York City.He hai served tian perspectiveand especially for December15. 1973. when the homosex- in various iournalistic and editorial women,this powerful book offers ex- ual liberationistssuccessfully lobbied positions and has worked for the U.S. cellent insights to those struggling with to get the A?Ato removehomosexuality StateDepartment. Grose is a graduate this problem.(Crossway Books, 1984, from their list of mental disorders. of Yale and Oxford Universitiesand a8pp.,$2.9s) -E.H. Rejectingthe secular approachto wroteIsrael in the Mind.of Ameica as dealing with homosexuality,the author a ResearchAssociate at ColumbiaUni- arguesthat children can be protected versity'sMiddle EasternInstitute. HUMANSEXU UW: CONIEMPOR RY from homosexual developmentpat- Every conservativeChristian who col{IROVERSIES terns.He stronglystates that vulnera- believesthat Israel in the Bible means edlled by Horold Feldmon ond bility is not determinism.This means Israel (with the exception of a few Andleo Porol that a child who has effeminatechar- figurative usages)needs to read and ab- acteristicswill not necessarilybecome sorb this book. Its contentsadds weisht Thisbook represents a first in the a practicing homosexual.Rekers to the Fundamentalist'sclaim t[at publishingworld! The editorshave 48 FundomenfolistJournol broughttogether a collectionof totally explainedfor English readers.It con- sourcesthat strengdrcnthe homeschml- oppositearticles on the controversies tains the author'sown translationand ing altemative Part Twoconsiden home of sexualbehavior, and allowedrarrous a thorough bibliography. (Thomas educationwith respectto political rights. authors representing the Christian Nelson,1982, 204pp., $5.95) -8.H. Part Threecomments on compulsory viewpointto presenttheir caseagainst education statutes,including the hotly leading seculartheorists in the same debatedissue of teachercertification. volume.This work includesessays by FAMITYBOOKSHETF Part Four addressesthe tonic of the such evangelicalspokesmen as Jerry compellingstate inlerest tesl-developed Falwell, Josh McDowell,Ed Wheat,and by the Supreme Court. And Part Five Grace Ketterman. Topics covereddeal RADICATHOSPIIATITY examinessuperseded court decisions, with traditionalfamiiy roles, the legis. by Dovldond RulhRupprecht which no longerhold valid precedents lation of public morality,sex educa- looay. tion, the ethics of sextherapy, state and Everywhere we turn people com- This brief text, though saturated federal control of family life, and so plain of lonelinessand a senseof isola- with legal casesand commentary does forth. To saythe least,this book is truly tion. The church is not exemptfrom not substitutefor legalcounsel, as the unique! (SagePublications, 1984, 333pp, those who utter thesecries. Hospitality authorscaution. The practical sugges- $2s.00,$12.s0) -w.D.B. is a real needin the life of the church tions in the conclusion,the reading list, today.This book proposesthat if the and the namesand addressesof certain peopleof Cod are to fulfill their mis- organizationsin homeeducation provide HERMENEUTICS,INERRANCY sion for the lord thev must Dracuce a useful referencesection. (Crossway ANDTHE BIBI.E radical hospitality. Ohallengingbe- Books,1984, 143pp., $5.95 paperback) edlf€d by EorlRodmoch€l ond lievers to open their homes to people _R.H. Rob€rlPreus who need love and needto know some- one cares,the book givesexciting in- sightson helping the needy,troubled, CHITDR EN This massivetome is a collectionof and homeless.It is an excellenttool for papersand responsespresented at the thosewho feel calledof God to a min- InternationalCouncil on Biblical Iner- istry of hospitality. The creation of rancy:Summit II. It representsone in PRAYERSFOR GIRUi healing householdsthrough the efforts PRAYERSFOR IOYS a seriesof scholarly works published of committed saints is a Dowerful in- by ICBI over the past five years. The complled by ThomosNelson strument for building a ihurch that Publlshgls current volume is the most thoroush demonstratesthe love of Christ in the work everpublished on the issueof t-he world today.(Presbyterian Reformed, relationshio of hermeneuticsto the The editors of these books haveout 1983,110pp., $7.9s, $4.9s) -R.H. prayers guide doctrineofbiblical inerrancy.Articles togethera numberof to the readerin his personalprayer coversuch topics as theoriesof truth, life. The prayers historical problems,higher criticism, are chosento show how to talk to God freely, how pray respect- cultural normativeness,and the unity to EDUCATION fully, how to pray a thank-you prayer, of the Bible.Contributors include John how ask you Feinberg,Bruce Waltke,Millard Erick- to God to make more like Him, how to pray when you don't feel son, John Davis, and Roger Nicole. like it, how to pray for Respondantsinclude Norman Geisler, HOME EDUCATIONAND CONSIIIU. others, and so on. The books good W. David Beck, GleasonArcher, Walter IIONAI I.IBERIIES are tools for teach- ing children about the meaning of Kaiser, R. C. Sproul, and John Mac- by John W.Whlleh€od prayer.(Thomas Nelson, 1981, 128pp., Arthur.A very worthwhile on'd Wendell R. llrd investment. ages5-12) (Zondervan,1984, 921pp., $16.95) $3.95, -E.H. Authors Whitehead and Bird have orovideda valuableresource to families JONAHAND IHE WORM A PllGRlMPRIESIHOOD: AN ExPOSl. and education alike in their second by Jlll Brlscoe TIONOT FIRSTPEIER volume from the Rutherford Institute by Folg6 Pollelson Reports.The subject is home schooling Jill Briscoe'slatest work retellsthe a burgeoningmovement of parentswho story of Jonah and the whale. The This volume is an excellentblend of train their children independentlyof author uses imaginative characters exegesis,exposition, and practical ap- conventionalpublic and private educa- such as Little Worm, Grumpy Grub, plication. Onereviewer has said, "Most tion. Recently,in his best-sellerMega- and the Worker to make children smile commentariesput you to sleep-this trends,researcher John Naisbitt esti- and laugh, and teachesthem Christian one will wake you up." Patterson has mates that the number of families principles at the sametime. Although distinguishedhimself for many years presently involved in this instructional the book is written far children, most as the associateto W A. Criswell at the trend approachesI million. parentswill find it more valuablewhen First Baptist Church of Dallas,Texas, A functional text format includes kad, with the youngchild. Suggestions and presidentof the Criswell Centerfor five complementaryparts. Part One for conversationand topics for prayer Biblical Studies.This highly readable focuses on the present educational are included at the end of eachchaoter. commentary is rich in its practical use dilemma analyzing parental liberty (ThomasNelson, 1983,143pp., $6.95, of the original Greek,which is clearly and the historical and constitutional ages5-12) _J.B. N,4orch1985 49 TREASURESFROM IHE IEXT Candy Company Does your church need a new plano? Does vour school need new eriuipment? TheService of Faith Does vour vouth qrouo' by Richard D. Patterson need t6 fina-nce a tiip? ***** Cafl ***** Great American Candy Co. for a free brochure on your fund raising needs. . J minister for God that ours must be a * * * l-813-578-1643*** "perfect" (i.e. wholesomg balanced, V ft.1'$j'.lji,::'.tr1your A Chnsuon Compong I service of faith, I and spiritually maturing) walk (cf. joy, and rejoice with you all" (Phil. 2:17). Ps.101:6 with Gen.l7:l; Deut. 18:13; The Greekvnorrd leitoargh, translated Matt. 5:48; 2 Cor. 13:ll). The text in "service" in our text, had had a long Philippians2:17 reminds us that all of history and by Paul'sday had seena life. "sacred and secularl' must be distilct changein emphasis.Most com- spiritual service for Christ (cf. Rom. monly, the word had dealt with doing 15:26-27:2 Cor.9:12-13). The rarious a community service that benefited words and contexts remind us of the society as a whole. From this it de- velopedas a rerm of religiousservice. It wastherefore a oerfectword for the Greek translatorsof the Hebrew Old ABORTIONIS THE MAJOR Testamentof words from the Hebrew root sharet, "to serve or minister." for An x nr, "sactedand CHALLENGETOTHE the Hebrewroot could alsobe usedof CHRISTIANCONSCIENCE both relisious and secularduties. seculat" must be Thus,Jy'rarelwas employed often to spiritual seruice depict the religious dutiesof the levites and priests who servedin the taber- for Christ. nacle and temple services(cf. Exod. 28:35,43;I Chron.6:17;16:4,37). As a noun the word becamea technical term for onewho doessnecial or resnonsible high callingthat eachbeliever has. For service. Joseoh was a minister to in our sDiritual servicewe serveHim Potiphar (Gen.39:4), Joshua was Moses' who is not only High Priest but also minister (Exod.24:13), and Elisha per- our great King (cf. Rev.19:16). formed a similar function for Eliiah J. S.Baxter tells the followingstory (l Kings l9:21).ln somecases the word concerningthe eminent Scottishpro- See the Truth in This S€archingly is usedfor thosewhose service made fesso4Henry Drummond.When Henry Honest Documentar)Film. them ministers to the king himself was a lad scarcelyl0 yean of age,his Conceivedin Libedy (2 Chron.22:8: Esth. 212\. home village was preparing paper Retumthis coupontoday for informationon Both its earlier use and the Old streamers in honor of the soon arrival purchasingor rentingthis film- Testamentcontext are gathered up by of the queen.When the paper supply grow Pleasesend me I Rental t] Purchase the Greekword for usagein the New beganto scarcgyoung Drummond informationon Conceircdin Liberty. Testament,especially in the senseof was asked to go fetch some more. At priestly service.The writer of Hebrews first he refused.But later he was seen Name employsit frequently to describethe running at top speedto get the required work of Christ, the believers'great supplies.He changedhis mind when City-State Zip_ High Priest(Heb. 8:6; 9:21-28). So also someonereminded him that even this the believers,as a kingdom of priests seeminglymenial task was OHMS,"On Phone (cf. Exod.19:6; Isa. 56:6-9with I Peter Her Majesty's Servicd' May we ever re- AMERICAN PORTRAIT FILMS 2:9; Rev.1:6), are said to do spiritual mind ourselvesthat whatever we do rn i r99q.\{:!:BEslqNr surrE s(]n I servicefor God (seealso Acts l3:2). our service as ministers of Christ is a ANAHEIY.CAUfr)RNrA 92801 r (col. -It's r '7141515.2189 t) , a Our word, then, and its Old Testa- unto Him 3:l oHMS-'.On L------t ment counterDarts.remind thosewho His Maiestv'sService." I 50 FundomentolistJournql SUCCESSFULIEACHING IDEAS

