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The Fundamentalist Journal, Volume 5, Number 7
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Jerrv McGuire.Pastor I am appreciativeof your periodical HeritageBible BaptistChurch Robert L. Sumner and have said, "Amen" to many of Longview,Texas Murfreesboro.Tennessee Ed Dobson'sarticles. By the way, I too am happy to consider myself a "Fundamentalist." I was disappointed,however, in .,LET "Fundamentalismand Evangelicalism" ME RECOMMEND (March).To me, it seemsto emphasize surface issues,not the heart of the ACCENTBIBLE matter. In this article, Dobsonwas guilty of over-generalizingto the pos- CURRICULUM. sible misrepresentationof both "Fun- damentalists"and "Evanselicals."Some of the strengths mentidned for each group shouldbe characteristicsof all Bible-believinsChristians. I probably-need to read Dobson's book on this subiectbefore I draw too many conclusions,but this editorial, while addressingimportant issues, seemedto be more confusins than "Pastors, Christian Educators,Sunday School teachers,let "Fun- helpful as to distinguishingi me recommend an excellenttotal local church Christian damentalist" and an "Evanselical." Wouldn't it be more helpful*in this educationalcurriculum from ACCENT PUBLICAIIONS. realmto addressthe vital issuessuch as doctrinal positions,ecclesiastical "'VThile pastoring, I used Accent Bible Curriculum as a part separation,cooperative evangelism, and of my church's Christian education program. My teachers biblical inerrancy?I do want to com- appreciated the fact that I made the material available to mendyour periodicalfor its qualityand them. for speakingto vital issuesfor Bible- believersin an objectiveway. 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A SUNDAYSCHOOL SPECIAL MINISTRIES preacheris a servantwhose obligation tr CradleRoll E Primary tr High School E Tot Time (ages4, 5, 6) is to exalt Christ and not himself.John E Preschool E Junior tr Adult I Eager Beaver(grades 1, 2, 3) the Baptist set the example for all D Kindergarten tr JuniorHigh E Junior Astronaut (grades4, 5,6) preacherswhen he said,"He must in- FREE E Doctrinal Statement FREE E Curriculurn Brochure crease,but I must decrease." CHURCH On the other hand we havea greal ADDRESS need to hold up godly men as role modelsfor the youngergeneration. Our STATE - ZIP boys and girls and young people are ORDEREDBY PHONE ( going to haveheroes of somesort and ft, AccentPublications, Inc. I would rather it be men like Truman 7<4 DeptFl7886'P.O. Box 15337'Denver, CO 80215 July/August1986 9 JERRYFALWELL COMMENTS SacrificingNl for a Mess of Pottage - - anymore,"I alwaysask, "Who areyou tt\tv**,:.'*:t'li*qi* lovingnow?" They usually lie anddeny any third-party involvement.Some- his ownchildren?" In recentyears we times 30 days pass before everyone haveall watchedsadlv as nrominent knowsher name. Christian leaders sicrificed their We must come back to the prin- familiesfor a messof pottage.Pastors, ciplestaught in the Word of Godand evangelists,influential lay leadersin W mustreturn to the to our marriagevow "til deathdo us localchurches, and well-known Chris- principles taughtin tlte part." tiansin business,politics, and sports And we must return to a lifestyle seemto havecontracted this terrible Wordof Gd and to our basedupon biblical priorities. Our "forget-your-vows"virus. marriage vow "till death first priority is a perpetualcommit- A highlyrespected pastor of a large ment to a healthy relationshipwith independentBaptist church stood do uspart," God, When daily Bible study and beforehis congregationseveral weeks prayer are neglected,worse things ago and announcedhis resignation follow. from the church pastorate and his Immediatelybehind our relation- planneddivorce of his wife of many Christianleaders look on themselves shipto Godis our responsibilityto our years. ashaving "hot shot"status rather than family.Absentee parents are eventual Many other Fundamentalistand asbeing bondslaves of Christ and ser- losers.Insensitive spouses will also EvangelicalIeaders who would never vants of the people.The Scripture eventuallylose. Birthdays shouldbe consideranything so drastic and tragic warns us about thinking more highly protectedand revered.Little League as divorce have little or no time for of ourselvesthan we ought. This is also gamesand piano recitals should be their wives or children.They often an erawhen the rankand file arelook- attendedby both parentsas much as earn high marks for achievementsin ing for someoneto worship-an enter- possible,The father is obligated to Christianministry, pulpit ability,and tainer,a politician,a preacher,and so seethat the home is filled with love administrativeprowess while failing on. andforgiveness-every day. Dad should miserablyas husbandsand fathers. The leader too often forgets the neverspend more monevon himself. For that reason,many children of wife of his youth,who lovedhim when his clothes,his toys,than on his wife. Christian leaders grow up bitter hewas a nobody.She sacrificed to help And,as the yearspass, devotion to againstGod, the church, and often turn him throughschool, to givebirth to his oneanother should increase. Success- their backson the Lord. children,and to standby his sidewhen ful families do not simply happen- Why is this problemso prevalent in there was very little money and a they are worked at. The children Christiancircles? Should not leaders wholelot of lonelinessinside the four shouldalways consider Mom andDad who are well-versedin biblical prin- walls of an inadequateapartment or their very best friends. Communica- ciplesknow better? home. Familiarity, hardship, and tion must not break down.And parents It is certainly true that the very tenureoften removesome of the sur- are never allowed the luxury of re- atmosphereis permeatedwith moral face excitementof the honeymoon nouncingand rejectingtheir children, permissiveness.Lasting commitments, days. regardlessof their sins or crimes, including marriage,do not enjoy the And then appears"Miss or Mrs. anvmore-Remember,than God reiectsus. prestigeand importancethey oncedid. Perfect."Strange flesh, glamour, wor- Christian leader,you A 50percent divorce rate, soap operas shipful attention,understanding, and will either succeedin your ultimate in prime-timetelevision, and a pulpit so much more, seem to be all per- ministry, with the wife of your youth laxity on the sanctityof marriageand sonified in this wonderful person- by your side,or you will fail without family certainlymake their contribu- things that do not now residein the her, and be forced to acceptfar less. tion to the problem. wife of his youth. And your children deserveboth of Sadly,this is alsothe ageof celeb- When these leaderstell me, in a you-at your best-til death do you rities. Many pastors and prominent counselingsession, "I don't love her part. T lO FundomentollstJournol 'Ifu.Dnlnfient tf MW fTerlanu., s .r& V \ tlorma[ Shnrutfu. Lqry of CffitinrLl{mtnge Join our ranks of subscribers to Fundamentalist Journal. Now at savingsup to 40o/ooffl Subscribe for two years for only $24.95and receive 22 powerful issues, plus a mEn AMERIOAN FLAG ,E upon payment of your subscription. To order your two-year subscription and FREE AMERICAN FI-A,G,use the valuable coupon attached at left, or write Fundamentalist Journal, 2220 Langhorne Road, Lynchburg, Virginia 24514. FREE AMERICAN FLAG r3x5ft. ; . 100o/ocotton e Completewith instructions for assemblyand display TheStatue of Liberty by Edward Dobson wo years ago I shared in - -I Twenty-twoyears have passed.My this column my experience Irish accent is gone.There are a few of arrivine in New York remaining clues to my foreign origin. Harbor as a 14-year-oldboy. I would I've beenabsorbed into the melting pot like to reprint portionsof that column of Americanculture. I am not American again,because on July 4th America by birth; I am Americanby choice,and will celebratethe lighting of the torch I. proudof my lrislt as suchI havea uniqueperspective on on the Statueof Liberty, and for me heritage,but I have this great land. I'm thankful for the that will be a specialjoy. Like millions freedomthat is oursto be what we want of immigrants who arrived beforeme on a deeplove to be.I'm thankful for a country devoid shipsand boats,the Statueof Liberty and appreciation of civil war. While my relaiives in wasone of the first thingsI sawas we Ireland live in constantfear that they sailedinto the harbor. I rememberthat for tlteherttuge will be the victimsof the nextterrorist Septembermorning in 1964as if it were bullet or bomb,I cango to sleepat night yesterday, standing with my sister, I acquiredin the new free from machine-gunfire and army mom,and dadon the deckof the Queen countty, sirens. I'm thankful for an economic Elizabeth.We had left Irelanda week systemthat promotespersonal incen- earlier to cometo the UnitedStates. I tives and is limited onlv bv one's shall never forget how I felt, standing initiative and vision.I'm thinkful for a there with my parents on that dark was one.In fact, I told my dad that it countrywith thousandsof Christianday Septembermorning. As we passedthe couldnot possiblybe a Volkswagen-it schools.In Irelandthere are none.I'm Statueof LibertyI beganto cry. I don't was too small. It was a larse car in thankful for the vision of godlyparents know why I cried. Later I would learn Ireland. who took the risk of emisrationand of- the significanceof that statue and the Ontheway to SouthRiverwestopped fered to their children- a future of words written on it. at Howard Johnson's for our first unlimited opportunity. Give me your tired, your poor, American meal. I had read that all At times it seemsas if I neverlived Your huddledmasses yearning to Americansate hambursersand french in the EmeraldIsle, yet the emotionsof breathefree, fries, so that'swhat I or?ered.Actuallv, thosefirst daysin Americaare as real The wretchedrefuse of your I wasn'ttoo impressed.Putting u good as if they had happenedyesterday. I'm teemingshore, pieceof meat betweentwo large slices proud of my Irish heritage,but I have Sendthese, the homeless,tempest- of breadseemed strange. Nonetheless I a deep love and appreciationfor the tost to me, consumedit with vigor-I wantedto act heritageI acquiredin the new country. I lift my lamp besidethe golden like an American. Like thousandsof Irish immierantswho door! Going to school was a traumatic arrived in New York Citv bJfore me. I I was captivatedby the lighted skylight experience.I had alwaysattended Prot- now "pledgeallegiance tothe flag of the of New York City.It was massive,like estantschools and in fact hadvery little United States of America and to the nothing I had ever seen,We waited on contact with Catholics.To my shock, Republicfor which it stands,one Nation the deck, huddled together, until the most of the studentsin my new high underGod, indivisible, with liberty and ship dockedat the Cunard Line pier. school were Catholic-and they were justicefor all." DonaldBalfour, pastor of theTaber- friendly towardProtestants. Amazingly, So on this July 4th as I watch the nacleBaptist Churchin South River, the tension and division of Irish celebrationin NewYork City,my mind New Jersev.was thereto meetus. He Catholicsand Protestantsseemed far will be filled with memories.I won't be had stayedin our home in Ireland for away. I wondered why these same making any flowery speechesabout severalweeks and had givenme my first groups back in Ireland could not co- America-I'll just be thanking God for cowboyholster and gun.It was goodto exist in peaceas they did in SouthRiver, freedom and my parents for bringing seesomeone we knew,I still remember New Jersey.I soondiscovered that this me here. I'll probablv crv. When thev his "Welcometo America!" was America-a land of cultural and light the torch, they iritt b. hghting ii I was immediatelyimpressed by the religious diversity, where everyoneis for me and for future generationsof im- sizeof Americancars. When I sootted acceptedon an equalbasis. I madenew migrants who will enjoy the abundant aVolkswagen,lcould not believe iireally friends,all of whom talked rather firnny. opportunitiesof this great land. I 12 FundomentolistJournol RECORDEX 346Series II CoseetteDuplicator a SuperOompact a Copies o Portable 3 C-60 Cagsetteern leesthan 75 seconde a Auto Rewind . 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Among the local tavernsthere'll be However,if theseefforts to improveour slackin business, Wt ro someoneaccepts societydistract us from the mostimpor- becauseJesse's drinkin' came tant and most powerful way of chang- beforethe groceries and the rent. Jesusas his Sauiour, ing a society,we are wrong. The most Among the local women there'llbe thingschange. He ltas important duty given to us is to save slackin cheating, souls.When Jesus save us the abilitv becauseJesse won't bestepping out new strengthto do god and commandto biing individuals to again. and to resist euil. God through the gospel,He gaveus a very powerful tool for changinga na- Theybaptized Jesse Taylor in Cedar tion. Thereis nothingwrong in serving Creeklast Sunday. our communitiesby creatingbetter laws Jesusgained a souland Satanlost gambling,stopped breaking the laws, and by seekingto shape a healthier, a goodright arm. and stopped his adultery by a very more moral environment.But more im- Theyall cried "halleluiah"when simpleprocess. When someone accepts portant than all these projects is the Jesse'shead went under, Jesusas his Saviour,things change. needfor the Holy Spirit to work through causethis time he went underfor True,Jesse will still haveproblems after us to bring others to the Saviour. the Lord. his salvationexperience. He will con- The simple gospel changed the tinue to be tempted by sin, and hatred of Saul into Iove -"The the of the Baptism of JesseTaylor" sometimeshe will givein to thosetemp- apostlePaul, Augustine's knowledge A 1972,witten by Dallas Frazierand of S.D. Shafer. Acuff-Rose-OpryLand tations. Yet, when a person re- philosophiesand religions did not Music, Inc. All rights reserved. ceivesJesus Christ as his Saviour,he rescue him from his immoral life, has new strength through the Holy Only a repentancefounded on the heother day as I waslistening Spirit to do goodand to resistevil. Bible changedAugustine. All the efforts to "The Baptism of Jesse As Christians,who acceptthe Bible of Luther to do good did not give his Taylor," I was remindedof asour absoluteauthoritv. we know the troubled heart rest, but the goodnews how shortsighted we Conservative power of the gospel.Yet, todaymany of Christ's forgivenessgavJ his soul Christiansare becoming.The story of ConservativeChristians are forgetting strength and led him to truly love this songteaches us somethingvery that if we really want to solve the others. Who can measurethe effects important.It tells of a manwho drank drunkennessin our communities,we Paul,Augustine, and Luther had on their too much, who had adulterousrela- needto get peoplesaved. We are over- generations?What socialprograms can tionships,and who did not providefor looking the fact that if we want to put matchthe conversionof oneLuther? We his family. He was constantly in an endto abortions,we needto getpeo- cannotforget that Christ commandedus trouble with the law, and he gambled ple to look at sex and human life from to feed the hungry and help the weak. away his money.But someth'inghap- a biblical perspective.We are losing But let us not be distracted from pened!His Iife was changedfor the sightof thetruth that if we wantmean- preaching the gospel, which brings better. This chansemade his familv ingful prayer in the public schools,we lastingchanges to a souland to a nation. life happyagain. Aid this changemad-e needto lead the teachersand students Franklin County is a better place a major improvementin the quality of to a personalrelationship with God. now that JesseTaylor has come to know life in the community. Christiansspend a greatdeal of time, the Lord. My community and yours Did this happenbecause new anti- energy,and moneytrying to improvethe would be better off if more gamblingIaws were enactedthrough qualityof life in the UnitedStates. Some people found Jesus Christ as their a strong Christian lobby at the state Christians lobby state legislaturesto Saviour.We needto pray that Godwill capitol?Did this changeoccur because pass laws allowing momentsof silent useus to leadothers to Him. As wetrv the county voted and passeda Christian- prayer or meditation. Others picket to improvethe quality of Americanlife, sponsoredreferendum to becomea "dry abortioncenters. Some Christians fight we needto rememberthat the mostper- area"?Did the changecome to Jesse's pornography.Others fight localproposi- manent and deepest changes occur life and to his community becauseof tions to allow gambling.Still othersare when men are reconciledto God. tough new anticrime laws? in the courts trying to have Creation No! The changecame because Jesse taught with evolution in the public acceptedJesus Christ as his Saviour. schools. I Mark Ray Schmidt is a writer and This person stopped getting drunk, All theseprojects are worthy of our researcherfor ProbeMinistries, Dallas, stoppedneglecting his family, stopped attention.In love.we should serveour Texas. 