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A native of Long Island, New York, Tina Hoddelmann is a communicationsmajor at Cedarville College. '6Ileft New York City for Cedarville Colleg€... For one reason.Balance. A bal- of the highest academic quality. solid education you need a solid re- ance between the academic and Now that I am at the College, I've lationship with God.' I hear it not spiritual aspectsof college life. A found that's so true! Classes are only in my classes,but alsoin chapel balance which challenges me to small. Faculty are within reach.And every day. I evenhear it in my Chris- grow both as a student and as a the Word influences the content of tian service. It leads to serious talks Christian. eachclass. with my friends where we wrestle Being from New York City, I had My professorscare about me. To with various topics and spiritual some of the best universities in the them, I'm not a number.I'm an indi- issuesand sharpenone another.Like 'Iron country at my fingertips. They of- vidual. They don'tjust lecture,they Proverbs says, sharpeneth fered academic challenge, but little interact - by word, by example - iron....' opportunity for spiritual develop- like friends. They challenge me to Balance. That's what makes ment. However, Cedarville was grow, to think. Sure, they're de- Cedarville so special. Sure, New serious about both. That's what at- manding when it comes to class- York City has great opportunities. I tracted me. work. But they make certain my love it. But Cedarville is giving me Everyone I talked to - friends, spiritual life is challengedas well. the greatest opportunity: to stretch people at my high school, and others The whole atmosphereat Cedar- my heartas well as my mind." I respect- told me Cedarville was ville saysto me, 'Tina, alongwith a I FORSERIOUS CHRISTIANS, THISBOOKCRIEDOUTTO BEWRITTEN Wequote from the editorialreport thd promptedw to select thk bookfor the Conservfrivehok Club: "Anyhonest believer will admit that he has often found himself facing uncomfortable dif- ficultiesand dilemmas when confronted by thepronouncements of scientists (genuine or pseudo)on mattenthat concem controversial Biblical passages involving scientific areas. Wesearch for explanations,but too oftencome up withweak ones that don't even convincem. Thisbook should help straighten usout. Henry Monis brings together those key Biblical insightsand instructions related to all thenatural sciences. In his own words: 'Whenever a Biblicalpasuge deals eitlrer with a bmadscientifrc principle or wilh somepar- ticularitems of scienfficdala, it will inevitablybe furnd on carefulstudy to befully accunb in its scientificinsighls. Often il will be foundeven to haveanticipated scienlific discoveries.' - A largeorder, but I thinkMonis fills it admirablyin whatcan only be called a monumen- $24.95 in stores tal volume.The main thrust of thebook is to reassuretheists of thevalidity of theftrip- yoursFREE turesnot onlyas a guideto livingbut as an explanationof thefacts of thenatural sciences, of mankind,and of theworld around us. Il moywell fo themeons of liberatinga reader from longtimedoubts and give him ammunitionforco4frontations with thescofers.,, Dr. Monishas served for 28yean on thefaculties of Anwm qu6li0tl no l, Problemswith the "big bang" theory.Other majorunivemitia - including13 years as chairman thinkirgbelioryr wt modemtheoria of creationand solar sy$em that of the Civil EngineeringDepartment of Virgrnia igme don'thold up - evenon scientificgrounds. PolltechnicInstitute and StateUnivenity. He is the z "Fossilsand the Flood": zew findingsthat presidentof theInstitute for CreationResearch. 'z Evolution,creation and the Bible:where the $rengthenthe old argumenhfor Genais. Soisn't this book healry going for thenonscienti$? secularconsensus goes wrong. Fallacies of evolu- One publicationthat would be unsparingif Dr. Again,our oditor: tionistslike Huxlry andTeilhard de Chardin. Monisfaild to dojustice to thecase for inenancyis t Apparentdiscrepancies in Scripture. @r. Monis "The bookis a massof scientificexoosition and TheBiblical Evangelisl, So its reviovcania great evidences, giva unbeLieversa full hanng, answentheir but so clearlywrinen and well anangd - wei$t: visuallythat it heldthe attention of evena laymanwith questions and thenfires some pointd qua- "Monis. . . isthe man to whomBiblical Chistianity rninima.lscientific background like myself." tionsri$t backat them.) lz Creatpioneen in scienawho had no doubtthat probablyows more in answeringthepseudo-sciene of As for thetheological position of Dr. Monis,our theBible is theinspird word of God. evolutionthan to anyother.. . .The average readu will be amazed editorwrites: ,u "Miraclesand the laws of Nature." thatthe Bible and science are so inter- related." "Basicallyevangelical Protestant, but I thinkthereh verylittle that\ notfully mNonant with conservative Cafrolicteaching. fu a matteroffact, I foundmuch of .516pages o 41 tables and figures .3 indexes:Scripture (over histhinking and wen his style reminiscent of Chester- . ton'sOrthodoxy. You muld say Monis' overa.ll argu- 1,000citations), subject and propername EXTRA!"Global mentalmost parallels Chaterton's, with the addition ProcessesIndicating Recent Creation" of technicalreferences!" ------How to getthis important$24.95 book FRE!------How the Club Works Every4 weeks(13 times a year)you geta freecopy of the ClubBulletin which offersyou the FeaturedSelecion plus a goodchoice of Alternates- all of interest coNsERr/ArnrE'15 lii BooK curB to conservatives.* If you want the Featurd Slection, do nothing;it will come OaklandAvenue . 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MARCH1987 vol.6/NO.3

31 [old, Teach Me fQ Thunderin the Pulpit JessieRice Sandberg !! The Mysteryof the Human Body WalterL. Wilson 2 Practical Advice for Parents of Teenagers FamatyLiving JamesDobson 44

A Child's View of God s RebekahV H. Land

The Discipline Decision 42 DavidR. Miller I z :

HenryM. Morris,a scientistand Chris- tian,knows the realfacts of science havealways supported the Genesis accountof Creation.His "Science on 7 You Said lt Origins"settles the question,"From r wheredid we come?" From the Publisher

'A In Child'sView of God," Rebekah .1fl Jerry FalwellComments V. H. Land relates the different -! The Fatherof All Nature stagesof a child'smental develop- and Life ment with his abilityto know God. What can parentsdo to providethe 18 12 l"l9"l9ntal:m P,_d-"y secure and loving foundation that ::::i"^gt ttt il v tvt ?T^9'lsin" tvt( Jtt t- # ls SeminaryEducation childrenneed for propergroMh? - Obsolete? EdwardDobson P!:y-,,,_-_ ,2 The RealStory of the 47 TrialThat "Disgraced ;i! JeromeHines $ Biography AngelaElwell Hunl Fundamentalism" 27 WalterL. Wilson MarvinN Olasky BernardR. DeRemer Ministry 4$ Update

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JohnT. Scopes-William JenningsBryan-Clarence ln Review Darrow.Who werethese 58 men?What was the Scopes "Monkey"Trial really about?How did the media News affectthe outcome?Marvin SupremeCourt to Rule N. Olaskypresents the facts on Creation-Science in "The RealStory of the MartinMawyer TrialThat 'Disgraced d Fundamentalism.'" I F 22 TrumanDollar

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LESSONPLAN brApr, ,ts lN ONE of his books,C.S. Lewisoh I servedthat the "bctter" s person bemmes,the morr scnsitivehe ij to his sins,and thc'wone' hs bcomes.the lcsshe is awarcof his sins.Manv be- lievcrs,unfortunatcly, are sadlyi-nsen- sitive to their shortcomincs. .fu4 so in Da-vid\life. In q$i#*f ""'ltm.Ti$"uxtl their conscquences.Perhaps this scnri- lii:fffi'tf*xilllffi,tgr Christiansnced to Ehrbrrdrff can bc skiooed.Sin confcsscdis Fon we confessand fonqkfadE'llih/Ood gdwn.A forigivensinoer is Rrstorud to fcllowshiowith God and beoomcsUlc l""i"11Yl:'fli.i##lJ?dill -ful, onci arain. in His scrvicc. Drr*{lililslov: Ask: {Jn Psalm51. ilat thinrs did Da- ;1,". vid iF|€rkrddo? lHe iskod God "Crsp Sruoy: Call attcntion to "How f''i,itrififtffil: WouldYou Treat Tom?" (LT. p.40). If your studentshave not icad i,t, givc bc graciour,blot out his transgrcssions, them a minuteto do so or havesomc- wssh him from his iniquity, clcanse oneread it aloud.Raisc thc questionof bim from his sin, purify bim, makc whatTom's father should do. but don't him joyous and glad, restorehis "brc Bttempt to answcr it here--*ave that ken"bones. hidc His facefrom hisrins. for the nEspoNopxrt of the losson. blot out his iniquities,crcate a clean hcart in him. renewa rteadfastspirit n DBCO\m in him,rctore hisjoy in salvation,sus- tain him, deliverhim from guilt, open rurrrylt,fewwntFyUqjgururne his lips, and "do goodto Zion."l I WhBtterms did Davidusc to refer mhll*{m*irH?*"*f;l to thc sinshe hadcommitted? [Trans. Use visualaid 4 (from Lesson4) to gressions,iniquity, sin, cvil, reviewthe choicesDavid made.but bloodguiltiness.l this time focuson the f^r' 'L^t wh€n NathanconfronttdfD5vid with D!!in, ot:tlill":'1iffi,*J#- WORSHIPSUGGESIIONS Ue vcrus l0ll of Psglm5l a3 a &riptuc 5l is David's"full confession."lt di- rcadingfor thc class.Sing a rletiu tuih s videsinto threesections (cf. fig. ?)- J.susPaid It All ot ClcorceMc. eachstep leads to the next,and none rsr 7 tl

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Shimei'sDust this experiencedeserve it. They hire a "professional"preacher to put them on Some preachersjust don't know the map.He completesthe assignment when to quit. Pastoratesare like mar- all right-by marking the spot with a riages.Pastor and people, like brideand headstone. groom, enter the relationship with We need to devisea better system "forever" in their heartsand begin the for discerningwhen it is time for a union with a flurry of optimism and change.kt me makea 5rrggestion.Most promise. Regrettably,marriages and churchesnowadays have a computer pastoratesare not all madein heaven. to keep track of everyone'stithe and Someeventually face the reality that the so forth. If it is OK to check up on relationshipcannot go on forever,as they the members,why not use this dandy Everychurch, dreamed.Like divorce,the termination little device to track the pastor's regardlessof size,can of a pastoratecan often be messy. effectiveness? provideChristian education for Generally,the pastorstays just long If he fails to measure up to a its families.Let AlphaOmega prescribed enoughto see that his effectivenessis minimum standard,over a show you how - step by step. over.This usuallymeans the churchis reasonableperiod of time, the church deador beyondrecovery. He thenmoves couldjust give him his notice. Rather We Offirt on to greenerpastures and the survivors than waitingfor him to "feel led," the remainto bury the fatalities. churchcould just lead him to the door. CUfflCUlUm CompleteChristian materials for K.12* Outstandingphonics.based, I supposemany churches that have Whoknows, maybe by gettingrid of the Chris. tianKindergarten program - Bible,Language Arts,Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, plus Electires,all in a flexjbleworl

Alpha Omega Publ ications P.O,Box 3155 Dept.75A Tempe,AZ 85281 I FIVEPROVOCATIVE deadwood,in time,we won'tkill so many Churchof England.They did however churches. wish to honor Godand acknowledge Him MIITUTES as the ultimate sourceof justice. Shimei How canour Inrd blessus whenwe turn our backson Him?The most impor- Separation?.. . tant freedomwe as Americanshave is the freedomto worshipour Creatorand In the January 1987issue of.Fun- to serye Him with diligenceand honor. damentalist lournal, Peter Jenkins Whenany seryant denies the powerand stated,"My trip has mademe believe authorityof His master,then that ser- more t}ran ever in the importance of vant is no longer true or faithfirl. separationof churchand state." Pleasedevote your articles to men In five minutes each dav. Dave The Liberals,Humanists, and Satan and women who believe we should not Breese makes sense ofthe woild n"*.. worshipersuse the phrase"separation have freedom frorn rehgtronbut rather Making full use of his analytical of churchand state" to justify the exclu- freedomo/ religion. mind and his vast knowledge of the sionof Christianityfrom our government Bible and Bible prophecy, Dave andour society.The Constitutionstates William Tiotter, Jr. probes and summarizes complex is- that the federalgovernment will not es- Sharpsburg,Maryland sues to inform his listeners. With his insight and rapid fire com- tablisha staterefuion. How doesthis get ments on world news, Dave Breese turned into the government'sattempts Editor's Note: Mr Trotterhasmade gives a Biblical, moral and spiritual to destroyChristianity? God and Cre- a ualid point, that Christians should be commentary on events of our time. ator arementioned several places in the carefulof using the tenn, "separat'ianof Listen daily to DAVE BREESE Constitutionand in all the documentses- churchand stnte."Please be assured that REPORTING. Call your local radio tablishingthis nation. The Founding Fundamentalist and Peter station for time and location on your Journal Jenkins dial. Write or call for radio and TV Fathersnever believedthat we should bothbelieae in freedomof religion as in- schedules. excludeour Fatherin heavenfrom our tendedby our FoundingFathers. Dave Breese has turned the cur- government.They merely did not want rent news into a look at the future. to havethe federalgovernment to select one particulardenomination as the state Presentedhis case well. . . religion; they did not want another 7)Wx"W^{;{:*, I really enjoyed the editorial by EdwardDobson inJanuary's edition. He presentedhis casewell and I think accurately described Fundamentalism today. I also enjoyed the article on teenageparenting. Keep up the good work!

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Publisher:Jerry Falwell Editorin Chlef: EdwardDobson Editor: DeborahHuff Copy Editor: EarleneR. Goodwin AssociateEditors: W. DavidBeck r DanielR. Mitchell ContributingWriters: AngelaElwell Hunt . MartinMawyer EditorialAssistants: CindyB. Gunter,Coord. r LindaMunroe LornaDobson ResearchAssistent: Marjorie L. Futch GraphicsManager: Larry C. Bevins GraphicArtists: Jim Patterson,and OTGHCreative Services Typographer: SusanW. Shipwash Photography:Les Schofer,Mgr. CathyD. Watson PrpductlonAsslstant: Connie Pitts National Prayer Breakfast. The $ubscriberServices: ConnieSchofer. Coord. 35th AnnualNational Prayer Breakfast SallyDruckenmiller was recentlyheld in Washington,D.C., Advertislng: Bill Lockard attendedby Presidentand Mrs. Reagan, MarketlngGoordinator: Martha Harper VicePresident and Mrs. Bush,members EditorialBoard: of Congress and government, and VerleAckerman . RaymondBarber numerous . nationaland world leaders. TrumanDollar DavidJeremiah people JohnRawlings o ElmerL. Towns Approximately2,000 attendeach JackWyrtzen r WendellZimmerman year. MarketingAdvlsory Board: I was thrilled to hear Secretaryof DewittBraud o NancyWeekly TransportationElizabeth Dole present MarkDeMoss r DonnaNixon the messageof the gospelclearly and RickHutf . BobbyAtwoll powerfullyto this uniqueaudience. Duringthe President'sbrief remarks, he indicatedhow awarehe is of people prayingfor him, andhe urgedus to con- This magazine is commiltsd to tho historic tinue upholdinghim and his office in lundamenlalsot ths Christianfaith, biblicalsopaation, prayer. moral absolutes,ths priorlty ot th€ local church, and world ovangslizallon.Although no magazinoof Indivi. This is still "one nationunder God," dual can spoak tor the ovorall Fundamsnlalistmove" ment, it is our desiro to croate a torum to encourage andwe canbe proudof nationalleaders mentor,Dr. B. R. lakin, who is now in Christlan loaders and statesmon to d€f€nd biblical who are not ashamedof the gospelof heaven,said, "God is the beginningof Christianity.Wo will examing mattersof contemporary intsrestto all Chrlstians,providing an op€n discu3slon Christnor of relyingon Godfor strength beginnings."It is as simpleas that. of divergent opinions on relovant issues. Th€ and help. In this issue FundamBnlallst Journal will also feaftirm our history RichardMayhue and and horitago, as wsll as point tho way to the futuro. HenryMorris clearlypresent how Scrip- Fuhdamcntallst Journal is published monthly, 11 NRB Convention. [:st monthI was ture andScience are in perfectharmony issuos pof year, by Old-TimeGospel Hour. Postag€is privileged to participatein the 44th regardingCreation and paid at Lyrchburg, Virglnia, and addilional mailing origins.Marvin offices. Addr66s all cores@ndence to Fundamentsllst AnnualConvention of NationalReligious Olaskygives the realstory of the Scopes Journal, Lynchburg,Virglnia 24514, (804) 52&4112. people CanadlanOlflcs: Box 505, FichmondHill,Ont.L4C4Y8. Broadcasters.Over 4,000 were trial and how the mediainfluenced the Subacilptlon: $14.95 a yeaf ('l 1 issuss) or g2.OOper present.The potentialof the broadcast outcome.Ironically the ACLU originaly i85uoin U.S. Outside U.S. add $5.00 per year postage prapaid U.S. currency. mediain spreadingthe gospelis stagger- supportedthe position that both Cre- Change ot Addrcls: WhBn ordoring a chango of ing, and I sensedin that gatheringa ationand evolution should be presented address, pleas€ rsturn yow old mailing label along with lho nsw address. Allow elght weeks fo. a change. renewed commitment to meet the in the classroom.Now it adamantly Adverlltlng: Fundamonlallsl Journal, Lynchburg, challengeof reachingthe world for Christ speaksout for only Virginia 2/1514,(804) 5284112. one. Funny how Submlsrlong: Fundamsntalist Joumal does not ac- throughtelevision and radio. times havechanged. cept unsolicitedmanuscripts without priorwfitten con. sultationwith the sditors. All correspondancemust b€ accompaniedby SASE. We assume no responsibility How Did We Get Here? I never for the return of unsolicited manuscripts.All material in this issue is subject to U.S. and international ceaseto be amazedby the so-called copyright laws, Permissionto reproduc€ musl be ob- intellectualswho strugglewith the ques- tained by writing to Fundamenlaliet Joumal. O 1987 Old-Time Gosp€l Hour. tion of origins. Unable to accept the Neither advertisedproducts, writers' thgologicalposi- simple truth of the biblicalaccount of ryM tions, nor editorialcontent in Fundamentalist Joumsl should be considoredff €ndorsed by, nor ths otficial Creation,they convince themselves that position ot, ths magains or Old-Time cospel Hour. the theory of evolution more satis- POSTiIASTER: Sond address changes to Fun- factorily explainsthe nature of their damentallsil Joirmal, Subscrlber S€ruicei, Lynchburg, Virginia24514. beginnings.But, as my dear triend and

March 1987 9 The Fatherof All Natureand Life

s a young schoolboyin public God the Father tends and cares school chapels(in pre-Warren for the weather. "Whatsoever the court days),I learnedthe hymn [,ordpleased, that did he in heaven,and "This Is My Father'sWorld." As Chris- in earth,in the seas,and all deepplaces. tians, we believethis is our heavenly He causeththe vaporsto ascendfrom Father'sworld. He madeit andHe owns the ends of the earth; he maketh it, andHe revealsHimself to us throughit. V, cannotwatk lightnings for the rain; he bringeth I am not a Pantheist,and I do not the winds out of his treasuries" (Ps. endorsePantheism, but I believewe can acrossa meadow 135:6{). "Fire fiightning], and hail; lookatthe universeand see God. I donot or througha forcst snow, and yapours; stormy wind fulfill- understandAtheism at all. In Romans1 ing his word" (Ps. 148:8).God controls we are told that the unbelievingworld, withoutseeing the the weather. evenin paganterritories where there has strength God the Father tends and cares neverbeen a gospelmessage preached, andbeauty for the seasons. "While the earth re- are "without excuse"(v. 20), because of Godrevealed, maineth,seedtime and harvest, and cold the flrmamentdeclares the glory of God. andheat, and summerand winter, and Youcannot, with an open,honest mind, day and night shall not cease" (Gen. lookat the universe,nature, and life, with- 8:22).Everybody has a differentchoice. out knowing there is a divine Architect I like springtimethe best. Thingsstart and Creatorbehind it all. Acts 17:24-25 to be importantto us. Godhas given us poppingout andgetting green, showing tells us, "God that madethe world and all things,richly, to enjoy. new life. Somelike fall better. The colors all thingstherein, seeing that he is Lord God the Father tends and cares arebeautiful. The beachpeople love the ofheavenand earth. . . givethto all life, for brute nature. Did you know that summer.Some like winter andsnow. But and breath,and all things." Youcannot Godcares for animalsand birds andfish? whatever,the seasonsare under His walk acrossa meadowor tlrough a forest LookatPsalm 104. Godthe Fatherplanted control. or by a riverside or drive alongan inter- the cedarsof kbanon "where the birds What is the message about our statehighway, and look at the greenery maketheir nests.As for the stork, the heavenlyFather's care for nature and the trees,the vegetation,the flowers,or fir trees are her house.The high hills life?Tothe believer."Behold the fowls the starsin heaven,without seeingthe are a refugefor the wild goats;and the of the air: for they sow not, neither do strength and beauty of God revealed. rocks for the conies" (w. 16-18).God they reap,nor gatherinto barns;yet your "But the Lordmade the heavens.Honour madeall this. "These waitall upon thee; heavenlyFather feedeththem. Are ye andmajesty are beforehim: strengthand that thou mayestgive them their meat not much better than they?" (Matt. beautyare in his sanctuary." in dueseason" (v.27). God cares about 6:26).In other words,if Godcares for God the Father tends and cares the animals. the vegetationand animals, and controls for vegetation. In Psalm104:14 and 16, To demonstrateHis interestin cre- the weatherand the seasons.how much Davidsaid that Godthe Father"causeth ation,God brought all the newlycreated more does He care for us! We are the the grassto grow for the cattle, andherb animalsto Adam, "to seewhat he would epitomeof His creation,the ultimateof for the serviceof man:that he maybring call them: andwhatsoever Adam called that which He made. forth food out of the earth. . . . The everyliving creature, that wasthe name Tothe unbeliever.God's creation is a treesof the Inrd aref,:ll of sap;the cedan thereof" (Gen.2:19). Even though sin testimonyto Himself that leavesyou of kbanon, which he hath planted." hastrzgically marred God's originalplan "without excuse" (Rom. 1:20). The We are mistakenif we assumethat of harmonybetween man and animals, productsof divine creationwho refuse our great God and Father is oblivious Godis goingto put it all backtogether in divine salvationwill suffer future divine concerningthe thingsof natureand this the Millennium. "The wolf also shall damnation."How shallwe escape,if we material cosmos aroundus. We learn dwellwith the lamb,and the leopardshall neglectso greatsalyation?" (Heb. 2:3). from Genesis2:15 that from the very be- lie downwith the kid; andthe calfand the Christdied for you. He rosefrom the dead ginning,God hadan interestin this cre- younglion andthe 'And fatlingtogether; and a for you.Hewas sent here by theheavenly ation. the Lord Godtook the man little childshall lead them" (Isa.11:6-8). Fatherto give you salvation,forgiveness [Adam],and put him into the gardenof Imaginelooking out in the front yard,and of sins, and a home in heaven.If you Eden to dress it and to keep it." God your fittle 4-year-oldis walking through neglectthat until you breatheyour last tends and caresfor vegetation,and we the lawnleading a lion by one handand breath, you will be damned forever. shouldbe carefulabout this wonderful a leopardby the other.That will happen Thank God, salvationis for today,for creation.Grass, trees, and flowers ought during the millennialreign of Christ. you, right now. I