by,David W. Chapman Preparlng for the dlscu$lon-Not and asking for clarification. Your abil- all topics lend themselvesto classroom ity to listen carefully and analyzethe ' ( discussion.Topics requiring extensive importanceof what is being said will A :il'l:10",il:"il1i:';11: backgroundknowledge or researchare be taxedto the limit. Do not be hesi- V oh the problemsthat arise not suitable.Unless your studentsare tant to challenge a pat answer or to whenwe try to "reison together"in a all Bible scholars, a discussion of questiona hidden assumption.Be alert Sundayschool group discussion! biblical prophecyor of Jewishcustoms for problemsthat are bound to arise Group discussionis a methodthat is likely to result only in sharedigno- in any discussionsituation. is usualiy tried experimentally and rance.A gooddiscussion topic draws on then abandonedamid a myriad of ex- the experienceand interest of the Deallngwlth problems-Discussion cuses: "Things get out of hand too group members.A brief introduction may lag in the openingstages, or in a quickly." "We never accomplishany- to the subject may help orient the group accustomedto sitting quietly thing." "Some peopleare conversation group membersto the issuesand pro- through the Sundayschool lesson.You hogs.""People get their feelingshurt." vide a foundationfor the discussion. can help by creatinga casualenviron- On the list soes. Discussionouestions should not be ment.Arrange the chairsin a circle,so TherearE many pitfalls on the way overly complex,-butthey shouldcall for all the members can see one another to successfulgroup discussion.Like more than a simpleyes or no answer. and less focus is placed on you. Be any cooperativeenterprise, function- Avoid questionsthat merely ask for the positivein your responsesto the con- ing in groups requiresteamwork and regurgitation of information already tributions made by the grcup mem- skilled leadershio.But eventeachers given:"What is the Pentateuch?""Who bers. Try to rcstate the question or who havetried to conducta discussion followed Elijah as prophetin Israel?" offer a hvpotheticalsituation to con- andfailed, admit that groupdiscussion Recitationis a ooor excusefor discus- sider. If ali else fails, call on one of the offers many advantagesover a tradi- sion.The best questionsare openended more self-assuredmembers to re- tional lecture format in the Sunday allowing for a variety of responses. spond. Do not give up if your first schoolclassroom. discussionsession does not go well. Usuallya more lively way of teach- Leadlng th€ dbcusslon-leading a First discussionsare often like first ing than a lecture, group discussion discussiongroup is like trying to hold dates-awkward. promotesa senseof involvementand a new puppy; hold on too tightly and You may experiencethe problem of belongingamong the classmembers- you smother it, too loosely and it outspokenmembers who long to make they seldomdoze off. Questionsoften squirms out of your hand. Group their opinions known. If anyonebegins arisethat would neverhave occurred members will exoect the discussionto to dominatethe discussion,diplomati- in the lecture forgrat, giving the take someform, with a definite end in cally, but firmly, cut him off. Ideally, teachersa more realistic view of the mind. Useyour outline,but be opento everygroup mernbershould participate classmembers' thoughts and feelings. ideasthat comeup during the discus- equally.Do not call on the more reti- Most importantly, discussionempha- sion. If you feel the group is getting too cent members.The pressure of speak- sizesour relationship in the body of far afield, saysomething like, "That is ing in public is so frightening to some Christ. a good idea, but I think it deservesa peoplethat they may never return. But One of the keys to effective group separatediscussion." Then return to always try to leave openings for those discussion is adeouate mental and the original question. who have not contributed to the dis- spiritual preparalion. Too often Try to maintain objectivity and cussion, with questions like, "Does discussionleaders assume that all they neutrality. Your statusas the teacher someoneelse have anything to add?" must do is show up. But before the will often giveso much weightto your When you seethe end of your time Sundayschool class meets, the teacher remarks that you preempt further approaching,wrap up the discussion should have given careful thought to discussion.This doesnot meanyou are by summarizing what the group has the topic of discussionand the ques- merely a casualobserver. You must be accomplished,indicating ways group tions he may wish to ask. continuallyquestioning, summarizing, membersmay apply thesenew ideas. lMorch 1985 5l If you sense divisivenessin the group, try to restore unity by pointfug out :rreasof agr€enent and shifting the discussion to a less controversial area. The continuing harmoniousrelation- ship of the group is more important than making a point. Praying together before and after the discussion is one way of establishing an appropriate atmosphere. Cuiting off debate does not necessarily guarantee orthodoxy of opinion in your class.Many peoplewill listen silently to ideasthat they neither fully understand nor totally accept. The gap between faith and life, be- tween what is preachedand what is practiced, is painfully obvious to every church worker. In Philippians2:2 Paul enjoinsthe church to "be like-minded, having the samelove, being of oneaccord, of one mind." Too often we fulfill this ad- monition by ignoring our differences. able to make valuable contributions to I Davtdw. Chapnanis professorof Establishinga fellowship of believers the functioningof that body. Opening Englishand speech at fulingtonBaptist requires that eachmember of the body up the Sunday school class to group College,Arlington, Texas. He holdsan view himself as a significant in- discussion is one meansof making the M.A. from the University of Tulsa, dividual, uniquely gifted by God,and act of worshipa communalenterprise. Oklahoma.