14 FundomentolistJournol I founda wayto SELLPAffiTJHffiffiH... MAKEFffiLhffffiMffi INCOME! earned $ZrTOOfrom my first Paceorder... plus financial securityin my own business. r 1stperson story by TeddMainwaring tta worked on an oil drilling crew out west. We drilled 11 itistosetupabusinessandkeepitrunningprofrtably. Soall I wells one year, every one a gusher! But did I strike it I had to do was go out and find somebodywith a leaky roof, rich? Not on your life-I was paid by the hour and struggled and tell him about Pace products. to feed a growing family. That started me to thinking,'Why "Quite frankly, my first prospect didn't buy. 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DeRemer Everyone recognizes the evils of excessive use of alcohol, yet in- creasing numbers, even among somepro- fessingChristians, in- sist that drinking is all right "in moderation." They reveal an appalling ignorancethat carriesits own disastrousconsequences. In conversing with a Christian recentlv.I was shockedto discoverthat she drinks-without apology. She did, perhapssomewhat reluctantly, concede that it "would be wrong to get drunk," but flatly declared,"I chooseto partake t. of life in the fullest and I choose to '1"{' drink." If she reallv were concernedabout fruit. Today's alcohol advocates fail life "in the fullest," shewould obviously to realize (or accept) this simple but want to lengthen,not shorten,it. What zation to do so. Knowing only the pres- enormous difference. shels high on is the "pleasuresof sin for ent wines of commerce, which are The very first mention of wine in the a season"(Heb. 1l:25). intoxicating, they have jumped to the Bible is the word yayin (Gen. 9:21), But no matterwhat I said,she refused conclusionthat wine is wine the world obviously referring to fermented, and e\rento considerthe evidence,much less over and the wine mentioned with ao- obviously condemned. On the othejr discuss the dangers. Her mind was ploval in the Bible was inebriating.'; hand, many references,such as Genesis maoe up. Scripture, however, sharply dis- 27:28, are to tiyrowsh, which is What does the Bible sav about this tinguishesbetween two kinds of wine- unfermented and approved. Unfortu- monstrousevil? Can a Chiistianprop- which is actually a generic term, like nately, the English Bible makes no erly partakeo[ alcohol"in moderation"? distinction in the words, and terrible This recalls Billy Sunday's famous confusion results. answer to the question, "Can you be a ttT Furthermore,the wine usedin Bible Christian and smoke?" He replied. Io takealcohol times was often mixed with water in "Well. vou could be a Chrislian and into the bodyis like proportionso[ I part of wine to varying never tike a bath, but you wouldn't amounts of water from 1 to 20 parts. smell very good!" putting sandon the Thus there is no resemblancewhatever The issue is not how far you can gt'l betweenwine in use today and in Bible in copying the conduct of the godless bearingsof an engine. times. wc'rld,but simply-what is right? It just doesn'tbelong." While Scripture is always the As Louis L. King, president of the -Thonas supremeauthority for Christian life and Christian and Missionary Alliance, Edison practice, there is certainly no harm in pointed out so well: "EvangelicalChris- considering what other responsible tians are drinking alcoholic beverages authorities have said regarding this believins thev have the Bible's authori- highly charged issue. July/August1986 19 Thomas Edison, as far as I know, ot was no Bible-thumpingreligious lanatic. L,ouo,night have FromBilly Sunday's He said, "To take alcohol into the body FamousSermon is like putting sand on the bearingsof manydefenders an engine.It just doesn'tbelong. I have butno defense." a better use for my brain than to poison "Booze" it with alcohol." -Abrahan Lincoln Lincoln said, "Liquor might have hen you comestagger- many defendersbut no defense." ing home,cussing right The tragic and eventuallvcomplete and left and spewing down{'allsome years ago of a mernwho andspitting, don't think that you had forn-rerlylived a consistentlilc and reasonablelimits.'It docsnot meanthat are the only one that suffers. A testimonv started with one bcer! Thc a little bit ol'drinking, or drug taking, man that goesto the penitentiary habit of'drinking beginswith thc I'irst or fornication is permitted-just so you makeshis wife and childrensuf- drink. don't overdo it. fer just as much as he does.If God can providethe necdedstinulant "The truth is the believersat Philippi you're a dirty, low-down,filthy, for your lif'e,and it will not come f'rom rvere being admonishedto react to all drunken, whiskev-soakedbum a bottle.What a shaneful testir.nonr'for the sulferingsinflicted upon them by you'll affect all with whom you orrcrvho namcs thc narrrcul Christ t<-r their adversarieswith paticnce,gentle- comein contact.If you'rea God- seck relaxationfrom boozervhen the nessand calmnessbecause the [.ord was fearingman you will influenceall "pcacc of God, which passeth all soon to come.They were told to prac- with whomyou comein contact. underslanding"is so readily available tice self-restraintand not grow bitter. You can't live by yourself. rvith no possiblezrdverse consequences Moderation hacl to d<-rwith their I occasionallyhear a mansay, (Phil.4:7). temDers.Paul's ciill krr nroderationwas "It's nobody'sbusiness how I King also notes,"Sclmc Christians ;rn zrppealfor" nraslcr"yover their pas- live." Then I say he is the most alguc thcy can drink with Scriptural sions to retaliale. dirty, lclw-down,whiskey-soaked, 'u,ithin sanctionil thev do so limits.' "Similarly,an cxaminationol all the beer-guzzling,bull-necked, foul- 'Let Thcir tert is, vour r"nodcrationbe other Bible tcxts put lorth to condone mouthedhypocrite that everhad knorvnunto all men' (Phil.4:-5). u'ine drinking rvould show the unten- a brain rottenenough to conceive "Such rcasoningnrust be rc'jected ablenessor falsityol'so employing them. such a statementand lios vile or-rtol hand;it is an opinionlacking in Moreor,er,rvhen a Christianargues his enoughto utter it. You tuy, "If I lact. Thc text has not thc t'entotcst am satisfiedwith my life why do rclelcnce to drinking. continued on page 51 you want to interfere?" "Biblical moderationnever carncs If I heard a man beatinghis 'inclulse tlrcscnse of'a licenseto within wife andheard her shrieksand the children's cries and my wife wouldtell me to goand see what was the matter, and I went in ;'w and found a greaI,big, broad- shouldered,whiskey-soaked, hog- jowled, weasel-eyedbrute drag- ginga little womanaround by the hair,and two childrenin the cor- t ner unconsciousfrom his kicks and the others yelling in abject terror, andhe said,"What areyou coming in to interfere with my personalliberty for? Isn't this my wife, didn't I pay for the license to wedher?" You ought,or you're a bigamist."Aren't these my chil- dren; didn't I pay the doctor to bring theminto the world?" You ought to, or you'rea thief. "If I want to beat them, what is that yourbusiness, aren't they mine?" Would I apologize?Never! I'd t knock sevenkinds of pork out of that old hog. 20 FundomentolistJournol I CarryNil Determined to Destroy DemonRum -"<# by Ruth TurleyMorgan CarryAmelia Nation that helpedto aboutProhibition 1889,she was soon beset with asmany was born on Novem- in 1919,eight years after her death. whysas a 5-year-old.She knew that in ber 25,1846, in Gar- Manypeople think of Carry Nationas 1880a statelaw hadbeen ratified which rard County, Ken- violent becauseher battle asainst prohibited the sale of liquor. Yet tucky. She died in alcohol includedthe destructionof alcoholismwas running rampant. Carry 191 I . Duringher life- saloons.Others agree with Carry'sview- went to the local authoritiesand said, time she carried a pointthat it is theliquor industry which "Why aren't you enforcingthe law?" heavyconviction that is violent. Theydid not knowwhy. No doubtCarry alcoholwas physically, men- Carry Nation loved children,and was discouraged.She knew that the tally, and spiritually debili- perhapsthat is why she becamea familiesof her communitywere being tating to individuals.She be- schoolteacher.No doubt,in this capacity destroyedby alcoholfaster than she lievedthis sostrongly that shedevoted couldcommunicate with thosein state muchof her life to fightingalcoholism. and localgovernment, or with thoseat Shethought her name,Carry A. Nation, rr the White House. was a sign that she had been foreor- Drior hasdug more In her simplicity,she decidedthat dained to protect America from this shewas ill-equipped to performthe job rapidlyescalating disease. Carry's flame gravesthan any other of sheriff,or congressman,or President of hatredfor alcoholwas fanned by such poisonedscourge of the United States.Therefore, she contemporariesas EvangelineBooth, decidedto Dut the matter in God's who becamethe nationaldirector of the thatever swept hands.In 1890she began her nonviolent SalvationArmy in 1904.In her own war its death-dealingwaves campaignagainst alcohol by praying againstalcoholism, Miss Booth wrote: outsidesaloons. This was no fly-by-night "Drink has dug more gravesthan any acrossthe world." protest.She had apparentlyprayed for other poisonedscourge that everswept -Evangeline at least10 years. History says she began its death-dealingwaves across the Booth choppingsaloons in the early 1900s.At world." that time Carry was a sensitive,digni DavidLloyd Georgealso feared the fied womanin her mid or late fifties. spreadof alcoholism.In his speech Nevertheless,she must have looked like on March 29, 1915,he said:"We are a memberof the lunaticfrinse as she fightingGermany, Austria, and drink, sheoften saw children who wereabused walkedthe streetswith her weapons and as far as I can see,the greatestof or neglectedbecause of alcohol. againstalcohol. In her left handwas the thesedeadly foes is drink." Carry was characterizedby a child- openBible, its holy pagesflipping wildly Carryherself did somepublic speak- like simplicity.For instance,when she ing, and she joined in other activities and her husbandmoved to Kansasin continuedon page51 July/August1986 21 We are to preach the Word. Why? Titus 1:3says, "But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching." God makes Himself known through the preaching of His Word. The early church went everywhere preaching the Word of God. As I travel around the world, I realize the churches that preach the Word through row the Lord will do won- expository preaching are ders among you." We are Two Little filled with people. to expect great things from Red Books To preach the Word, God and atlemptgreal preachersmust spend time things for Him. When you Preochlhe studying the Word. When- sou a scedhere and there, Possiblyno two similar Word ever the pulpit is strong, 50 years later you will works have so affected the the nation is strong. And meet people who have been rvorld as two little red by lack Wyrtzen when the pulpit is weak, savedthrough someof your books-one with enor- the nation is weak. If you work, no matter where you mous,the other astronomi- When asked to speak at do not believe the Bible go.One of the greatest, cal, circulation.Poles a national youth conference is a compassgiving direc- most rewardingthings in apart in philosophy, they on how to live in a day of tion for life day after this world is to do the hale tremendouslyin- crises, I remembered the day, you just do not have work of an evangclist- fluencedmillions of lives. apostle Paul, who lived in anything. preach the Word. The little red book that such a time. In 2 Timothy We are to preach the many calledthe most power- 4:1 he wrote: "I chargethee Word diligently-when it is I Jack Wyrtzen is founder ful and challengingdocu- therefore before God, and convenientand when it is and director of Word of ment o[ the centuryis the Lord Jesus Christ, who not convenient.Paul said Life, Inc., Schroon Lake, Quotationst'rom Chairman shall judge the quick and we are to reprove, rebuke, New York. Mao Tse-Tung.For years it the dead at his appearing and exhort with all longsuf- was the "Bible" of mil- and his kingdom; preach fering. Though we take an lionsof dedicated,enslaved the word." uncompromising position, Communists. Preach the Word. God we must do it with compas- Sermon A publisher'snote to did not tell us to preach sion. However, the idea Outline the [irst U.S.publication only a social gospel, He that love overlooks sin and of Quotationslrom Cltatr- told us to oreach His error is not in the Bible. The End of the Age man Mao (Bantam Books, Word-the entire Word of Philippians1:9 says that (Matthew24) 1967)says: "Every great God. Being brought up in love must abound in knowl- L Sinsof the Endof political upheaval of five Liberal churches, I edge and in discernment or theAge (24l 13) modcrn times has pro- know all about the "social judgment. We need to judge II. Signsof the End of duced a document of para- gospel." Although I heard in the light of the Word of the Age(24:14-32) mount importance in the the Liberals talk about the God. That is why we have IIL Symbolof the End of battle for the minds of social gospel, I never met to know the Bible. Every theAge (24:33-35) men. Tom Paine's Com- one who practiced it. Christian is called of God I V. Significanceof the mon Sense,Harriet Later I met fundamen- to be a theologian. End of the Age Beecher Stowe's Uncle tal, Bible-believingpeople We also preach the (24:36-51) Tom's Cabin,the Cctmmunist who never talked about the Word becausewe love His Manit'estoof Marx and socialgospel. Instead, they appearing.Every day I ask, Word Study Engels, Hit"ler's Mein had me going to the rescue "Lord, is this the day?" I Kampf-all theseworks mission to deal with drunk- believe there are only two Eschatos, means the servedto inspire, to per- ards, took me over to the reasonsJesus has not yet "end" as in the end of the suade,and to inflame jails to work with dope come. He is giving you and age. It is the term from great massesof people. addicts and murderers, and me more time to spread the which the doctrine of es- "Just such a document took me out into the streets gospel,and He is giving chatologyis derived. is QuotationsIrom