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by Edward Dobson (Acts 6:4). Prayeris a major responsibility of the pastor.When was the last I shall never forget my feeling of in- time you noticedseminary courses on I adequacyas I met with 33 adults prayer? I in BuenaVista, Virginia,on a cold Whatabout finances? Most seminary Sundayin February19R. Wewere form- studentscould not read a financialstate- ing a new churchwhich I was to pastor. ment if their life dependedon it. Coun- I had receiveda quality educationunder selingis considereda vital part of the highly educatedprofessors. My curric- ministry, but there are few required ulum was similar to that of any student Tn, wortd coursesto help the studentdevelop the at most Evangelicalor Fundamentalist of pastonltnining skills necessaryto performthis function. seminaries.I understoodHebrew and is isolatedfrom the What about small group dynamics?The Greek. I had studied theology.I was pastor will work with deacon/elder awareof the latesttrends in Old andNew realworld where the boards. He will conduct discipleship Testamentscholarship. But I was not studentswill one groups.He will moderatemany small dis- preparedto pastor. cussiongroups. He must be trainedto I knew litfle about the organization dayminister. do thesethings effectively. Practical the- andstructure ofthe localchurch.Iknew ologycourses are not inferior to theology fttle about counseling.I had never or the languages,and they must be visiteda hospital.I wasconsumed with elevatedto their proper status in the the fear of failure. In light of this seminary. experience,and based on conversations neverorrarely ever compete withwomen Professors Versus Pastors. Semi- with manyyoung pastors, I am corndnced in the classrcom.They interactwithfellow nariesare controlled, administrated, and there are major problemswith seminary malestudents and are taught by malepro- taughtby professors-notpaston. These educationas it now exists. fessors.In the real world womenare tak- professorsare tmining men to perform What about Languages? Allquality ing leadershiproles in every segmentof functionsthat for the most part they are seminary programs offer a heavy society.The male-dominatedworld of the not doingthemselves. Gnnted, someare emphasison Hebrewand Greek. An un- seminaryis out of touch with the needs pastoring churches, and others have dershnding of these languagesis vital. anddirection of the womenin our culture. pastoredin the past.But whenone lives Pastorsare calledto preachthe Word, This segmentedworld of theological in the ivory towers of theologicaleduca- and they ought to be able to study the educationis also isolatedfrom the real tion there is a definitetendency to be- Wordin its original languages.But how world of higher education.Seminaries comeisolated from the realworld of the muchlanguage study is enoughand how still offer 90-hourmaster's degrees while churchand its problems.At the same muchis too mucH I am committedto the the rest of higher education offers time, pastorsare often unawareof the study of God'sWord, and I am thankflrl master's degreeswith 33 hours. Yet, latestproblems in the worldof theology. for my 27 hoursof Greek, but I savea lot most secularpeople rate a masterof arts Toooften the professorslook downtheir of time by goingto the manystudy helps as more academicthan a masterof divin- academicnoses at pastors,and pastors available.Pastoral students need a work- ity. Studentsmay be better tnined in a developa mistrustofprofessors. A good ing knowledgeof the languages,but not coursethat offersa greateremphasis on seminarymust maintainbalance. Profes- the equivalentof a major. They are pre- the arts, humanities,and business. The sorsand pastors must contributeto the paring to pastor,not to teach Greek ex- Bible is the foundation,but it must be tmining of young men for the ministry. egesis.However, I do not think that you relatedin a significantway to the intellec- Oftenthe brightestminds are counseled couldconvince seminary professors tore- tual environmentof the larger culture. to pursuefurther degrees,so they can duce the number of languagecourses. Pastoral Theology. Pastoralthe- return to the teachingranks. They want their studentsto endurethe ologyis usuallytaught in one courseand The time hascome to criticallyevalu- samekind of educationthat they endured. is not regardedas very scholarly.Chris- ate our system of pastoraltraining. We Too Much Bible? Raisingthe issue tian educationcourses are dismissedas are in dangerof becomingobsolete. In of too much Bible is almostsacrilegious. beneaththe level of any thinking theo- fact, we mayalready be obsolete!As we But think of this. Many pastors go logue.Yet these coursesare criticalfor approachthe twenty-first century we through a Bible college, or major in any pastor. Perhaps there should be must think, evaluate,and plan-or we Bible at a Christiancollege, then con- fewerGreek courses and more practical mayperpetuate anachronistic institutions tinue their bibtcal studies in seminary. theologycouses. For e>rample,the early that are monumentsto the pastand not This world of pastoraltmining is isolated apostleschose deacons. Why? So the lights to guide us into the future. from the real world where the students apostles could give themselves to Next month I will offer some radical will one day minister.For example,they "prayer,and to the ministryof the word" proposalsfor change. I

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by Richard L. Mayhue I am the Lord that makethall things;that tenfly declarethat God created.The in- stretchethforth the heavensalone; that contestableconclusion surfaces that the spreadethabroad the earth by myself" writers of Scripture believedGod to be (Isa. 44:24). the first causeof all things. "Wfm#til*:"Ah Lord God! Behold, thou hast However,for manysincere Christians their data, fed it into a sophisticated made the heavenand the earth by thy the questionis not "Who?" but "How?" computer,and with add anticipationthey great power and outstretchedarm, and The Scripture is not silent here either. pushed the answer button. Lights there is nothingtoo hard for thee" $er. Direct Claims. In additionto strong flashed!Bells rang! Buzzerssounded! 32:L7). affirmationsthat Godcreated, the Bible The great moment brought forth this "Ye shouldturn from thesevanities alsomakes definitive assertions concern- printed message:"See Genesis1:1." unto the living God, whichmade heanen, ing the specific nature of the creation. Creationism has unquestionably Scriptureaddresses both the amountof emergedas one of the most significant time and the sourceof materialused. biblicalissues for the eighties.Secular WhenGod (throughMoses) wanted andChristian communities have engaged to illustratehow the fourth command- in hot debateover the matter of origins. G oa'selernot ment of Sabbathrest shouldbe cele- Nationalattention focusedon landmark brated, he referred to Creation as the casesin fukansasand louisiana as fed- perlectionis model."Remember the sabbathday, to eral courts ruled that creation-science keepit holy.Six daysshalt thou labour, could no longer be taught alongside anddo all thy work: but the seventhday evolution-sciencein those states. ossumedeverywherc is the sabbathof the I-ordthy God:in it The biblicalrecord has been seriously thou shaltnot do anywork, thou, nor tlry questionedor relegatedto secondplace in Scriplure,fhe son, nor thy daughter,nor tlry manser- andoverriding preference given to scien- vant, nor thy maidservant,nor thy cat- tific conclusions.Today only a minority tle, nor thy stranger that is within thy of American theologiansstill hold to awesomemoiesty gates: For in six days the lnrd made "suddencreationism," that is, viewing heavenand earth, the sea, and all that the entire creative processas spanning ol crealionrcflects in them is, andrested on the seventhday: six. consecutivefull rotationsof the earth whereforethe lord blessedthe sabbath (in 24-hourperiods) as opposedto long Hispowet and glory day and hallowedit" (Exod. 20:8-11). periods of time that demandmillions, God'slogic flowed along the line that even billions of yean. manis to laborfor six days(v. 9) because These developmentsdemand that ond dominion. He madethe heavenand the earth and God's written revelation be given all that is in them in six days(v. 11).Since primary consultation.Natural revelation the days of work were measured u1 rightly serves to affirm what has first andearth, andthe sea,and all thingsthat 24-hoursegments, the time periodsfor been determinedfrom a careful,exeget- are therein" (Acts 14:15). Creation(which served as the prototype) ical investigationof the entire Scripture. "Thou, lord, in the beginninghast must alsobe of equallength. The same Unified Testimony. Even without laid the foundationof the earth; and the logic also applied to the day of rest the Genesis testimony, the "origins heavensare the works of tlfne hands" (w. 10-11).Unless days of equallength question" would not go unanswered. (Heb.1:10). were intendedin both passages,the il- Specificstatements about creation weave "Thou art wortlry,O lnrd, to receive lustrationwould have been meaningless. their way throughoutthe fiber of Scrip- glory and honour and power: for tlou Secondly,the writer of Hebrews ture. lnok at this emergingpattern. hast created all things, and for thy tackles the question of what materials "Thou, even thou, art l-ord alone; pleasure they are and were created" Godused in Creation."Through frith we thou hast made heaven,tJre heavenof (Rev.4:11). understandthat the worlds were foamed heavens,with all tleir host, the earth, For a wider survey,see 1 Chronicles by the word of God, so that thingswhich and all that is therein, and thou preserv- 16:25-26; Job 38-41; Psalms 33:6, are seenwere not madeof things which est tlem all; and the host of heaven 148:1-5;Proverbs 3:19; Amos 4:1i|; Jonah do appear" (Heb.11:3). vest them all: and the host of heaven 1:9; Zechariah12:1; Romans 9:20; and There s

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Scriptures-take it by taith, for here is the premier declaration of. creation er nihilo (from nothing). Unmistakably,Scripture asserts that 'was the world we see today not the result of processin whichthe world became what it is through lengttry stages of maturity. Rather,the visiblecame into beingfrom the invisible.And if Godis the first causeof specialcreation, we would suspect that the work beare His signature. God's Nature. God'seternal perfec- tion is assumedeverywhere in Scripture. What is more, the awesomemajesty of creationreflects His powerand glory and dominion. "The heavensdeclare the glory of God;and the firmamentsheweth His handiwork" (Ps. 19:1). No mechanisticprocess of evolution or maturity would, from the beginning, point to the infinitudeand power of God. However,from the beginning,the creature has been without excusefor his ignorance of God, since He is clearly revealedin the nature of creation. You can logically have evolutionary processwithout God.That is why most evolutionistsare atheistic, and God becomes the fly in their ointment of momentof time, createdman in His im- made them male and female" (Mark thought. However,you can never have age. Processwill not accountfor our 10:6).Christ's word choicehere leaves suddencreationism without God. unique nature, nor for the fact that the interpreter with no otler alternative Thus, only in sudden creationism mankind has been infected by sin. thanto understandthat manwas a part of wouldGod's mark of powerbe unmistak- That is wtty Godsent His Sonto redeem the creationat the outset, not somesub- ablefrom the start. That is wlry hul con- onlymanl

transformed to be glorified and incor- ruptible.According to the Scriptures,we have strong reasonto expect that the Lord is able and willing to do this (Dan. 12:2; IoIn 5:29; Rom. 8:23; 1 Cor. 15:51-52;1 Thess.4:16-17). Every Christian's body will be instantly recreatedfrom the dust of the earth. This is like the creation of Adam repeated.Only this time, not just one body is created,but millionswho have trusted Christ as their Saviour.Since multitudeswill be givenrecreated bodies in the resurrection,how easyfor God to have createdjust Adam and Eve at the beginning.The greater creativemir- acleof resurrectionparallels the lesser miracleof initial creation.Sudden cre- ationismthenstands not only possiblebut even most probableas a manifestation of God'sconsistency. Justas the resurrectionof manpoints to a suddencreation in the beginning,so doesthe endingof the world. In a rapid exertion of His divine power, God will cleanseand refurbishthe cursedearth with fire so that it will becomea new earth(2 Peter 3:10-13). Eternity future will not evolve from the presentworld. In a rapidexertion of His divinepower, God will quicklyand powerfullybring an end to the present time and usher in the final age. Since ORfGINS HowTheWorfdComeTo Be God will suddenlyreverse the present 6 highly-popular,easy-to-understand films covering the wholegamut of the creation/ process,it is reasonableto believethat evolutioncontroversy / Extremelyinteresting / Features:Dr. A.E. Wilder-Smithand He initiated the world in the same ICRscientists. Series rental: 16 mm, $240; Video, $168. manner-quickly, from nothing. Now, havinglooked at the end, we THEWORTDTHATPERI'HED finallyturn backto the beginning.Does Basedon the popularbook, "The GenesisFlood" / Fast-moving,fascinating, includes Genesisgive us anysupporting reasons a soul-stirringmessage. Rental: 16 mm, $39; Video, $27. to believethat the earth waspersonally TheGrcat llinosau ilystery createdby Godin a short periodof time? Revealsintriguing and diverseevidences that man and dinosaurhave lived at the The Genesis Record. The gram- sametime. Completely contradicts evolutionary theory. Rental: 16 mm,$27; Video, $18. mar of Genesisprovides some convinc- point ing evidences.They to "day" in EXC ITI NG FREE BOOK context as referring to either the peri- NEW BOOK od of light within a 24-hourcycle, or the THE GREAT DINOSAUR No obligation. period MYSrERY AND THE BIBLE ORIGINS HANDBOOK entire ofboth darknessand light (hardcover,in color,60-pages, Probably the best short book (24hours). The oneexceptionis "day" $8.95).For the whole lamilyl available on creation/evolution Answersmany puzzling for laypeople. Covers the questions in Genesis2:4. Obviously,the context / Bestbook available in illustrated on howdinosaurs fit intothe basics iust 38 indicatesthat "day" there refersto the Bible/ Newinfo / High-quality/ pages. Mail coupon below for entire period of Creation. Fascinatingillustrationsl one rree copyl The Hebrewword for "day," when accompaniedby a numericaladjective Producer/Distributor: A World-wideMedia Ministry (e.g., Filmsfor Chrlst non-profrt/ independent/ interdenominational fourthday), is neverused figura- 2628W. BTRCHWOODCTRCLE tively. It is alwaysunderstood normally. MESA,ARIZONA 85202 Phone 602/894-1300 The Hebrew plural for "day" is Pleasemail me your iull-colorcatalog of motion picturesand videoson creation/evolution never usedfiguratively in the Old Testa- topics.Notei To schedulea showing,call 602/894-1300. ment (Exod.20:9) outsideof a creation E Pt"u"u send me one lree copy of the ORIGINSHANDBOOK. (Extra copies, eacn) context. We are therefore led to believe $2 that it is used in the same wav when -'send me - copiesof THE GREATDINOSAUR MYSTERY AND THE BIBLE each + postage/handling. referring to origins. ) $8.95 $1

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I Scienceon O o I I byHenry M. Monis speculative philosophy or naturalism. origin and developmentof all things can The essenceof the scientificmethod is be explainedin terms of continuingnatu- he Bible teaches that the measurement,obsenation, repeatability. ral lawsand processes operating in a self- universewas created, organized, The great philosopherof science,Karl containeduniverse. The basisof the cre- andcompleted by Godduring the Popper,stresses that "falsifiability" is ationmodel is that at least somethings literal Creationweek outlinedin Gene- the necessary criterion of genuine must be attributedto completedsuper- sis 1. This shouldbe sufficientto settle science.That is, a trypothesismust-at naturalprocesses in an open universe. the questionfor all Christianswho really leastin principle-be testableand capa- These are really the only two possi- believe that the Bible is the inerrant, ble of beingrefuted, if it is truly scientific. bilities. authoritative Word of God. In this form the creation model is Unfortunately,modern scientism has quite independentof the biblicalrecord, becomeso intimidatingthat manyChris- and can be evaluatedsolely in terms of tians wouldrather distort the Scriptures the scientificdata. This is the only form into a quasi-accommodationwith the Tntrcol locls proposedfor publicschool curricula. The evolutionists' geologic ages and even Bible, of course,is more explicit, not with the humanisticsystem of evolution ol sciencehove only teachingspecial creation but also itself, than to risk appearing"unscien- teaching recent creation in six days. tific" in this intellectualage. As a result, Sincethe biblicalmodel is alwaysat least most modern Evangelicalcolleges and olwayssuppoiled the compatible with the general creation periodicals, to avoid tension with the model, we shall first consider several worldviewof the scientificandeducational straig htlonilo d Genesis predictionsfrom the latter. establishments,have long sinceadjusted Complex Array of Living Sys- to one of the following compromises: tems. In the creation model we would theistic evolutionand the allegoricalin- rccordol Creotionond expect to see a geat arrdy of complex terpretation of Genesis; progressive functioningorganisms, each with its orrrrn creationand the daylageinterpretation of eoilhhistory systemof structures optimallydesigned Genesis;or irrelevantcreation and the to accomplishits purposein creation. gap interpretationof Genesis. Different organisms would orhibit an The real facts of sciencehave always array of similarities and differences- supported the straightforwardGenesis Clearly,neither model of origins- similarstruchres for similarfunction. dif- record of Creation and earth history. creationor evolution-is scientificin this ferent structures for differentfunctions. There is no undisputablescientific evi- sense.Neither onec:xn be tested,for the This, of course, is enactly what we dencefor evolutionand no real scientific simplereason that we cannotrepeat his- do see. Nothingin the world of living or- evidenceeven for an old earth. Further- tory. The origin of the universe,the ori- ganismsdoes not correlate,naturally and more,tlousands of fully qualifiedscien- gin of life, the origin of man, andall such easily,with a creationorigin. Every crea- tists todayagree with these statements. eventstook placein the past andcannot ture is a marvel of creative design, and Most of these,like myself,were evolu- now be studied in the laboratory.They t}re endlessvariety andbeauty of tlings, tionists during their student days and are entirely beyond the reach of the even at the submicroscopiclevel, is a then later, after seriouslystudying both scientificmethod in the proper sense. continualtestimony to the handiworkof the scientificdata and the biblicalrecord. That does not mean, however,that their Creator. becamecreationists. theiu.results cannot be observed and The evolutionmodel, on tie'otler Ermngelicalscientists and theologians tested. That is, we can define two hand, could never "predict" even the who still straddlethe fence on this vital "models" of origins, and then make simplest living thing, since tlere is no issue are simply repeating the old comparativepredictions as to what our knownnatural process that cangenerate nineteenth-centurycliches that led so observationsshould find if evolution is organizedcomplexity. Ail real processes many once-soundChristian institutions true, andcorversely, what we shouldfind tend to go in the oppositedirection, from into Liberalismtwo andtlree generations if Creationis true. The model that en- organization to disorganization, from ago. The time has come to get back to ablesus to do the bestjob of predicting complexity to simplicity, from life to 'lb the Bible and to true scienceon this things which we then find to be true on death. believethat chanceprocesses foundationaltruth ofreal, special,recent observationis the modelmost likely to couldsomehow produce life from nonlife creation. be true, eventhough we cannotprove it requires a high degree of credulity. The Nature of True Science. to be true by actualscientific repetition. Leading British scientist Sir Fred Science means "knowledge," not Accordingto the evolutionmodel, the Hoyle said, "The notion that. . . the