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52 FuMomentolisiJournol PROFILE JohnEvans RetirementPlans Include No Plansfor Retirement by MichelePince ohn R. Evansworks sevendays a week as a waste treatment operator at the Lynchburg t- Foundry. He also runs a 52-headcat- tle farm. But what makesthis 57-year- old mountaineerunusual is that he also pastorsa country church full time. A native of Nelson County,Evans startedthe KingswoodBaptist Church in Arrington, Virginia, four yearsago with a nucleus of 7 people who met regularly [or prayer and visitation. Todaythe church averages125 people on Sundaysand has had as many as 146cram into its 16pews. Unlike most men entering the ministrv. Evansmade the decisionto becomea preacherlate in life.He was savedat 36 andat 53he enrolledin the Institute of Biblical Studiesof Liberty "ff *,o evergoing to win this country we'll Baptist Collegeand Schools.He at- tendedclasses during the day,worked never win it in Washington,we'll never win it in the at the foundry on third shift from schools,we've got to win it in churches." 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.,and ran his cattle farm sometimein between. Severalyears ago Evans,a church deaconand layman in the ministry at Arrington church. They had been He has manifestedthat samededi- the time, was invited to preach at a schoolmates.He sharedhis testimony cationin his ministry.This spring revival in a Presbyterianchurch, and with the man and askedif he could marks 30 years at the foundry for it was then that he askedthe Lord for havethe keyto the church."He gaveme Evans,and he will retire from his job clear direction on full-time Christian the key-God gaveit to mej'Evans said. asa wastetreatment operator to give service."God chased me a longtime, Evans told how each Tuesdayat his full attentionto the church and to andI finally told Him to showme what IBS the studentshad a time of testi establishingsister churchesalong the He wantedme to do. The secondnight monyand sharing. "It wassuch a joy Blue Ridse Mountains. of the revival 7 peoplegot saved- to hold the kev uo in classthat Tues- Of thi four services each week God'snerfect number." Evanssaid. day to sharewith-everyone that I had (Sundaymorning, Sunday night, Tues- "That'i when I made up my mind. I a church." daynight prayermeeting, and Wednes- preachedsix nights; 13 peoplewere Evans began knocking on every day night Bible study),Evans feels the savedand 5 rededicatedtheir lives, door within 10miles of thechurch, and strengthand successof his ministry lie includingthe pastorof the church." on February15, 1981, he preached his in the Tuesdaynight prayer meetings, Evansbegan looking for a church first sermonat KingswoodBaptist held in the homesof churchmembers. almostimmediately, and on a visita- Church."A lot of peoplecame out of "I'll never forget that first Saturday tion call oneday, "I sawa mountaineer curiosity,"he recalled."A lot knewme night in a houseback in the hills on a who told me about a church that had asa ball playerand couldn't believe I dirt road where we had our first closeddown five or six yearsbefore. waspreaching. The second Sunday, l7 prayer meeting with 7 people. My When I walked up in the churchyard or l8 walkedthe aisle." churchis strongbecause of our prayer I knewGod wanted me there.The loy Evansstill works full time at the meetings,"he said. "I've taught my peo of the Lord just came down. I went foundry on the night shift. And for the ple to pray. We start every Sunday 'I home and told my wife, found my last sevenyears has worked seven days schoolclass in nraverand eachchild church,'and thenshowed it to her." a week,sometimes foregoing vacations prays.If I want-someoneto dismissa Evanssaid that as it turned out, he and holidays because the company servicein prayer I can call on any of knew the only living officer of the neededhim. 25 people."

Morch 1985 53 KingswoodBaptist Church is also nights he tries to get home early Evans'sultimate goalis to win this friendly, and the warmth the people enoughto sleep three or four hours country to Christ."If we'reever going exudeis built upon their unity as a con- beforegoing to work. But Evansmain- to win this country we'll neverwin it gregationand the exampleset by their tains that. "Nobodv in the world has in Washington,we'll neverwin it in the pastor. Church members greet each a better job. Thereisno hard labor-I schools,we've got to win it in churchesl' other with warm handshakesand listen for the pipesand pumps,occa- And Evansbelieves that throush hard hugs, and visitors are personally sionallyrun tests,and feed the chemi- work and prayer it can be doie. "I'm welcomedby eachmember. The aura cals into the water. I sive the com- a strong prayer warrior. I know God is that of a geniunelove. "A church is panyan honestday's wo=rk. I put good answersand He answersnow." no stronger than its pastor," Evans water in the river, but onceI leavehere Evansis confidentbecause he has said. "I taught my peopleto love one at 6 a.m., I leavethis place behind." seen his own prayers answered in another.The thing I dwell on mostlyis And in comparisonto his job as a full- astonishingways. As he looks back to know your people-be closeenough time pastor, the job at the foundry over the past few years, he is over- to let them tell you their problemsso could be consideredpart time. whelmed by what God has done you can get in and help them. Show the Among the various programs of throueh a cattle farmer who waswill- people you care for them so they won't KingswoodBaptist Church are a bus ing tolbey and be dedicatedto Him. be afraid-be a part of them." The love ministry, with five vans transporting "It's like a dream," he said."It seems of the people for John Evans is un. some45 peopleto eachservice from as like it all happened yesterday- daunted,even by his sometimesstrong far as 40 miles away; five Sunday everythinglooks like it wasjust put in preaching. "I know my people," he schoolclasses from nursery through its place,even the way the churchwas said. "I work with them and we grow adult; a puppet ministry, conveyingthe given to me." together.I preachdirectly to the prob- gospelto children,shut-ins, and nurs- ThoughEvans will retire from the lems I know are goingon. Sometimes ing home residents;and a missionary foundry, he does not intend to slow my preachingmay be a little strong; program that supports three mis- down.In manyways, his ministry will some may leave,but I feel I have a sionaries.Evans also makes visitation just be beginning.The first thing he stronger church by doing it." calls, meeting the needsof peoplein wants to do after he leavesthe foundry Evanssaid preachinga sermon is his community and severalother coun- is start another church and, one by like working eight hours. "It takes ties in central Virginia. one, help young preachers get everything right out of you-you're His vision is to add 300members establishedin the ministry. tired. I'm just as tired as I could be to KingswoodBaptist Church,and he "I'm no quitter.I don't quit," Evans right now," he said late on a Wednes- has alreadymade plans to expandthe said."I'm goingto retire from Lynch- day night in his office at the foundry. church auditorium to accommodate burg Foundry, but never from the "I never know what it's like for my the expectedgrowth. "My goal is to pulpit. I'm going to be preaching a body to be rested-I go on with the reach everyonein Amherst, Nelson, right goodwhile-unless the Rapture strength God gives me." Appomattox, Albemarle, and Buck- comes." On Sunday,Tuesday, and Wednes- ingham Counties,"he said. That is a day eveningsEvans goeshome from total of some I 09,000people, for whom church to changeclothes and get a bite Evanswould eventuallylike to start to eat,and then he goesto work at the churches in each of the resDeclive I Mlchele Prlnce is a free-lancewriter foundry for eight hours. On other counties."I want to do it like Pauldid." in Lynchburg,Virginia.