Chair- of New York City. We started sinners more time to re- Eschatologyis that area of man Mao Tse-Tung.The 'little to see lives transformed. pent. I know you are glad systematictheology deal- red book,' complete Suddenlv. I realized that the Lord did not come the ing with the "end times." with plastic cover and these people had the real day before you got saved. Thus, it incorporatesthe bookmark, has become the social gospel and did not I like Joshua 3:5, "Sanc- study of biblical prophecy familiar symbol of Mao's even know itl tify yourselves'for tomor- and future events. new Cultural Revolution." July/August1986 23 I went on sale, replacing the assistantmanager was lean- we came here in June "Little Red Book" as tne ing over the counter with a 1984,"Adams said."And "Bible" for modern China. red Gospel of John, leading the rest of the money is How remarkable that the a customerto Christ." coming in." "most powerful document The Horton John is still The new building will of the century" could be so in print in both King James house a gymnasium and soon and so easily replaced! and NASB versions.After offices."We are at capacity By contrast, the famil- all, it is part of the Bible, now," Adams says."But iar red Horton Gospelof the only book in the world we havea very extensive J<-rhn,whose circulation that is never off the press athleticministry that is an now tops 52 million, has rrr nrrt of nrint outreachto the community. been an indispensabletool We have athletic teams for for generationso[ soul- I Bernard R. DeRemer everyonefrom kinder- winners. garten through adults and This remarkable pub- many neighborhoodpeople licationbegan in 1922 signed up for our church i*:iIffiir$e'Hr-when T.C. Horton prepared leagues.Of course all of an edition of the fourth the coachesand umpires gospelwith specialhelps Jeff Adoms: are church members, and for Christianworkers. Cer- we've found it a tremen- Accordingto Leo A. tain verseswere underlined Meetingthe dous method to reach out Orleans,a China research or set in boldfacetype. Chqllenge to the community." The specialistat the Librarl, of Hortcln,who held a number church even owns a park Congress,3.5 billion vol- of pastoratesand had been After serving in Central complete with a baseball umes o[' Mao's rvorks u'ere associatedwith J. Wilbur Americafor 10 years,8 of diamond for the baseball publishcdin Chinabc- Chapman,was a cofounder which were spent in rest- leagues. tweenAugust 1966and ol what is today Biola lcssEl Salvador,Jef[ Deccmber1968. The book Univcrsity. Adams,his wife, Cheryl, iloodedthe countrl "in an His goal was that thc and daughters,Sarah and e[f'ortto deify Mao and all gospelbe placedin the Rebekah,found themselves his rvorks.Evervrvherc hands of every man, back at his home church- young Chinesezlre carry- woman,and child in the KansasCity Baptist Temple. ing their little red books, world. At first Adamsdid not under- memorizingMao's sayings, PeteGunther, former stand the Lord's moving, and repeatingthcm aloud internationalsales admin- but sincehe had beena in a fashi<-rnreminiscent of istrator of Moody Press, part ol' the church pas- thc way Chinesein past recalls how widely the toral team before he went agesrecited Confucius's book has been used over to Central America, it soon sayings"(A. Doak the years,especially seemednatural that God Barnett'sintroduction to through the Moody Litera- would lead him to answer Qtrotat ion s). A jt-rurnalist ture Missionfree distribu- the call of his home asked a group of Red tion program in public church. Guards,all prol'essing schools: In the 40-yearhistory atheists,who createdthe "We had askedthc of the church, only three universe.Dutifully, they children to memorize men haveheld the pastorate. intoned,"Chairman Mao certain versesfrom the Adams assumedthe pulpit JeffAdoms onswered the collof and the thoughts of Chair- Gospel of John, and al'ter Truman Dollar re- hishome church. man Mao." through the course of years signed,and he reports that A 19-year-oldsoldier, we receivedliterally thou- the church has continued The single adult Sun- beforelosing his life while sands of letters from to grow. day school class of about saving a trainload of Red teachersand pupils in- How many people at- 400 members will meet in Guards, proclaimed fer- dicatingto us what this tendKansas City Baptist the new gym, and the vently, "I can go without little Gospel of John meant Temple?Adams is not church offices will expand food for a day, but I can- to them, as well as the sure, but he knows that into badly neededspace. not let a day go by without other books that were sent. "there's no place to sit "Our 2,000-seataudito- reading Chairman Mao's Hundreds of those who and no place to park." The rium is totally packed book." How many Chris- respondedindicated that church has undertaken a each service.I'm sure tians are equally dedicated they had receivedChrist as $1.3million dollar build- we'll have to go to two to the life-giving Word of Saviour through the Horton ing program, and the new servicessoon," says God? John." building should be com- Adams. In 1983the first "Big Pete also remembered plete and paid for by this Jeff Adams enjoyswork- Yellow Book" (quotations of visiting a hardwarestore in fall. "Half of the money ing with the folks in Mis- Chairman Deng Xiaoping) Indianapolis,where "the was waiting for me when souri. "People here are 24 FundomenlollstJournol very open, very warm, and those new people into your easy-to-know.They're not midst, and pray for wisdom the least bit reserved.One in discoveringand minister- of the things that's been a ing to their special needs. blessingto me is the Determinethe Sundayschool church has been so recep- class where each visitor tive to my ministry. That would bestfit, and assign is a credit to the man who cards to the appropriate precededme and to the Sunday school representa- people of the church. They tives for further contact. are hungry for the Word Follow-up. Make and want to grow. I ex- telephoneand house calls pectedto find a situation as quickly as possible.Be of apathetic materialism sensitiveto each individ- when I returned to the ual's spiritual condition. States,but it's not that Make every attempt to lead way at all. There'san air those who need Chrisr ro of excitement.The people salvation.Provide informa- are eager to move into big- tion on church ministrres ger and better things." and activities.If necessarv. The church has three direct peopleto the pastoral goals: to provide every staff for further counselins.- memberthe opportunityto Socials.Have regular be an effectiveminister than the pastor?"Put The following methods newcomer gatherings in the and the chance to edify yourself in the place of may help your church employ informal atmosohereof and be edified; to develop visitors and imaginewhat greater measuresto reach member homes. Include a mature leadership that their first impressions new people. both newcomers and older would clearly understand might be. Information. Maintarn members. Design conversa- and carry out biblical Remember Jesus' words an information booth or tion and gamesaround an functions; and to becomea in Matthew 25:35,"I was a area near the sanctuary. icebreakertheme. Allow world church, aware of stranger, and ye took me Staff it with volunteers time for relaxation and God'smission in the world in." Perhapsthis is the from each Sunday school refreshments.Provide addi- and effectivelyusing its time lor your congregation classon a rotalingbasis. tional information on the members and resourcesto to institute a more effective Provide information on nature of your church's be a role model for other clutreachto newcomers. classroomlocations and see ministry and areasof per- churches in world But how? that visitors are personally sonal servlce. evangelization. When our congregation escortedto appropriate Membership Classes.Insti- Adams feelsthat his askedthe samequestion, a classesand worship areas tute classes over a several- greatestchallenge as a caring committeewas born. if necessary. weekperiod when newcomers pastor is "to demonstrate Meeting weekly, the group Greeting.Greeters become fullv acouainted that true Christianitycan consistsof two represen- should be on the lookout with the prt-,cedurefor join- be lived in twentieth- tatives from each adult for visilors as they come in ing your church. Instruct century America. We have Sunday school class, in- the door of the sanctuary them on salvation,their re- turned inward, we need to cluding collegeand career, or to Sunday schoolclasses. sponsibilities to your local turn outward to the singles,handicapped, and Each greeter should in- congregation,and their world." other specialministry troduce himself, then in- witnessto a lost world. groups. Their purpose is to troduce the visitor to three Respondto their questions I Angela Elwell Hunt reach out to all visitors and others. All members of the with Bible-basedanswers. potential prospectsby learn- carins committee should Nurturing. Assign ing their identities and seek6ut visitors before and prayer partners to new mem- needs-including the need after services. bers. Introduce them to the for salvation or a church Visitor Cards. Provide congregationat large before Coringfor home. information cards for visitors and after regular worship Newcomers In a year's time our car- to complete.This may be services.Disciole them in ing committee discovered handled during Sunday Bible studies. Honor them Are you a caring Chris- that church growth increased school,worship services,or at luncheonsand dinners. tian when it involves new- 50 percent as a result of on a one-to-onebasis. Give Follow up at 3-, 6-, or comers? Do visitors tcr their efforts. Rather than the cards to the caring 12-monthintervals. Throush your congregationleave hear, "No one noticed me," committee. the prayers and efforts of thinking they will not they now hear, "This is Prayer. During caring caring Christians, God will return because"no one such a friendly church. committee meetings,go bring in souls. bothered to speak to me We've finally found a sense over the visitor cards. or shake my hand other of belonging." Thank God for bringing I Linda Paine July/Augusi1986 25 I to sound doctrine, make Canadato enter college.In ChurchNews him especiallycompetent the past five years,mis- NEW YORK(ABS)- to addressaudiences of all sionary kids from over 50 Since1886 the Statueof socioeconomicbackgrounds. mission agencieshave at- Liberty has meanthope to As the first black American tended the event. millions, but much older to graduate with the doc- Directed by Clyde M. and greateris God'sprom- toral degree from Dallas Narramore, internationally ise of hope. TheologicalSeminary, Evans known psychologist,the A selectionof Scrin- has a vision to shape the seminar faculty will in- turesdealing with that theolosical direction of clude professionalson the oromisehas beencreated black America through ex- NCF staff as well as other by the AmericanBible pository preaching and soecialists. Society. teaching. The purpose of the The Selectionpresents For more information seminar is to reorient the passagesfrom the 9th and contact Ambassador children of missionariesto 60thchapters of Isaiah. Advertising Agency,515 United States culture and "A Light for All Nations," East Commonwealth to help them with personal We Asked is intendedfor churches Avenue,Fullerton, Califor- adjustment. and other organizations nia 92632. For full details contact Poige for usein observinghistor- Dr. Clyde M. Narramore, Potlerson... ical occasionsthroughout Box 5000,Rosemead, the year,or for general In August1976, Chuck California 91770. What are five character outreach,and is available Colsonand GordonLoux traits of a good pastor? in the Kins Jamesversion. joinedin beginninga Love for Jesus,the ministryto prisoners.This shepherdheart, thirst for yearmarks the 10than- biblical understanding, AnthonvEvans. senior niversaryof Prison zeal for those who are Dastorof the OakCliff FellowshipMinistries-a lost, and courage. ilible Pellowship,Dallas, growingorganization that Which three pastors Texas,has announced the has reachedinto our had the greatest influence nation'sprisons, touching on your life? T. A. Patter- hearts,meeting needs, and son, C. H. Spurgeon changinglives through the (through study of his life loveof Christ. W. A. ;(s and work), and Some36,000 volunteers DovidA, Covinretires ofter 22 Criswell. and 175staff members yeorsot HighStreet Boptist What five books (other ministerat 428prisons in Church. than the Bible) have in- 47 states.Their programs fluenced your ministry the includein-prison evan- On May 18 David A. most? ?"othe Golden gelism,instruction, and Cavinretired after 22 years Shore "Adoniram Judson" visitation;prerelease as pastor of High Street by Courtney Anderson, counselingand support; BaptistChurch in Spring- Here I Sland (Luther) by aftercareand family assis- field, Missouri.Cavin Roland C. Bainton, The Evonsiniiiotes "The Urbon tance;criminal justice plansto participatein Shadow ol the Broad Brim Alternotivel' reform; volunteerrecruit- revivalmeetings, missions (Spurgeon) by Day, Moody ment and training; and conferences,and youth bv John Pollock. and The inauguration of a new prison ministry product camDS. Anabaptist Storyby nationwide radio broad- developmentand publish- Iiis first pastoratewas William R. Estep. cast, "The Urban Alterna- ing. The headquartersfor in El Reno,Oklahoma, for How old were you tive." The program is PrisonFellowship is in 11years. Then he pastored when you first began expectedto air on stations Washington,D.C. in Fort Worth, Texas,for pastoring, and if you knew in major markets as well l4 years.He servedas pres- then what you know now, as via the satellite distri- ident of the Baptist Bible what would you have done bution services of the The NarramoreChris- Fellowshipfrom 1977to differently? Twenty years Moody BroadcastingNet- tian Foundationwill host 1979. old: onlv to love Jesus work, Chicago,Illinois. its sixth annualseminar Cavinand Maxine,his more and self less. Evans speaksregularly for the sonsand daughters wife of 50 years,will re- in pulpits and on college of missionaries,July 29 to main in Springfield.They I Patge Patterson is asso- campusesacross tne August12. This two-week are parentsof two chil- ciate pastor of First Bap- country. His unique ability seminaris designedfor dren; a son,David, who is tist Church, Dallas, Texas, to present the Bible in an thosewho havecompleted a pastor in Fort Worth, and president of Criswell insightful and colloquial high schooland are return- and a daughter,RoJean, Center for Biblical Studies. style, and his commitment ing to the United Statesor who lives in Ohio. 26 FurdomentollstJournol ATTEMIOIIPASTORS! 