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operating programmeof a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial organic soup here on the Earth is evidently nonsenseof a high order" (Nen Scientisf,November 19, 1981, p. 527). Stability of the Kinds. An obvious implicationof the creationmodel is that organismswill reproduceonly after their own kinds. The creationistexpects to seemany "horizontalchanges," at the same level of complexity, within the kinds, but no "vertical changes,"from one kind to a higherkind. Evolution,of course,requires belief in the transmu- tation of kinds. This prediction from the creation modelis expliciflyconfirmed in nature. New varietiesare easilydeveloped. The pepperedmoth changescolor, insect populationsbecome resistant to DDT, and fruit flies experience many muta- tions. But the moth is still the same speciesof moth, and so are the fruit flies. No one hasever documentedthe developmentof a more complexsbecias, let alonea new kind! Colin Patterson, leadingevolutionist of the British Muse- um of Natural History has acknowl- ' 'No edgedthis: onehas ever produced kinds of gapsexist in the fossil record "rapidly evolvingpopulations that leave a speciesby mechanismofnatural selec- as in the living world. All of the great no legiblefossil record." They are ef- tion. No one has ever gotten near it" phyla(the basicstructural plans) of the fectivelysaying that no one seesevolu- (Interviewon British BroadcastingCor- animalkingdom seem to have existed tion take placetoday because evolution porationnetwork, March 4, 1982).Har- unchangedsince the earliestof the sup- proceedstoo slowly, and no one sees vard's top evolutionist, StephenJay posedgeological ages, including even the evolutionin the record of the past be- Gould, has admitted: "Most species vertebrates.There are no true transi- causeit went too fast. In reality, no one exhibit no directionalchange during their tional forms (that is, in the sense of canreally see any evidence of evolution tenureonearth. They appear in thefossil forms containingincipient, developing or anywhere! What we actually see is recordlooking much the sameas when transitional structures-such as half- exactly what creationistspredict from they disappear;morphological change is scales/half-feathers,or half-legs/half- the creationmodel. Therefore. in terms usually limited and directionless" wings) anywhereamong all the billions of either past or present systemsand (Natural History, May 1977, p. 14). of knownfossil forms. Listen to evolu- processes,creation is more scientific Scienceinvolves observation-what tionary paleontologistSteven Stanley: than evolution. we seeandknow. No onein all recorded "Establishedspecies are evolving so The Law of Decay. Evolutionand historyhas ever seenan instance of real slowly that major transitionsbetween creationare tlte only two comprehensive evolution, from one kind into a more generaand higher taxa must be occur- worldviews, definingdiametrically op- complex kind. What we seeis always ring within smallrapidly evolvingpopu- posingconcepts concerning the origin horizontal changewithin the kinds and lations t}lat leave no legible fossil anddevelopment of all things. If evolu- unbridged gaps between the kinds, record" (Eaolution,Volume 36, No.3, tion is true, there must be a universal exactly as predictedfrom the creation 1982,p. 460).David Kitts says:"Evo- principleoperating in nature that brings model. lution requiresintermediate forms be- organizationto random systems and No Transitional Fossils. Not only tween speciesand paleontology does not adds information to simple systems. doesthe creationmodel "predict" clear- providethem" (Eaolution,September Over the ages, if evolution is true, cut gaps between kinds in the living 1974,p. 467). primeval particles have evolved into world; it also predictsthe samein the Thus, within the fossilrecord there moleculesand galaxies, inorganic chem- fossilworld. Evolutionistswould expect are no evolutionary transitional forms icalshave developed into living cells, and to see transitional forms in the fossil between species, and none between protozoanshave evolved into humanbe- record, which supposedlyrecords the generaor highercategories, according ings,so there mustbe somegrand prin- history of life during the geologicalages to these top evolutionistauthorities. ciple of increasing organization and of the past. In fact, if evolutionreally was This is another striking confirmationof complexityfunctioning in nature. taking place during all those ages, it an important prediction from the cre- On the other hand,creationism im- would seem that all forms ought to be ation model. plies two universalprinciples, one of transitionalforms. However, evolutionistsinfer that the conservationof quantity,the other one The fact is, however,that the same lack of transitionalforms is becauseof of decayingquality. That is, horizontal 20 FundamentalistJournal I

Apparently the reason present Processesdo not showevolution in action, and the reasonthe fossil record of the pastProcesses shows no evidenceof evolution in former times. is that the fun- damentallaws of science governng all possibleprocesses effectively preclude it at all! Furthennore, all of this is specifically predictedfrom the creation model andis specifically"contm-predicted" by the evolution model. Why, therefore, shouldcreation not be recognizedas a much better scientific model than evolution? No Evidence of Great Age. If the biblicalrecord is correct there will be no real scientific proof, or any unequivocal evidence,that the earth is older than the recordindicates. Significantly, all real history (in the form of written records, whether biblical or extmbiblical) goes backonly a few thousandyears, just as the Bible says.Archaeologist/anthropol- ogistColin Renfrew says: "The Egyptian king lists go back to the First Dynasty of Egypt,a little before3000 B.c. Before that, therewere no written recordsarry- where" (Before Ciailizntion, Alfred Knopf,Wl3, p.25). changes(e.g., one form of energyinto D82, p.1239). Now kwin andothers Prior to written history, of course, another,one stateof matter into another, may talk vacuouslyabout "open sys- chronologistsare forced to rely on vari- one variety of plant or animal into tems," hopingsomehow to enablethe ous changingphysical systems (e.g., ''universal another)are predictedas a conserva- la\rys"of evolutionand decay decayingradioactive minerals, eroding tional device,enabling the total entity to to coexistthereby, but sucharguments continents, buildup of chemicals in be conservedeven though environmen- are purely metaphysicaland are never oceans)for time estimates.Such calcu- tal effectscause it to changein form. lationsmust always be basedon the var- Verticalchanges, however, are predicted ious assumptionsof uniformitarianism to havea net downwardimpact (e.g., (e.9., system isolated,rate of change energy degradedinto nonusableheat constant, initial compositionknown), energy,materials wearing out, usefulor- lVo onein qtt noneof which assumptionsare provable, gans becomingatrophied, species be- testable.or evenreasonable. The radio- comingextinct). Any apparentvertically carbon method, for example,is now upwardchange requires an excessivein- historyhos ever known to be so unreliablethat manyar- put of ordering energy,matter, or infor- chaeologistshave abandonedit alto- mationinto the system,and can be main- seenon inslance gether. "The troublesof the radiocarbon tained only temporarily,and at t}le cost datingmethod are undeniablydeep and of decayof the overallsystem outside. serious. . . . It shouldbe no surprise, Now thesepredictions from the cre- ol reol evolulion, then, that fully half of the dates are re- ation model have been precisely and jected. The wonderis, surely,that the universally confirmed. The two most lromone kind into o remaining half come to be accepted" universallaws of scienceare the laws of (Robert E. [re, AnlhropologicalJournal conservation and decay, exactly as of Canada,Volume 19, No.3,1981, p.9). predicted.In the physicalrealm they are morccomplex kind. The assumptionof uniformitarianism calledthe first andsecond laws of ther- not only explicitly contradictsthe Bible modlmamics,but they havetheir ana- (see2 Peter3:3-6), but is alsotruly un- logues tn eueryrealm. scientific."The ideathat the rates or in- The evolutionmodel not only cannot seenworking in real life (therefore,they tensities of geologicalprocesses have "predict" the decaylaw; it seemsto ex- are not real science)."But an answer been constantis so obviouslycontmry 'Has cludeit. "One problembiologists have canreadily be givento the question to the evidencetlnt one canonly wonder faced is the apparent contradictionby the secondlaw of thermodynamicsbeen at its persistence.. . . Modern unifor- evolutionof the secondlaw of thermo- circumvented?'Not yet." (FrankGreco, mitarianism.. . asserts nothing about dynamics.Systems should decay through "On the Secondkw of Thermodynam- the ageof Earth or aboutarrything else" time, giving less, not more order" ics," Arnerican Laboratory, October (Rogerltwin, Science,September 24, 1982,p.88). continuedon page57 March1987 21

The R'e'cl'l S't'o'r.y of thelricl lhot "DisorocedFundcmentclism" by Manin N. Olasky nessee legislators, trying to stop the attackedthe Daytoncreationists Oefore usage of and teacher reliance on pro- he had set foot in the town) as "local n 1925the nation'spress had some evolution textbooks, made it a mis- primates.. . yokels.. . morons.. . half- fun at the expenseof Tennessee demeanorfor publicschool teachers to wits." Christians.The occasionwas the teach as fact the belief "that man has Menckenwrote that the trial "serves Scopes"Monkey" Trial, an early bat- descended from a lower order of noticeon the countrythat Neanderthal tle of evolutionversus creationism. Big animals." One young Dayton teacher, manis organizingin theseforlorn back- city journalistscame to Dayton,Tennes- JohnT. Scopes,responded to anAmeri- waters of the land, led by a fanatic, rid see, by the hundreds.They sent back canCivil LibertiesUnion plea for someof senseand devoid of conscience."He stories making fun of "backward Fun- one to agreeto be the defendantin a test summarizedhis view of the debate's damentalists"who were daringto pit the case, with the ACLU paying all legal complexityby noting, "on the one side Bible against"science." wasbigotry, ignorance, hatred, supersti- Recently, eastern Tennesseewit- tion, every sort of blacknessthat the nesseda trial that waslabeled "Scopes humanmind is capableof. On the other IL" This time the schooldistrict wanted tt sidewas sense." to teachevolution, and Secular Human- F o, thenewsmen Other journalists from major ism, andfeminism, and much more. But newspapersalso saw the story asone of someangry parents said "No," andeven pro-evolutionintelligence versus anti- foughtback in court. For their courage it woso lorkon ct evolution stupidity. Nunnally Johnson, they received enormouspress abuse who coveredthe trial and eventuallybe- aroundthe country.A typicalnewspaper monslrcusscole, came a noted Hollywood screenwriter, lead ignoredthe seriousissues of the remembered years later, "For the caseand proclaimed, "Dorotl:y andToto newspapermenit was a lark on a mon- and the Good Witch are on trial this lheywerc oll strous scale. . . Being admirableculti- week." vated fellows,they were all of course Biasedpress accountshave an im- evolulionislsand evolutionistsand looked down on the pact. I haveasked many Christianstu- local Fundamentalists."The New York dents what they know about the original Times argaedthat the creationist posi- Scopestrial. Many draw a blank, but lookeddown on the tion representeda "breakdournof the thosewith someknowledge say, "Wasn't reasoning powers," and the Chicago that the trial where the creationistswere IocqIFundo menlqlisls." Tribune sneered at Fundamentalists discredited? Where William Jennings looking for "horns and forked tails and Bryan made a fool of himselfli Where the clovenhoofs." Christianstried to burn books?Some The kgal Issue. The key issueof then apply that misunderstandingto expenses. Atheist Clarence Darrow, the trial wasnot free speech,but paren- "Scopes II" and assumethat current probablythe mostfamous lawyer of the tal controlover schoolcurricula. Evenin press accountsare correct. era,was hired to headthe defense.Fun- Tennessee, Christian parents were Suchlack of knowledgeis dangerous. damentalist William Jennings Bryan, alreadybeginning to sense that their SomeChristian observers are now work- thrice-defeatedDemocratic presidential beliefswere beingexcluded from schools ing skillfully to set the record straighton candidateand former secretary of state, they were funding. William Jennings "ScopesIL" No one that I knowof has becamepoint man for the prosecution. B4ranspoke for them when he saidhe set the recordstraight on ScopesI. But The issueand the superstarsbrought "never advocatedteaching the Bible in unlesswe do so, the misunderstanding out the journalists.Over 100reporters publicschools," but believed"there is will hangon and affect the way we look were dispatchedto the trial. They wired no reasonwlry schoolchildren should not at ScopesII, andScopes III, andall the 165,000words daily to their newspapers hearof Biblecharacters as well asother otherbattles between evolution and cre- duringthe 12days ofextensive coverage characters.In other words,there is no ation that will keep coming during the in July 1925.Many intelligentcreationists reason why the reading of the Bible next decade. were ready to explainto reporters the shouldbe excludedwhile the readingof Let's look at the real story of the theologicaldebate that lay behindthe booksabout other chamctersin history Scopes trial, and the way the press evolutionversus creation issue. But the like Confucius,should be permitted." handledit. reporters tended to follow the example Tennesseelegislators saw their anti- The Controversy. In 1925 Ten- of famouscolumnist H.L. Mencken,who evolution bill as a way of stopping

WilliamJennings Bryan (right) with ClarenceDarrow at the Scopestrial March 1987 23 AP/Wde WorldPhotos JerryFolwell invitesyou to,,, '87 April 9-12

Feoturing JerryJohnston, DoveAdoms, Dr,Rolph Mowdsley s ond others F speokingon A scene from the Scopestrial during the summer heat of 1925. proselytizationfor what they saw as a BugsBaer thought they hadgreat mate- trendy but unprovenevolutionary faith. rial to work with. He wrote of Scopesas TennesseeGovernor Peay, for instance, an imprisonedmartyr, "the witch who opposedthe uncriticalacceptance ofevo- "Teenqgerslutionarymaterial "that no sciencehas established."One anti-evolutionaryor- ln ganizationcalled itself the Defendersof Repo,terc TrueScience versus Speculation ,contend- ing that evolution"is a theory not yet ap- Crisis" provedby science," particularlysince rcgulc,ilyallacked species-transitionalfossils ("missing OT links") had not beenfound. "Demon- ThomosRood Boptist Church stratedtruth," Bryaninsisted, "has no Christionlaith Lynchburg,Virginio, terrors for Christianity." in conjunctionwith Fewjournalists even tried to explain ond "lhis LibertyUniversity's theseissues. A typicalNew York Ameri- College-for-o-Weekend. can lead,on early trial coveragewas, "Tennesseetoday maintained its quaran- supethealedreligious Formore informotion coll tine againstlearning." The battle was l-EO4-239-9281,exl. 3124 ''rock-ribbedTennessee" versus "unfet- or write tered investigationby the humanmind otmosphere, ThomosRood Boptist Church and the liberty of opinion of which the 632Thomos Rood Constitutionmakers preached." Report- Lynchburg,Virginio 24502 ers from the New York Times and the thispothetic seorch Attn:Dove Morston Chicago Tribune regularly attacked Christianfaith and "this superheated lor lhe ondosk for o religious atmosphere,this pathetic 'eternal YouthQuest'87Brochure searchfor the truth.' " 'elernol Popularnewspaper columnists such as lratlh.'" 24 FundamentalistJournal I

is to be burned by Dayton." (Actually, Scopesdid not spenda secondin jail and wasregularly invited to dinnerby Dalton Christians.)Bryan's face "was apanom- ma of curdledegotism." If the creation- fhe Beginning ists wereto win, "The duncecap will be the crownof office, andthe slopstickwill be the sceptreofauthority." Residents of Beginnings of Daytonwere "the treewisemonkeys" who "see no logic, speak no logic, and hear no logic." When William JenningsBryan, Jr., an attorney,arrived for the trial, Baer wrote, "Junior is bound to be a chip off the old block- head. . . . Like father,like son, and we don't like either." bv B. R. I-akin Biased Trial Coverage.The case 'm itselfwas open-and-shut, deliberately de- positivethere is a God. First of all I know it from the argumentof signedfor corn'ictionon obvious lawbreak- creation.[,ook at all you see now. From whencedid it come?Life ing sothat the decisioncould be appealed has neverbeen generatedfrom deadmatter. From nothing,nothing to the U.S. SupremeCourt for a ruling can come. SupposeI take a bottle and pour out all the air and the water on the Act's constitutionality.Ironically, and the germs. I'd cork it up so nothingcould get in it. From nothing, althoughScopes was convicted, and al- nothingcould come.How wouldanything ever be in it? Sincelife has never thoughthe anti-evolutionlaw was upheld been generatedfrom deadmatter, we must explainfrom whenceit all came. by the TennesseeSupreme Court, that I believein the beginningGod createdthe heavensand the earth. The court alsooverturned the convictionon Bible says,"In the beginningGod created,"Why? Because God didn't have a technicalityinvolving the impositionof any beginning.He was the beginningof beginnings.There was a time when a $100fine without jury approrzl.There- God was alone.There were no trees, no gftrss,no water, no foliage,no fore,the casenever did goto the Supreme nothing,just God. Just God. I believeonly He knorvswhat went on back Court. The importanceof the Dayton there. He was there and had it put down in His Book. Now a lot of these trial, for both prosecutionand defense, atheistsand so forth who weren't there are like the little boy who caughta lay in the chanceto debatethe issuesof bumblebeeon his way to school.He put it in a bottle and stuffedit in his the case. hip pocket. When he got to schoolhe was wrigglingaround in his seat and Accuratecoverage of the great de- the cork cameout of the bottle. Then he really beganto squirmabout in bates,sadly, was not forthcoming.For his seat, and his teachersaid, "Johnny,what are you doing?" He said, instance,Bryzn's first majororation was "There's somethinggoing on back there that you don't know about!" What sophisticatedand coherent. He stressed I'm sayingis, somethingwent on back there that only God knowsand only the evolutionarytheory's lack of scien- God couldtell us. tific proofand emphasized its inabilityto My niececame home from collegeone day and said to me, "My profes- answerquestions about how life began, sor said that the first germ cameon a meteor." I said, "Honey, don't you how manbegan, how one speciesactu- know a meteoris a blazingball of fire? How would a germ live in that?" ally changesinto another,and so on. He But she said, "The theory of evolutionis the only saneexplanation." pointed out the irreconcilabilityof That's the most insanething I've ever heard!To be an evolutionistyou'd Darwinian doctrines of extra-species haveto switchyour brain out of reasonand throw it into neutral. Listen to evolutionwith the biblicalaccount of cre- what they say. ation, originalsin, and the reasonsfor Wayback yondersometime, somewhere, somehow nobody knows when, Christ'scoming. how, where, or why, nothing got in nothing and nothing formed a some- The typical report from the pre- thing. A germ got in the water somehow.Then the water developedit into disposed reporters, though, followed a tadpole and one day the tadpole swamto another bank and got stuck in Mencken's gibe that Bryan's speech the mud and dried there. Wrigglingaround in the mud, he formed warts on "was a grotesque performanceand his belly that later becamelegs. After he developedlegs he was climbing downright touching in its imbecility." throughthe trees one day when his foot slipped.As he fell he wrappedhis Bryan'scoverage by a lariety of report- tail arounda limb, The jar of it broke off his tail. He hit the ground,stood ers wasladen with sarcasticbiblical allu- up on his hind feet, walkedacross the street, boughthim a suit of clothes, sions: "Unleashhis thunder.. . make went to teachingin the university,and said, "Thank God, I'm a man at this jury the recordingangels of a great last!" They can cram that down the neck of somekids, but let them try victory for revealedreligion . . . . The sun the old man once! seemedto standstill in the heavens,as Everythingthat is, had to havea beginning,except God. He is the be- for Joshuaof old, andto burn with holy gnmng of beginnings. wrath againstthe invadersof this fair Edenof Fundamentalism.. . . The wrath I Evangelist B.R. Lakin went to be with the Lord March 15, 1984.This of Bryan fell at last. With whips of is an excerptfrom his famoussermon on God's Creation. scorn . . . he soughtto drive sciencefrom the templesof God and failed."

March 1987 25 The trial's major confrontationcame him not a slap but a badgeof honor. Bible.In 1925Clapper told his editor that on its last day,when Bryanand Darrow Overall, most major newspaper he just had tn coverthe Scopestrial, to debated.The trial tmnscript showsboth reportersproduced so muchunobserwnt showthe world that "the wholecase of men enunciatingtheir views.withocca- coveragethat they often seemedto be Fundamentalism[was] ridiculous." Not sionalwit andfrequent bitterness. If the closingtheir eyesand not evenwatching surprisingly,Clapper summarizedthe goal of the antagonistsin tlre Tennessee the trial. The ultimatein this camewhen trial by writing, t tpsnd2msntelistjustice July heat was to keep their cool, both one New York scribe,under a headline has pluggedup the ears of this Tennes- slipped,but Darrow showedextreme in- "Scopes Is Seen As New GalileoAt see mountainjury." tolerance,losing his temper to talk about Inquisition," wrote that the "sultry The Clapperstory couldbe repeated "fool religion" and calling Christians courtroom in Dayton, during a pausein manytimes. Overall, Scopes trial cover- "bigots and ignoramuses."The Near the argument,became hazy and there ageprovides an exampleof the Bible's YorkTimes, though, lauded Darrow and evolvedfrom the mistsof pastages a new teachingthat all viewsare essentiallyre- calledBryan's testimony"an absurdly scene.The Tennesseejudge disappeared ligious,in that they are all basedon cer- patheticperformance." and I racked my brain to recognizethe tainconvictions or presuppositionsas to Somepredisposed reporters \ryere so robeddignitary on the bench.Yes, it was the natureof the universe.Readers of far off in their understandingof Chris- the grand inquisitor, the head of the every news story are receivingnot only tian beliefs that their stories became inquisitionat Rome.. . .I sawthe Ten- information but are being taught, ludicrous.For instance,one journalist nesseeFundamentalist public become a subtly or explicitly, a particular world- wrote that "tle humiliation of being medieval mob thirsty for heretical view,whether it is pantheistic, 'an theistic, called ignoramus'and a.'fool, and a blood. . . . [It was] 1616. The great atheistic, or whatever. We must re- Fundamentalist'. . . cut Bryan to the Galileo was on trial." member that when we read todav's quick." Bryan, though,knew andquoted Ironically, reporters who praised newspapers. from Paul'sfirst letter to the Corinthians: "open-mindedness"in their stories "If any man amongyou seemetl to be showedgreat closed-mindednesswhen wise in this world, let him becomea fool, confrontedwith a worldviewopposed in that he might be wise. For the wisdom many ways to their owr-or similar to of this world is foolishnesswith God" the onethey hadabandoned. The life and I Marvin N. Olasky teachesjournal- (1 Cor.3:18-19). Bryan was also proud of beliefs of one Scopes trial reporter, ism history at the University of Gxas at beinga "Fundamentalist,"one who went RaymondClapper, shorrs the pattern.He Austin.His articleshave appeared in the backto basicsand viewedthe Bible as appearedto be a fervent Christianin his Wall Street tournal, Journalism inerrant. To call Bryan a fool and a Fun- early years,but fell awayin collegefrom Quarterly,loumalisrn History,and many damentalistin one phrase was to offer 1912 to 1916and began attacking the other publications.