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Jery FalwellLive on WTBS CATENDAR February Each weeb every person issue and discuss the cor- perience,and one I've never 21-24-Collegelor a Weekend in America now has t}e oo responding ramificationsj' tried before on a regular 22-Dallas Holm Concert, portuity Falwe-ll Falwell. new ex- to ask Jerry stated "It's a basisl' LBC Multipurpose Falwell Live" anything."Jerry Center is a new television program aidng on SuperstationWTBS March Sundaywanings at 11:05p.rn l-Dr. Falwell speaksat EST. The show airs coast-tc Oxlord. Unitersity coast and offers a call-in 7-Dr. Falwell speaksat segrnentallowing interested ClemsonUniversity, people to talk with Jerry Strom Thurmond Falwell on live television. Institute The program originates 8-17-LBC Sping Break from Dr. Falwell's office in 10-Dr. Falwell speaksat Lynchburgand is co-hosted BethelBaptist Church, by Cal Thomas. Falwell and Amherst, Virginia Thomasfirst discusscurrent 13-Dr. Falwell speaksat events and contemporary the Rabbinical issuesand later handlecalls Assembly,Miami from the telenhone lines. Beach,Floida The show, whiih has been 20-Dr Falwell speaksat describedas "new and defi- First Baptist Church, nitely different" premiered Modesto,Calilomia on January 27, 1985. 25-Dr. Falwell speaksat During each program RothesayBaptist Church, Falwell addressesa single New Brunswick, Canatla social, moral, political, or 29-Dr. Falwellspeaks at ethical issue such as abor- the AlabamaIubilee, tion, alcoholism, nuclear Gadsden,Alabama proliferation, or homosex- Aprll uality. "This will give us the I l-l4-College for a Weekend opportunity to conftont each LBC Sping Arts Festiral Dr. Gregg Albers Is More Than a Physician bv- Kimberlv Valcanoff essentially "parents away heart rate and fat content,and After completinggraduate from homel' analrrzetheir diet and erarcise studies at the Medical Col- In addition.Dr. Albers is habits.tocal fitnesscenters lege of Ohio in Toledo, Dr. involved in implementing a participated by demonstrat- Gregg Albers became the unique "wellness" plan into rng new.exerclsesano exer- campusphlsician at LBC He student body life "My whole crseequrpmenl is a member of the American heartbeatis discipleship,and As a follow-up to Wellness Board of Family Practice I believethat wellnessis ac- Day, Dr. Albers has periodi- Dr. Albers wants to be tually a form of discipleship, cally had fliers and updates more than a campus doctor, tooj' he sayq"because if one on wellness distributed and he is actively involved is not physicallywell, he has awarenessto personalhealth, through the dorms, and he with the students He and his a harder time ministering Dr. Albers held a "Wellness does a short radio spot on wife, Andrea. serve as one of spiritually." Day'' during the fall semester. WRVL called "Health Jour- the teams of dorm oarents The program focuses on Studentswere given informa- nall' His focus on the DrG who havea specific ministry all aspectsof health-physi- tion on health and had the gram is to keep people in- of personalencouragement cal, emotional, and spiritual. opportunity to take their formed on the latest health- to the students, becoming As an initial stepin bringing blood pressure,measure their related issues. Morch 1985 55 LibertyRecruiters hrcpared to RepresentLBC They are not representing Bowyer, Liberty's newest seniors,I understandthat I phia, and Washington, DC. the Army, the Navy, or the recrulter. may be the only representa- While in Lynchburg, the NFL; Jerry Whitehunt, Susan The LBC recruiters have tion of Liberty Baptist College recruiters talk with prospec- Cole,and WendyBowyer arc a more involvedpresentation these students will ever see. tive students and find an- rccruiters for Liberty Baptist for Christian high schools. That is a tremendous incen- swen for their questions on College Their primary aim is They are often invited to an tive to be as preparedand anything from curriculun to to pr€sent high school stu- assembly of high school proficient as I can possibly specialactivities. They also dents with information about juniors and seniors where bel' work with the Visitols Center Liberty and answer their they show a l0-minute video Collegerecruiten arebusy in the administrationbuild- college-relatedquestions. taped overview of Liberty's yearround. In just threefall ing on Uberty Mowtah Owr What is involved in re- academiqsocial, and athletic months, Liberty's recruiters 200 visitors a week tour the cruitment? Travel!All three prcgftrms. A question-and-traveled to 72 cities in 24 center and the colleee. Liberty recruiters travel to answer time about dorm lifg statesand spoketo 106guid- Jerry Whitehurs-t says, college fairs in both public dresscode. financial aid. and ance counselors,25 admin- "Liberty is an exciting col- and private high schools. guidelines at Liberty usually istrators. and over 1.314 lege,and I'm pleasedto be Often they visit three fairs a closes the presentation, students who were actively able to tell other students 'As day--one in the morning, one a Liberty graduate," interested in attending Lib- about it. I'm finding that at lunch, and one in the eve- says Susan Cole, "I realize eny. Among the cities visited Liberty has a good reputa. ning. Oncethere, the recruit- how crucial this formal pre- were Chattanooga, Kansas tion whereverI travel, and ers set up a display in the sentationabout LBC can-be. City, Detroit, Anaheim,San studentswant to be a Dartof gymnasium, usually with When I stand before a group Diego Baltimore, Miami, this growing and prog-ressive many other college recruit- of high school juniors and Chicagq Memphis, Philadel- school." ers, and pr€sent literature to intercsted students.Students talk with the collegerepre- sentatives, ask questions, and fill out cardsrequesting more information and a col- lege catalog. "The high inter- est levelamong high school- agedyouth is very encourag- ing consideringthat LBC.is a very morar, conservallve Christian collegel'sals Wendy Jerry Whitehurst Susan Cole Wendy Bowyer LBCProfessors Visit ArchaeologicalDig

Uberty biolory professors rock layers. The LBC pro- Jim Hall and Lanekster re- fessorsare excited about the cently visited the archaeolog- discoveries. ical dig at the Paluxy River Dinosaur boneshave also in Glen Rose. Texas. Thev been found in the area, and worked closely with Cail two additional dinosaurs Baugh, a well-known archae- were found iust beforelester ologist studyingthe site full and Hall's visit. Iast summer time Hall uncovered two human This dig is important to footprints in the same slab creationistsbecause human with four dinosaur tracks, and dinosaurbones harc been The Liberty professors found in the same strata. were allowed to bring dino- Evolutionists believe dino. saur bones,a rib cagq and saurs existed severalmillion other Cretaceousmaterial to years before humans; ther€- Liberty Baptist College, for fore they have claimed that further testing at the the Paluxy River findings are Smithsonian Institution. false.But in iust 27 months lane kster is the director of of excalation, Baugh has un- Liberty's Centerfor Creation covered 16l dinosaur and Studies;Hall is the associate human tracks in the same director. $ FundomentqlislJournol FACETHE FACIS

A Tasteof Victory by Cal Thomas Starting lanned Parenthoodis taking a trauma)"will take moneyto organize, new approach. You've got to lobby,and educate the public.Don't let a Christian admit it is creatile.Does Plarured a noisy minority pretendthe President's Parenthoodtake the overwhelrningvic- mandateincludes robbing you of your school? tory achievedby RonaldReagan lying freedom." We've been helping Chris- down?Not on your life. The organrza- The ad carries the now obligatory tian schools with textbooks, tion has taken out full-pageads in the disclaimer: "This advertisementhas curriculums, and teacher New YorkTimes, Washington Post, ti been paid for with private contribu- training for over 16 years. other influential newspapen.The head- tions."Sure they have. And it's no won We'd like to be of help to you line says,"If you votedagainst President der when PP receivesso much money as you begin your Christian Reaganand disagreewith him on abor- from federal grants and through tax school. Over 16,000 Chris- tion, we need you nowl' That sort of subsidies.They would naturally have tian schools across America limits the pool of potentialsupporters moneyleft over to run ads like this. I have put their confidencein right there,doesn't it? could run prclife ads if someonewould A Belia Book. You can too. The ad saysthe Presidentwants to contributemoney to me that might go Write today for your free rcturn us to the daysof back-alleyabor- tor my mortgagepayments. caraloa. tions.There's that phraseagain. If you Their fight is going to be harder protectthe livesof babies,people will over the next four years-a lot harder- haveto kill them in alleysinstead of in becausemore and more informatron M n Beka Book abortion clinics wherc PlannedPar€nt- about what goeson insidethe mother 1T) Bo' 18OOO.Station FJ-B hood standsto make money.PP gets during developmentand during an

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Morch 1985 57, BIBLESTUDY Deute*ronomy