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Church FUNDAMENTALISTCHURCH PUBLICATIONS Pastor 23800West ChicagoSt., Redford,Michigan 48239 Address (313)538-4118 City State-Zip The Standardfor Bible-Believing Churches Everywhere, I tl n /6n 28 FundomentolistJournql q,. by Paul Johnson When Abraham Lincoln called Americans "the almost-chosenpeo- ple," he usedan apt \,: phrase, as valid now as when he coinedit 120years ago.It perfectly ex- pressesthe closebut at the sametime slightlyuneasy relationship between the American republic and the religious spirit. The notion of a chosenbut flawed goze peopleis directlyrelated to America's Men fullof hope toword the lond of the free ond the home of the brove, historicalorigins, for thefirst settlers wereundoubtedly animated by a sense combine ourselvestogether in a provisionwas not laid down,magis- of divinemission. In a sermonto the body politic." trates were to administer iustice No onewho studies the key consti- "accordingto the rule of the Wordof tutional documentsin American God,"and both governorand magis- history can doubt for a moment the tratesswore to act "accordinpto the Religion andpolitics are central and organic part played by ruleof God'sWord." The same-princi- or{anicallylinked religionin theorigins and development ple, that the Bible was to r.rppiy uny of Americanrepublican government. defector omissionin thewritten law, in America,movements The FundamentalOrders of Connect- was articulated in the first New in one and icut (1639),the first written constitu- Englandlaw-code, the Massachusetts echoing tion in the modernsense of the term, Bodyof Libertiesof 1641,which based reinforcingmovements drawnup by popularconvention, and itself on what is termed"humanitv. the first to embody the democratic civility,and Christianity." It did not in the other, idea,states in its prolegomenathat the seempossible to thesefounders to state owes its orisin to "the wise distinguishbetween government, on dispositionof thedivine providence," the one hand,and religion (by which and that "the Word of God" recuires theygenerally meant Protestant Chris- "an orderly and decentGovernment tianity)onthe other.As WilliamPenn Virginia Companyin 1622,the poet establishedaccording to God" to put it in his Prefaceto the Frameol JohnDonne, dean of SaintPaul's, told "maintainand preserve the libertyand Governmentof Pennsylvania(1682): the subscribers:"Act overthe Actsof purity of the Gospel."Where specific "Governmentseems to me a part of the Apostles;be you a Light to the religion itself, a thing sacredin its Gentiles,that sit in darkness.God institutionand end. . . anemanation of taughtus to makeships, not to trans- the same divine power that is both port ourselves,but to transportHim. authorand objecfof pure religion." You shallhave made this island,which The dangerwas that suchquasi- is but the suburbsof the old world,a religioussocieties would becometotal bridge,a galleryto thenew; to join all societieson the MedievalChristian to that world that shallnever grow old, model, tolerating no dissent from the kingdomof heaven." establishedcreeds and exercisins the Whereasin the old world state right to persecuteon SaintAugustlne's authority drew its divine sanction principleof "compelthemto comein." from traditional sacral kingship, in But theydid not do sofor two reasons. Americait tookthe form of conscious In the first place,even the churches dedicationby democraticassemblies were run by laypeople,not by the expressedin formal documents.Those clergy.So they stressedmorals and sailingin the Mayflowerin 1620,"for behavior rather than theolosv and the Gloryof Godand the advancement doctrine.They movedaway fr-omthe of the Christianfaith," statedtheir Augustiniantradition of close and desire"solemnly and mutually in the A coloniol fife-ond-drum corps morches detailed definition of doema and presenceof God" to "covenant and proudly down the lone. toward the alternative pro-posedby July/Augusi1986 29 Erasmus,that religion shoulddefine as religious movement. Certainly those little as possibleand concentrateon who inspired it and carried it through propagating the spirit of Christian "O* government believedthey were doingGod's will. Its fellowship. makesno senseunless it emotional dynamic was the Great Since religious establishments Awakening,which beganin the 1730s. were popular, not hieratic, a distinc- is foundedon a deeply The man who first preached it, tive American religious tradition felt religiousfaith." JohnathanEdwards, believed strongly began to emerge.The word secular that there was no real differencebe- never had the same significancein -Dwight D, Eisenltower tweenapoliticaland a religiousemotion, America as in Europe becausethe both of which were God-directed.The word clerical had never conveyedan right kind of politics, for him, were no image of intolerance and privilege. more than realizedeschatology. Americahad a traditionlesstradition, Edwardssaw relision as the essential makinga fresh start with a setof Prot- charter (1663)puts it: "No person unifying force in Arierican societyand estantassumptions, taken for granted, within the said colony, at any time the force was personifiedin the shape self-evident,as thebasis for a common hereafter, shall be in any wise of his successor,George Whitefield. national creed. molested, punished, disquieted or Religiousevangelism was the first con- In any case,in a frontier societyit calledin question,for any differences tinental phenomenon, transcending was impossibleto preservesectarian in opinion in mattersof religion,and differences between the Colonies, disciplineand uniformity: dissenters who do not actually disturb the civil dissolving state boundaries, and simply movedon. Breakingaway from peaceof our said colony; but that introducing truly national figures. strict New England Calvinism,and all . . . may from time to time, and at all Whitefieldwas the first Americanpublic founding Providence,Rhode Island, times hereafter,freely and fully have celebrity,as well-knownin New Hamp- RogerWilliams called it "a shelterfor andenjoy his andtheir ownjudgments shire as in Georgia. persons distressedfor conscience." and consciences,in matters of The key state in the formation of the His constitution (1644)defined "the religiousconcernments." union, Pennsylvaniawas the most di form of governmentestablished in As Americansociety embraced the verse in religion. The Declarationof ProvidencePlantations as Democrati- principlesof voluntarismand tolerance lndependenceand the Constitutionwere cal, that is to say a governmentheld by in faith, it did so in a spirit not of thus framed in an appropriatesetting, the free and voluntary consentof all, secularism but of piety. Almost un- which was alsothe centerof America's or in the greater part, of the free consciouslythe consensusgrew that economiccommunications. Hence the inhabitants."This was the first com- voluntary adherenceto one faith, and institution of religiousfreedom and of monwealthin modernhistory to make toleranceof all others.was the founda- a state which did not distinguish be- religious freedom,as opposedto an tion of true religion. tweenfaiths was the work not so much elementof toleration,the principleof It is probably true to say that the of millenarian sects revolting against its existence and a reason for AmericanRevolution was in essencethe magisterialchurchmenas of the denomi- separatingchurch and state. As its political and military.expressionof a national leadersand statesmenthem- selves,who sawthat pluralism was the only form consonantwith the idealsand necessitiesof the country. The United Statesof America was not a secular state; it might more accuratelybe describedas a moral and ethicalsociety without a statereligion. Clearly,those who createdit saw it as an entity, to useLincoln's later phrase, "under God." The Declaration of In- 6 'd dependenceinsists that men have the o o right to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit o of Happiness"because they are so "en- o dowedby their Creator."The menwho 6 E wrote it appeal,in their conclusion,to O "the SupremeJudge of the World" and o c expresstheir confidencein "the Protec- tion of Divine Providence." o Equally,the mencalled to governthe E o new state saw it as a political society within a religiousframework. Washing- z ton beganhis First Inaugural(1789)with The signingof the Constitutionof the UnitedStotes of Americo morkedone of the most a prayer to "that Almighty Being,who imoortontevents in historv. rulesover the universe,who presidesin the councilsof nations,"asking Him to blessa governmentconsecrated "to the liberties and happinessof the people." He addedthat in "tenderingthis homage FundomentollstJournol I great tribunal of the American might equally well haveadded "and the people. religion of America is religion." WhenLincoln issued the Emancipa- What we are seeingnow is a fourth tion Proclamationin 1862he invoked GreatAwakening and that too is proving "the consideratejudgment of mankind divisivein someways. ln no period has and the gracious favour of Almighty American exceptionalismbeen more God." marked, have American religious pat- At the time of the Spanish-American terns divergedmore sharply from those War and the annexationof the Philip- of the West as a whole, than in the pines, President McKinley was "not twentiethcentury. In Europe,nearly all ashamed"to admit to a gatheringof his religionswere in numericaldecline by fellow Methodists: 1914,a trend never since reversed.[n I went down on my kneesand Britain, for instance,church attendance, prayedAlmighty Godfor light and as a percentageof the population, guidancemore than one night. peakedin the 1880s(so did institutional And one night late it cameto me atheism). But in the United States, thisway.. . . Therewasnothingleft churchaffiliation was43 percentof the for us to do but to take them all populationin 1910;the samein 1920;by and to educatethe Philippinosand 1940it was49 percent,rising to 55 per- uplift and civilise and Christianise cent in 1950and 69 percentin 1960,then them, and by God'sgrace do the falling Io 62.4percent a decadelater. very bestwe couldby them,as our The fourth Great Awakening has fellow men for whom Christ also gatheredspeed slowly but now appears TheLincoln Memoriol stonds to remindus of died. to be maturing.Like its predecessors,it ourcountry's rich heritoge ond honoroble Theharmony of religionand liberty is having political consequences,the leoders. in the United Stateswas the first thing first beingthe phenomenonof Reagan- that struck de Tocqueville."In France," ism and the revulsionfrom the Liberal to the greatAuthor of everypublic and he wrote in Democracyin America collectivismof the 1960sand 1970s.This private good"hewascertain it expressed (1835),"I had almost always seenthe popular Ecumenicalismis basedupon the sentimentsof Congressas well as his spirit of religion and the spirit of a common reassertionof traditional own, for "no peoplecan be bound to freedompursuing courses diametrically moral valuesand of belief in the salient acknowledgeand adore the invisible opposedto eachother; but in America articles of Christianitynot as symbols hand which conductsthe affairs of men I found that they were intimately united, but as plain historical facts. Indeedit more than the people of the United and that they reignedin commonover appealsto many nonpracticingChris- States."In Washington'seyes, at least, the same country." The point was tians,and evennon-Christians who feel Americawas in no sensea secularstate. reiterated120 years later by President that the Judeo{hristian systemof ethics During the nineteenthcentury the Eisenhower,probably as rypical of and morals which underliesAmerican cold,secularizing wind that progressively American mid-twentieth-century republicandemocracy is in peril, andin denudedgovernment in Europe of its religious attitudes as Lincoln was of needof reestablishment.The phenom- religiousfoliage left Americavirtually thoseprevailing in the mid-nineteenth enon has no counterpart in Europe. untouched. The Civil War was the century.Eisenhower told the Chistian Religion and politics are organically political and military expressionof a Century in 1954: "Our government linked in America,movements in one religious event, the product of the makesno senseunless it is foundedon echoingand reinforcingmovements in secondGreat Awakening.Lincoln saw a deeplyfelt religiousfaith." the other.Just as the strengthof religion the Deity as the final arbiter of public By the twentiethcentury, the Ameri- in America sustains and nurtures policy, but in addition he articulatedthe can republic had come to rest on a democracy,so the vigorous spirit of most characteristicelement in American tripod of forces: religion, democracy, Americandemocracy continually rein- political philosophy-the belief that the capitalism.All were mutually suppor- forces popular religion. So, while providentialplan and the workings of tive: eachwould fall without the others. America remains the world's most democracyare organicallylinked. As he Indeed,each two would fall without the powerful and enthusiasticchampion of madeclear in his First Inaugural(1861), third. When Coolidge said, "The democracy,it is likely to preserveits ex- the disputebetween North and South, businessof America is business,"he ceptionalrole as the citadel of voluntary and its resolution,would illustrate the religion. way in which the democraticprocess was divinely inspired: seems Why should there not be a "Gur-rent I Paul Johnson is author of several patient confidencein the ultimate to me a part of religion books,has written for many newspapers justiceof the people?Is thereany and magazines,and has madeover 40 better or equal hope in the itself, a tlting sacred films for television. He holds the world?. . .If the AlmightyRuler of in its institution and FrancesBoyer Public Policy Award and Nations, with His eternal truth the Krug Award for Excellence in andjustice, be on your sideof the end,"-Wlliam Penn Literature.This article is adaptedfrom North, or yours of the South,that the first annual Erasmus lrcture, truth and that justice will surely O 1985,The RocKord Institute, New prevail by the judgment of this York. July/August1986 3l r by AngelaElwell Hunt Bartholdi traveled to the United Statesin 1871to find a locationfor the "I lor,e the Ameri- statueand to encouragepublic support cans because they for his plans.He foundthe idealsite as love liberty," pro- he sailed into New York Harbor- claimed William Bedloe'sIsland, which had over the Pitt, Earl of Chat- yearsserved as a quarantinestation, a ham, in 1770 as refuge for Tories,a garrison,and a he addressed En- recruitingpost. gland's House of He spentnight after night proposing Lords. Little did he The Stotue of Libertvis hidden omidst scof- his statueand exporinding the idealshe know that onehundred years later the folding os repoirs ore mode, wouldrepresent. The statue would take world would witnessthe formationof the form of a classicalgoddess with a striking visual symbolof that love: The story of her birth begins in 1865 a torch and a crown that symbolized "Liberty Enlighteningthe World," a at a dinner party in France. Edouard liberation,dignity, and authority.The statue designedby Frederic Auguste de laboulaye, a professor and an expert sevenspikes of her crownwould repre- Bartholdi.The Statueof Liberty,as we in American constitutional law, ex- sentliberty extending to the sevencon- havecome to know her, celebratesone plained his conceptof a colossalstatue tinents and the seven seas.Broken hundredyears of welcomingthe throngs to honor America's democratic ideals to shacklesat her feet would signify of "tired, poor, and huddled masses Bartholdi, then 31. De Laboulayewas a freedomfrom tyranny,and the tablet yearningto breathefree," who would leader of the Republican opposition she would carry would be inscribed, come to our shores.Forty percent of under Napoleon III and one of many "Julv 4. 1776." Americanscan claim an ancestorwho Frenchmen who wished to ensure that i N"* York Tribuneeditorial of France would once again become a 1875debated the appearanceof the pro ,Tl republic.