CIEARWAIER Beouliful50 ocrecomous on the shores 0f historicTom00 o Boy.. Auttontttor roundtemperoture of72 . 6 milesfrom SporklinoCleorwoter Beoch. o Al lhe heort 0f Florido's lourist induslrv.-lessthon 2 hoursfrom most of Florido'sfovorite otlroclions. CHRISTIAiI Stressinglhe inerroncy ond outhority ofthe entire Bible, . Ad- heringto the Fundomentols ofthe Christion Foith, . All Born AgoinFoculty. . Personol Stotement of Foilhrequired of every student,r ChristionService required 0nd groded. . Doily Chopelservice with heort seorching messoges. . Denomin0- tionollvunoffilioted. "Wbrkina 'Our ts to "CleoMoter Christion College COtlFGECotltGE ilith the sludents here coochtngrohilosophy Emphosizingspirituor ond Acodemic excelence rorevery f#;l'^?#fig3i3:,ff'tn' ";g?:;!',iAi;3Tii:i"?.'i,":trI5";'Lioii'?:"i#"ei,3 student,. Quolifiedfocultv thot core oboutthe individuol Eobcoryor ootwiuoino(Arhlerrcrures." ArfhurE.sto€lo StUdent.. ll tOI StUdent/FOCUltyrotio. . ACCreditedby the (Profe$oroforsek ond Bible) Dtrecior&Bosketboll Cooch) (PresidentEmerirus) Southern.AssociotionofColleges'ond.Schools, oFullintercol- f IIIII Clip Ond Moil IIIIIIII legioteAthletic Progrom for men ond women. !f MoJors:Bib|e,Eng||ShBib|e,Bib|ico|Li|eroture,BUsinessAdmin',Mohe|Nome motics,Secretoriol Scrence, PreSchool Ed.,Elementory Ed.,Secondory 1 Ed.,Physicol Ed., Music Ed., English, Music. Hum0nilies. Psychology. I AddreSS WalterL. Wilson BelovedPhysician of KansasCity

by Bernard R. DeRemer previousdoctors. Young Wilson prepared a remedy basedon informationfrom his n easterncity schoolprincipal father.who hadtreated such cases suc- had a reputation of being op- cessfully.The patientnot only recovered, n posed to the Christian mes- but became"a walkingadvertisement sage.No preacherhad ever spokenin amongher moneyedcustomers." Thus that auditorium.However, Dr. WalterL. the youngdoctor quickly foundhis prac- Wilson was invited to lecture on animal tice growing and prospering. and plant life. During medicalschool, Wilson had Wilson asked the studentsif they worked part-time in his father-inJaw's would like a mystery story. They tent-makingbusiness. After becominga enthusiasticallyresponded in the affirma- doctor, he had no intention of returning tive. Then Wilson slowly withdrew his to the businessworld. But the serious handfrom his pocket, where he hadkept illness of his father-in-law brought an it all along, his fingers tightly closed. urgent appeal,and the result was that "I holdhere somethingno humaneye for a quarter century Wilson was a full- has ever seen," he began."I obtained time tent-makerand a part-time doctor. it sometime agoin McPherson,Kansas, He served as general managerand from a man who had never seen it." Walter first faced the claims of Christ later president of Baker l,ockwood WhenWilson asked the studentsif they upon his life. later at an evangelistic ManufacturingCompany, which special- would like to view t}re item, every hand meetinghe trusted Christ as Saviour. ized in largetents for circuses,theatri- shot up immediately. Selectinghis life work so challenged cals,chautauquas, and the U.S.govern- "All right," he said. "Now I will show youngWalter that he methodicallylisted ment. Customersincluded the legendary it to you. And after we haveall seenit, 45 potential trades and professions. Buffalo Bill. During World War I, he no human eye will ever see it again." Eventually and prayerfully the list was deviseda method of camouflagingand With that, he removeda peanutfrom its whittled down and his early interest in waterproofingtents in responseto an ur- shell-and ate it! medicinetriumphed. gent request from GeneralPershing's The audience"shouted andwhistled After study in variousinstitutions, he headquartersin France. and clapped." Resistancehad been receivedhis M.D. from the Universityof In 1920 Wilson was able to found brokenand they were readyfor a power- Kansas,married Marion Baker,and set- the Central Bible Hall, Kansas City, firl messagefirst from nature, then the tled down to practice in Webb City, whichbecame Central Bible Church.As Bible, deliveredin the friendly,folksy, in- Missouri. a layman,he drew up the guidelines imitable style that was Wilson's At first he seemedto specializein for its policy and practice. He was tmdemark. charity cases,which providedministry its undisputed leader until retirement At the close, the principal told the but no means-to the point that there in 1961, when he became pastor students,"Young people, do you know wasnot evenenough money for tlte rent. emeritus. that I havebeen an atheist and an evolu- The breakthroughwas most unusual. Like H.A. Ironside and others, tionist all these years?But I want you to A 56-year-oldwasherwoman, suffer- Wilson was never ordained, yet he know this morningI am goingback to my ing greatly from inflammatory rheu- handledmany funerals and weddings. desk savedby JesusChrist." matism, had been abandonedby four Surely one of tfie most outstanding It wasanother troptry of gracefor the funeral services ever was tlre one he belovedphysician of KansasCity, indus- conductedfor al?-year-oldgrl who was trious soulwinnerand indefatigablewit- killedin an autoaccident. Wilson's mes- ness for the Truth. H, "livedout sagecentered on God'slove, pointing out WalterL. Wilsonwas born in 1881at in hishome how tJre "Creator wants heavenfilled Aurora, Indiana.After deathclaimed his with those of all ages,so some go to be motler the followingyear, he lived with thereality with Him earlier than others." He noted his grandmother.By 9, he wantedto be- thatthe deceasedhad trusted Christjust come a doctor like his father and began ol everything six months before. to collect bones of all kinds of animals. hepreached." Suddenlyin the midst of the service, Eventually young Walter with his the mother stood and exclaimed, father andstepmother moved to Kansas "Please wait a minute, Dr. Wilson. I City. There in a tent meeting at 15, want Jesus to sare me right now!"

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No doubt many were very upset and acceptedChrist. Wilsonlearned a at this shocking intemrption. Wilson, new lessonon the importanceof being on the other hand, quietly spokefrom Wirco, quietlyspoke "ready alwaysto give an answer." John1:12 to the bereavedmother, who to thebercaved nother, H.A. honsideinvited Wilson to speak trusted Christ right there, tears stream- at the great Moody Churchin Chicago. ing down her face. Wordof the incident whotrusted Christ As a result of that meeting,invitations to spread, and the country church was rightthere, tearc speakpoured in. These includedmany packedthat night with people eager to Rotary,Kiwanis, and Lion's Club gather- hear tlis visitor. strcamingdown her face. ings,as well as churchesand conferences His increasingburden for a school all over the country. to train collegeJevel young people Wilsonauthored 26 books,numerous who were calledof God led Wilsonto brochures,and other publicationsinclud- gather a number of local leaders for ing medicaland religious articles. His first prayerand planning.In 1932the Kansas Hundredsof decisionswere recorded in publishedpaperback was The Rornance City Bible Institute opened with 96 this ministry,which lasted some lSyears. of a Doctor'sTrslis, containing dozens of students. Wilson served as president But spiritualgiant that he was,Wilson incidents,such as "The PreacherFound anddean until otherscould be enlisted. hadhumanlimitations. Once when hewas Christ" and "God Visitedthe Circus." The institution grew under the bless- rushingaround preparing to go downtown All were told in his unique,heartwarm- ing of God. In 1961 it merged with on urgentbusiness, an elderly,shabbily ing, captivatingstyle. Thousandsof his anotherschool to becomeCalvary Bible dressedman entered and asked for him. bookswere distributedand somewere college,which today enrolls about 500 Presumablyhe was a job-seeker. translatedinto foreignlanguages. Only a students. "Well, makeit snappybecause I'm children'sbook, Animal Sfonas,is still Wilsonbegan a ndio ministry :u:,L924, in a hurry to get downtown," was the in print (Moody Press). becomingone of the pioneersin that none-too-gracious reply. Dr. and Mrs. Wilson believedthat medium. His wide-ranging subjects "Doctor, I havecome 750 miles to children are a heritage of the Lord. included medical themes for doctors find out how to get saved.I hopeyou will Through their nurture and godly living, and nurses; talks about hardwarefor take time to tell me." eachof their eight sons and daughters carpenters, builders, and hardware It wasa rebukeWilson never forgot. were led to acceptChrist as Saviour. dealers; and others. Every message His well-worn Bible appearedfrom On September25, L962,Mrs. Wilson, was anchoredin the Word of God and his pocket,and he dealtfor andhour and in the hospitalfor treatmentafter a short clearly gave the plan of salvation. a half with the inquirer,who then knelt illness,died while witnessing to a nurse. Her homegoingcreated a great vacuum for Wilson. The followingyear he married Ruth Selders,a memberof the churchand a collegealumna. Her growthin the Chris- tian life hadbeen entirely under Wilson's tu ministry, and she wouldtestify later that their yearstogether "were the happiest of her life becauseDr. lived out in his ,rr, home the reality of everything he preached." I In the spring of 1969, as he ap- proached88, the venerableservant of the lnrd suffereda stroke.For yearshe had hroo"anc...--A,i respondedto commentson his healthy tnrougnthrough hisnls recorded recorqeq sermons. ^/.9o:."""^7.oY.,c' /,/ I appearance,"Yes, I havebeen trying to get into heaven, Now the librarylibrarv of recordedmessagesmessases of Dr. .7."*lo$-{o*]os / / ./ ./ I but my friends keep prayingme out." This time he madeit- 3::::#txJ,1'l,T','T:il^,'l;:1#'izj"i3"',//, ! May 24, 1969. setteiniroducrory ,", of-.up",?oi $s-oo I The dynamicearthly ministry of one ^/-"o"s]s*- / / / of the most colorful, faithful, andfruitful witnessesof this centuryhad closed. But HomeBefore Drrk"-';;;"'brJ' Zj"i* I he lives on throughthe multitudeshe Time Religion'l will b..be sent profoundlyinfluenced for the Lord, and ,2^dq:oJ"' I uponr,nnn rpnpinfreceipt of nf rrnryour rr request r.rrr rAcf::",-/6n\*:" .t 9 *o- /'/ / '/ / '/ / ,/ / who will alwaysremember the "Beloved :[li**it::';#:$:{;t":'o/^*9^"".'' ////. ! Physicianof KansasCity." I Bernard R. DeRemer is a free- lance writer in West Liberty, Ohio. Quotesin this articleI*enfromWalter ptn,ea/Le4a+e:{" / / / ./,,,,,,,^,N^:i:,c',FGFI L. Wilson by Kenneth O. Gangel "t-d^,/ir' .J "tJol$f;'#:":'T:",'i"'(Moody Press, 1970). 6 K / {-t ! I I-IIIIIIIIIIIIIII I

The Mysteryof the HumanBody

by WalterL. Wilson between the male and femalecould never possibly I will praise thee;for I have developed by any am fearfully and wonder- process known to man. fully rnade:mantellous are Thevery hct that thesexes tlty works;and that my soul are so entirely different hnowdhright well. My suh- should engross our atten- stance was not hid frorn tion. God has made the thee, when I was rnde in womb in such a way that it secret, and curiously will enlargemany times its wrotqht in the lowestparts originalsize when the little of the earth. Thine eyesdid one is being formed. He seemt substance,yet being deviseda planwhereby the unperfect;and in tlry book blood from the mother all rny memberswere wit- would be properly trans- ten, which in conlinuance ferred to that little bodv werefashioned, when as yet there was animals,and at the same time we shall and be used to build up the precious noneof them (Ps. li|9:14-16). see tJrewonderful mind of God in mak- fame of that little one. The Scripture ing us as He did. speaksabout the bones growing in the hen David wrote the words Weread in Matthew19:4, "Have ye womb,and mentions it as a mysterythat of the text above,he was not read,that he whichmade them at the is not understoodby the humanmind, makinga statementthat no beginningmade them maleand female." and of courseit is not (Eccl. 11:5). humanbeing canunderstand or explain. The marvelous differences that exist kt us think now of some of the The most complexand yet completeor- characteristicsthat are so unusual. ganismon earth is your body. Only an Joints. God hasgiven human beings intelligent,personal God could ever have andall other living thingsa one-shotsys- designedand then producedsuch a mar- Torn isan tem of lubrication. Food is eaten and in velouscombination of matter as we find impasnbleand somemysterious way all the joints in the in the human body. body are lubricated. Somethingin the There is no evidenceon earth that impossiblegult food causes the serous surfaces to the human body came from any other betweenthe human body be made active in the joints, so they kind of body at anytime. There is an im- produce a fluid that lubricates suf- passableand impossible gulf betweenthe and the bdies of all ficiently. Every living thing lubricates humanbody and the bodies of all other otherliving things. itself unconsciously. living things. We shall consider some of The Skin. Godhas given a skin that thesemarked characteristics which dis- is both elasticand loose on the body. It tinguish the human being from all i is loose so that when it is struck bv

't987 March 29 I someobject it will slipon the tissuesin- animalsand birds that lay eggs.The do- stead of resisting the blow. This action mesticbirds hatchtheir eggsin 2 weeks. preventsinjury. It is elasticso that as t}re N o animalof anykind The eagleegg takes 5 weeks,the snake bodychanges its size,or anypart ofit be- everdesigned anything egg takes 7 weeks. Chickensand ducks comeslarge or small, the skin will adapt mayruntogether inthe barnlard,butthey itself to the tissuesbeneath. for thegood and the will nevercross with eachother. Godhas Clothing. Every animaltlat comes blexingof otherc. madea naturethat preventsthis situation. into the world brings its clothingwith it. The Mouth. This remarkableorgan The only exceptionis the humanbeing. provesconclusively that only a livingGod, Man comesintothe world with noclothes who is omniscient,could have desigrred it ofany kind, andnever can produce any. andmade it. The mouthmay be changed Evidenflythe reasonis that Godorpects into almostany position or form imagln- peopleto wantto knowand to do Hiswill. none of us continuesto grow in stature able.The lips maybecome hard, or very He may sendthem to the Arctic regions as longas we live. Hov wouldwe arrdnge soft. The mouth may be widened or so they maywear heary clothingsuitable for beds or chairs or tables or doors if shortened,either verticallyor horizon- to that climate. Or, He may send them our size were not predetermined and tally. It is alwayswet so that one mayeat to the tropics where they maywear fuht arrangedby the living God? anysticky substance,as honeyor peanut clothingsuitable to those temperatures. The Brain. Godhas given to menthe butter or candy,and very quicHynothing Animalsare not His messengers.Chris- unusualfaculty and ability of designing adheres to the mouth. The mouth tiansare. Therefore, He fixesup human andproducing that which satisfiesevery cleansesitself andis readyfor the next beingsto be His servantsand to serve humanneed. The manwho designedthe food. The tonguemay be madehard or whereverHe sendsthem. Empire State Buildingin New York City soft and may be movedin any direction. Digestion. Godhas given to eachliv- was once a barefootedboy, learninghis It givesus the taste of the food. It en- ingthinga digestionwhich isaremarkable ABC's. Those who designedand pro- ablesus to speakloudly or softly,and to mystery. Down in the body there is a duced the machineryfor radio, or tape enunciatecleai{y. By its rough character "separatorsystem." We eat the foodthat recordings,or other electricalappliances it enablesus to masticatethe food, and we wish, whetherit be berries,melons, wereoncelittle lads going to schoollabor- it alsohelps to cleanthe food out of the meats,vegetables, or grain. Somehowin lng overarithmetic. No animalof anykind mouthand from the teeth. The hardroof the alimentarycanal this food is ground ever designedanything for the goodand in the mouth assists in making proper up, mixed with juices of various kinds, the blessingof others.Only men do so. soundsand also in preparingthe foodfor andseparated.The partthatis goodforus The Heart. This organis an enigma swallowing.The way the lips may be becomesan emulsionwhich is taken whichis unsolved.No oneis sureof the changedinform andfirmness is amiracle, throughthe bowelwall into the bloodves- time whenthe heart starts to beat. We for the attachmentsto bony structures. selsand thus the foodvalues are carried to do not knowwhether the beatis a clos- are not accordingto the lawsof stresses every part of the body. The part that ing one or an openingone. We do not and stnins as we know tlem. wouldbe injuriousto us is not emulsified. knowhow the bloodenters the veins,the The Eyes. God has performed Someof it is taken out through the kid- arteries, and the heart of that tiny little anothermiracle in makingthe lensesand neys,some by meansof perspiration,and unbornchild. It is all a mystery.The One the various parts of the eye. He has the other passesout tlrough the bowels. who made the heart is the One who placedeyebfows over the eyes to catch This stmngeand yet necessaryoperation equips it to operate for years without the dust as it falls.Then on the edgeof could never, by any meansof any kind, help. He is the One who starts it, and the lid are other hairsto catchottrer par- haveevolved from anypower other than He is the One who will tell it to stop. ticles of dust that maymiss theeyebron's. the lnrd. Gestation. Oneof the unusualevi- The eyelidis lined with a very soft mem- The Stomach. This organcontains dencesof God's wisdomand caremay braneso that it protectsthe ball from be- certain juices in the right proportion to be seenin the periodsof gestationgiven ing injured. The lid is madeto slideback digest every kind of food that enters in to eachtype of animal.The period of out of sight when not in use. The eyes from the mouth. The stomachnever, gestationfor a humanbeing is 40 weeks. are constanflybeing washedand lubri- however,digests itself. It will digest the The period of gestationfor large mon- catedwith a water substance. stomachof any animalif we eat it. Why keys such as the baboonis 35 weeks. Thus we seethat we are fearfrrllyand do not thesejuices digestthe stomach The period for small monkeysis 22 splendidlymade.Only the Godwhoknew in which they operate?This is beyond weeks.For rabbitsit is 4 weeks.for the all the vicissitudesof the humanlife could humancomprehension, and is another dog 9 weeks,and so on. ever have thought of anticipating the evidenceof God's care and wisdom. The tord hasarranged these periods needsof the humanbody, or could have Sizes. Interestingly,alligaton, croco- of gestation in such a way that there fixedall the joints, muscles,nerves, or- diles,and turtles continueto growlarger nevercan be a crossingof the species. gans,glands, and bloodvessels so per- aslong as they live. Godhas made them No kind of schemeor planhas ever been fectly in arrangement,and so adequate that way.Other things,however, are con- found wherebythe animalthat gestates for our needs.No evolutionaryprresses trolled as to size. The walnuttree never in 35 weekscould be crossedwith one of anykind couldever haveproduced this gets as large as the redwood tree, and that gestatesin 40 weeks(the humanbe- perfectly organizedorganism. chickensnevergrow as large asostriches. ing). God has preservedand protected Think, however,of the humanbody. God all the various speciesof animalsfrom I Adapted from WalterL. Wilson by aranges that we shall grow to five feet interminglingand crossingof their own Kenneth O. Gangel,by permissionof five inches,or six feet four inches,but free will. This sametruth obtainsinthose Moody Press, @ 1970.