by Harokl L. Willmington

Zi everal examoles let us knt-rw God. Israel was to love the God of the first was the Edenic,promising Adam \ thut the BooL of Deuteronomy Word. "And thou shalt lovethe Lord thy fruitfulness for obedience,and death \J is especiallyloved by the Saviour God with all thine heart, and with all for disobedience(G en. l:26-31;2:15-17\. and particularly hated by the Devil. thy soul, and with all thy mighf' (6:5). The second was the Palestinian Cove- First, our Inrd beganHis ministry by They were to love the Word of God. nant, pmmising Israel permanentstatus quoting from Deuteronomyon three oc- "And thesewords, which I command in the land for obedience,and captivity casions to successfullyrefute three thee this day,shall be in thine heart: for disobedience(Deut. 28:1-30:20). vicious temptations by the Devil. Com- And thou shalt teach them diligently Deuteronomylists four key prophe- pare Matthew4:4 with Deuteronomy8:3; unto thy children, and shalt talk of cies:the victorious entranceof Israel Matthew4:7 with Deutemnomy6:16; and them whenthou sittestin thine house, underJoshua into Canaan(7:2;9:l-3; Matthew4:10 with Deuteronomy6:13. and when thou walkest by the way,and 3l:3,5);the sin of Israel while in the The book of Deuteronomyis second when thou liest down, and when thou land (31:16-18,20,29);the exile from the only to Isaiah in its majesticdescrip- risest uo. And thou shalt bind them for Iand (4:26-28;7:4; 8:19,20;28:36,41,49-50, tion of both the Personand olan of a sign upon thine hand, and they shall 53,64);and the return of Israel back to God.In fact, in a singlechaptei Moses be as frontletsbetween thine eyes.And the land (4:29;30:1-3,10). summarizedGod's divine Person,plan thou shalt write them upon the posts Here we also read of the first of- for and ministry to Israel. of thy houss and on thy gates"(6:6-9). ficial promiseby Godto providekings God'sPerson-"Hear, O Israel:the God's ndnlstry to Israel-"And he to rule over Israel (17:14-20).Further- Iord our God is one lord (6:4). brought us out from thence, that he more,in the next chapter(18:15-19) the God's plan-Israel's ministry to might bring us in, to give us the land first prediction of Christ's prophetic which he swareunto our fathen" (6:23). ministry is given.Prior to this, both his In the nextchapter, Cod expiains kingship (Gen.49:10) and priesthood the reasonbehind His graciousministry (Gen.14:18-20) had been alluded to. to Israel."The Inrd did not sethis love The three words do, keep, and,ob- upon you, nor chooseyou, because ye se^)e are found 177times in Deuter- were more in number than any people; onomy.Moses, like James,desired that for ye were the fewestof all people:But Israel "lay apart all filthiness and becausethe lord loved you, and be- superfluity of naughtiness,and receive causehe would keepthe oath which he with meeknessthe engrafted word, Since1952, 0verhollzer has beenhelping had sworn unto your fathers, hath the which is able to saveyour souls.But be peoplelo be cornlortableIor theirSpkitual growth.Let us help you. lord brought you out of a mighty hand, ye doers of the word, and not hearers and redeemedyou out of the houseof only, deceivingyour own selves"(James OVERHOLTZER bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh l:21-22\. CHUNCH FURNITUNE. INC. 626 KearneyAve., PO. Box 4039 king of Egypt" (7:7-8). The Book of Deuteronomysays, in l\,4odeslo,cA 95352-4039/ Depr. FJ Deuteronomy was one of the first effect, to Israel, look back, look in, look (209) 529-1716/ (800) 34+7162to| Itee books to be attackedulder the guise up look forward, and (lest you sin) look of higher criticism at the end of the out! The book closeswith the second nineteenthcentury. Deuteronomyis far of two great prcphetical blessingsupon more than a mere reDetitionof the Law eachof the 12tribes of Israel. (Compare of Moses.It is rather a rehearsaland Gen.49 with Deut. 33).Deuteronomy is reminder of that Law, for many of the the eighth longestbook in the Bible, youngerIsraelites had neverheard it with 34 chapters,959 verses, and 28,461 before, having been born since Mount words.It is ouotedfrom or alludedto AweInspiring Day Hiking. Amiable Sinai. In Genesiswe read of Israel's 208.timesin 21 New Testamentbooks. ChristianFellowship . Outstanding Cuisine. CharmingSwiss Inns election. In Exodus,of her redemption. The events span approximately one In leviticus, of her sanctification.In month (1405BC.). SPRINGTOUR June20-July 6 Numbers,of her direction.In Deuter- catl:FOXHALLTnAVEL {2021362 6800 o,tr.ir onomv.of her instruction. ALPENWEGADVENTURES, LTD. Deuteronomyincludes the second I Adaptedfrom l{illmington's Visual- B:::9lli":.'.';#5'swissoirfr of two important conditional covenants izedStudy Bible O 1984Tyndale House in the Bible givenby Godto man.The Publishers. 58 FundomenlolisiJournol NEWS BombineClinics Causes Conflict Wthfn holife Movement

ust last year SharonCodispoti children are being destroyed," wasone of the mostdynamic and Vanderhoffsaid. visible leadersof the proJife Another proJife activist, Dottie movementin Everett,Washington. Roberts,described Beseda as "very intel- She organized protests, led ligent." "He's a very spiritually sound, picketing,and becamea respected intelligentyoung man. He is everyrhingI spokesmanfor area pro-lifers. would want in a son," the 49-yearold Weekly-sometimesdaily-Codispoti grandmothersaid. In fact Mrs. Roberts led her cohorts to rally against (perhapsone of the most forceful and Everett's first abortion clinic, the controversial pro-life figures in FeministWomen's Health Cenrer, Washington)lamented, "I feel like I lost whichopened in August1983. a sonover this-that's how I feel."But But Codispoti'sproJife activities Besedasimply describedhimself as a no longerappear on television,radio, personwho at least at times tried to or in newspapers.She seldom goes to pleaseGod." SEATTLE(UPII-Curtis Besedabeing churchestrumpeting her prolife cause Sentencedto prison in December, anymore.And she is never seenpro- escoltedJrom a lederalcoufthouse tn Seattle after /eceiying a 20-year Besedasaid he set fires to the Evereu testingat abortionclinics. clinic sentencelor arson. becauseProverbs 24:ll grves Codispoti,for the time being,is tak- Christiansa mandateto rescuethose ing a backseatin the pro-lifemove- said, "I personallydo not agreewith who are beingput to death.Detailing his menl.Her work is now limited to writ- what Curt Besedadid. I don't think story, Besedasaid he becameinvolved ing letters,counseling women over the that we needto resort to bombingor in the protestsagainst the Everettclinic telephone,and makinga few public settingfires to clinics." in October 1983 after his brother's speaKlngengagements. TheBeseda affair severelydamaged friend calledhim on the phoneand "told She admitted,"I'm not doing a Codispoti'srelationship with ihe pralife me what was goingon." whole lot right now.... I've pulled movement.How could she, a highlyvisi- "l went down the next Saturday,saw backfor a while." ble leaderin the prolife movement,dis- the picketing,and from that time on Codispoti'sdisillusionment with associateherself from the bombingsif until thefacility was finally closed I was thepro-life movementcame to a head certainprelife memberswere going to down there everySaturday-and I be- year last after a number of area pro- "sanctionthe bombings?""They have lieveevery day-withoul exceptiurs, life membersvoiced moral supporifor misrepresentedher position,"said one Besedasaid- Curtis Anton Beseda,a 29-year-old observer."And I think shefeels she was Within two months, Besedasaid rooferwho was convicted last Novem- kind of used." abortion finally "impacted" him that ber ''ftheyl of firebomingthe Everettabofiion Kurt Vanderhoff,an attorneyand wereactually killing people." clinic threetimes. president of Washington'smost Picketirg,he thenrealized, was not Thefirebombings, whichoccurred establishedprolife group,Human Life, the solutionto endingabonion. Wield- in December 1983,and again in March describedCodispoti as an exrremely ing a signdoes nothing to stopthe abor- and April 1984,resulted in theclinic's sensitiveand lovelylady" who hashad tionist from wielding his scalpel."ff having to shut its doors-no insurance to battlecontinually between "who was yourmother were beine killed, and she company, reportedly,would takethe goingto be the leaderand who is going hadnt done anythingio deservethat, risk of insuringthe clinic. to run thingsat the Everettclinic," you probablywouldn't stand there fwith Accordingto Codispoti,some grass. But the debatein Washingtonstate a signl.You'd probablydo everyrhing rootprGlile membersare cominq close is not whether Codispoti has been youcould to makesure she wasn t pul to endorsing the clinic bombingsby abusedby certainprolife members,but to death."Picketins allows" peoole to "it's saying all right to resort to violence whetherCun Besedais themovement's be put to death,Biseda said.' and.illegalacriviry" as a srrategy[or new hero or villain. "Theonly option that was immedi crostngaDonlon cllnlcs. Vanderhoffdescribed Beseda as a ately presentwas setting fires to that Codispotisaid Besedahas developed "very polite,personable person." clinic.... So I did that, as soon as somewhatof a followinein Everett. "He'sa dedicated,motivated person possible." "There is group a out here-whois really who seemedextremely frustrated over Reflecting,Beseda said, "l madea delending hisactions-a group of peo- the facl that abortionsseemed to con- decisionright beforeThank-sgiving rhar pleyou mightcall his tollowing." she tinue to expandand more and more r, n tact.\tas golng lo seta lireand slop