- posedstatue: "In view of the climateit Bartholdi becameenthusiastic about may be presumedthat Liberty will be I he sevenspikes a giant statue and he made severalclay draped.Indeed, she is always repre- of her crown figures of goddesses.He modeled his sentedas wearinga sort of disheveled statue on Eusene Delacroix's famous nightdress.There are those who believe wouldrepresent painting, Libeiy kading the People.The that the Geniusof AmericanLiberty Iiberty extendin{ statue would not be purely decorative, shouldbe clad in trousers.No French- however. It was also to serve as a man,however, can be foundwho shares to the sevencontinents Iighthouse to guide ships into the this delusion,and if the artist will only andthe sevenseas. harbor. But whatever its purpose, the spareus the odiousPhrygian cap, we French were determined that the statue shall be entirely contentedwith the be a success.The pride of the French orthodoxstyle of drapery." people, who had outlasted their own tvrants. demandedit. continuedon page36 immigratedpast the protectivewatch of the Statueof Liberty. Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca's father,Nicola, arrived on EllisIsland in 1902from Italy.In 1907William Hope, a stonemason,sailed past the Statueof Libertyon his way to Cleveland,where he had beencommissioned to construct a church.A year later he sent for his wife and six sons,one of whom was leslie TownesHope @ob Hope).Dora Pressarrived in Americain 1901.She Iatermarried Daniel Salk and bore three sons.The eldest son, Jonas, discovered a poliovaccine; her secondson, Herman, devotedhimself to preservinglivestock in underdevelonedcoultries. and her youngestron, i*., becamea famous child psychologist. Not only has the Statuewelcomed immigrants,but the Americansoldiers cominghome from World War II cried at the sightof her. To whom do we owe the Statuethat has meant so much to An immigront fomily stondsin owe of the Stotue of Libertywelcoming them to thek rrew home. so many? July/August1986 33 /Z\ MW&esstheW$A by Lee Greenwood If tomorrow all the things were gone I'd worked for all my life, And I had to start again with just my childrenand my wife. I'd thank my lucky stars to be livin' here todav. 'Causethe flag still standi for freedom and they can't take that away. And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defendher still today. 'Causethere ain't no doubt I love this land God blessthe USA. From the lakesof Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee, Acrossthe plains of Texas, from seato shining sea, From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA Well,there's pride in ev'ryAmerican heart, and it's time to stand and say ir rli I That I'm proud to be an American :.;.,1 where at leastI know I'm free, and I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. And I'd gladly standup next to you, and defend her still today. 'Causethere ain't no doubt I love this land God blessthe USA. A Coplright 1984by Music Corpomtion of Amerie, Inc. ad Sycmore Valley Music,25 DeshonDr., Melville NY 11747. lntemational copyright secured. All rights reserued. I^ady Liberty When le Duc died in 1879,Bartholdi up to that time. Joseph Pulitzer, pub- continued from page 33 hired an unknown genius-Gustave lisher of the New York World and Eiffel, who built the Eiffel tower in 1889. himself an immigrant from Hungary, Upon his rerurn to France,Bartholdi's What Eiffel did is not obvious, but his issueda front-pageappeal. "Let us not work was hampered by an uneasy contribution of slender,strong metallic wait for the millionaires to sive this political situation. Napoleon III's bone structure supports the statueand money. This statue is not a giftTrom the imperial regime had collapsedand the allows it to contract and bend slightly millionaires of France to the million- Third Republic was in its infancy. with the wind. aires of America, but a gift of the whole Liberry was being tried and tested in the Construction of the statue took over peopleof Franceto the whole peopleof everyday lives of Frenchmen. Finally, in eight years. An actual-sizeclay model America." Pulitzer also oromised to list 1875the Union FrancoAmericaine was was built, and wooden molds were made the names of all contiibutors in his organizedwith de laboulaye as its first of eachsection. Thin coppersheets, 3i32 newspaper and soon the statue was as president. The plan was formally an- of an inch thick, were carefully pressed popular in the United States as it had nounced:France would build and supply against the molds and hand-hammered been in France. Soon Bartholdi received the statue; the United Stateswould build into shape.When completed,the statue the good news: the pedestalwas ready the pedestal upon which the statue weighed225 tons and rose 151feet into for tady Liberty. would raise from the sea.De laboulaye the Paris air. The statue was officially On October 28, 1886,Grover Cleve- had originally hoped to presentthe statue presented to the U.S. Ambassador on Iand proclaimed Bartholdi "the greatest to the United States on its centennial July 4, 1884, in Paris, then was man in America today." The statuewas celebration in 1876. That would be disassembledand put into 214crates to officially dedicated with a foghorn impossiblenow, but his disappointment be shipped to New York. chorus and a 2l-gun salute, with was overcomeby the zealousparticipa- New York was not ready.Americans Bartholdi up inside the statue'shead to tion of his fellow Frenchmen.By 1881 were skeptical about the $250,000they pull the unveiling cords. Cleveland the $400,000needed for the French had to raise. Richard Hunt, an American spoke for the nation. "We will not forget effort had been raised architect, had been hired to build the that Liberty has here made her home." Bartholdi enjoyed thinking big. He pedestal,the largestconcrete mass built On October 28, 1986,a celebration had originally submitted the idea for a will be held honoring Liberty's l00th female statue with torch to Egypt as the anniversary. A team of French and Suez Canal was being completed. The American engineershave been working idea was not receivedenthusiastically. since January 1984 to refurbish and But now he had a site. the necessary repair the statue. Two ancient spiral funds,and the cooperationhe neededto staircaseshave been repaired, two new create the tady Liberty, which would elevators have been installed, and 18 stand for hundreds of years. tons o[ decayingwrought iron bars from Bartholdi could not do his work the skeleton have been renlaced with alone.To build the largest statue in the two miles o[ stainlesssteel. The torch, world at that time, he neededa qualified which had been modified over the years engineer.He first began working with with poorly fitting glass panes,will be EugeneEmmanuel Viollet le Duc, who restored to Bartholdi's original design. proposed the statue should depend The "Mother of Exiles" will be entirely on mass for stability.He said reborn on Julv 4. 1986.As our Statueof Liberty continues to hold forth her lamp it shouldbe filled with comoartmentsof ln ]883 Emmo Lozoruswrote o sonnet os o sand,which could be opened individually contribuiion to help poy for o bose for the of freedom. mav we continue to love the in case repairs were needed. Stotue of Liberfu. ideals for whiih she stands. I The Writing of "The New Colossus" While the statue was being constructed, the Not like the brazengiant of Greekfame, AmericanCommittee asked poet Emma Lazarusto With conqueringlimbs astridefrom land to land; write a poemto helpcreate interest in the Libertypro- Here at our sea-washed,sunset gates shall stand ject. A descendantof SpanishJews, the youngpoet was A mighty womanwith a torch, whoseflame far removedfrom the problemsand concernsof her Is the imprisonedlightning, and her name people,until shevisited a groupof Jewishimmigrants Mother of Exiles.From her beaconhand waiting on Ellis Island to be admittedto the United Glowsworld-wide welcome; her mild eyescommand States.From the momentshe saw that her own peo- The air-bridgedharbor that twin cities frame. ple werevictims of tyranny shebegan to write asshe neverhad before. "Keep, ancientlands, your storied pomp!" cries she Emma Lazarus died at age 38, the year after With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Liberty'sdedication. In 1903her poemwas inscribed Your huddledmasses yearning to breathefree, on a bronzeplaque and is now displayedat the monu- The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, ment. Each day more than 8,500visitors view the Sendthese, the homeless,temptest-tost to me. statueand read the poem of Liberty. I lift my lamp besidethe goldendoorl" 36 FundomentolistJournol A family hornc is a What Is a ccnterrvhcre lir,cs al c \\,o\'en Family? togcthcr'.Farnilr n.rcnrbers arc arailableto cachother Thcre alc nranvkincls lutrrculs, at becltintc,rn oI Iam ilics. Thc lc are parcn t s leisr-rlc,and on vncntion. arrclchilcllcn, r'r'rcmbclsol' Thcr riork togethcr'.This cr.rnglcgations,eroups o1' !r{)Ul)lllr: a str1.. ,,1 lir inq peoplerihr.r cule lor onc that is particulat'lv arrother-,gr'oLlIrs ol pcoplc incliviclualized. u'ith sin'rilalhclitagc, or' A family has conrrlron tween the agesof 18 and 24. pcrhapsevcn the farrilr' ol n'rcr-r-rolics,special ri'orcls, That is tl"rctinre thcl need nrankincl.Thesc lelatiorr- tlaclitions,ancl lor alties. gocllrcounselors riho halc slripsare inrporlantlo Lls A family has evcsthat thcil bcst intercstat hcarl. in rnan-v\vu1,5 L'i.,ah dnv ol rcallv scc cach other', car-s Tltc cor.rnselorncccls to clircct our'livcs. But justrvhal is that lcallv I'rcareach othcr, rour chilclin scckingGod's luncndurirrs lamilr'? nrinclsthat lcallvr-rnclcr-stand u ill lor his lifc. l'his rioulcl A family is a ur'oupol each othcr',and hcalts tl.rat be a rare,if not nonexistent, pcoplcrvh<.r activclr ap- reallv lovc anclacccltt cach pt'acticcut a secular'sclrocll. 1'rlovcancl calc ubclul cacl'r othc r'. God doesnot call all young othcr'.Thcv clclightin cach In thcscwavs, thc Iamily people to be ministers or otlrctancl acccpt each rithcr'. livcsin thc ri'or'lcl.All this 4hmissionaries.Horicve r', Hc A family is a ccntcl lor' is onlr ri hcna 1anrilr l.lossiblc clt-rcsriant thcnrto sct'r'eHinr hcaling,a placcu,ho'e vou is lookingtt-rgcthcl in the Should You tt'ulrt tllt'ss,,1 tlt.'il rot rrtion. cattlivc on u basiscll bc- sanrcclilcct ion-tou'alcl God. A Christian collcgc can bcst ing lcal, nncllccorrcr vorr l Lovcancl crcativct'tcss corrre Send Your pl'cpat'ethenr to sclve thc abilitl to bc vr.r-rlhonest scll. not lninr rnerclr, looking at Lorilirr rrtn ptult'rri,rtt. A family has a ri'al ol cach otho', but {'r'ontlook- Ghildren to a Sorneof the nrost impor- ri olkingthIrrugh conl'lict arrcl in! tr)getltcltori'ulrl a tant friends in a person'slife is cxl.lclicnccclat it. Glcutcl Exan'rplc. Ghristian are met during collcgeyears. A farnilyir rrtllts:,,t ilr- Gollege? This is a tinrcri'hcn thcv tiorrol grl)\\rcls,1-rcople I Frank Minirth is a t:1tt'tilrllr ttr't'tl tltr' r'rlttl glt.rriirtg sinrultarrcouslt. psrchiatrist ri ith Minirth- panit.rnshipol othcl Chlts- A family is a pou'cr' Meiu Clinic in Ricl.rarclson, ltt' 7'irrturtd IJcycrlt' Lultu.t'c tiansu'lto sl.rar-c thcil vulucs. ( L'l)lr'r',tL'ne|lrl irrg ivitlrirr itt Tcrus. Hc has authr.rrcdnu- Thc sccularcampus is nclt aclr-rltsancl chilclrcn thc Iove nrcr.t)usbooks ancl cohosls Onc ol the glczrtcstsac- luri'holcs<-rnre crrvi n-rrrrncnr attclpori'cl so clcsl'lclatclv raclioancl tclcvisiorr riliccs Chlistian piu cnts toclar',palticr-rlallv ri ith thc nccclcclirr oLrlu'olld. b I'oaclcasts. make is sendingtheir bc- acceptirnceol coeclucatiorral loved 18-year-oldofl' to a tlt,ttns. St-,rttt' ltttrttlrrtistic Christiancollcgc. Most ol' teucltcrsarc evangclistsol' us ct-rulclscncl our kiclsto 1-lct'nrissivcncss.Do vou rvant lulocal seculal collcge , cn r or-rrchi]cl cxpt.rsccl tr.r thcnr ? jr.rvthcnr at homc lot' a lcu YoLrlchildlcn ale voul' nrorcvcars, arrcl harve rnuch rt-tosIplcciclus prlsscssions, lcsscxpcnsc. anclthcil brainis thcir glcat- ( For 30 vcals u'c huvc csl assct-gllald it at all rvatchcclplu cnts make that costs.Wc told or-rlloul chil- clccision-"ShouldI scncl dlcn that u,c u'oulclnrake rrn cltildu\\ lr\ lu l Clrris- rvhnlcrrclszicrificc ncces- tian collegcor- not?" To sary to hclp thcm gct Chris- nvoidlooking back u'ith rc- tian collcgctraining, but gret at vour clccision,cirrc- uc lcluscclto pav lr-rlir secu- Iullr ucigh theI'actors in lerl scl'urt-rl.Todav rvc do not choosinga collcge. regret that dccision.Scnding Only a Christian school your chilclto a Christiancol- educatesfrom a God-centered legeis an act of'f'aith.Do base.Alnrosl cr e rr thing in nutlinlrl Cod br.1.'titling in a secularschool is prescntcd advanccthat vou cannot al'ford from a hun'ranisticpoint of' a Chlistian cducatior.rfor view. your children.Trust Hrm. Most young people de- You r'iill be amazcdu,hat cide their life's vocation be- He can clo. July/August1986 I Need You Darentsare deceasedor begangetting softer, and havedeserted them. after 325more feet, water In my job as supervising On the night of their spoutedfrom the dry land- nurseof a nursinghome, I wedding,Jim and Vera more than enoughfor all commonlyuse the phrase, had knelt and askedGod their needs. "If vou needme. I'll be. . ." to give them a job no one The "family" continued Last week I got a phone elsewanted. Looking at to grow, yet God met every messagefrom my husband, the dilapidatedboys' need.Even in times of ap- "If vou needme. I'll have schoolthat hot day in parenttragedy, as when the time between3 and 5 p.m." August 1953,they realized girls' dorm burned to the fhe Great If I needhim! Of course answeredprayer. They were ground,God movedhearts Gurfew Battle I needhim. I'll alwaysneed excitedabout scrapingoff with love and many vol- him-to love and to be loved peeledpaint, patching holes, unteersbuilt an evenbetter Your parents love you by, to experienceall the restoringplumbing, and in- dorm. and want to keep you safe. beautiful togethernessof a stallingelectricity. Jim sold A paradeof miracles The easiestway would be gooomarrnge. their own propertyand with has marchedacross Sun- to keep you home every Whenmy 2-yearoldgrand- the help of the Optimist shine Acresover the past night. But, lucky you, most son cannotreach up to a Clubof Mesa,they made 32 years.Volunteers lrom parents realize that we are high shelf to get a book to the down paymenton Sun- nearly every occupation not living in the Middle read,he tells me, "Grandma, shineAcres. havecome to the ranch to Agesand teenagersneed to I needyou to get that book." Their first two "chil- helo construct the seven socialize. Need.A lovely thought. dren" cameto them from buiidings.The Dingman So rules are set. "I needyou" are three little separated,alcoholic children steppedin to help Your approachto your words that make friendsand parentson Junel,1954. guide the home when parents and how you stick show devotion,dedication, Before they could evenget JamesDingman passed to your sideof the bargain and love.They havea golden adjusted,30 children awayon April 12, 1980. will havea lot to do with ring. They are a goldenring, crowdedthe singledorm. Vera has seenmany how toughthe rulesare going holdingpeople together. No Echoesof children'slaughter dreamscome true. When to be. one is invincible.No oneis filled the air and young feet she receivedthe "Mother of As you get down to con- indisoensable.We all need stirredthe desertdust to the Year" awardfor the state tract negotiations,keep in somebne.and someone,some- new life. The Dingmans of Arizonain 1970,she cried mind: Whereare you going where,needs us. We may were happy with their big with happiness,but that and with whom?How are be helplessin a nursing family as they cooked, kind of satisfactionis not you gettingthere-and back homebed, but there are cleaned,and did laundry what keepsher going,From home?Is it a weekendor a others worseoff who need while trustingGod for each early in her marriage,Vera schoolnight? How old are our prayers.By doing for day'snecessities. has prayed: you? others,we lighten our own When the well went drv, The only crown I ask Onceyou have reached loads. theyand the childrenturned dearLord to wear is this: an agreementwith