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Lord, teach me to pray- not, primarily,for my own needs, not out of duty, neither frantically,nor carelessly. Help me to pray without ritual, without self-consciousness, without an eye on the clock. Help me to knou You, to think Your thoughts after You, to want what Youwant- Irt me listen to the Holy Spirit, and when I am beyondwords, beyond tears, bewilderedand confused, may I rest in the knowledgethat the BlessedSpirit praysfor me. let my responsesto Yoube not simplyemotional, but practical, not impulsive,but thoughtfirl, not shallowbut life-changing. Lord, as I pray,let my commitmentsbe made: with wisdom, with a plan, with delight. kt me never take lightly what is serious to You* sin-any sin, Satanand his uriles, the preciousnessof time, peoplewithout Christ, Yourlove for me, Your glory and honor. kt me developa genuineconcern for the needsof others- feelingtheir burdens, sharing their sorrows, identifying with their limitations, consideringthe past that has scarredthem. Let my prayersfor my own needsbe tempered- with patience, with contentment. with a knowledgeof Your Word, with purity of heart and motive, with a faith in the unfailingcharacter of a loving,righteous God, with a commitmentto do Your will no matter what . . . lnrd- Irt my prayersbe bathed in love- for those who are dear to me, for those whom I do not understandand who do not understandme, for those who struggle with sin. Help me to care aboutthe whole weary,damaged world needinga Savior. More than anything,I-ord, I-et my pnryersbe an outpouring of my love for You. [.et praisebe my secondlanguage, my consciousand unconscious communication with others, and with You. Crowd out of my thoughts, my prayers, my life, everything that is petty and trite. Be enthronedin me. *Jessie Rice Sandberg I I Praetieal lovree for Parents of enagers

byJames Dobson and we cannot be perfect parents any tTr more than we can be perfect human s there a simple formula for beings.The pressuresof living are often I he ultimate raising teenagers? Albert enonnous,and we get tired andirritated; Einsteinspent the last 30 years we are influencedby our physicalbodies prescription of his life in a gallantattempt to andour emotions,which sometimes pre- formulatea unifyingtheory that vent us from sayingthe right things and for harmonious wouldexplain all dimensionsof physics, beingthe modelswe should.We don't but he never succeeded.Likewise, I alwayshandle our childrenas unemotion- living doubt if the humanpersonality will ever ally as we wish we had, and it is very be reducedto a singleunderstanding. We commonto look backa year or two later is love, are far too complex to be simplified in and see how wrong we were in the way that way.From another perspective, how- we approacheda problem. andI doubt eve! tlere is one "formula" that applies Weall experiencethese tailures! No to all humanrelationships, and of course one doesthe job perfectly!That's why if anything I'm referring to the fourletter word each of us shouldget alone with the LOVE. Conflictsseem to dissolvewhen Creatorof parentsand children, saying: will improve peoplelive accordingto 1 Corinthianslli "Lord, Youknow my inadequacies. (avoidingboastfulness, irritability, envy, Youknow my weaknesses,not only in onit. jealousy,selfishness, impatience, rude- parenting,but in every areaof my life. I ness,etc.). The ultimateprescription for did the best I could,but it wasn'tgood m harmoniousliving is containedin that one enough.As Youbroke the fishesand the m chapter,and I doubtif arrynew "discov- loavesto feed the 5,000,now take my ery" will ever improve on it. meagereffort anduse it to blessmy fum- to be spentin school.Ifhe squandersthe Why do my kids seem in such a ily. Make up for the things I did wrong. total on a weekenddate, then he is re- hurry to grow up? Statisticalrecords Satisfythe needsthat I havenotsatisfied. sponsibleto either work for his lunches indicate that our children are growing Wnp Yourgreat arms around my children, or go hungry.This is the cold reality he tallertoday than in the past,probably as and draw them close to You. And be will facein later life, and it will not harm a result of better nutrition, medicine,e:<- there whenthey standat the greatcross- him to experiencethe lessonwhile still ercise, rest, and recreation.And this roadsbetween right andwrong. All I can an adolescent. moreideal physical envkonment has ap- give is my best, and I've done that. I should indicate that this principle parentlycaused sexual maturity to occur Therefore,I submitto Youmy children hasbeen known to backfireoccasionally. at youngerand younger ages. Puberty is andmyself and the job I did as a parent. A physician friend of mine has four thoughtto be "turned on" in a particu- The outcomenow belongsto You." daughtersand he provideseach one with lar child when he reachesa certain level I know God will honor that prayer, an annualclothing allowancewhen they of growth; therefore, when environ- evenfor parentswhose job is finished. turn 12. The girls are then responsible mentalcircumstances propel him uplard The lord does not want you to suffer to budgettheir moneyfor the garments at a faster rate, he becomessexually from guilt over eventsyou canno longer they will need throughoutthe year. The mature much earlier. Thus. the trend influence.The pastis the past.kt it die, last child to turn 12, however,was not towardyounger dating and sexualaware- neverto be resurrected.Give the situa- quite mature enoughto handlethis as- nessis a result, at least in part, of this tion to God,and let Him haveit. I think signment.She celebratedher twelfth physiologicalmechanism. I supposewe you'll be surprisedto learnthat you are birthday by buying an expensivecoat, couldslow it downby takingpoorer care no longer alone! which cut deeply into her availablecapi- of our children,but I doubt if that idea My children think we are a tal. The followingspring, she exhausted will gain much support. limitless source of cash. How can her funds totally and wore shredded What happens when I make a I teach them the value of money? stockings,and frayed dresses for the last mistake? There is hardly a parentalive Onegood technique is to giveyour teen three monthsof the year.It wasdfficult who does not have some regrets and enoughcash to meet a particularneed, for her parentsnot to intervene,but they painfulmemories of failuresas a mother and then let him manageit. You can hadthe courageto let her learnthis valu- or father.Children are infinitely complex, begurby offeringa weeklyfood allovmnce ablelesson about money management.

March 1987 33 Arything in abundantsupply becomes rather valueless.I suggestyou restrict the pipelineand maximize the responsibility requiredin dl expenditures. Interestingly,Jesus had more to say in the Bibleabout money than any other subject, which emphasizesthe importance of this topic for my family and yours.He clearlytaught that there is a directrelationship between great riches and spiritualpoverty, as we are witnessing in Americatoday. Accordingly, I be- lieveexcessive materialism in parentshas the power to inflict enormousspiritual ;;riili;lilii ,r damageon our sons and daughters.If ri they seethat we caremore about things o tlan people,if they perceivethat we hare soughttobuy their loveas aguilt-reducer, if they recognizethe hollownessof our -;l **' Christiantestimony when it is accom- {h,' paniedby stinginesswith God,the result i.,sI is often cynicismand disbelief. And more important, when they observe Dad working15 hoursa dayto captureever more of this world's goods,they know wherehis treasureis. Seeingis believing. Why don't our teenage children like to be seen with us? Teenagers self-denigntionis not as uncommonas accomplishesnothing. There is a big dif- are engulfedby a tremendousdesire to one might think. ferencebetween accepting blame when it be adults,and they resentanything which Whilethere is no virtue in becoming is lzlid andsimply chattering about one's impliesthat they are still children.When an image-consciousphony, trying to be inferiority. Your children should know they'reseen with "Mommy andDaddy" somethingwe're not, I believethat go- that their friendsare probablythinking on a Friday night, for example,their ing to the other extremeis alsoa mis- abouttheir own flaws,anyway. humiliationis almostunbearable. They take.While the personis blabbingabout Although he doesn't watch as are not reallyashamed of their parents; all of his ridiculousinadequacies, the much as when he was younger, my they are embarrassedby the adult-baby listeneris formulatinga lastingimpres- son still seems addicted to the tele- role that was more appropriatein prior sionof him. vision. Should I curtail his view- years.Though it is difficultfor you now, So, I do recommendthat you teach ing? Most televisionprogramming is you woulddo well to acceptthis healthy a "no-knock" policy to your children. awfuMccordingto Genld l,ooneyof the aspectof their glowingup without be- They should learn that constantself- Universityof Arizona,by the time the comingdefensive about it. Yourlove rela- criticismcan become a badhabit. and it averagechild reaches14, he will have tionship with your child will be re- witnessed 18,000murders on televi- establishedin a few years,though it will sion, and countlesshours of related never be a parent-childphenomenon violence,nonsense, and unadulterated JJ C again.And that's the wayGod designed drivel. SaulKapel states,furthermore, the processto work. that the mosttime-consuming activity in My daughter is constantly put- cannotbe the life of a child is neither schoolnor ting herself down. How much of familyinteraction. It is television,absorb- this is normal? Oneof the mostobvi- pertectparents ing 14,000valuable hours during the ouscharacteristics of a personwho feels courseof childhood!That is equiralent inferior is that he talksabout his deficien- any more to sitting beforethe tube eight hoursa cies to anyonewho will listen. An over- day,continuously for 4.9 years! weight person feels compelled to than we Other aspectsof televisiondemand apologizeto his companionsfor order- its regulationand control. For onething, ing a hot fudgesundae. He echoeswhat can be it is an enemyof communicationwithin he imaginesthey are thinking: "I'm the family.How canwe talk to eachother alreadyfat enoughwithout eatingthis," pertecthuman when a million-dollarproduction in living he says, scoopingup the cherry and coloris alwaysbeckoning our attention? syrupwith his spoon.Likewise, a woman beings, I am alsoconcerned about the current who thinksshe's unintelligent will admit fashionwhereby program dlectors are freely, "I am really bad at math; I can compelledto includeall the avant-garde hardlv add two and two." This kind of ideas,go a little farther, use a litfle more

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profanity,discuss the undiscussable,and most important bridges leading from assaultthe publicconcept of goodtaste childhoodto adulthood. i anddecency. In so doing,they arehack- Tnt most It is common,then, for a teenager ing away at the foundationsof the to question the veracity of the in- familyand all that representsthe Chris- valuable doctrinationhe has received. He may tian ethic. In recent seasons,for exam- ask himself, "Is there really a God? ple, we were offered hilariouslyfunny contrtbufion DoesHe knowme? Do I believein the episodesabout abortion, divorce, extra- values my parents have taught? Do maritalrelationships, rape, andthe ever- a I want what they want for my life? IS to \ populartheme, "Father is an idiot." If Have they misled me in any way? this is "socialrelevance, " thenI amsick Does my experiencecontradict what to death of the messagesI have been instill I've been taught?" For a period fed. of years beginningduring adolescence Television, with its unparalleled a genuine and continuing into the twenties, capacityfor teachingand edifying,has this intensive self-examinationis occasionallydemonstrated the potential conducted. ' 'Little ' ' faith in God. it carries. Houseon the Prairie This processis especiallydistress- was for years the best programavail- ing to parents who must sit on the able for young children. I would not, sidelinesand watch everything they therefore,recommend smashing the tele- have taught being scrutinized and vision set in despair.Rather, we must parents,which is right andproper. They questioned. It will be less painful, learn to controlit insteadof becomingits are fulfilling their God-givenrespon- however, if both generationsrealize slave. sibility to guide and train him. How- that the soul-searchingis a normal, My husband and I have tried to ever, there mustcome a momentwhen necessarypart of growing up. teach our children what is right. all of these concepts and ideas are What is the most important Now they constantly question examinedby the individual,and either thing a parent can do for his everything they have been taught. adoptedas true or rejectedas false. teenagers? The most valuablecon- Were our efforts in vain? A small If that personalevaluation never comes, tributiona parentcan make to his child childis told what to think duringhis for- then the adolescentfails'to spanthe is to instill in him a genuine faith in mativeyears. He is subjectedto all the gapbetween "What I've beentold" and God. What greater ego satisfaction attitudes. biases. and beliefs of his "What I believe." This is one of the could there be than knowing that the Creator of the universeis acquainted with me, personally?That He values me more than the possessionsof the entire world; that He understands my fears and my anxieties; that He reaches out to me in immeasurable love when no one else cares;that His only Son, Jesus,actually gave His life for me; that He can turn my liabilities into assets and my emptiness into fullness; that a better life follows this one, where the presenthandicaps andinadequacies will all be eliminated- where earthly pain and suffering will be no more than a dim memory! What a beautiful philosophywith which to "clothe" your child. What a fantastic messageof hopeand encouragement for the broken teenager who has been crushedby life's circumstances.This is self-esteemat its richest,not dependent on the whimsof birth or socialjudgment or the cult of the superchild,but on divinedecree.

I JamesDobson's answers were taken from Parentsand Teenagers,edited by JayKesler, published by VictorBooks, Wheaton,Illinois, 1984.

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When you must discipline, consider this: Are you correcting your child as you would want God to correct you?

neither chasten[instruct, yasarl me n Couldone reasonablyinterpret Psalm thy hot displeasure"(Ps. 6:1). 118:18to mean that a parent could or s child abuse increases Chastenmeans to instruct! Weeasily should spank a child until that child is and family control of chil- read our own biasesand culture into sore, as long as the child is not killed? drendecreases, Christian God'sWord, with anattitude of, "That's The true meaningsclearly showthat the parentssearch for direc- what it oughtto say,"ratler t}tansearch- verse is simply sayingthat the lord has tion on when andhow to ing the Scripturesfor the true meaning. foundit necessaryto instruct me over discipline. Realizing their God-given Weread Proverbs 19:18 and assume the andover again, but he hasnot givenup responsibilityto nurture and contol chi- son's crying is from the pain of a spank- on me, dren, they want to be firm enoughto cor- ing rather than a crying out in objection We often take Proverbs ]j]:24 to rect unacceptablebehavior, but not so to being taught. Psalm6:1 is describing meantlat a loving parent is a spanking firm as to injure or damage a child. what we would call a scoldingin today's parent,but notice againthat it is ils rod, Whereis the line?How far is far enough, terminology. a symbolof authority, that shouldnot be but not too far?The clearanswer to this Another exampleof the need for sparedand a loving parent is one who dilemmalies in a carefulreading of the carefulscrutinry of familiarpassages is teacheseach day. Bible. seenin the followingverses. "The lnrd Chastendoes not communicateplrys- Does God expect parentsto spank hath chastened[instructed,, yasarf me icalpunishment, but instruction,convic- childrenwith the hand,a rod, or not at sore loaeedingly,mnd]: but he hathnot tion, to make humble, and to tmin up. all? Is spankingan outdated and cruel givenme overunto death" (Ps.118:18). When we interpret chasten to mean method,or one that God expectsus to "He that sparethhis rod hatethhis son: "punishment" instead of "teaching" continueusing? Three key words relate but he that lovethhim chasteneth[gives and "correcting," we readour own opin- to discipline within a famly-chasten, instruction, musarl him betimes [with ions into versessuch as these. chastise,and rod. Without a clearunder- the dawn,shacar l" (Prov.13:24). Chastisemenfis another matter. standingof the meaningof thesewords, There can be no mistaking the intent there is no hopefor establishingBible- when the following passagesare ex- baseddiscipline in a home. amined."He thatchastiseth theheathen, To Chasten or Chastise? People shallhe not correct?" (Ps.94:10). 'And often use words interchangeably,even the eldersof that city shalltake that man when the words have vastly different may havebeen andchastise him" (Deut. 22:18)."I will meanings.Chasten and cftasfi'sesound chastisethem" 0ehovahto disobedient similar, look similar, even are similar in a switch Israel, Hos. 7:72). "I will therefore someways, but they havevery different chastisehim, and releasehim," (Pilate meanings.They are not the same! for spanking, to the crowd,Luke 23:16). The word tmnslated "chasten" in Chastisementclearly involves either Englishhas severalgenerally accepted the threat of physicalpunishment or the meaningsaccording to Bible scholars. a pointer punishmentitself. Note that chastise- Chasten can mean "to convict" mentwas a functionresenred for civil and (yakach),"instruct" (yasar),"to hum- for directing religiousauthorities or for GodHimself. ble" (anah), and "to be convicted" God chastises. Arthorities chastise. (tokachath). These original Hebrew and reminding, hrents do not chastise!There is no ap- wordsare usedin the Old Testamentas plicationof chastisementto the hmily en- well as "to be trained" (1aideia)from or a symbol vironment. We do not find this the New TestamentGreek. Of these, connectionin the Proverbsor arrywhere "to instruct" (yasar)is the most com- elsein the Bible.There is no doubtthat monmeaning fot chasten.lnok at these of parentalpower parentsare instructed to help their chil- examples. dren in controllingtheir behaviorand to "Chasten [instruct, yasar) tJry son andauthority, use physicalmethods when necessary, while there is hope,and let not thy soul asin Proverbs73:24. But the levelof in- sparefor his crying" (Prov.19:E). "O Inrd, rebuke me not in thine anger, I

is gnce at meals.Some the Lord. Leadinga child more choicesthat will children weary of thanking from spiritualblindness into honor God. The Holy Spirit God for His provisions the Light is a high calling. living inside a youngsteris three times a day-but they What a thrill to see a child not only a powerful leveler are usually the ones who possesswith surety his title for that youngperson, but need that traditionthe as a chosenperson, adopted also a sourceof hope for most. We shouldnever lose into God's family,planned frustratedparents. sight of the fact that "every for sinceGod createdthe How patheticto hear good gift and every perfect world and lovedas much as moms and dadscrying out gift is from above,and the Son of God Himself. to God, in tears, for the comethdown from the kad your child early to salvationof disobedient Father." Sayinggrace three take his crown and claim his teens. They could have times a day helpscement citizenshipin the kingdom been broughtto Christ GivingThanks: that fact into the mind of of God. Teachhim that pos- much easierat an earlier eachfamily member. Educat- sessionis firm because age, and that would haveal- A Family ing and reminding our fami- Christ is holdingon to him. lowedyears at home for lies of provisionis one good Assurehim that he is linked nurture of their faith. Tradition reasonamong many for ob- inseparablyand eternallyto Presentingthe gospelto by Tim and BeueilyLaHaye servingthe traditionof giv- God by his steadfastdeci- childrenis sigaificantbusi- ing thanks. sion to followJesus. ness. We are dealingwith Iast month we saw that Why lead childrento humanbeings, not "just good traditions are worth Christ?Perhaps the key to children." The conversionof keeping alive. They not only fighting juvenile delinquency an adult is no more impor- educateeach member of Why Lead is the salvationof children tant. Childrenhave great the family,but also give sta- YourChild to beforeadolescence when potentialto influencethe bility and a senseof belong- Satanwars so mightily and world. God is watching.So ing. Traditionsencourage us Christ? successfullyin their ranks. are angels. Sharingwith to believethat the God who Oncethe job of evangelizing youngstersis God's way of takes care of our family will Jesussaid, "Suffer little is done,and the child's de- putting His plan into opera- also providefor us in- children,and forbid them cisionis made,the Holy tion, God's way of insuring dividually. not, to come unto me: for Spirit will begin to direct that the childrenentrusted The first traditionI sug- of such is the kingdomof the younglife. Our God is to us passfrom spiritual gest is prayer.Usually the heaven"(Matt. 19:14). the God of childrentoo, and deathinto new life in first thing a coupledoes Someparents mistakenly will do far more than we Christ. Long after contem- after being pronouncedhus- assumetheir child is a ask or think. He provides porary buildingscrumble band and wife is to kneel to Christian.A child must an addedmeasure of help and monumentserode, a pray.This act of submission make a personaldecision throughtimes of temptation child with his unlimited indicatestheir dependence for Christ. He must be told and trouble. A Christian capabilitiescan be persuad- on God for the necessities that eternal life is not in- child has at least some self- ing others to believe. of life and a looking to Him herited from his parentsand disciplineand restraint from Perhapsthe door to bring- for guidance. that there are no second- sin. And if by adolescence, ing the world to its knees For some couples,that generationChristians. he has had severalyears of beforealmighty God is marriageprayer is the last Even in strongBible- trainingfor Christ, he is throughchild evangelism. time they turn to God until centeredhomes, parents more likely to makebetter some difficulty overwhelms sometimesskirt the issue, decisionsabout his life and Adaptedftom Building them. Adoptingprayer as a dependingon the churchto Your Child's Faith by Nice daily habit is far better. challengetheir children to Chapin,O 1983Here's Life When childrenjoin the make a definitedecision. Publishers,Inc. Used by family they enter into the Most peoplewho do not ac- prayertradition. cept Christ when they are Often a coupleprays childrenor youngpeople, together until their first never do so at all. The child gets old enoughto join older peoplegrow, the family devotions,discontinu- more difficult the decision ing their specialtime to- becomes.Surely the chil- gether in prayer.Consider dren of believersought to maintainingboth family and be believerstoo! coupleprayer at least three No parent has a right to or four times eachweek. rest until eachyoungster Another prayertradition has madea commitmentto

44 FundamentalistJournal Suicide? commit suicide.mlSL. Sometimesseverely Not My Child depressedpeople suddenly appearhappy because they With the rising adoles- havedecided on a "solu- cent suiciderate, parents tion" to their problem- must not avoidthis sensi- suicide.It's only a matter tive subject.To understand of how and when. the problem,several myths Tips for Concerned aboutsuicide must be dis- Parents. Parents,family, pelled. and friends shouldlook for 1. Suicidalpeople want specificbehaviors in to die. Nothingcan be done depressedadolescents such to stop them. FAISE. Most as happinessafter a long peoplewant to be stopped. depressionand the adoles- i'll' 2. Suicideoccurs cent's getting his affairs in without warning.FAHE. order. Is he giving away Most suicidalpeople hint at prized possessionsto their intentions. friends?Does he seem to 3. Talkingto someone be sayinggood-bye by going abouthis suicidalfeeling to teachers and friends and will causehim to commit apologizingfor behavior suicide.FAISE. Talking that has damagedthe knvmmgGilffiy aboutit enablesthe poten- relationships? tial suicideto air his feel- Is the adolescenta par- ings and gain the support ticularly sensitiveperson? needed get I took a piece of plasticclay to throughhis Does he havedfficulty con- dfficult time. trolling his impulsesor is And idly fashionedit one day. 4. There is a typical he unableto verbalize type of personwho com- anger?Is he prone to And as my fingerspressed it, still mits suicide.FALSE. Sui- revenge?Does he say cide occursamong all thingslike, "You'll be sorry It movedand yieldedto my will. classesof people.Because for what you havedone to the idea of suicideis so me," or, "You'll be sorry horrendousto Christians, whenI'm gone." I cameagain when dayswere past: an attemptby a Christian Doesthe adolescentap- pear The bit of clay was hard at last. ehildcould be a very effec- chronicallyor acutely tive way to get someoneto withdrawn,aggressive, or The form I gaveit still it bore, hear his cry for help. moody?Does he manifest 5. All suicidalpeople somaticproblems such as And I could fashionit no more! leavenotes. FAISE. Only physicalillness, intestinal 15 percentof those who are troubles,lack of energy, successfulleave notes. headaches,palpitations, I took a piece of living clay, 6. Suicidalpeople are in- blurred vision, or acute sane.FAISE. Very few are. anxiety? And gently pressedit day by day, 7. Those who attempt Overt actionsand state- And moldedwith my power and art suicide will not try again. ments such as hopeless- EALSE. ness, extremeloneliness, or A youngchild's soft and yieldingheart. 8. Suicideis an inherited actualtalk of suicideshould charzcteristic.FALSE. This be taken seriously. is believedtrue because Loss of a parent, the I cameagain when yearshad gone: suicideseems to run in end of a romanceor friend- somefamilies. The reasons ship are times of risk. It was a man I lookedupon. are not genetic, however. Parentsneed not be The emotionalclimate of afraid of voicing their con- He still that early impressbore, the family is most likely the cerns, but shouldexpress And I could fashionit no more! culprit. them in a sensitive way. It 9. A personwho sud- is appropriateto say, "I denly becomeshappy after havenoticed that you've -Author Unknown a depressionis unlikelyto been troubledlately, and I