Morch 1985 59 C,ounselinqe toward Holiness

" . . . holiness is a neglected prioritg of the modern church . . . a fading glorg in the eoangelicat uorld . . ." J. L Packer

lf you want to continue to neglect I985 CURRICULUM holy living, don't come to CCEF,S Bth annual Summer lnstitute of Dr. Jay E. Adams, noted author and Dean ol PastoralStudies. tsut if you want the ChristianCounseling & Educational to be challenged to Foundation,will lecturethroughout the week live a more on Counseling godly life personally tuinciples in lll John. and to learn Dr. how to 0r J.l Pacher J,l. Packer, Professorof Historicaland counsel others toward SystemalicTheology at Regent College, greater holiness,then don r Vancouver,British Columbia, will lectureon stay awayl the "HapW" Sideol Sanctitication. Dr Edward T. Welch, lecturerat CCEF and WestminsterTheological Seminary, will In Philadetphia discussChristian counseling with people JuneS-7,l9AE exhibitingbizaf re behavior. Dr. John F, Betller,Director ol the Christian Counseling& EducationalFoundation, will Dr JayE. Adams Dr EdwardT. Welch presentan update on Holinessand the In San Diego Prcblemof Selt-lmage. June 10- 14. 1985 Dr. Wayne A. Mack, respectedauthor and counsetingsupervisor at the Christian Counseling& EducationalFoundation, will TheChristian Counseling & Ecuca- present in lhe eveningsan in-depth tional Foundation sponsors these lntrcduction to Biblical Counselina at the week-longcourses of over forty class- Philadelphiasessions room hours specifically to train the Rev. George C. Scipione, Directorol CCEF in Christian pastor, counselor anq ac, San Diego, will leach lntroduction to Bibhcat tive lay person to use the Bible with Dr JohiF. 8€tller Dt WayneA lllack Counseling there. confidence,to ministerskillfulty to David A.C. Powlison, Ph.D.candidate and people with problems as well as to ex- lecturerat CCEFand WestminslerSeminarv. aminetheir own lives. wifl leciure on Discipteshiptaining to profi;te Peer Counseling in the Local Chutch.

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T 'what the killing at that particular facility." he said,adding that ifs' arefairly Said Mrs. Roberts,"I'll let God be Two weekslater, using a "flammable small. thejudge of that....I will not judge liquid,"Beseda broke a windowand set "And there is a certainthing that's Curt.... And I will not questionhis the clinic afire.Virtually all the clinic's going to happenif the facility is allowed spirituality." equipmentwas destroyed,including a to continueon. We know that the next SaidMrs. Codispoti, "We have a pro vacuum aspirator, an autoclavethat day, or soon anyrvay,within a week, life President.We can still work through sterilizesinstruments, tubing, gloves, more children, more innocenthuman the legislature.There are many things oxygenmasks, and much more-almost beingsare goingto be put to deaththere. we can still do to work toward saving 'what $40,000in damages. And that is nol a if.' " liveswithout bombing, withour terroriz- Thoughadmittedly scared("Because Besedasaid the firebombingshave ing people." I might getcaught"), Beseda said he did "accomplisheda lot." Theclinic is still "Thesepeople will stopat absolutely not strugglewith his decisionat all. closed,so "lives are beingsaved." And nothing to stop fabortion],"she said. "God doesn'tassociate a differencebe- the bombingshave forced societyto "And I think that'swhat we reallyneed tweenyour mother or any other inno- questionwhether the taking of iffiocent to considerand pray about. How far are cent p€rson.He lovesthem all equally humanlife shouldbe legallypermitted. we willing to go and really searchour thesame....I didn'thave any struggle Oneyear after his first bombing(he Biblesand really understandwhat the in terms of whether this was right or setfire to the Everettclinic three times, lord saysabout all this." wrong. and once to a Bellinghamclinic), and Couldit be,after years of protesting, But what about damage to the altersuflering arrest, trial, and convic- somepeople have already searched and property? tion, and now havingbeen sentenced prayed? "Childrenare more irnportantthan to prison,Beseda still maintains,"I don't SaidBeseda, "For Christiansthere's proPeny per se." haveany guilty feelings." a mandatethat they shouldnot allow an And what if an innocentperson was Shouldhe? innocentperson to bepul to dealh.... hun, or killed,during the firebombing? Said Mr. Vanderhoff,"We are not The Bible doesn'tsay it's an option to 'At eachtime, the particularmill judgmentalagainst people who seeno savethose who are being led away to was totally dark. So it was fairly ap- otherrecourse than doing these things." death.It's a commandment." parent that no one should be down (Vanderhoffpointed out, however,that With this said,just oneweek later, therel' his organizationneither encourages nor Besedawas "led away"to serve20 years But what if they were? participatesin violenceagainst abortion in federalprison. 'what "Thereis alwaysa if' factor," clinics-"the ultimateviolence.") I Martin Mawyer