your "l needyoa." Thesethree to God.A well-driller That I may teacha little parents,it is up to you to wonderfulwords make con- struck solid rock at 400 child. make sure that you keep nectionsbetween people. feet.The situationlooked I do not ask that I shall the privilegesyou have and impossible.The children everstand among the wise in time, if necessary,get I Martha Beckman were again summonedto or wort-hyor the great; them extended.Don't ask pray and the well-driller I only ask that softly, for or expectunbounded cameback. The secondday, hand in hand, a child and I liberty on your first the miracle came:the soil might enter the gate. excursion. Avoid the temptation to Blossoms "go alongwith the crowd." the Desert There may be a driving urse to talk about the When Jim and Vera miny libertiesof the rest Dingmanmoved to the des- of the kids on the block. ert nearMesa, Arizona, the But parents resentthe psy- wildernessand the solitary chologyof "everybody's placewas glad for them allowedto but me." This and the desertreioiced could turn the "going out" and blossomedai the rose switch to "off." (Isa.35:11). There in the Rulesand restrictions hot, dustyplains, the are made and kept by peo- Dingmanssprouted "Sun- ple who care. shineAcres," a homefor children with emotionalor I Mel Johnson behavioralproblems, whose God is answeringher When they enter school prayer in an abundantway. they will not alwayshave Shehas taken the handsof teacherswho verbally more than 700 children at praisethem enoughand SunshineAcres and lovingly their self-esteemcan be cared for and trained them damaged.Abundant rein- to trust God for every need. forcement from the home basecan cushionthis I Glenna Fields blow. Give lots of hugs, kisses,pats, and wordsof Vera Dingman is author of five bedtime home. "I give storyboks for children 5 to 14 years old. Shewrote. want love.You cannot too For more infomation write Vera to pray for eachof my chil- much love." Dingman, 3405 North Higley Road, Mesa, Arizona 85205. dren everyday of their As eachwoman shared. lives-for guidance,protec- hers,but I realizedI had I was remindedthat the tion, and wisdom,that they confusedwhat was real cost of raising a child might be what God wants important." has little to do with money. them to be." Jane'stwo sonsare enter- Parenthoodis costly,but fhe Invisible Debbiewants to follow ing adolescence,and she Iove, time, and prayer are Investment her mother'sexample: "My wants them to mature the investmentsthat ulti mother alwayshad time spiritually as well as mately pay off. So much has beenwrit- for her family. Over the physically."I encourage ten on the cost of raisins yearsshe savedlittle keep- our boys to havetheir own I AngelaElwell Hunt children that parentswlio sakesof ours in a memory private devotionsin addi- were ecstaticat the arrival box. Shewas a strong dis- tion to whateverour familv of their first child now ciplinarian and a mother doestogether. I helped hesitatebefore producing who showedlots of love. them set up their own note- Gatch fhem a secondor third. When I Sheprotected us andtaught booksfor prayer and Bible Vllhile You Gan read that the cost of rear- us to be independent." reading." ing onechild is $100,000 Lisa has two youngsons Mary Janeadvised, Not long ago I was look- and up, I smile inwardly. and lovesto romo with "Spendplenty of time ing at slidesof our three Moneyis not the price you them. Shewrote, "The one building the child's self- oldestwhen they were under pay for children. Gray thing I remembermy mom esteem.Give lots of en- 6 and loved to wear hats,It hairs,sleepless nights- sayingwas, 'You have couragementand praise. they are part of the more sucha short time to be a significantcurrency re- child and such a long time quired to bring a child to to be an adult-don't try adulthood. to grow up too fast.' I tiy At the showerfor my to let my boys enjoy their secondbaby, one of the babyhoodand childhood hostessesgently cleared without rushing them to her throat to gatherevery- grow up." one'sattention. "We're Beckyknows the value going to do somethingdif- of time, Thoughher three ferent today," she said. children are all five years "Insteadof playing party apart, shemakes time for games,I'm going to give eachone. "I am very eachof you a blank card. awareof the time I give to Pleasewrite on it a bit of my children,not just the motherly advice-something time doing the necessary important that you've things such as washing, learned." cooking,ironing, and so The room grew quiet as forth, but the time spent eachwoman sorted throush with them.Those moments her convictionsand meml areprecious and shallnever ories. Sooneach had filled be relived." her notecard. Though every Martha echoedBecky's woman was of a different thoughts."Don't worry age,situation, and back- about cleaningand house- ground,each card reflected work. A neighborof mine the pricetag of childrearing. spendshours just looking Shirley has raisedfour for dirt to clean.I was daughters,two are mar- under pressureto keepmy ried and two are still ar houseas immaculateas did not alwayshave to be a minding me to catch those hat hat-once they wore moments,such_ as: the plastic bowls.Another spur_ time, ot-the-momenthug from diggingout old a snow pants, teenageson; the quiet reo hats,.and-cotton An excerPtfrom- batting, togethernessaror-d u prav HuffmanRockness plus Dad'sbelts to keeppiil' iii-",i bvMiiam campfire;the sharinsof lows securearound their eagerand'curi- confidenceas a shy i9-y.u._ child's mind, at start' is middle.s,^theyw_ere a ^A ";;: motley old slips,"See, Mom, there,s H;; do h:tP crew of SantaClauses. Parents' t"itl,tl*:l in- Straw thisgirl ... " into thecon- th*.ii mind' inio inquiring hats,cowboy hats, t.;j;; questions' baseball versation;the time spent ask the caps,and coolie ;;;;J';;-;hich which hats from warcnlngthe solt, sweet t*1. the observations' Taiwan-they went i"iti.it oppor- through expressionon a small ;r"ir. ttt. chance"and turn it to them all. What boy,s de- fun. tace in sleep;the i;; do we helPchildre-n Thosewere thankfui ;#;? the days of prayer to the mentalcapacity?- -What somegreat Itrd after a i.i""'zu[t,tt"ir make_upgames sor left party mind"?-- Iike: "I'il a becausethe *-l;ih;-;':ili;'iil ryk1ng.gf.a- .^ be the fathei otherswere of thethinking ptP:-"t-:]: alligator drinkins. heart and you be the As the years ofquestiont baby,alligator.,,,,Let,s fly 6y, *. T1l:::T: play needto^savor ".#il;;;kitgParenJs' resPonses to Young tort. See, the fleeting we put these timesof closeness.,,[,ord "i;;;*. "WhY?',*,1v,!: chairstogether. .iitai*;, in.istent 1|"*:::l . . Mom,can help me listen pav we usesome and at_ t *"lllffimmmg;ffii"i"raL;Lur-ur:-'-;ioir? blankets?,, tention,"is my deveK"uiiiuu'i'ie*l:'l':lltt;#*ind. An habitual They prayer.I so crucial to the do not play alligator oont want "" ;il;;i or "Hush]I'm busYno'w" maJ anymore, to missany one tnow,,' ques' and most of the ot thesemoments Bb. 'tt""tstreet wherg,as*h"':": "Good time blankets by being- l"ui;l"ad; ; I;J"ndJ;Jend. ^9T1fX';a stay in place too busy,or preoccupied. tt'utup" mav lead to on beds.Sometimis rn"T;;1";;;il;tloot -the it is Ihey are infinitelyprecious. freewaYto learning' a shockwhen I realizemv n sonsare quickly becomins I Gail Denham young men. . In our fast pace,some_ trmesdays and evenweeks go by when I do not take time to reallylook at our sons.I get yo busyand Family preoccupied hopeto plant that i barely character. Maria: A Storv of lrstento their Bookshelf c.reativity,honesty, commentsor and Loneliness,by CaroleGitt pay attentionto their depe.ndabilityinto their activ_ A Time to play, by Page.After nursinsher ities. On my face is - _. clillclren.(Zondervan a smile Miriam Huffman li.oikn"rr. mother through tr.voyears and a greeting, Pu-blishingHouse, I 9g3, but mv Mrs.Rockness has of terminalcancer, Maria,s mind is mileJawav. " not only 202pp., 95.95) drawn backthe tathertakes her to Califor_ Haveyou curtainsof I Daryl W. pitts had ihe experi_ herhome to allow nia to staywith Grandma .1:", of sending the reader one of your to sharein its warmth Estrella.Maria feelsalone, chlldreninto the anJ storeind rntlmacy,she has bitter. Evenafter commit- whenhe came alsogiven out,you almost every,parenta prescription ting her life to Christ. qfq know him? Oh, No! Miss Dent Is i9t When ror a happyfamily: spend Mariajust doesnot seem qlo nls legsgrow Comingto_Dinner, by so lone?I trmewith your children. Ray_ to fit in with the youth can seehis ankles mondand DorothyMoore. betwein Shedocuments how group in the churth. yet h_rspant cuffs and his redro rs ottenin trouble socks. much.time,energy, and sheknows she should not How come I have never at schoolfor not showing nG tnoughttulinvolvement is " becomea part of the wild ticed how much his goodmanners. When he flashing ruyurrEurequiredurof bothoorn parents crowd in her Hispanic smileresembles Ilnctsout his teacher_the the ear_to€ar ln order to reap neighborhood. grin his father the divi_ who alwayssays, had whenI first dends of happy, "that's999 Maria confrontsthe met him? When creative, not goodman_ did his face t ;t Dr. GeneGetz Dr Wayne B Hopkins RaleighWashington Dr. HaroldWestins JamesWestgate RichardBenedict KennethR. Hanna ------.| I y.t, I want to know more about the Moody GraduateSchool. Please send me further information. I I NAME I ADDRESS I I CITY STATE ZIP I I PHONE # CURRENTMINISTRY I I I MOODV GRADUATESCHOOL I A MINISTRYOF MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE I I 820 N. LASALLEDR. CHICAGO IL 60610 I by AngelaElwell Hunt The desperateman in the hotel The room reasonedthat the bestanswer to Iife'sproblems was death. He planned a suicide.After a showerand shave,he would dressin his bestsuit and leave Gideons the hotel to drive his car off a nearby overpass. He ran thehot waterin thesink and pulledhis razorlrom his toiletrycase. He cursedsoftly. The razor had cut his tube of toothpasteand Crestcovered A Quiet the blade.He lookedaround for some- thing to wipe away the gooand spotted a bookon the nightstand.He openedit, Revolution rippedout a page,and carefully wiped the razor. ogoinst Red pinted words on the page caughthis eye:"For Godso lovedthe John H.Nicholson. Somuel E. Hill, ond Williom world, that he gavehis only begotten Dqftness J. Knightsfounded the Gideons hoping to Son. . . " The man loweredhimself to gospel to every creoture, spreod the the floor and beganto cry softly as words he had not heard since child- hoodministered to his grief. Thepage was from a GideonBible. 42 FundomentollstJournol n The Book God Made,J. Carter Swaim wrote, "The real influence of the Bible cannotbe measured; it is reckonedonly in terms of hearts The that havebeen lifted un. decisionsthat havebeen changed, the menand women who, in response to its impervious demands,have donejustice and loved SqlvqtionArmy kindnessand walkedhumbly with God." Likewise,the influenceof the Gideons International,distributors of the Bible sinceJuly 1899,will neverbe realized until eternity.Their purposeand program qnd is simple-to spreadthe Bible and to Fghtng Lovingto encourageits useas widely as possible. The Gideons organization began whentwo traveling menmet for the first ReqchHumqnity time at a Wisconsinhotel in 1898.As they talked, they discoveredthat both Theycame to launcha greatcntsade. !f, he SalvationArmy beganas the wereChristians and they agreed to hold By all odds,they should have failed on I work of William and Catherine their eveningdevotions together while the spot,outight and finally.Led by an t Booth amongthe working class stayingat the hotel. Soonthey felt the amiableeccentic, as single-minded as an and poor of East london in July 1865. Lorddirecting them to form an organiza- arrow in flight (but who provedin the First called the Christian Mission,the tion of Christiantraveling men. In July end to be as ill-fiued to this grand Booths'work attemptedto providethe 1899,a third man joined them and the endeavoras he was to many smaller poor, orphans, prostitutes, and the Gideons lnternational was officially ones),were seyenwomen so graceless helpless of Victorian England with established. that their leaderreferred to them affec- wholesomefood and shelter so they Todayover 90,000men are Gideons. tionatelyas'half-a-doaen ignoramuses." might be reachedwith the gospel.Faced Each Gideon is an active member of Thiswas the pioneer party of the Sahta- with a burgeoningorganization and a somelocal church,and eachis dedicated tion Army. Theystruggled with a flag, limitless opportunity for ministry, to win othersfor the lord JesusChrist. luggage,and the otherpassengers down Booth'svolunteer army found strength The GideonsInternational usesits the gangplankol the steamerAustralia and capability within the sternnessof men to place the Word of God in at CastleGarden, New York City, on martial organization. In 1878 the strategic places: hotels, motels, March 10,1880,toclaim Americafor God disciplinesof a military structurewere hospitals, universities, and colleges. @ernardWatson, Soldier Saint: George completelyimplemented and the Salva- Copies of the Bible are given to Scott Railton, William Booth's First tion Army was officially "at war." membersof the armed forces,nurses, Lieutenant\. The SalvationArmy was not without and students.The Gideonsare presently missionaryzeal. One family, Amosand distributing Scripturesat the rate of one Annie Shirley,with their daughterEliza, million copiesevery fifteen days.Since left their mother country to immigrate 1908over 370 million Bibles and New to a foreigrrland and establishthe work Testamentshave been distributed in 55 of the Salvation Army. The Shirleys languagesto 136countries. sailedto the UnitedStates, found work How do the Gideons finance their in Philadelphia,and promptly rented a operation? According to an official dilapidated hall in which to hold report, "The Bible distribution program meetings. is financedprimarily through the help TheShirleys'work began slowly but of Christian peoplein the churches.The God beganto give the increase.News Gideonsare essentiallya nonsectarian that the "war" was breaking out in missionary arm of the church, sowing America reached the ears of William the precious seed,the Word of God, in Booth in England.A pioneer team was the field of the world. As such, assembledand dispatchedfor America. thousandsof Evangelicalchurches sup GeorgeScott Railton was selectedto port the work by their prayers and head the missionary group, and he contributions." selectedseven stable women as his The Gideonsand thosewho support helpers. Captain Emma Westbrook, them are not often heraldedor praised. leader of the women, receivedthe first The time, money,and prayer they invest telegramof her life instructing her to is quietly offered in the faith that God's sendin her measurementfor a uniform Word will not return void. "When you WilliomBooth founded the SolvotionArmy to because she had been appointed to start a Bible movement,"said Toyohiko fight the bottle for souls. America. The poor woman had never Kagawa,"it meansrevolution-a quiet heardof uniforms and had only a vague revolutionagainst darkness. .." May idea whereAmerica was. According to the quiet revolution of the Gideons conunue. T continuedon page62 July/August1986 43 PCTTER'SCLAY Is It the RealThing? by George M. Bowman midst of their sufferingthey actually If our faith in Christ is authentic, prayedand asked God to forgivetheir we will nevergive up our faith-raceto tormentors. glory.We will neverIet goof the sound If our faith is genuine,we will prac- gospeldoctrine of JesusChrist and any counterfeitfaiths have tice sincerelove for the unseenChrist. allow ourselvesto slip awayfrom the emergedon today'sreligious Sincerelove for Christis morethan