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want you to know that I am restrictions virtually from home and hearth is a concerned.Would you help impossible. Family fact of life that each of us me understandwhat is hap- I havefound that parental Bookshelf must learn to handle.over pening?" When the adoles- disapprovalof an undesirable and over again." Among the cent does tell you, listen friend almost alwaysinsures Scuff Marks on the topicsincluded are begin- with an understandingear, that the teen will cling to Ceiling by DeniseTirrner. ning school,passing along and do not try to correct that friend. The instinctive The authoruses her ex- values,humor in the home, his view of things. Re- desirein a teenagerto be perience and wit to reveal the husband-wiferelation- mindersof the hope that independentfrom parents how parents can actually ship, and momentsparents the Bible offers are appro- makeshim take parentaldis- enjoy raising their child dur- dreadmost. priate in due time. But first, approvalas a "dare." ing the grade-schoolyears. ScuffMarks reallyshows stand with him in hispain, Teachingyoung people to Intertwining Scripture and how those energeticlittle and feel it as hefeels il. be responsiblefor their biblicalapplication with first- peoplemake life more Alert other adults who friendsinvolves at least personaccounts and practi- interesting-even for ex- have contact with your child three things.First, it means cal advice.she makesthis hausted parents. (Word about your concernsso being willing to allow these book interestingand relevant. Books,1986, 185 pp., $11.95) they can be awareof de- friendsinto the homebut On startingto school, structivebehavior. holdingthe teenagerrespon- Turner says,"Separation Cindy B. Gunter If the adolescentdoes sible for the actionsof the not respondto the parent's friendswhen they are there. loving, caring, understanding Second,it meansholding An excerpt from concern,professional help the teenagerresponsible for Scuff Marks on the Ceiling shouldbe sought.That canbe his actionswith friends. by Denise Tumer a positivemessage to the For example,if he adolescentthat you hear him is out with friends,and God is neverfar from and take him seriously. one decidesto try shoplift- your child's side. In fact, ing, they a[ might be tlere have been many Andre Bustanoby broughtto the police sta- days during my daugh- tion. A parentwho lets a ter's early schoolyears teenageroff the hook with when I have been able to TeachingYour the excuse,"It wasn'tme; see, very clearly, how it was a kid I was with," closely God works with Child to Be has missedan opportunity little children. Tirke the Responsible.. . to teachthat youngperson day when Becky decided the importanceof being an she shouldn'thave to "accomplice."Ietting them share her crayons,for With Friends. A re- know that they are affected example. cent study, The Priaate Life by the actionsof their Both her father and I had tried to reason with her, of the American Tbennger, friendsis a harshbut but to no avail."Please God, teach her to be more lov- foundthat 88 percentof the necessarylesson in life. ing," was my silent prayer as my child walked out the teenagerssurveyed would Finally,teenagers need to door that morning. "I don't seem to know how to get "see their friends evenif be taughtto be responsiblefor through to her this time, so I'll have to leave it up to their parentsdisapprove." their own individualactions. you." What doesthis say to the Whenthey try to excusepoor Becky left for school that day clutchingher parent who wants to build gradeswith, "None of my cherishedbox of bright new cnryonsclose to her heart, responsibilityinto a friends did well either" or determinednever to let anyonetouch them. But a little teenager? they blamemisconduct on, boy at school sharedhis own new crayonswith her that Basically,the messageis "All of my friends were do- day anyway-and she accidentallybroke one of them. 'That's that most teenagersare going it too," parentsmust "He just said, okay,'in a soft little voice, ing to choosetheir friends emphasizethat showing Mommy," Becky later told me in great amazement."I (perhapsthe most valued responsibilitymeans stand- thought he was going to pull my hair or kick me in the assetin the world of the ing apart from friends if stomach,or at least tell the teacheron me, but he teenager)regardless of the they are being bad in- didn't." opinion of the parents. No fluences. How much those words have continuedto mean to matter how strict a mother my child, time and time again. Two simple little words, or father may be about X Adaptedfrom But You whisperedbarely loud enoughto hear. "That's okay." "not seeingTommy," the Don't Understnndby PavI The same words my heavenlyFather said to me this teenager will continue to Borthwick,published (1986) very morning, and yesterday,and the day before, in see him. The high school by Oliver-Nelson,Nashville, almost t}te same wav. environmentmakes such Tennessee.

46 FundamentalistJournal JeromeHines EnjoyingHis Destinyand Giving God the Glory

byAngela Elwell Hunt "The lord tells me to do it and I do it," replied e never realized Hines. he had talent until He has toured the he was 16-the Soviet Union four times, suddenlysurprised posses- recordednumerous record sor of a fine, early matur- albums,and written three ing bassvoice. "I had plannedto be a Over 800 performanceslater, Hines books, an opera, and many published chemistsince I was 13," JeromeHines is still thrilling audienceswith his rich paperson mathematics.He hasreceived said, "but after I discoveredmy voiceI voiceand powerful stage presence. He has numerous awards and holds nine thoughtI'd be an operasinger and keep beenwith the Met for 41 years,7 years honorarydoctorates. He is a dynamo,a chemistryas somethingto fallback on." longerthan anyone in the Met's history. man who continuesto work hard at age JeromeHines seemeddestined for On his 40th anniversary,the governorof 65. For.relaxationhe simplystarts "do- the stageand bright lights. He studied NewJersey presented Hines with a cita- ing somethingelse." He is not the type voiceprivately in his nativeHollywood, tiononthe Met stage,and agalareception to sit anddo nothing.If you were to find California,with GennaroCurci and at- washeld after the eveningperformance. JeromeHines on the beach,he wouldbe tendedthe Universityof Californiaat lns Recentlya newspaperreporter asked scubadiving, playing games with his fam- Angeles, majoring in chemistry and Hines why he continuedto work at an ily, or perhapsworking a mathematics mathematics. age when most singershave retired. problem. He wasonly 19when he begansing- JeromeHines is manythings, includ- ingwith the CivicLight OperaCompany ing devotedhusband and loving father. of Los Angeles.He sangwith the San t t He marriedthe well-knownItalian opera FranciscoOpera Company the next year, Wnrbveryou singerl,ucia Evangelistain 1952.They and was honoredto be the Hollywood haveraised four sonsand now have four Bowlsoloist twice. Hines intemrpted his aredoing at the grandchildren."My wife is an incredible singrngcareer for two years to work as moment your woman,"says Hines. "First of all she's a chemistwith the Union Oil Company. is smarter than I am. She was a better He resumed sinClng with the New gre ate st op p o rtu n i ty." singer,and she can tell me what I'm do- OrleansOpera Company and becamea ing wrong. She'sa marvelouscook, an leadingbass with the MetropolitanOpera extremelybeautiful woman, and a great Companyin 1946" support'tome. She'soften beencalled

March 1987 47 a perfectionist,but I think she'ssimply ttT in a circle in the center of the room. We superior.She has all kinds of abilities. I he bestthing all waited to see what this was about. After the birth of our third son she re- Russellthen steppedin betweenLucia tired from opera, sayingthat she simply aboutmy God is the and me and kissedus on the shoulder. couldn't do both jobs-mothering and He waited until everyone in the circle opera-well. Whatevershe does, she veryfact that He even kissedeach other in turn, then he raised wantsto do a reallygood job. We'vehad bothercabout me and his hands,laughed, and walked away. He a productivemarriage in every respect." left eachof us in tears. Hines has received acclaim from thatHe lovesme." "Difficulties are resolvedin the way royalty, dignitaries,and scholarsaround you hce them. Perhapsthe situationthat the world,but howdoes he measurehis upsetsme the mostis to seea millionand own accomplishments?"My only criteria a half babies slaughtered every year. is that when I do somethingthe lord Whateverhappened to motherlylove and says, 'That was a good job,' " says human sensitivity? The human race Hines. "He doesn't alwayssay that. that He evenbothers about me andthat doesn't deserveas much credit as we Often I say, 'Inrd, I've let you down.' He lovesme." give it sometimes.To see the medical And He'll answe! 'That's right.' " The Hines family has felt the love of communityand rational people defending Jerome Hines, vibrant Christian, God in a very special way. Lucia and abortionas a moralaction just tearsme reports that there are many Christians Jerome'sfourth son, Russell, is a Down's apart." in operatoday, but there was "nobody syndromechild. Despite the enormity of contem- in the old days,30 or 40 yearsago." His "When the babywas born the lnrd poraryissues, Hines is gladhe is living 'Rejoice greatestchallenge is "trying to let God spoketo my heart andsaid, for today. "Aside from maybe the time of do thingsin spite of me." this child,' " recallsHines. "Twenty-four Christ, I like living at this time in histo- Like manysingers, Hines possesses hourslaterwe found that hewasretarded. ry. I think we all feel the finaltimes shap- a strongwill, whichhe considersan asset But it hasturned out to be sucha warm ing up more now than at anyother time. in his career."There are peoplewho will anddelightful experience. When Russell Therehave been enormous, bewildering neverget to the top unlessthey havea was10, he madehcia standin the mid- changes,but it's excitingto be where certainsense of destinyabout them, a dle ofthe floor.He reachedforhis grand- there is so muchopportunity. The me- 'never-say-die'type of attitude.The chal- motler andme, andput us in the center diahas presented ways of reachingpeo- lenge is turning that drive over to God of the room with Lrcia. Then he went ple that havenever existedbefore." andlearning to acceptHis directionfirst." upstairs and brought his three older AndJerome Hines is usinghis voice Other aspiring singers often ask brothersdown and placed them with us to do the same. I Hinesfor adviceabout their careers."I can't tell them whether or not they shouldpursue opera-I'm not the 'Prot- estantPope,' " saysHines. "It's a matter a personhas to settle individually with the Lnrd. A personmay have a fine voice,but God may not want to use it. Another person may have a mediocre $rrn6B1 voice,and God may intend to useit. You can't call your own personalambition God'sguidance. You have to decidewhat )?!Jil1ft God wants you to do. "Whatever you are doing at Jhe moment is your greatestopportunity. You YffiPr-x neverknow what is importantin God's eyes.You encounter surprising people. To think that someonemay be readyto Dr*tu acceptChrist, andyou havethe opportunity to do somethingabout it, is -$ffinr6 incredible." Hines is a strong witness as he th€ havels.Once a well-dressedman walked ort up and introducedhimself as a medical doctor."I heardyou speakwhen I was r a drunk on skid row," saidthe man. "I $snrP was savedthat night." The mantearfully shookJerome's hand and walkedaway. "The most influential person in my life is Christ, andI'm not just giv- Jesus .. ing the party [ne," saysHines. "The I THINK YOU COIJLD SAY OLIR CINGRE6AIION I.{AS AI€EN SENSEAf ?OLIIICS,II best thingabout my Godis the very fact

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LU€potlight tional. In fact, the president of the Oxford college where Miethe HeadsLU we stayedsaid that his stnff Oxford Studv had fallen in love with our students,"Miethe said. "Our studentsnot only studiedat Oxford. traveled all around England, learned of the history and culture- so much of which is the basisof our history and culture-but they witnessed to their Christianfaith. While we were in Oxford a Jewishstudent accepted Jesusas Inrd and Saviour. Our studentswere not at all ashamedof their Christian- ity, and they lived up to the commitmentof our school. A workingrelationship We should be proud of has been establishedwith them. They witnessedwith SurgeonGeneral Speaks at LU Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, allow- graceand intelligence." ing LU to create the Oxford Accordingto Miethe How well we educateour youngpeople about the danger Study Centre.The Centre there were approximately of AIDS will determinewhether or not our societycan suryive will gve a limited number 250 applicantsfor the pro- the disease,C. Everett Koop,surgeon general of the United of exceptionalLU students gram for the summerof States,told the studentbody of Liberty Universityat the open- the advantageof study with- 1987with 15 students ing chapelservice for the university'ssecond semester. in the context of one of the selected.Seven of these After givinga brief personaltestimony in which Koop ex- oldestuniversities in the had a grade point averageof plainedthat he learnedto trust Christunder the leadershipand world. A summerstudy 3.97or above.No student teachingof the renownedDonald G. Barnhouse,Koop went programabroad, centered at had a GPAof under 3.75, on to givea lessonon AIDS, "a killer" on the loose."I have one of the great universities and all have a very strong a mandateto protectthe Americanpeople," Koop said, "and of Europe,will make a commitmentto Christian what I am sayingis a refutationof what manypeople have said uniquecontribution to the excellenceand Christian I havesaid or thoughtI havesaid and incorrectlyreported in educationalexperience of service. the press of this country." Liberty students. He explainedthe history and the future dangersof AIDS Terry L. Miethe, dean if sociologicaltrends do not changethe courseof the disease. of the Oxford Study Centre, Calendar He stronglyadvocated faithful monogamous marriages, absti- servesas an adjunctprofes- nencefrom premaritalsex, andstrong parental sex education. sor at WycliffeHall, Oxford, March "Find someonewho is worthy of your respectand your love, and has faculty status at the 7-TRBC Indies' givethat personboth, andstay faithful to him or to her," said BodleianLibrary and Oxford Fellowship Koop. "In other words, short of total abstinence,the best University.Miethe, who is "Day Apart with defenseagainst AIDS is to maintaina faithfulmonogamous rela- professorof philosophyat Nancy Epperson tionshipin whichyou haveonly one continuingsexual partner Liberty, is a Phi Beta Kappa Retreat" at Eagle and that personis as faithfulas you are." and holds six earned Eyie, Virginia AIDS is "uniformly fatal," explainedKoop, and the num- degreesincluding a Ph.D. in Lg-Bill Gaither Trio/ bers are frightening.In January1986, the United Stateshad philosophyfrom Saint lnuis GaitherVocal Band 16,000AIDS cases.InJanuary LgU, there were 30,000 reported Universityand a second at LU cases.By 1990,predicted Koop, "the cumulativetotal will be Ph.D. in theology/social 20-Dr. Falwell speaksat 273,000.Make no mistakeabout it, AIDS is spreadingin more ethicsfrom the University First Baptist Church and more peopleand it is a fatal disease." of SouthernCalifornia. in Menitt Island, fu he introducedthe surgeongeneral, Dr. Falwelldescribed "[ast summerour stu- Florida Koopas "a dynamicChristian, a manof principle,and one com- dents were receivedin the 24-26-LU CareerExplora- mitted to an inerrantBible." most graciousway possible tion Week Over6,000 students, faculty members, and media represen- by Oxford faculty and stu- n-Apil 5 tativesfilled the university'smultipurpose building to hearthe dents alike. They judged -LU sping uacation surgeongeneral's address. our studentson their merits and World Impact and foundthem to be excep- Campaignto Europe I Angela E. Hunt

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Meyer also cohoststhe cludedare "This Is the teachingthe songsto a group. "State BasketballReport Day," "He's Got the Whole "The Branches" are 117 with Jeff Meyer and Dennis Worldin His Hands,""Come fourth-, fifth-, and sixth- Carter," an eight-week Bless the Lord," and other graders.Director Herb showpremiering on WSEI classicand contemporary Owensaid, "Music is one channel13, in Lynchburg. selections.Brentwood Pub- of our greatesttools to The showwill focuson the lishingalso recorded sing- teach the gJeattruths of 10 DivisionI teamsin along tapes (split-track)for God's Wordto our kids." Virginia. "Kids Sing LU Museumof Earth Flames Praise" and Life History PromotesCreationism Basketball Number Eight on CoachWins ChristianAlbum 100rh Chart LU basketballcoach Jeff In DecemberContem- Meyer postedhis 100thwin porary Christian Music in December.Meyer enlisted Kids Sing Praise by tered the seasonwith a "The Branches"of TRBC 94-53record and a .639 as numbereight on its Top winningpercentage, which 50 Christianalbum chart. rates him as the most win- Albumsby SteveGreen, ning coachin the young Amy Grant, MichaelW. Libery Flamesbasketball Smith,Petra, DeGarmo & history. Someof Meyer's Key, and SandiPatti pre- other accomplishmentsat ceded"The Branches"on Liberty includebeing named the chart which reflectsre- NAIA District 19 Coachof tail salescompiled from the Yearin 1981-82;winning reports obtainedfrom the NAIA District 29 cham- selectedChristian stores. pionship,placing fifth in the "The Branches"recorded NAIA Nationalsin 1982-83; an albumof 43 praise, A whale'sjawbone, sharks' teeth, andother uniquefos- and beingnamed as the Scripture,and fun songs sil specimensdepicting life beforethe Flood are on exhibit Mason-DixonAthletic Con- availableon doublealbum, at the LU Museumof Earth and Life History. ferenceCoach of the Year long-playingcassette, and in The museumopened May 5, 1986,and is continually in 1984-85. a sing-alongsongbook. In- growing.Over 25 exhibits,including actual fossils and modelspecimens, cover diversetopics. It is the nation's largestcreation museum. LookingBack...1968 Where do the exhibitscome from?I:ne Lester. director of the museum,has commissionedprizewinning taxi- OliverB. GreeneHolds Tent Revival dermist and sculptor,Buddy Davis of Utica, Ohio, to carve modelsof actualfossils. He has carveda life-sizemodel of the smallestdinosaur ever known to havelived, as well as other exhibits.James Hall, associatedirector, and fulton Murray,previously on the staff of the SmithsonianInstitu- tion, broughtback specimensexcavated last summer.The TitanothereExhibit, featuringthe three-foot-longskull of an extinct beast similarto our present-dayrhinoceros, is on loan from ScottsBluff NationalMuseum in Nebraska. Other fossil collectionshave been donated. "Many Christiansdon't understandcreationism. We haveessentially two missions,"said lrster. "We havethe On the 12th anniversarycelebration of TRBC, Oliver B. missionof educationand the missionof research." Greenefrom Greenville,South Carolina,conducted a "tent-revival-style"meeting. Attendance climbed to 5,040. I Martha Harper

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the pastorstep aside. God'sleading in his wife's Examinecandidates carefully Slumpsare also mis- life at this time. to be assuredof their alle- taken as a sign of the end Awareness starts. By gianceto truth. of a ministry. Nearly every now as much as a year may Be open to new work encounterstimes of havepassed. Key leaders leadership. Do not com- decline,a true test of a mayrecognize the possibility pare your new pastor with leader'scharacter and forti- of the pastor'sleaving, the old one. View the tude. By nllying the flock, althoughthe pastor should new pastor as sent from contendingfor the faith, and keep this matter to himself. God. Thougha new pastor rediscoveringa vision for God will bring the aware- shouldmake changes the task, God'sservant can nessto godly peoplewhen gradually,members should transforma potentialcalam- the time is right. allowhim the freedomto ity into a God-honoringtri- Replacement visual- lead. Changing umph.A pastorand his ized. A responsiblepastor peopleshould not interpret who valuesthe work he has I Brent D. Earles is pas- Pastorsand suddenproblems as a sign accomplishedwill seek tor of OpenDoor Baptist that the preachershould God'shelp on the ideal Church,Kansas City, Pastorates moveon. replacement.The transition Kansas. by Brent D. Eailes But there are times is aboutto begin. when a changeof ministry Specific doors. As the Pastorsmove. The aver- is indicated.A smoothtran- pastorprays, God will pin- agetenure of a pastor's sition takes a significant point his new ministry and ministry is aboutthree amountof time and usually will open the door. The Outline years.Three yearsis also materializesthis way: stageof his preparationis the minimumtime neces- Effectiveness peaks. complete. The Good Shepherd sary for a pastor and flock Only God knowswhen the During this realization Psalm23:1-6 to developa solid rapport. pastor'swork in a churchis processthe pastorshould Ironically,pastors often finished.God initiatesthe remainfaithful to his con- A. He providesphysical leavejust when the work is change. gregation.One of the most needs(w. 1-2) ripe for progress. Restlessnessgrows. beneficialthings he can do B. He providesspiritual Two false signalsin- This frequentlybegins as a is to build unity. This one- strength(v. 3) fluencepastors to change inneruneasiness and be- ness will help them endure C. He providesprotection ministries.Some fall prey to comesfull-blown frustration the dramaticchange and (v. 4-5a) "honeymoonitis,"a wonder- when effectivenessplateaus. will give them a headstart D. He providesanointing ful time when the church God preparesHis senant when the new pastor (v. 5b) showersits new pastor with for fresh challengeswhere comes. E. He providesgoodness goodnessand gifts. When he is-or for a new The resigningpastor can (v. 6) the honeymoonis over, the pastorate. also assistin callinga new pastor thinks his ministry Burden diminishes. pastorby recommending there is over too. Rarelyis Althoughthe overallburden one or two men to the pul- WordStudy that the case. for soulsand the future of pit committee. Tiouble usuallyfollows the churchstill weighs When the responsibility Shepherd (Raah). the honeymoon.Pastors and heavilyon him, the pastor of findinga new pastoris The imageof God as a membersneed to realize has dfficulty envisioning left to the members,con- shepherdis imbedded that no churchis an excep- himselfas the standard- sider the following: throughoutthe Old Testa- tion. Chasingoff a pastor bearerto that congregation. Don't waste time. ment. He goes before when problemsarise does Fresh vision. The pas- Move with brisk cautionto His flockGs. 68:?. He not solveanything and may tor developsa new burden get God'sman. The longer guidesit (Ps. 12:3).He bring deeperheartaches. for a generalarea, not a a churchis without a pastor leadsit to pastures(fer. Nor shoulda pastor run at specfficplace. God does not the greaterthe dangersgrow. 50:19)and places of rest the first sight of battle. lead in the recklesspursuit Don't let age be a andrefreshment (Ps. 23:2; Workingthrough problems, of anotherchurch. During hindrance. The man 80:1;Isa. 40:11; 49:10). He learningthe lessonsGod this preparationstage God's shouldbe qualifiedand able, protectsthe flock with His has for him, and seeking ser"antshould rely on prayer but agedoes not always staffGs. 23:4) andcarries God'sdirection will equip and obedienceto the Word determinewho is best suited the Lambin His bosom him to overcomesimilar as the new burdenincreases. for a task. New Park Street (Isa.40:11). More thanany dfficulties in the future. Spouse agrees. God Chapelhad the courageto other expression, Only when the circum- will preparethe pastorand call an 18-year-old-Charles "shepherd"is suitedto stancesbecome ungovern- his wife for the change.A Spurgeon. showGod's special relation able (Godforgrve us!) should man shouldbe sensitiveto Get a sound man. to His people.