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reouestwas madelast October.When Bapttst Church Revokes he refusedfor the secondtime, the con- Crratlon-Sclence Law Ordlnatlon of Gav Mlnlster gregationheld a meetingDecember 16, Struck Do! 'n 1984,and voted ll2-2 to revoke his BEL AIR, Md. (RNS)-A Southern ordination. FederalJudge Adrian Duplantier of Baptist congregationin Marylandhas James R. Cole, Calvary's pastor New Orleanshas struck down the na- revokedthe ordination of a minister sinceApril 1984,told RNSthat Southem tion's only creation-sciencelaw. after it learnedhe is a homosexual. Baptistsconsider ordination "the recog- Duplantier ruled that Louisianas Brian Scott,29, was graduated fmm nition of the person'sstatement that he "BalanceTreatment Act" is unconstitu- Baptist tional becauseit "involves teachins the Southern TheologicalSemi- feels called oi God to the ministry:' He 'tailored nary in lnuisville, Kentucky, in Decem- said that while the congrcgation"can- to the principles'of a particul ber 1980.He was ordained a month not saythat Brian is not calledof God, lar religious sect or groups of sects." later by CalvaryBaptist Churchin Bel we definitely madea mistakein judg- The l98l law,which was neveren- Air and was appointedto its staff. ment" at the time he was ordained. forced, would have required public After Scott becameinvolved with Colesaid Scotthad saidhe wasnot schoolsto give equal treatment-but the Gay-ksbian Christian Fellowship a practicinghomosexual. He said the not necessarilyequal time-to crcation- of Waldorf,Maryland, in 1982,Calvary revokingof his ordination was based scienceand evolution-science. asked him to return his ordination on his teachingthat "there is nothing StateSenator Bill Keith,sponsor of papers.He declined,and anothersuch wrcng with practicinghomosexualityl' the law said the "BalanceTreatment Act" wasneeded because public school teachers"are teaching our children rh\tlIi they came from monkeys, and there's -*w not one shredof scientific proof that ll lliltlr levolution] ever took place." Duplantier struck down the law saying"it promotesthe beliefsof some CHURCHFUR}IITURE N] GOSPELSONGS BY EAR Amazing new book shows how lo play and theistic sectsto the detriment of others, tuwS CHORD any hymn or gospel song you've P!lpit' 6ver heard*€nllrely by ear! How to lind lhe the statute violates the fundamental Clv;,s right slarting note, what chords to play and First Amendmentprinciple that a state when lo play thsm. 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(RNS)-A 7-Eleven becauseshe allows the boy to make commentatorclose to PopeJohn Paul conveniencestore here has withdrawn major decisionsand she looks to him ll, condemnedall thosewho engage in all the pornographic magazinesit as "her orotectorl' surrogate parenthood. The article had previouslycarried, in responseto Judgi McConnell also refused to referred specificallvto the Iatestcon- protests organizedby neighborhood give custody of the child to Brian's troversyinvolving asurrogate mother, churches.The First Baptist Churchof homosexualfather. Frank. because the Kim Cottonin Britain, who receiveda Wheatonled an economicboycott of boy might run away. "The evidence is considerablesum of moneyfor her ser- the store that included picketing by the clearthat the father is defensiveabout vices in giving birth to the child of church'syouth group.Members of the his lifestvle.and threats that Brian has another couDle. WheatonBible Church,the First Church made to run awav if olaced with his of the Assemblyof God and College father must be tikerr seriously,"she Church also signedpetitions supporting ruled. Both parentswill be permitted the boycott. to visit the child at the foster hourc. Eighth Faith Assembly Member The custody case gained national Indlcted in Chlld's Death attention last April when Mrs. Batey, 39,was sentenced to jail for kidnapping WARSAWInd (RNSFAnother mem- Christian Mother Denled the bov in Septernber1982. Brian told ber of the controversialFaith Assembly Care of Son his mother that he did not want to live church has beenindicted in the death with his homosexualfather. of a child. BarbaraIrwin wasindicted SAN DIEGO-A suDerior court After a l9-month oolice chase- for recklesshomicidg criminal reck- ordereda l3-vear-oldbov to remain rn taking her through Teias,Oklahoma, lessness,and neglect of a dependent,in a fosterhome rather than be returned [.ouisiana.Arkansas. and Colorado- the death of her son,6-weekold Joseph to either his Christian mother or homo- Mrs. Batey gaveherself up to FBI of- Irwin. The child died November21, sexualfather. ficials in Denver. 1984,at home and was bmught to the KosciuskoCommunity Hospital when the mother was unable to locate the listing for the county coroner in the I Jl]ll llt I =--IUJ phone book. I Hobart Freeman,who foundedthe llli I It rv/\J/l sect 20 years ago,died in December. I a I I a tli The deathsof approximately90 Faith Assemblymembers and their children t I U: I I*==l may be a result of his teachings. -a rl rf,\ :ll lt lll -J !l I'tr II Carl Mclntire School Loses Licensing Battle with New Jersey TH|S0ltE tuEE tlt Y(luR SnghlontCorp WASHINGTON RNS)-A small TACKI.E8llx IS ALLY(lU P 0 8ox 9756 ilAYEVER llEE0l RrvrcraEeach FL 334040756 New Jerseyschool foundedby right- 8r Llhlon wing radio preacherCarl Mclntire lost SPECIAIFEA|U&ES: Lr/reas checkedb"olow n irn! its final bid to become a degree- I l!r 6 0rrtLftL | , rtr..r 1r I coor olrly$? 98 e.ch Include granting institution when the U.S. ' s.'10,(f L,.l /5 lorposiaqc ard hirndrrq FlondaResrdenls add 5o/0 sales lax SupremeCourt let standlower rulings I rr'r 8 qrrtrf Lrr wLrr 1\ 0n .rfL upholding state officials' right to Iicense all collegesand universities ! Brue- Back tr Greei ! Gold lwrn ro ( ! Bed D S,lvertr whne n Yellow under their jurisdiction. SheltonCol- !,i 11*[ ilf 8 ![(r ! Check or MoneyOrder encosed O V sa i Maler CardD AmencanExp.ess legeof CapeMay, New Jersey,failed trr llee rrr'ror)BJ{hoo l,,p|nl to convince the high court that the I Lrrnl] {rii!\ ixl rnr!' New Jersey State Board of Higher Forlasl servce c:r nowlollreeI800824 7888Askl0r Educationviolated its free exerciseof I V r!ty dl(, i L(lr)r, (f rrrr ir Operalor25. Alaskaand Hawar 1 800824 7S19 M nimum credit card orders$10. religionby first reviewing,then cancel- D'slr'bolors We come ing, the school's ability to grant I r,ru." bachelorof arts degrees.The revoca- Not availablein tion came after the state agencydeter- Call toll tre€. I Address minedthat the collegewas not meeting One week delivery. Srare minimum educationalstandards. l,' Morch l9&5 63 When My suspectedcases of medical Coalltlon Wlll Promote neglectand, Church if necessaryto appoint a legal guard- Student Rights Realized ian for the child, for courtordered Our Children treatment. WASHINGION-Morethan 30 reli- HHS, which is responsiblefor estab gious, Deserveda conservative,and student groups lishing regulationsfor enforcing the have coalescedto return voluntarv new law, issuedthe Baby Doe regula- Christian prayer public to schools. tions, now defining the "withholding of The groups Education have a new strategy: medically indicated treatment" as a Rather than promoting the need for form of child abuse. prayerin public the schools,they will The rcgulations statethat trcatment promote "student's a right" to pray decisionsmust be "madeby a reason- voluntarily. ably prudent phlsician, knowledgeable Said Moral Majority's legislative aboutthe case and the trcatmentDossi- director,Roy Jones, who will headthe bilities with respectto the medical con- coalition, "Voluntary school prayer ditions involvedl' must be transformedinto a students' Most significantly,the regulations rights issue.We must talk more about statethat treatmentdecisions are "not the rights 'quality of studentsto chooseto par- to be basedon subjective of ticipate or not to participate, rather life' or other abstract conceDts." than the actualneed for praverin our schools. "School prayer must becomea pro- Abortlon Cllnic Drops \. student,prGchoice issue." lawsult Against Protesters . t '.'.."_' Amongits strategiesthis year,the coalition will hold public hearings Pa. a major victory A,C.E.was there to help. YORK ENSFIn acrossthe countrywhere students will for free speechand the right of peace- AccelsratedChristian Education testify and "bring to the forefront" ful protest, a Pennsylvaniaabortion Promotion Department 32 cases of religious repressionin the 2600A.C.E. Lane clinic has dropped efforts to prevent Lewisville,TX 75067 public schools. picketingby anti-abortiondemonstra- The coalition plans to use these tors at its facility. testimoniesin 1986to lobbyConsress The Hillcrest Women'sMedical Cen- [or a constitutionalpraver ahendi.r.nt. ter of York.and its owner,Dr. Michael A. Jackson,of Washington,DC., have GhtR[$ir0A$$ New Babv Doe Rules dropped a lawsuit that would have preventedpicketing at the abortion VA6ANION WASHINGTONJhe U. S. Depan- clinic by anti-abortiongroups. ment of Health and Human Servrces The demonstrators,members of rr{E"soRtf' hasput into effectnew Baby Doe regu- Pennsylvaniansfor Human Life, say lationsdesigned to protectthe livesof theyare resumingtheir pmtestsat the handicappedinfants. clinic. Theyhave been joined by mem- Basedon a law signedby President bers of the National Organizationfor . . . ,lo rdrl to bto a notntul epn b pq: ata Reaganin October 1984,the regula- Women,who are demonstrating in sup ,ten ahe ewo&.g w @, tle w* nw .b,D.' Ma0r€w r4:23 tions r€quir€ doctors to treat handi- -oort of the clinic. E!c!o€ th. t al p.€ ot ih€ woid b a d&6 ol cappednewborns regardless of their Accordingto SusanKarlovich, presi- 3€clu.kh. !.cudty, snd lat€ty lo dFy 6 qubt arxt r€sttul vEdon In y@r dn bq hore d lop ol th€ "potential quality of lifeJ' dent of the York chapter of Pennsyl- rcunt in witn a b€sutlul !,low ol C6nt6. Hlll Llko. The regulations,however, do allow vaniansfor Human Life, and her lawyer, doctorsto terminatehealth care if the William B. Ball, the dropping of the child is "irreversibly comatose,"or if suit representsa major constitutional treatmentwould be "merelypmlonging victory for freedomof speechand the dying,"or "be virtually futile in terms right to protest abortion. Complcro tumhlEd rwo bod.o@, kilchon, Mnq, dh. of survival." "I think this is a real vindicationof ho, tt C.cs. .!n d€ck, cerirsl lFal 4d alr. M.ld srvico. Yd ebd tho wEk d w€€ks vou wilh lo Onlythe American Medical Associa- the rights of people to peacefully dem- om tl$ horno lor . \,*3tkn stctr yeg rd n b€coft€! y.{r! tor lie ld a littb a $3,ooo. tlo tion, which is threateningto challenge onstrateagainst something they think &m p.y!tFl. t{o hiar6sl. Y@ psy t50 psr nronih the regulationsin court,has expressed is morally abhorrent,"said Ball. Mrs. On ell6 ,eretbn: Fbhinc, privato swhmhg b€ach, oppositionto the new BabyDoe rules. Karlovich said the chargesfiled against c.Mho, honoback ruing, bo6!n9, 3kilnc, hundr.ds ol s.r$ and mI€8 ol ddlno ed hlking trdb. Oh6 Congresspassed the law in October he4 a neighbor;and the York and Harris- hour trqn N.6hvll€,TN. A Chnlte 6sd wh€re 3tddard3 ol conducl 3'e as a result of growing reports that burg chaptersof Pennsylvaniansfor doctors-pediatricians in particular- HumanLife werebaseless. "They were W.tte or cd lor comd€lo dotdls dd L@ b.@hur@. were allowing some handicapped an attempt to scareus, to intimidate LIGHTHOUSECHRISTIAN CAMP infants to die becausethey lacked us," she said. "In a sense,I'm disap- Route4, Box 538 certain mental or physicalqualities. pointedthe suit wasdropped. Our right Smithville,TN 37166 615-597-1264 The law requires state child protec- to picket would have been even more tion agenciesto prcmptly investigateall strongly vindicatedby the court." I FundqmentqllslJournol t\ tf\ A/a I \LV V\J FalwellDebates Kennedy onIssues of theEighties