an life of "holiness,without which no man scene.But accordingto the emotionalhigh to be judged by the shallsee the Lord" (Heb.12:14). Bible, only one faith leadsto eternal temperatureof our feelings. I am not talking about sinlessper- salvation.Consequently, for the secur- According to the Bible, love for fectionhere, because there is no such itv of our ovvnsouls. we must make Christ is relatedto spiritual knowledge thing this sideof heaven.I am saying sure our faith in JesusChrist is the and discernment.If we want to raise that genuinefaith is obedientfaith, and real thing. the heightof our lovefor the Lord, we it will not allowthe true believerto live We can do this by examiningour must learn more about Him and His continuouslyin sin. faith in the light of what God has Perseverancein holiness,then, is declaredto be certain proofs of its evidenceof eenuinefaith, andthe lack authenticity. of suchpersEu.rance indicates that the If our faith is genuinewe will ex- faith professedis counterfeit.When we hibit joy in times of grief and suffering. trulybelievesomething, it showsup in True Christianjoy is so important in Tru, faith our llves. the believer'slife that it is mentioned is not natural; If our faith is genuinewe will be- in the NewTestament about 200 times. lieve in the unchangeableand the per- This is why Jamessaid it is character- it is supernatural. manent.In the midst of a world of istic of true discipleshipto "count it rapid changeand obvioussocial decom- all joy whenye fall into diverstempta- position, true faith believes in the tions[various trials]" (James1:2). unchangeablenessof God and in the After teachinga Biblelesson on this gospeldoctrine. "And this I pray,"says permanenceof the unseenworld. subject one Sunday morning, I was Paul,"that your lovemay aboundyet "Now faith," saysthe Word of God, confrontedby a manwho said, "It's not more and more in knowledgeand in all "is the substance[assurance] of things natural to displayjoy in times of sor- judgment[or discernment]"(Phil. I:9). hopedfor, the evidence[conviction] of row and suffering." The Word of Godteaches that our thingsnot seen"(Heb. ll:l). I had to agreewith him because love for the unseenChrist can be ex- The true believer finds his real I knew that true faith is not natural; pressedin serviceto the saints."For pleasure,not in this world of sense- it is suoernatural.True faith can en- Godis not unrighteousto forgetyour consciousness,but in that world which able ui to do what otherwisewould work and labour of love,which ye have cannot be physically seen,touched, beimpossible. For example, I knowof shewedtoward his name.in that ve smelled,heard, or tasted. a couple who found their 2-year-old haveministered to the saints,and do We enjoythis unusualpleasure be- daughterdrowned in a creekthat runs minister"(Heb. 6:10). causetrue faith gives us a spiritual through their property. In the rootlessand unstable society insight that enablesus to endure"as Themother, steadfast in faith,said, of the world, this kind of practical love seeingHim who is invisible" (Heb. "Though I couldn't understandwhy for Christ providesus with a founda- ll:27). shedrowned, I had learnedyears be- tion for living. Paul describedit as May this invisibleGod, by the min- fore to trust God'swill. Evenin this I "being rooted and groundedin love" istry of His blessedHoly Spirit,encour- knew that Godis too goodto be unkind, (Eph.3:17). ageyou to examineyour faith in Christ andHe is too wiseto makea mistake." If our faith is genuinewe will hold to make sure it is the real thing. 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Lindstrom,Superintendent hislori alls by Mike Fluent the fact that the authoritiesthemselves had arrangedfor entertainmentsof variouskinds, evenon Sundays;and eparatist John Robinsononce the incident,coupled with the sin of pokedfun at Puritan theoloeian nonconformity,made Ames' position Williu* Ames by referrin! to impossible." him in a treatise as "Mr. William It was not just that incident that Amiss." But to Ames's credit, his contributedto the impossibility.Ames theologyand ethicsnever fell shortof onceaccused a colleagueof immorality. thebiblical mark, and later Ameseven He refusedto wear traditional vest- persuadedthe rigid Robinsonto soften ments. He vigorously opposed the someof his churchviews. But persuad- Anglican church. And in the back- ing an opponentpales in comparison groundof all this, a Puritan backlash to the influence Ames had on the intensified,especially after the death religiousdestinies of three nations. of William Perkins.In short,England EnglishProtestantism was in its balkedat Puritanismin 1609,and it own travail when Ameswas born in had no time for the sermonsof one 1576.The inevitable clash of religious William Ames. thoughtand theologymade his native The end camewhen EdmundBar- Ipswichin Suffolka hotbedof Puritan- well, the masterof Christ'sCollege, ism. In fact, the word Puritan was died. Somehistorians speculate that barely 10years old at the time. Ames might have attained the post Little is known of William Ames's underdifferent circumstances. Never- upbringing,other than that his parents theless,the appointmentwas givento weregodly merchants who diedwhen ValentineCary. Cary and Amesnever he and his sister were quite young. mixedwell. Within two monthsAmes Ames moved in with a gracious wasgone, and in January1610, after uncle,whose generosity enabled him sion.And if rebornWillianr Ames stood finding that the Englishchurch and the to enterChrist's College at Cambridge for anything,it was orthodoxy. university systemwere intolerant of in 1593.There he earnedhis bachelor "Amesviewed himself as the watch- him, he left for Holland.The Nether- of arts andmaster of arts degrees.The man of Ezekiel,"says Professor Ken landsproved to be the fosterhome for collegeeventually elected him fellow Sarles,former instructor of church Amesand Enslish Puritanism. Enslish and ordainedhim a minister. history at Dallas Seminary. "He merchantsarid soldierssettled iri the Whileat Christ'sCollege Ames was warnedfellow studentsabout sin. He Low Countries,and for eight years convertedunder the powerfulpreach- wantedpeople to havepurity in their Amesserved as chaplainto the English ing of William Perkins."To this time lives becausehe felt peopleweren't communityat TheHague. During this Ames,in spiteof his precisepiety, had taking their faith seriously." time he married his oredecessor's never passedthrough the climactic As a fellow at Christ's Church, daughter,but shedied ihortly there- Puritan experienceof conversion," Ames preachedon Saint Thomas's after.Eventually Ames remarried and writes noted biographer Keith Day,an annualfestivity at Cambridge. had three children. Sprunger. "But the preaching of But overthe yearsthe festivitiesgrew In Holland, Ames developedhis Perkinswasunforgettable. . . Although raucousand includedcards and dice. writing skills and roon p.tblished Ameshad lived his earlyIife according Finally,during a sermon,Ames railed several anti-Separatistand anti- to religion and the prescribedmoral at the gamesand the players. Arminian works. His opposition to code, this was not enough.Without "The sermongave great offense," Seoaratismwas not vitriolic. He conversionthere could be no Christian saysMatthew Nethenus in his work on opposed it (and John Robinson of life." Ames."Many listenerswho werekeen "Amiss" f ame) because he felt With his conversion,Ames's faith at gaming felt personal hurt. The Separatismdivided the Puritanmove- deepened.So did his Puritan persua- annoyancewas even greater because of ment. Actuallv. Robinsonand Ames July/August1986 47 agreed on many points. The major covius his bone of contention.Mac- break came on church organization. coviuswas one of thosewho couldnot Robinson championed separation; t'It live without quarreling.It is possible Amespreferred reformationand unity. warnedfellow that his actions were motivated by Ameswas an influential theological studentsabout sin, He vanity" (WilliamAmes, p.60). advisorto JohannesBogerman, presi- Amesworked in spiteof the attacks. dentof the Synodof Dort. He alsohad wantedpeople to have Foremosta theologian,he also wrote many friends and allies there who purity in their lives." books on philosophy and logic. He respectedhis accomplishmentsand studiedRamism and applied it against potential. Aristotelianethics and metaphysics, The synod, called to settle the which he fearedwould dominatethe Arminiancontroversy over Calvinism, Marrow was Ames's systematic church.Ramus was a FrenchProtes- formally conceivedthe Canonsof Dort, theology."Theology is the doctrineor tant philosopherwho developedthe addressingthe five points of the teachingof living to God," he wrote scienceof technometria,in which arts Arminians. The Calvinist position in the beginningof that book. Ames are categorizedaccording to nature emergedvictorious on all counts, preacheda way of life, not a systemof and use.Ames used this sciencein although later years witnesseda dogmas. shaping his theology. From proper renewalof Arminianism. "Theology,as Ames saw it, wasas methodcame proper theology.It was Alsorenewed at this time werethe wide ashuman experience and as long a natural pairing for the orthodox attackson Ames.Some of hiswritings as life. Otherarts teachhow to reason, Ames. offendedthe Englishchurch hierarchy, to speak,to communicate,to count, During his last yearsat Franeker, and althoughthat establishmentwas andto understandnature, but theology Amesentertained the ideaof goingto 'to acrossthe English Channel,its in- teacheshow live' " (Harvard The- America.The Puritans of New England fluencereached into Hollandand forced ologicalReview 59, 1966). were overjoyed at the prospect of Ames'sdismissal as chaplain. Marrow experienced17 printings obtaining this eminent European After Dort, Amesjoined the faculty that centuryand established Ames as theologian.Even when Ames left at theUniversity of Franeker,where he a theologianof the first order. Franeker and took a Dastorateat wrote his greatestworks: Medulla Conscience.which was his doctoral Rotterdam,he talked of a voyageto the Theologie(Marrow of Theology)and dissertationat Franeker,explored the New World. De Conscientla(Cases of Conscience). Christianethics of daily living. But the "New World" wouldnot be "Makingtheology practical as well America.Rampaging waters flooded as methodicalwas the maiorwork of the family houseand Ames suffered Christiantheologians, Ames believed. from the coldand exDosure. Davs Iater In an'Admonition'to youngtheological he died.Friends und follo*.i, *... studentsat Franeker,Ames urged that stunned.Many grieved at what "might t they lay aside the controversialand havebeen" had he goneto Americaor t thorny barbs of polemicaltheology evencontinued on the Continent. and insteadstrive to live a godly life. Ames,though, did not haveto go to t Thefundamental goal of the theologian Americato influenceit. "I think he i.\ was himself would havebeen the first oresidentof -$' to save and then by righ- i T teousliving to leadothers also to God" Harvard." savs ProfessorSarles of '"ii+.!: (WilliamAmes, 1965, Harvard Divinity DallasSeminiry. "It is interestingto I SchoolLibrary). notethat his disciple,Nathaniel Eaton, I *.=RMAN,FREN.H,'PANT'H, I Leadingothers to God also meant did becomethe first presidentthere. setting the proper example, Ames The Puritan dreamwas to makeNew i?f;'.iffif#3ii:"*,?J3:tliS stroveto be a modelof Christianvirtue. Englandthat city on a hill, wherelight I- lrom I on vour own sell-rnstructronal- Whenhe became rector at Franekerhe would traversethe globeto the glory I s:ffi"ilil,ili?""0,3r'ff :"5iH:I felt compelledto restore piety and of God. In many respects,William discipline.Ames even shortened the Ameswas the dreamerof that dream." I ;T,i8iT:il"'3:l""1lffl.ol'-3i!1I traditional Christmas and Easter Ames's influence continued in holidaysfor the studentsand promoted manyways after his death.Both Mar- 'I lif ;'.:r:ffiir&l,Yft,Ll'"i?3"5i?i:I legecourse (cost $135). With the 1 a strict Sabbath-keeping. row and Consciencewere translated t His genuineattempts at piety drew into German (in addition to Latin, I [:i;H'i::,%*::i,:'5;i;st"il:n criticism from some of his Dutch English, and Dutch). For 100 years I ;sr,"'"f,l"?"s:ltril!",1;i.:"'l I colleagues, notably JohannesMac- Marrow was standard reading at ffi:?:''['"'3i13.13lfll"li:i3:.X"; covius. Maccoviuswas a well- Harvard and Yale. In fact, for years -I learninotosoeak tn.ji:%rsffi:?:. I respectedbut seldom-likedPolish to come English Puritanism, Dutch gls,';l,lltJ""lHli!"0 I scholarwho taught systematictheol- Pietism, and American Congrega- I ormoney - l ogyat the university.Increasingly, he tionalism would owe an inestimable I back.Catalo! available from: I attackedAmes. debt to William Ames-a man of ortho- "He could not leaveAmes alone. doxywhose ethics and theologynever i F1Jplo,.F_orum-iNeitherthe latter'squiet piety, nor his missedthe biblicalmark. **8,:333? o', kindnessof charactercould protect \ lif;il?Ta9t:x* him from Maccovius'thrusts. On the I Mike Fluentis a free-lancewriter in trrr--e contrarv. his devoutnesssave Mac- Dallas.Texas. 48 FundomentolistJournol IHUNDERIN THEPULPIT TheMarrow of Theology by WilliamAmes God.. . accordingto God"(1 Peter 4:2,6). fProv. 4:23). "Give me thine heart" "That I might live unto God.. . Christ (Prov.23,,26\. he Definition or Nature of The- livethin me" (Gal.2:19-20). "That the life Now sincethis life sowilled is truly ology.Theology is the doctrine of Jesusmight be mademanifest in our and properlyour most important prac- or teaching(doctina) of living body" (2 Cor. 4:10)."Christ shall be tice,it is selfevidentthat theologyis not to God."The words of eternallife" (John magnifiedin my body,whether it be by a speculativediscipline but a practical 6:68)."The words of this life" (Acts5:20). life, or by death"(Phil, 1:20). one-not only in the common respect "Reckonye also yourselves...alive This life in essenceremains one and that all disciplineshave good practice as untoGod" (Rom.6:11). the samefrom its beginningto eternity. their end,but in a specialand peculiar It is calleddoctrine, not to separate mannercompared with all others. it from understanding,knowledge, Nor is there anything in theology wisdom,art, or prudence-for thesego which doesnot refer to the final endor with everyexact discipline, and most of to the meansrelated to that end-all of all with theology-but to mark it as a which refer directlyto practice. disciplinewhich derivesnot from nature Ti, hishestkind This practice of life is so perfectly andhuman inquiry like others,but from of life approaches reflected in theologythat there is no divine revelation and appointment. precept of universal truth relevant "taw shalleo forth from me" flsa.51:4). most closelythe liuing to living well in domestic economy, "Fromhea'Ien?. . .Why did yenot then and life-giuingGd. morality, political life, or lawmaking believehim?" (Matt.21:25). "We know which does not rightly pertain to that Godspake tu:rto Moses" (John 9:29). theology. "The gospel.. . is not after man.For I Theology,therefore, is to us the neither receivedit of man, neitherwas "He that believeson the Sonhath ever- ultimate and the noblest of all exact I taughtit, but by the revelationof Jesus lasting life" (John 3:36; 5:24)."No teachingarts. It is a guide and master Christ"(Gal. 1:1 1-12). murderer hath eternal life abiding in plan for -our highestend, sent in a The principles of other arts, since him" (l John3:15). specialmanner from God,treating of thev are inborn in us. canbe developed Althoughit is within the compassof divine things,tending toward God,and throughsense perception, observation, this life to live both