52 FundamentalistJournal CapturingInterest through Games Part 2 might includecourtesy, I-ast month we discoveredhow games can be used to cap- sportsmanship,and the ture interest in teaching Bible lessons. Perhaps you are con- valuableability of building vinced that making games is worth trying, but you do not know alliancesfor a commongoal where to begin. Here is how it started for me. (a cooperativespirit). Follow good principles and keep it simple. My first board Gamesalso assist in develop- games took the form of a race. To make a game board, you ing relationships. Many shy people are not comfortable in a might draw 10 or 20 squaresend-to-end. For marker pieces, group. They don't know how to "enter in." The structured, use buttons, coins, drawingsof little people running, or pic- nonthreateningenvironment of a game allowsthose with weak- tures of animalscut from a magaztne.Make question cardswith er social skills to become a part of the team and to feel secure the answerswritten on the backs. Each person (or team) takes in the group relationship. turns drawing a question card and tries to answer. A correct Games developother kinds of skills as well. answermay equal two spacesforward, and an incorrect answer Decision-making skills. Many gamesrequire strategy may equal one spacebackward. to win. Choices are not alwayseasy. The game becomes a This basic game structure is only the beginningof your own vehicle for learning how to make decisions. elaborate concoctions as you build on the foundations of ex- Learning how to cope with failure. Mistakes in judg- perience and a cultivated imagination.You may wish to include ment often result in failure. [earning how to live with the con- a spinner to determine how many spacesforward or back. You sequencesof one's choicesis a good quality to learn early inlife. may make the trail follow the path of Paul's missionary travels Cautiousness. Making foolishchoices and being impul- aroundthe MediterraneanSea. I put a fiery furnaceat the end sive is easy in a game-and in real life. The child who wants of 10 squaresto make the Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego to win must learn to think answersthrough. game. Patience. Like waitinguntil Christmasto open presents, Television game shows provide a wide spectrum of easily waiting for your turn when you know the answer is hard. adaptedformats. For example,a game similar to "Jeopardy" Patience is a virtue and many games reinforce its value. can be createdby typing up Scripture cards in a selectionof Attentiveness. In order to win, playersmust be attentive categories(Repentance, Faith, Inve, Attributes of God, etc.). to the rules and to others' answers.The good feeling of "win- Some children'sgames may also be revamped.Pick up used ning" helps keep students attentive to the material you teach. gamesat garagesales, cannibalize their contents,and be cre- Gamesare not a substitutefor disciplineand perseverance ative in inventing new games. The local library is alwaysavail- in study, but a good game can transform a drab hour into a able as a source for game constructionand ideas. joyous fellowshipin learning. In addition to information, children develop many skills through playing well-conceivededucational games. Socialskills I Ed Newman

Henry engineering,and as presi- dren and are now enjoying dent of ChristianHeritage 15 grandchildren. Morris- College.He hasreceived Despite his incredible honorarydegrees from record of achievement and Scientistand manyschools and has been his scholarly pursuits, in Christian namedto such illustrious conversation Morris publicationsas Who'sWho seems completelypnc- Today he is primarily in Science.Who's Who in tical and down-to-earth. known for being one of the Engineeing, Who'sWho in During his own college nation's most expert cre- America, Who'sWho in the days at Rice University, ation scientists,but Henry World,Arnerican Men of Morris was a Christian and Morris, president of the In- Science,and Leaders in a theistic evolutionist: stitute for Creation AmericanScience. "I believed evolution was Research,is a man of ver- Morris has authored35 simply God's method of satile talents and endless books,prepared "helps" creation." titles. A respected academi- for the Gideonhotel and But later, when he was cian, he has directed 12 hospitalBible, lectured in the CollegeBaptist Church an instructor at Rice master's theses and four 45 statesand 7 foreign in Blacksburg,Virginia. University, Morris attempted Ph.D. dissertations.He has countries,400 churches, Not only is Morris a to witness to several of his been employedas a scien- 180colleges and univer- prolificwriter and lecturer, students. "They brought up tist, a professor,a universities,and over 160educa- but he and his wife, Mary questions,and I needed an- sity dean, as chairmanof a tional gatherings.He was lnuise, havefound the time swers," he says. "I began universitv's deoartment of alsoinstrumental in founding and energyto raise six chil- to study and became a con-

March1987 53 vinced Christian." Morris learned that God created the world through divine od has very finely distributed creation-evolution was his gifts, so that the learned not only a bad theory, it was scientifically serve the unlearned, and the impossible. unlearned humble themselves And so began Morris's before the learned, in what is needful for crusade for creation science. "Creation science them. If all people were equal, the world is much more accepted could not go on; nobody would serve today than it was when anothe4 and there would be no peace. The we founded the Institute for Creation Researchin peacock complained trecause he had not the 1970,"he explains. "Thou- nightingale's voice. God, with apparent ine- sands of scientistshave quality, has instituted greatest become creationistsand the equality; there has been a tremen- one man, who has greater gifts than anothe!, dous changein people is proud and haughty, and seeks to rule and on university campuses. There is a significant domineer over others, and contemns thern. response of young people God finely illustrates human society in the now. Polls such as the one members of the body, and shows that one taken in 1982 by NBC News and the AssociatedPress member must assist the otheD and that none show that 86 percent of the can be without the otherl' American people believe creation should be taught along with evolution in the -Martin Luther public schools." What can the average Christian, who does not have Morris's knowledge or expertise, learn to sub- ChurchNews 1865Broadway, New York, tails contactBible Alliance, stantiate his faith in cre- New York 10023. Inc.. P.O.Box 1549. ationism?"I think it is To honorthe 200than- Bradenton,Florida 33506. helpful to know he is not niversaryof the U.S.Con- alone," says Morris. stitution in 1982the The Bible Alliance is "There are thousandsof AmericanBible Societyis offeringthe Bible on audio- Wordof Life's next big creation scientists.It is offering,free, a specially cassetteas a gift to every missionsevent will be helpful to read some books designedScripture leaflet to personwho is visuallyim- Niagara '87, plannedfor on the subject, and know pairedor blind.Those who MemorialDay weekendbe- that there is good evidence are print handicappedalso ginningMay 22 in Niagara in the fossil record for qualily.These cassettesare Falls.Ontario. Canada. A1most creation. There is, of providedfree of chargeto 5,000junior and seniorhigh course, no evidenceof interestedpeople who fur- youngpeople and college- evolution today. In fact, nish validcertification of ageyoung adults are expected evolution is against the the visualimpairment or to attend.The sights,sounds, laws of science.According disability. andopportunities of missions to the laws of thermo- The New Testamenthas will be presentedthrough dynamics,which state that beenrecorded in 25 lan- musicand multimedia,and no energy is created or zations.Thking its title from guages.Portions of the Old by over 20 of the world's destroyed and organization the openingwords of the Testament,Bible studies, most unusualand outstand- leads to disorganization, Constitution'spreamble, We andBible messages are also ing missionariesand Third evolutionseems to be the People containsBible alzilablein severallan- Worldnationals. The goal of impossible.No creation is passagesthat speakabout guages.One set of Bible the conferenceis to taking place today; we see goodcitizenship and in- cassettesand Biblestudies challengeyouth towardmis- only annihilation." dividualrights. To obtain is offeredto eacheligible sionsand evangelism,and copiesof the leaflet,contact personin the languageof to assistthem in getting I Angela E. Hunt the AmericanBible Societv. his choice.For further de- started.

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Further, "evening" and "morning" are never used figuratively in the Old Testament. They always describe a 24-hotnperiod. God actually defines "day" in Genesis1:5 by designatingit asa period of light and a periodof darkness.After creatinglight (Gen. 1:3) and causinga spatialseparation between the darkness and the light with respectto the earth (Gen. 1:5), God establishedthe light/darkcycle as a principlemeasure- mentof time, oneday (Gen. 1:5). This lighVdarkcycle is best understoodas one Nowwe turn our attentionspecifically full earth rotation or a 24-hotr day. to the creationof man.The humanspe- The grammatical interpretation of ciesdid not evolvefrom somelower life Scriptureis primary to an accuratein- form, but rather was createdby divine terpretationofScripture. These facts are fiat, the exertionof the divinewill, from significantexegetical indicators of the lifelessdust (Gen. 2:7,3:19; Eccl. 3:20, time aspectmanifested in Creation.They l2:7). No other explanationof humanori- ,/\ Norman B. Rohrer, Director fl pointunquestionably to Creationin six, gins accountsfor this clear Scriptural fYa cHRrsrrANwRtrERs cutlo t ' I consecutive24-hour days. declarationexcept sudden creationism. I o''"',?*iTil,,l1iil,*.,I Further, the female did not evolve I Send me your FREE Startcr Kit. Show mc how to d€velopmy writing talent and how to scll. I from the male or from any other cre- I I ation, but was personallyfashioned by I -t Wno,rvetyou God(Gen. 2:2I-23:1 Cor. 11:8, 12) on I T the sameday as man'screation. There I I believeobout origins, wereno largegaps of time whenwoman I CITY STATE. ZIF II--'III-TI J (a mutationin any other system)came from man. Becausemale and female Luxulbur Contrmponry youmusl rccognize cameinto beingin closetime sequence, Cultotn tlomot this demandsGod's creativepower as thri |ttdl b t17.00 Plr Sq. Ft proposedby the sudden creationism thotGod, model. Youdo not haveto start with Gene- in o momenl sisto understandwhat the Bibleteaches about creation. Having finally arrived here however,we do see that Genesis ol lime, confirmsthe rest of Scriptureand adds

P,enffigy, o*ttddwp,s1d its own irresistiblestrength to the sud- Anqldt tvmny hB twt,,bd h a lp'/shg &gl den creationposition. r.fr, sffi &t?s tat loutd h lurc *v d creotedman tub Appb. Perhaps,after all, a computeris not neededto solvethe complexquestions . Fuily lNhted in Hisimoge, surroundingcreation. But we havetaken . Th€rmo Ps€ Windowg . CdEdd Cof,tgs the imaginarycomputer's suggestion and . Exlgrb Dod€ consultedthe biblical record. That is . OUaIV ConstwtDn Processwill nol o FHA sd \A Accogted truly the placefor all Christiansseeking . 8{dt-ln Computer Conlv the truth to begin. Our reasoningand whbh &ws thd homo b periom flfiy nn. clons to. t|e occuFb. QCCOUqIfOr OUr conclusionsrepresent the primarybibli- . Inbrbr DeslCn Fle)dbny calevidences that mustbe honestlyfaced EAGLE'S NESr IPUES ls wMnC ore dlstut if the biblicalrecord is to be takenseri- rcqesnbllw b esbbllsh rebl &s. Unlimited Income Potontial uniquendlurc, ously.Any solutionto the problemof ori- Protoctsd Tonltory gins shapedwithout thoroughregard for Factory Tralnlng l'lo Real Esble tlcanso theseevidences is inadequatelyformed. R€qulrod not lot the tocl Invsslmont S€cursd by Model Home I Richard L. Mayhue is pastor of lndwual s€l€clod must have tho atility to Arrchas€ or moitgag€ a $21 ,0OOmodol home. Hom my b€ thotmqnkind GraceBrethren Church, Long Beach, livsd in or usad es gn ottice. California.He holdsa Th.D. from Grace Call Mr. Fund TheologicalSeminary, Winona [ake, collect (4(X) 4799700 hosbeen inlected Eaglo's Nest Homss, Inc. Indiana.He hasauthored sevenl books, P. O. Drawer 1569 his latest beng How to Interfret the canton, GA 30114-1169 by sin, Biblefor Yourself(Moody). FundamentalistJournal Science continuedfrom page21 assumptions)that the earth couldbe only alsothe specificrecent creationmodel a few thousandyears old. All theseevi- of the Bible. $ames H. Shea, Geologt,September dences are well-documentedin cre- Christians have a double-barreled 1982, p. 457). As far as methodsfor ationist literature. combinationof evidencesfor special,re- gUessingthe age of the earth are con- Another implication of the biblical cent creation.First andmost important- cerned,the evaluationof evolutionistWil- record is that the great Geological ly, the Word of God speaksclearly and liam Stansfieldis noteworthy: "It is Column,the assemblageof fossil-bearing unequivocallyon the issue.Secondly, the obviousthat radiometrictechniques may sedimentaryrocks around the world, was real facts in the created world of God not be the absolutedating methods that not formed over manylong agesof earth bear preciselyt}le sametestimony. they are claimedto be. Age estimateson history but at essentiallyone epoch, Thus Godis "not far from every one a given geologicalstmtum by different duringthe greatFlood and its geopirysical of us" (Acts 17:27)either in spaceor in radiometric methods are often quite time, for He createdboth. For a season, different(sometimes by hundredsof mil- Satanhas convinced many that God was lions of years). There is no absolutely "long agoand far anffay,,"so peopleto- 'clock' reliablelong-term radiological " ln rermsof either day are litfle concernedwith His claims (The Scienceof Eaolution, MacMillan, on their lives.Nevertheless, "The earth 1977,p. 84). is the Lord's, andthe fulnessthereof; the Recent Origin of Civilization. pastot prcsentsyslems world, andthey that dwelltherein" (Ps. The biblicalrecord would suggestthat all 24:7-2).To those who know the lord the attributes of human civilization- prccesses, JesusChrist as both Creatorand Recon- agriculture,animal husbandry, organized ond crcolion ciler, the world He made is a friendly communities,metallurgy, ceramics, con- place,everywhere exhibiting His power, struction,written language,and so on- is morescienlilic His wisdom, and His love. appearedat essentiallythe sametime, only severalthousand years ago. The fuct I Henry M. Morris, author,lecturer, is that civilization dil appear several lhan evolution. andscientist, is presidentofthe Institute thousandyezu:s ago, probably in the Mid- for CreationResearch in Santee,Califor- dle East, with all the aboveattributes oc- nia. He holdsa Ph.D.from the Universitv curringalmost from the beginning.There of Minnesota. is an abundanceof archaeologicalevi- aftereffects.This is a very big andcom- denceto this effect.It is anomalousthat plex subject,but there is, indeed,good evolutionistsbelieve man's plrysical body evidencethat the column is a unit, evolvedmore than a million years ago, formedcontinuously and contemporane- and yet also believe that man beganto ously.Rocks of all types, mineralsand evolve culturally only a few thousand metalsof all types, coal and oil, struc- years ago. tures of all types, are found in- Furthermore,human populations also discriminatelyin rocks of all "ages." conformto a recent origin. If the world's Even fossilassemblages from the lari- initial populationwas only one man and ous "ages" are frequentlyfound out of onewoman, and the populationthen be- order-in fact, in any order-in the ganto increasegeometrically (which was column, and many examplesare known CharlesDarwin's approachto population of fossilsfrom different "ages" (e.g., studies)at a rate of only 2 percentper men and dinosaurs)found in the same . . . until you tell us whereyou're going, so year (which is the present worldwide formation.Furthermore, there are no we can be surethat the Fundamentalist rate),it wouldtake only about1,100 years worldwide "unconformities" in the Journal goeswith you! to attainthe presentworld population.If column(that is, time breaks,or periods Anach addressIabel from a recentisue, or pnnt manhas been on the earth a millionyears of erosionrather than deposition), so that nameand addressexactly as shown on label. (Plsse or more, untold billions of men and the entire column from bottom to top ollrut eightweeLs for oddres change.) have For Faster Service, call 804,847,2000, womenmust lived anddied on the reflects unbroken continuity of the extension 2063. earth.Where are their bones?More im- depositionalprocess. portantly, where are their souls? Now when this fact is combinedwith MA]LINGLABEL OT OLD ADDRESS: Physical Evidences of Recent the factthat everyunit of the columnwas Creation. As wouldbe expectedfrom formednpidly (seeR.H. Dott, Geotimes, Name (l'Jleaseprinr) the biblicalrecord, there are also scores November1982, p.16; Derek Agar,Na- Address of physicalevidences that the earth is ture of theStratigraphical Record;Wtrey, young.Some of theseinclude the decay 1981,pp. 45, 106,107, etc.), we naturally City )tate Lrp of the earth's magneticfield; the buildup concludethat, aspredicted from the bibli- NEV ADDRESS: of atmosphericradiocarbon; the eflux of cal model,the earth's sedimentaryrocks heliuminto the atmosphere;the influx of were all formed recently, essentiallyat Name (Plem print) uranium,nickel, and other chemicalele- the time of the greatFlood described not Address ments and ions into the ocean; the only in the Bible but alsoin the records breakupof comets;the influx of cosmic of most ancientnations of the world. City Srare lip dust; and many others, all indicating Thus the facts of sciencenot only MAIL TO: FLINDAMENTALISTJOURNAL (even with the standarduniformitarian supportthe generalcreation model but SubrriberServices, Lynchburg, YA 24514

March 1987 57 eachindividual demonstrates complete of self-imageand humanfreedom. dependenceupon his Creator;however, While primarily written for college as person,man possesses the capacity andseminary audiences, motivated lay- W for autonomousand free choice.This personswill alsobenefit from this book's rudimentary tension between divine thoroughtreatment of its subject. All sovereigntyand human responsibility Hebrewand Greek words are transliter- CREATEDIN GOD'S IMAGE illuminatesother related doctrinesin- atedinto English.Technical phrases are by Anthony A. Hoekema cludingoriginal sin, redemption,sanctifi- defined either within the context or cation,and perseveranceof the saints. through the use of footnotes. Both "What is manthat Thou art mindful The authorclaims that a properun- historical and contemporaryscholars' of him?" The Psalmist'sage-old ques- derstandingof the imageof Godportrays works are cited in appropriatetextual tion remainsas relevantas today'smorn- both a structuralcomponent (who man argumentation,including salient coming news. Now, as then, all too many is) anda functionalcomponent (what man ments which clearly conflict with the voicessolicit the Christian'sallegiance: does). The former is secondary,while author'sposition. Finally, an extensive the behavioristpeddles the view of man the latter is primary. ln addition,Imago bibliographyhas been compiled,along as environmentallydetermined; the Da expressesitseH in threerelationships with three indexesfor subjects,proper Marxist sells its corporate hope for (towardGod, toward others, and toward names,and Scripturereferences. mankind through economic/political nature), through four states or condi- In spite of its controversialtopic structures;the existentialist,seeking to tions: the originalimage (at the time of (whichmay generate more heat than light free man, offers a ban on absolutes. Creation),the preventedimage (post- in certain circles), Createdin God's Even within the church,a rangeof fall), the renewedimage (in regenera- Image may confront the single most extremetheologies conflict. On the one tion), and the perfected image (the importantissue in Christianeducation hand,a hyper-Calvinisticposition over- momentof final glorification). today.Not only are viablesolutions to the emphasizesthe total depravityof man. Other relatedtext themesprovide a agelessquery about man capablyde- Failingto perceivethe biblicalboundaries thoroughlook at man's sin-its origin, fended,but its biblicalposition demon- of that doctrine,the typical attitude in spread,nature, and restraint. Chapters strates a much-neededalternative to these churchesminors the traditional whichhighlight doctrinal implications of godless Humanism and Nihilism. hymnphrase "for sucha wonnas L" On the imageof Godoffer a studyof man's (Eerdmans-PaternosterPress, 1986, 264 the other hand, modernprogressivists holisticpersonhood and separate analyses pp.,$19.95 cloth) Ronald T. Habermas preach the deprived (vs. depraved) theologyof man.Man is not fallen,they contend, only misguided. Like their An excerpt from secular humanistcounterparts, these CREATEDIN GOD'S IMAGE progressivistsessentially tell their by Anthony A. Hoekema patons to "look out for numberone." Anthony Hoekema,a distinguished Tb be a human beiW is to be directedtoward. God. Man is a creature who authorand educatorin the disciplineof oweshis existenceto God,is completelydependent on God, andis primarilyre- systematictheology, favon a third option. sponsibleto God,This is his or her first andmost important relationship. All of Far from a compromiseor synthesisof man'sother relationshipsare to be seenas dominatedand regulated by this one. the previoustwo positions,Created in To be a humanbeing in the truest sense,therefore, means to loveGod above God'sImage represents a comprehen- all, to trust him and obey him, to pray to him and to thank him. Since man's sive,biblical answer to the Psalmist'sin- relatednessto God is his primary relationship,all of his life is to behved coram quiries. Secondin a doctrinal studies Deo-as beforethe face of God. Man is boundto God as a fish is boundto series,this text addressesthe meaning water.When a fish seeksto be free from the water,it losesboth its freedom andimplications of.Imago Dei (the image andits life. Whenwe seekto be "free" from God,we becomeslaves of sin. of God). Though written from a This vertical relationshipof man to God is basicto a Christian anthropolo- Reformedperspective, Hoekema pro- gy, and all anthropologiesthat deny this relationshipmust be considerednot vides a refreshing combinationof only un-Christianbut anti-Christian.All views of man that do not take their researchand balance. For instance,one starting-pointin the doctrine of creationand that tlerefore look upon him as of his most thought-provokingsections an autonomousbeing who canarrive at what is true andright wholly apart from surrounds the concept of man as God or from God's revelationin Scriptureare to be rejectedas false. "createdperson." That is, as creature,