WASHINGTON-AI the February And that is: Weare freeborn Americans Dr. Falwellstated that there are no meeting of the National Religious and we are chargedwith the responsi- simplesoJutions to the racialproblems BmadcastersConvention in Washington, bility of keepingthis the bastionof there. He condemnedapartheid as SenatorEdward Kennedyand Reverend freedomat any price." "abominable.It must be appealedand Jerry Falwell exchangedcourtesies and debatedtheir opposing views on various matters. Senator Kennedy opened his speechby acknowledgingthe legitimate placeof religionand religiousleaders in political debate.However, Kennedy con- tended that there is a ouestion of when "leaders of the faith'; should imo<,rse their religiousor moral valueson public debate. "Religiouswitnessj' he said,"should not mobilize public authority to impose a view where a decisionis inherently The two men-both recentvisitors changedl'He arguedfor constructive privatein nalure,or wherepeople ari to famine-strickencoultries in Africa- engagement,not disinvestment,as the deeply divided about whether it isl' alsovoiced differing viewson the way best policy to bring about changein Yet Dr. Falwell said that he would to fight apartheid("apart-ness" or seg- SouthAfricas policies."It is a long road continueto speakout againsttopics regation)in South Africa. and the real and oermanentanswer- such as abortion, and briskly sup- The bulk of the senator'ssoeech while we work andplan for the benefit port legislation to end the abortron dealt with his recent visit to South of the next generation-is that God holocaust, Africa. He spokeagainst the injustice rules the affairs of men,"he said He told over 2,000conventioneers of apartheidand encouraged churches Earlier in the weekthe broadcasters gatheredat their annualCongressional to refuseinvestment in SouthAfrica heardspeeches from PresidentRonald Breakfastthat he anxiouslylooked for and to escalatepressure for changein Reaganand VicePresident George Bush- the daywhen he will readthe headline, that nation'sracial policies. 'Abortion I Mark Snfth bannedin the UnitedStatesl' On the issue of abortion Kennedy claimedthere was no consensusamoni the Americanpeople and argued that NRBConvention Honors forcedlegislation or judicial acrion would only deepen the division of Falwellas Man Americanson this issue. Falwell re- of the Year spondedby callingabortion "biological WASHINGTON--The holocaust,"arguing that the wrath of National Religious God for the murder of the unborn Broadcasters honored should be of greater concern to us than Jerry Falwell last month with the prestigious the Sovietthreat. Dr. Falwell then en- "Hall of Fame" award for couragedthe continuedestablishment outstanding achievementand lasting of pregnancy crisis centers, Save-A- contribution to religious Droaocasnns. Babyhomes, Christian adoption agen- Dr. cies,and so forth. to meetthe needsof Falwe-llioins thecomoanv of women in crisis pregnancies, suchreligious lead.rc ur Billy "uann.li.t Both rnen agreed,however, that all Graham and NRB niJneer Wiliiam Americansshould work to oreservethe WardAyers in receivinsthc distinguished freedomscherished in America. awardfor their riork in Christian "I concur with what the Senator communication. said here this morningj' Falwell said. Falwell receivedthe award the dayafter "We haveone very basic commonde- his celebrateddebate with SenatorEdward nominator that equateseverv one of us. M. Kennedy.

Morch]985 65 AFTERALL SocialConcern? NotMe, I'm a Fundamentalist! by TrumanDollar

f n their recentpastoral letter on Shall we be silent about their tactics? I poverty, the American Catholic Doesour silencesanction these acts? I bishopsstopped short of calling TheBible condemns illesal violence for the wholesale redistribution of evenin the nameof a goodcauseand wealth. Instead they supponed the speaksclearly about the sanctity of life, establishmentof outdatedsocialism. I caring for the poor and sociallydisad- too am concernedabout poverty, but I vantaged,the uoman's role in the home, agreedwith little in that document.In W.urt not let and a variety of other social issues. fact,I foundits statementsoutrageous. criticism aboutprcaching Certainlywe arenot callingfor a social Unfortunately,following the Fundamen- gospel;however, we must not let criti- talist pattern of reacting rather than a suial gospelkeep us cism aboutpreaching a socialgospel acting,I said little until someoneelse keepus from dealing-wirhrhe piiniul made a proposal. frcm dealingwith the issuesof the day. Claiming that the Bible has the painful issuesof the day. The nation deservesto hear what answers,we Fundamentalistsare at the Bible saysabout these problems. our best providingultimate solutions. Clear-thinkingFundamentalists ought We restrict the messageof God to man's to researchand define the issuesso we personalsalvation and in responseto catastrcphemakes the Communist sys- canbe activeand not reactive.We must every human malady we simply say, tem look ineffective?The truth is that write book, anicles,and position papers "Jesusis comingagain." We know that Fundamentalistshave neglected to de- on lheseissues and ma-kethem'avail- when Jesuscomes, He will correct all velop or implementa theologyof the able to our people.We must lead the the wrongsthat haveoccurred since poor.Shall we let the valuesof the Lib. way in providinganswers, because we the garden-but it hasbeen a longtime eralsprerailbecause of our negligence? are the oneswho havea commitment since the garden.And while we look A great nationaldebate mges over to the infallible and revealedauthoritv forward to etemity's final unravelingof the nucleararms race.Liberals would of the Scriptures. earth's problems,don't we havea re- unilaterallydismantle our nation'snu- We must be careful not to let the sponsibility to address these issues clear capability.The faculty of Fuller necessityof dealingwith theseissues now?To ignore them seems callous and Seminarypublished a statementcon- divert us from the task of world evan- irresoonsible. demning the arms race. Fundamen- gelism.That neednot happen.In other Liberalsspeak freely and virtually talists opt out of the debate almost generations,men havebalanced dual unchallengedabout every social issue, completely,with only a few isolated concems.Erangelists George Whitefield basingmany of their viewson human patriotic shibbolethsand somehastily and Sam Jonesheloed omhans. D. L. reasonalone. Rarely do we Fundamen- chosenreferences to prophecyimplying Moodycared for Chicagos needy.Georg" talistssystematically state our viewson that nuclear war cannot occur until Mueller movedGreat Britain with his socialissues, and we almostignore the after the Millennium. But limited nu- faith ashe caredfor society'soutcasts. Bible asthe principaltool to guideman clear war could occur beforethe Millen- The Bible emphasizestwo great in dealingwith the problemsof today. nium and in fact alreadyhas occurred messages:how to cometo Godand how In reality we are the oneswho should in Japan.Our pulpits and publications to walk with God.Iet's giveboth truths be applyingthe whole messageof God owe the world a biblical perspectiveon someattentlon. to makingsense of the moraland social this crucial issue. chaosin our confusedworld. Abortion is the single social issue The eveningnews reminds us of about which Fundamentalistshave I Truman Dollar, pastor of Temple thousandsdying of stawation in Ethi spoken.There is a significantmove to BaptistChurch, Detroit, Michigan, is a opia.What is our responsibility?Should assist unwed mothers who want to publishedauthor noted for his thought- we send missionaries?Food? What avoid abortion. At the same time, a provokingand unpredictableinsights abouthelping other impoverishedpeo- bandof anti-abortionistshas orsanized on current events,He shareshis views ple?Are we happythat the Ethiopian a termrist rine to bomb abortioriclini.r. in this column eachmonth. 66 FundomentolislJournol UAI\TTOKI\OV/ TFIEREASONWEREONEOF TFIEFASTESIGW COLLEGESNffi HOWABOTT10?

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