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"Film rentalswill be referredto your localdistributor, but the free six cassettealbum can only be orderedby mailingcoupon directly to the MoodyInstitute of Scienceor by callingthe toll free number.This exclusive,limited tim; offer is gooabntv ln t-neU.,S. and Canadal' conflict.One may havestated more or themleprousor unclean for otherchurch less than the other accordingto their duties. time or purpose,but eachagrees with Oneof the most helpftrlparts of the andcomplements the other. This section book is in this section. Here Dobson showsthe biblicalgrounds for divorce deals with the church's obligationto andremarriage, but thankfullythe author those who are contemplatingdivorce. does not stop there. The churchshould stress forgiveness and The next sectiondeals with divorce reconciliationwhenever possible. In andthe church.Dobson attacks the con- casesof anunbiblical divorce the church cept of the churchregarding divorcees as should institute discipline,not to rid second-classcitizens. He arguesthat the itself of the unclean,but to help them get officesof pastoror deaconare closedto WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS the divorced.but that does not make continuedon page62 ABOUT MARRIAGE,DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE by Edward G. Dobson An excerpt from sin, which it is not. Someonewho WHATTHE BIBLE REALLYSAYS willfully violates Scripture to divorce The authorof this book freely admits ABOUT MARRIAGE.DIVORCE andremarry canseek the forgiveness that he hadmany fears about producing AND REMARRIAGE of Godand be restoredinto fellowship it-the fear of beingmisunderstood, the in the church. fear of beingrejected, the fear of being How ShouWthe Church Reactto Suppose a Christian wants to wrong.Perhaps those very fearswere in- Separatedand DiaorcedPeople? divorce his wife on illegitimate strumentalin makingit sucha carefi:land grounds.What should the churchdo? compassionatetreatment of the subject. What shouldthe local churchdo First, we must exercisechurch dis- The bookis helpfulbecause it is bib- with divorcedpeople? First and fore- cipline.We shonld go to that individual lical. Dobsonstates that the bookcame most, the churchshould stress recon- personally,plurally, and publicly, to do aboutas a result of preparinga Sunday citation. Weought to preachthe ideal all we can to hinder the divorce. school series for his class at Thomas of marriageand give peoplethe basic Jesusand hul giveus the stmtegyfor Road Baptist Church. It was the first principlesfor successin their marital doingthis. time he had ever done any exegetical and family relationships.When mar- "Moreover if thy brother shall work in this area. "I hadnever studied riagesbegin to fall apart, we oughtto trespassagainst thee, go andtell him the subjectin detail,although I hadbeen be instrumental in helping couples his fault betweenthee andhim alone: quick to $ve my opinionwhen asked." achievea reconciliation.The churchis if he shallhear thee, thou hast gained The book is compassionatebecause the place where we can pray, teach, thy brother. But if he will not hear Dobsonproduced it andthe originalse- andguide people through the difficul- thee,t}ten take with thee oneor two ries to helppeople. Divorce has affected ties of marriage. more, that in the mouth of two or the lives of nearly every personin our Next, the churchought to havean tlree witnessesevery word may be congregations,in some fashion,and in attitudeof restoration.We are to meet established.And if he shallneglect to manycases the churchand clergyhave peopleat their deepestpoint of need hear tlem, tell it unto the church:but ignoredthe problem.Dobson wanted to and restore them. People going if he neglectto hear the church,let tackle the problemhead on. througha divorceare e:

60 FundamentalistJournal Hoffird andJeanneHendricksftnow that closely knit familiesare cheapsweater. Couples are searehing for a threadof hope.That's why HeIp! Our Farnily IsUnrauellnglissuch a timely toolfor your church. This rwo-part film seriesfrom Moody presentsstrategies to strengthenthe fabric of thefamily. And bringhope to the hurting. \fith wit andwisdom, family counselor Howard and authorJeanne sharethe scripturalprinciples for makingmarriages work and for communicatingwith yourchildren. These are lessons learned in theirown living room,fullof humor and honesry. Makesure that every couple in yourchurch has the opportuniry to seeHelpl frb FamilyIs t.Jnraveling!

Contactyour local Moody films distributor. Or call toll-freefor details:1-800-82L9179 Mon.-Thur.r CA frtscall LZR-698-8756. )qS, U000East \Tashington Blvd.,\ilhittier, CA 90606 itil rflooDvInsTtrurE oF selEneE qrc A MrNrSTtry oF MOODY BTBLE|NST|TUTE Marriage continuedfrorn page60 suggestionsas to how the churchcan tant, not for great scholarlyperusal-it help thosein this plight. If there is any was not written with that in mind. It is their affairs in order and then be rein- criticismto be leveledon the authorit importantbecause it is an honestcom- stated to fellowship. is here.This areaneeds to be expanded, bination of scriptural and sociological Dobsonalso deals with the resultson made practicalwith concrete examples truth that relates to a great problem the family after the divorce, and some for ministry-perhapsanother book? of contemporarysociety in order to correctivesthat will help it survive.Even The book endswith over20 pagesof help the ever-increasing number of if a divorceis biblicalit will hareattendant specificquestions and answers.These peoplein the divorcedilemma. (Fleming problems.Single parenthood at best is are not trypothetical,but drawnfrom real H. RevellCompany, 1986, 189 pp., $9.95) very difficult-payinC bills, dealingwith life, an interestingsection. Daryl W. Pitts angry children (they expecteda perma- Dobsonadmits that this work is not nencein their parents'marriage), and the last word on the subject.He is not havingtime to do all that is neededis infallible, and others will have more to - nearly impossible.Dobson gives a few say.But this book is extremelyimpor- BOOKNOTES PATCHWORK Stories, Poems and Meditations for Mothers by Julie Smith, editor

Patchworkis a collectionof poems, anecdotes,and short stories especially selectedfor their appealto mothers. Eachselection is easyto readand enjoy- able, yet each is deep and thought- provoking.Reading a selectioneach day would be a pleasantaddition to one's devotionaltsme. Patchworft makes a nice gtft for the mother who enjoys poetry. (David C. Cook PublishingCompany, 1987,48 pp., $6.95)Connie Pitts

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March 1987 63 Discipline continuedfrorn page43

tensrtydiffers greatly between chastening Is spanking andchastisement, and the harshnessof chastisementis never directed toward an outdated children. The Rod. Many Hebrew words are and cruelmethod, translated"rod" in the Old Testament. Some common trznslations are from that shebetwtnchcan mean "reed," "rod," or one God or "scepter"; or chofur,meaning "rod," "shoot," "t*ig," or "sprout"; or expectsus rhabdos,meaning "rod," "staff," or "scepter," and severalother less fre- to continueusingl? quentusages. The issuefor Christianparents is not primarily one of interpretation, but of principle.hrents who wish to discipline biblicallymust decidewhether to use the sizes an important difference between hand,a rod, or somethingelse to spank. the sinful ignorance of childhood and Spankingchildren is biblical.The method the willfrrl sinning of adults. to use is muchless clear.A closeexami- kt's look at one more verse. "The nationof somecommon passages applied rod andreproof give wisdom: but a child to child disciplinewill help illustmte the left to himself bringeth his mother to problem for parents. "Foolishnessis shame" (Prov. 29:15). The writer of boundin the heart of a child; but the rod Proverbsis statingwhat we would call a of correctionshall drive it far from him" "truism" today.Evidence for the de- 'A (Prov.22:15). whip for the horse,a structive tendenciesof those who have bridle for the ass,and a rod for the fool's not been taught disciplineis all around back" (Prov.26:3). us. Most educationalor parenting ex- Foolishnessis better translated perts, no matter how liberal they might "folly" or "silliness" in the first verse be, are reemphasizingthe role of dis- and seemsto be referring to a younger cipline.One well-known "expert" com- child. The secondverse is speakingof mented on the negativedirection taken an adult, becausenowhere in the Bible by so many of the youngby sayingthat is a child ever called a fool-foolish or more than anythingelse, today'sparents silly perhaps,but not a fool. Yetthe same haveerred in surrenderingtheir guidance Hebrew word becamethe Englishword function to the schools. Parents have rodneach verse.The rod ofProverbs tried to be friendsto their children,but 22:15could just as easilyhave been the childrendo not needmore friends. They rod of instruction and parentalguidance need parents. as a rod for spanking.In arrycase, these The rod (discipline)and reproof (cor- were clearlydifferent rods, becausechil- rection) give forth wisdom, we are told, dren and adults were alwaysdisciplined anda failureto providethese two essen- differently, and even if we agree that tials will inevitably lead to destruction. Proverbs22:'15is tatking about a spank- The rod may have been a switch for ing, the rod would havebeen far differ- spanking, a pointer for directing and ent from the rod referred to in Proverbs reminding,or a symbolof parentalpower 26:3, though the same Hebrew word and authority. The detail is not impor- producedboth. tant. The principle is critical. Christian And if it was a spankingin Proverbs parents must look carefully at the con- 22:15that could drive awayfoolishness, text of these commonverses, so often rememberthat a rod was a common preached,taught, andwritten about.We piece of householdequipment in Bible are to do everything necessaryto help times.There is no magicor secretpower our childrengrow in the Lord, but not so in using a rod rather than the hand or a much as to injure them or chasethem hairbrush.A rod wasused because it was awayfrom a loving God. handy and becauseit was a symbol of A biblical rod may be any of the parentalauthority in the home.And note following: againthat foolishnessor folly wasbeing o A Shepherd'sstaff used for de- corrected. Childrenare never fools, but fense.Estimated to be six to eightfeet often foolish,and this distinctionempha- long with a bent end, it was used

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Moodflideos primarily for walking and to fight off Who usesa rod?Parents (discipline thought to be less effective. Although wolvesand otler animalsknown to kill and instruction),teachers (instruction spanking is a biblical command, the sheep. and discipline),those in authority (to method we choose-whether hand, o A smallstick or switchfor disciplin- symbolizeauthority), shepherdsand switch, paddle,or belt-is a matter of ing. This is the most commonlyapplied farmers (for support and protection), personalconviction. meaningas parentsrelate certainverses God (as in "mle them with a rod of If we choosea rod as the metlod, it to child discipline. kon," Rev.2:27). must be of such size and construction r A slendershoot or stemof a bush The rod is a legitimatetool for teachthat it couldnot causeinjury or death, or tree. The wordused here most often ing andraislng children. It is not the only evenunder the most e:

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SuprcmeCourt to Rule on Crcation-Science

here was a time evidences and that when students evolution-scienceis not so were told little or overwhelmingly proved nothingabout the theories that every rationalperson of evolution-science.Now must believeit." studentsare told little or A long legal history. nothingabout the theories The law has bounced of creation-science. aroundin a numberof fed- AttorneyWendell Bird, representingthe stateof Louisiana,argued before the Well, so much for aca- U.S.Supreme Court. eral courts for five years. demicfreedom. First. a federalcourt in But a law beforethe U.S. Supreme life evolvedfrom simpler forms, Bird New Orleansruled that a trial was not Court may changeall that. added. necessarybecause the law violatedthe In 1981 the huisiana legislature This, Bird said, is true "academic state'sconstitution. The court saidthe passeda law requiringpublic schools to freedom.We are not trying to exclude legislaturedid not havethe authorityto give "balancedtreatment" to creation- evolutionfrom publicschools. The Act tell the state departmentof education science and evolution-science.This actuallyprovides that evolutionwill con- what it shouldteach. means,in simplestterms, publicschool tinue to be taught,but creation-science But the LouisianaSupreme Court teachersmust presentevidence in sup- mustalso be taught.We are not seeking ruled differently, saying the law was port of creation-scienceif they choose to to prove creation-sciencetrue or dis- perfectly within the scopeof its state teachevolution-science. proveevolution-science. But insteadto constitution. This doesnot meanthe lawrequires show that creation-scienceis, indeed, The fedenl court thenruled that the religiousteaching, or that God created scientificand basedon valid scientific law violatedthe U.S. Constitutionand the world in six days(or that Godcreated that it was so clearly religiousthat a the world, for that matter), or that the t tW, trial was not necessary.A three-judge world is only 6,000years old, Wendell panel for the Fifth Circuit Court of Bird, representingthe state, argued arcnot trying Appealsagreed. beforethe U.S. SupremeCourt. to excludeevolution, The appellatecourt ruled that, "ir- It does require, however, that respectiveof whetherit is fully support- students be exposed to "scientific but creation-science ed by scientificevidence, the theory of evidencessupporting creation," such as mustalso be taught." creationis a religiousbelief," which pub- the abruptappeamnce of curent life, and lic schoolsmay not teach. to scientificdoubts about evolution, such One constitutionallawyer, attorney as the mathematicalimprobability that John Whitehead (who was a special

March 1987 67 casisiclttctsi counselfor the statein this case),criti- ttF ONE PRICE- cizedthe ruling saying,"The decision ANYQUANTITY means that schools fimnot teach a Vrcation-scienceis * Custom Loaded Lengths subject-evenif it is scientificallyor his- basedon valid * Agta & Swire Tape torically v-dlid-if it is held as a religious * 5 Dillerent Colored Housings belief." scientificevidences, Available-no extra So, what happenedto academic freedom? andevolution-science The stateof lnuisiana then madet}re is notso overwhelmingly unusualrequest of askingthe entireappel- late court (15judges) to hear the case. prcvedthat every ntional And the appellatecourt madethe un- usualdecision of agreeing. personmust believe it," \\ t= t={ il t> \\ et/l-=u uuL5\J/ But the stateof Louisianalost again, MASTERING AGFAPE 12 by a 8-7 vote. Yetthe votewas so close,and the dis- sentingopinion so strong,laryers for the state were optimistic that the U.S. tion Association,whether the courts are CALL FOR COMPLETE SupremeCourt wouldagree to hearthe goingto dictateeducation is the issue. 32.PAGECATALOG case. "It's an attempt to interfere-or Full line of Cassettesand Supplies, Writing for the seven dissenters, force by legal dictate-a doctrine that A/V Furniture and Pro-Audio JusticeThomas Gee said, "[They] did shouldbe decidedonly by the peoplein not seek to further their aim by requir- education-thatis educators.It is not up ing that religious doctrine be taught in to the courtsto dictateeducation. What publicschool. lnstead, they chosea more we're trying to protectis academicfree- modesttactic-one that I am persuaded dom," Simmsstated. does not infringethe Constitution." And if an educatordecides to teach ci5cl ffi"9 lnuisiana Attorney GeneralWilliam creation-science,should he be per- n. 6th st., Guste,Jr., announcedan immediateap- mitted? peal, and on May 5, 1986, the U.S. "No." Simmsstated. Supreme eOO-USA- 2OO8 or 8OO'PA2- 3OO8 Courtagreed to hearthe case. So much for academicfreedom. Opposingthe law, of course,is the According to Attorney Thomas AmericanCivil LibertiesUnion. Attorney Anderson,a California-basedattorney JayTopkis, aryuing on behalfof the ACLU who is a specialcounsel for the stateof andother individuals,told the High Court louisiana,the issue"is whetheror not the law "is nothingbut religion,"an at- you can teachcreation-science in Lnui- tempt to bring God back into the sianain publicschools . . . . Manystates classroom. arelooking to what's goingto happenin What is at stake? Accordingto the SupremeCourt." Barry Lynn, Washingtonrepresentative But perhapsall the abovecritics are of the ACLU, at stake is "whether overstatingthe case, for the Supreme religion, calling itself For only $28.50 join our science,will be Court will probablyneither upholdnor public nationwide job placement mandatedin the schoolsystem as dismisscreation-science. part network giving you of the routineschool curriculum. If More than likely, the High Court will it is, accessto thousandsof job tlen the recentdistinction between simplyorder the federaldistrict court in religion government openings with Christian and will havebeen New Orleansto hold a trial on the merits breached organizationsand businesses. in a very significantfashion." of the case. According (No other fee upon employment). to Nell Segraves,adminis- "The SupremeCourt could do a Sendfor your trator of the California-basedCreation- numberof things,"Anderson explained. FREEbrochure NOW! ScienceResearch Center, what is at "They could,for example,reexamine the stakeis whether "creation-sciencewill whole questionof separationof church be set back24 years-backto wherewe and state as establishedby the Warren fint beganto seekrecognition for Chris- Court. They couldgo backto what our tian studentswho werebeing taught that FoundingFathers originally said, which evolutionis a fact in publiceducation." wasreally to protectfreedom of religion "If the court recognizesteachers have and not to stifle it. So there's a whole the right to teachcreation-science," Mrs. lot of thingsthey could do. Segravesadded, "then we'll havea foun- "The morelikely thingfor them to do, dation to advanceand correct the im- however,is to rule that the court's deci- balancethat is now in our publicschool sion to dismissthe casewithout a trial Mail this ad to: P.O. Box 6478 system." wasimproper and to sendit backto trial, Tallahassee.FL. 32314 Accordingto JeffSimms, director of whichwe wouldbe very happyabout." or call: (904)656-558 communicationsfor the lnuisianaEduca- And if they do?

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March 1987 71 adultAmericans questioned said God had a 1988Republican presidential hopeful, led or guidedthem in makingpersonal Bush, in Switch, Lashes Out beganby welcomingthe politicalawaken- decisions."The public understands," at New Right's 'Lack of Tolerance' ing of ConseryativeChristians. He at- Gallupadded, "when a leadersays God tackedLiberals who, he charged,have hasspoken to him or guidedhim to take WASHINGTON(RNS)-Vice Presi- soughtto chill the New Right's freedom a specificcourse of action." dent GeorgeBush, who has been an to influencethe nation.But Bush went The GallupPoll was sponsored by the enthusiasticbooster of Conservative on to criticizereligious activists who have ChristianBroadcasting Network. Christianpolitical activism, delivered a usedthat freedom to spreadintolerance. surprise attack here on Fundamentalist "I raisethis asa friendwho believes attemptsto "dictate their own interpre- deeplyin your involvement,"he saidin tation of morality on the rest of society." prefacinghis commentsbefore more than Just prior to Bush'sremarks before 4,000religious broadcasters. "Initially, Religious Radio Stations a majorgathering of EvangelicalProtes- yousought freedom. In the process,you Up 20 Percent Last Year, tants,U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett gainedpower. And with power, a small NRB Reports Koopreproached them for letting their minority now want control," he declared. views on homosexualityget in the way "There aretlose who wouldseek to WASHINGION(RNS)-jIhe number of effortsto educatethe publicabout the imposetheir will and dictate their inter- of radio stationswith religiousformats deadlydisease AIDS. pretation of morality on the rest of rose by more than 20 percentduring the The two speechescame on February society,"said the vice president."There past year, accordingto a report issued 2 at the 44th annual convention of arethose who wouldforget the needfor by National Religious Broadcasters National Religious Broadcasters,an tolerance." (NRB) at the start of its 44th annual evangelicalassociation of more than Speakingearlier at the same after- conventionhere. The surveyidentified 1,200 religious radio and television noon session, Dr. Koop launcheda 1,370religious radio stations,up from broadcasters. counter-offensiveagainst religious Con- 1,069the year before. The number of Bush's criticism apparentlywas an seryativeswho havebitterly opposedhis religious television stations increased attemptto placesome distance between AIDS educationcampaign. by oneto a total of227, accordingto the himself and the movement.In a fairly Koopsaid disapproval of homosexual survey. well-receivedaddress the vicepresident, activity is behind the resistanceto his report. But he warnedthe audiencethat AIDS is increasinglystriking hetero- sexual men and women as well as homosexuals,and that Evangelicals shouldjoin, rather than thwart, AIDS educationprojects. The Fidgets, "If you regardhomosexual behaviour as a sin, pleaseremember that one of ctpreschool teacher's your fundamentalteachings has been to separatethe sin from the sinner,"he said greqtestobstqcle, in callingon themto "show t}recompas- sion of Christ" in respondingto the Teachingpreschoolers could be oneof thetoughest AIDS crisis. "You mayhate the sin, but jobsaround. Part of the problemis findinga curriculum you are to love the sinner." thatwill hold the attentionof childrenat an agewhen payingattention is nothigh on theirpriority list. LifeWayhas a curefor thefidgets, a newChristian schoolcurriculum designed especially for preschoolers calledBecoming Friends with God.A complete36- weekpackage, the curriculumincludes three sets of suede-graphvisuals, Peter Panda books and puppet,music cassette, and teacher guide. Thereis, of course,a 60-dayexamination policy on all cuniculummaterials; no obligation.

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