happily and well, leadingman to God.It may thereforebe experience,and induction, and so living well is more excellentthan living called a living to God or a working broughtto perfection.But the basicprin- happily.What chiefly and finally ought toward God,as well as theology. ciplesof theology,though they may be to be strivenfor is not happiness,which The Division or Parts of Theology. advancedby studyand industry, are not has to do with our own pleasure,but The two parts of theologyare faith and in us by nature."Flesh and bloodhath goodness,which looks to God'sglory. observance."Hold fast the form of not revealedit unto thee"(Matt. 16:17). For this reason, theology is better soundwords, which thou has heard of Every art has its rules to which the defined as that good life wherebywe me, in faith and love" (2 Tim. 1:13). work of the person practicing it cor- livetoGodthan as that happylife where- "Holding faith and a goodconscience" responds.Since living is the noblest by we live to ourselves.'Theapostle (l Tim. 1:19)."Trust the [ord, and do work of all, there cannotbe any more therefore called it by synecdoche, good" (Ps.37:3). The theologyof Paul proper study than the art of living. "the doctrine which is accordingto consistedof theseparts: "Believing all Sincethe highestkind of life for a godliness"(1 Tim. 6:3). thingswhich are written in the law and humanbeing is that which approaches Furthermore,since this life is the in the prophets:and havehope toward most closely the living and life-giving spiritual work of the whole man, in God,which they themselvesalso allow, God, the nature of theologicallife is which he is brought to enjoy God and that thereshall be a resurrectionof the living to God. to act accordingto His will, and since dead,both of the just and unjust. And Men live to God when they live in it certainlyhas to do with man'swill, it herein do I exercisemvself. to have accordwith the will of God,to the glory followsthat the first andproper subject alwaysa conscienceuoid of olfence of God,and with Godworking in them. of theologyis the will. "From out of toward God, and toward men" (Acts "That he should live. . . to tf,e will of it [the heart] are the issues of life" 24:14-16).The sameparts madeup the July/August1986 49 theoloryof Abraham."And he[Abraham] believedin the [ord; and he countedit to him for righteousness"(Gen. 15:6). l,Mrrrm rtrocructrons, Ine- "Walk beforeme, and be thou perfect" (Gen.17:l). Christ demandsthe sameof Producers of Award lVtnning His discipleswhen He requiresbeyond Chrtstian Ftlms ,Atrnougl,it is within tlte compassof this Me to live both happily and well,Iiriog well is more excellent thanliuing happily. Now Avallable faith, that they observe everything which He commanded(see Matt. 28:20). For The Flrst Time, On Paul covers the same matters in his VIDEO CASSETTES Epistle to the Romans,which manifestly containsthe sum of theology.Finally he Add To Your Christian VideoLibrarg wanted to have thesethings taught in the churches."I will that thou affirm Fora completevideo catalogu€ and discount information call or writer constantly,that they which have be- otms HLt{ PRODUCTIONS,tNC. P.O.Box 9 O Madison,Alabama 35758 O (205)837-4166 lievedin Godmight be careful to main- tain good works" (Iitus 3:8). It is characteristicof this division (as requiredin any art)that it followsfrom the nature of the object.Since the begin- ning or first act of the spiritual life, which is the proper concernof theology, is faith and the secondact or operation of that principle is observance,it follows that thesetwo are the genuineparts of theologyand that no others are to be taught. In the Old Testament(fitted for a legaland servilestate) theology appears to be dividedsometimes into the fear of Godand the observanceof His statutes. "[et us hear the conclusionof the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his com- mandments:for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecc.12:13). But by metonlmy, faith is included in the former, as ap- pears in Proverbs3:5-7: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart. .. fear the [ord, and depart from evil." Thesetwo parts are alwaysjoined togetherin use and exercise,but they are distinguishedin their nature and in the rules which governthem. They are also distinguishedin the order of nature, so that faith holds the first placeand spiritual observancethe second,for no vital actionsor life are forthcomingexcept where there is an in- born principle of life. I r Alcoholic continuedfrom page18 God's repeatedwarnings to Israel a human being to disturb the peace- aboutthe nations("Take heed to thyself before God Himself came down and unit-the wholesomenessand cohesive- that thou be not snaredby following disturbedit, as He had in Sodomand nessas we know it-is gone." them"-Deut. 12:30)certainly apply to Gomorrah. What can be done for alcoholic anv believerstodav who are enticedto While in jail Carry read her Bible families? Julie Bowden, a marriage foliow the world in drinking and other and prayedand thought about the peo- counselor, and psychologistHerbert sins. ple who, down through the ages,had Gravitz havewritten Guideto Recovery: Since the believer's body is the beenjailed for the gloryof God.Because A Book for Adult Childrenof Alcoholics temple of the Holy Spirit, how can shewas a teacher,she probably recalled (LearningPublications). Included is a anyonedefile it with smoking,drinking, that John Bunyan had written a large five-stepprocess to begin healing in drugs,or anyother poison (1 Cor. 3:17)? portion of Pilgrim's Progress while adult children of alcoholics. Christiansare called to be separatefrom behindbars. Manyjunior and seniorhigh schools the presentevil world sysie-, not to When at last the "law" came to have speciallytrained counselorswho wallow in it. They havesuch clear, un- release Carry, they warned her to offer help to children who are worried equivocal,and undebatable standards as: behaveherself. She did. As soonas her about their parents' drinking. "Touch not the unclean thing" high-buttonedshoes hit the streetsshe When interviewed, Dr. Spickard Q Cor. 6:17\. headedfor the next saloonon her list. strongly urged that children of "Abstain from all appearanceof During her "free" time shemanaged to alcoholics first "get educated.Read evil" (1 Thess.5:22). closeall the saloonsin her hometown, Dying for a Dink and Getting Them "Abstainfrom fleshlylusts, which MedicineLodse. Then shemoved on to Sober by Toby Rice Drews (Drews war againstthe soul" (l Peter2:11). neighboringt6wns, where shehad con- Publishers).Next, go to a localalcoholic "Wine is a mocker,strong drink is tinued success. counselingcenter or attendan openM raging: and whosoeveris deceived meeting.If there is a chapter of Al-Anon therebyis not wise" (Prov.20:l). in your community, go to a meeting When I was learningto drive, my tt becausethose are peoplewith the same uncle told me about the ancientkins l/l/, arefishtins problemsthat you'vefaced." who was seekinga driver for hii If he could speakfor the familiesof chariot. He askedthe first applicant, Germany,Austria, alcoholics,Robert McDonald would tell "If therewere a precipiceon oneside, anddrink, and as far an alcoholic "You are selfcentered.You how close could you drive to it?" really don't think of thosearound you, Confidently,he answered,"Within a as I cansee, the grcatest and you nevergive of yourself to others. foot!" of thesethree deadly Everybodyhas needs,but we always Thesecond was even bolder-whv. give to you, and you never give back he could get within six inches of foesis drink." unlessit's on your terms. Learn to see disaster. -David LloydGeorge others. Don't be so concernedabout But the next declared,"I'd drive what you can get out of life." I just asfar awayfrom it asI could!"He promptly got hired. Theonly safecourse is to drivejust Abstinence continuedfrom page20 as far as possibleaway from danger. Theonly sanepolicy regarding alcohol CarryNation met a lot of peoplewho liberty in Christ permits him to drink, or anyother poison is total abstinence. "couldn'tfind anythingin the Bible that he is usingthe doctrinein a way that is saidthey were not supposedto drink." deadlierthan infidelity." I BernardR. DeRemeris a free-lance Shemust havespent many hours show- But as we approachthe end of the writer in West Liberty, Ohio. ing them Scripturethat was opposedto age,we can expect,not a waveof re- the degradationof alcoholism.Hope- newed righteousness,morality, and fully,because of herbusy schedule, she holiness,but precisely the opposite Carry Nation continuedfrom page21 learnedto point to Revelation21:8 and (2 Tim. 3). say,"It comesunder 'abominable.'" Even somewho remain doctrinally in the wind. In her right hand was the There are somethinss too terrible correct in their beliefs may find the hatchet.When she came to a saloon,she for God to mention,s.r.-h ar abortion, enormousand increasingpressures to took a deepbreath and entered.People alcoholismin children,sexual molesta- conformtaking their toll. Thus worldly scatteredas sheraised her hatchetand tion of children,the beatingof children, practicesthat formerlywould havebeen broughtit down upon the bar. Shecon- andthe child pornographyindustry. He unheard of among Evangelicalsgain tinued choppingeven though someone put them all under abominable.The per- acceptance-andspread like a cancer: had gonefor the sheriff. petrators of these atrocities were put dress,amusements, drinking, and soon. Carry was often arrestedfor destroy- under"the fearful,and unbelieving, and Satanis certainlyworking overtime, ing saloonproperty, or for "disturbing the abominable,and murderers, and with his legions,to tempt men to sin the peace."She was confused. of course. whoremongers,and sorcerers, and (Matt.4:1, 9), to preparesnares for them astowhat kind of peaceshe was disturb- idolaters,and all liars." (1Tim. 3:7;2Tim.2:26),and to striveto ing. Shehad not observedthe peaceof CarryA. Nation'shatchet is still now, prevent believersfrom living spiritual Godat work eitherin the crookedpoliti- but the battle againstalcohol continues. lives (Eph. 6:12).Surely one of his ciansor in the alcoholics.Because she greatestweapons in theseefforts toward was a simple personwho believedthe I Ruth Turley Morgan is a free-lance personaluncleanness is alcohol. Bible. shemav havethousht it best for writer in Brighton, Michigan. July/August1986 51 T IN REVIEW CNit , LETTERSOF FRANCISA. SCHAEFFER personal ministry may well have been He was an amazins man with a rich ediled by LoneT. Dennis his letters.Anyone who ever receiveda mind and a warm heirt. He loved peo- letter from Francis Schaefferreceived ple and deeply cared about how ihey Francis Schaeffer has been recos- a twentieth-centurv eoistle. Mine is thought.His letters revealthis aspectof nizedas one ol the foremostChristian severalpages long and i shall cherish it his life and ministry. The pagesof this thinkers of the twentieth centurv. He for the rest of my life. volume of his letters clearly revealhim will long be rememberedfor his books, as he really was. He was perhaps the tapes, and lectures, but his greatest last great letter-writer of the Christian era. Few people have a file of cor- respondenceworth reading, Iet alone worth publishing! But he did. Each letter in this collection is per- Anexcepf lrom sonallycaptivating and intcllectually IENERSOF FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER enriching. Each takes the reader on a spiritualjourney through the mind and July 19, 1963 Chalet les Melezes heart of the greatest Christian thinker Huemoz sur Ollon, Switzerland of our tirnes. Becauseof their chrono- logical arrangement,these letters also Dear Kristiana: take the reader on a journey through the Thank you so much for your let- last half of the twentieth century. ter of July 2. I cannot tell you how Though the times changed,he did not. deeply I was touched by it. I under- He was ever committed to the same stand too what you write about the principles upon which he had built his difficulty of finding a consolation and pletely well, either physically or own life, family, and ministry. reality. I think there are really two psychologically.Thus, as I havepeo- Letters of Francis A. Schaefler is a things to see:first, that when a per- ple come here who have problems, compellingodyssey of epistolaryadvice son goes through the kind of diffi- my own contactwith them alwaysin- from a modern "Apostle Paul" on spiri culty you have gone through, this volves a verv deeo realization that tual reality, daily living, marriage and kind of feeling is not to be unex- there may be differencesof degree the family, childbirth, pain, divorce, pected; and secondly,all men since and kind of problem,but it is not that sickness,and death. His strong convic- the Fall-although in a far lesser they are sick and I am well. I think tion against abortion as the murder of degree and a far lesser ag perpetuating their torment. The book is essentialreading for pastors, BOOK NOTES authors make the point that treatment laymen,or professionalcounselors who for theco-alcoholic is as imDortantas work with alcoholics.(\Nord Publishing THEEFFECTIVE PASTOR treatmenrlor thealcoholic, in order to Company,1985, 201 pp., $12.95) by RobedC. Anderson achieve full recovery. If you have an I M.K. alcoholicin your life, you will benefit Theministry of thechurch in andto from this book. (Regal Books, 1984, a world of needy, sin-entangledpeople 138pp., $4.95) BELOVEDALCOHOLIC: WHAT TO DO always reflects the reality of continuity I Mike Kachura WHENA FAMILYMEMBER DRINKS and change from methods that have by Jonet Ohlemocher gone before. The truth stays the same, but ways we communicate and apply DYINGFOR A DRINK:WHATYOU Thisbook is primarilya subjective that "once-for-all" truth will and must SHOULDKNOW ABOUT ALCOHOLISM personalaccount of the author'slife- change in order to accomplish God's by AndersonSpickord, M.D., long struggleto help her alcoholic work effectivelv. Seeinsthe current lack ond BolboloR. Thompson mother.She details childhood mem- in up-to-dateworks oi the whole pas- oriesand impressions and provides a toral task, Robert Anderson,a seminary Thismuch needed book addresses testimonyof how Godworked in her professorand Baptist pastor,has sought the problem of alcoholism and alcoholic lifeto helpher gain proper perspective to fill the void with a text that will treatment from a perspective that is on herself,her family,and particularly helpfully and realistically point out and clinically sound and consistent with hermother. over the vears. This is not portray the shepherd'srole as it is in the biblical Christianity. The views amagic fairy talewith a happy,predict- latter part of the twentieth century. presentedare not basedon opinions and ableending, but anaccount of personal Anderson gives the reader an exciting, whims, but on documented clinical agonyand spiritual insight. The author exceedingly balanced, and practical research and experience. Thus the shareshow sheand her family man- picture. Inciuded are insightful discus- material is convincing, authoritative, aged through numerous alcoholic sionsof the pastor'scharacter, personal and enlightening.Chapter 13 presents treatmentprograms, counseling pro- life, family and relationships(helpful in five myths of addiction that perpetuate cesses,and alcoholicfamily support overcoming hurtful perspectivesof the the alcoholic'sproblem if not identified groups.Perhaps the greatest strength is past),ethics, duties in both ministerial and corrected.The authorsalso address the way shelearns to trust God com- and administrative roles, and so forth. the important controversial issue of pletely, even when His answers to Indicative of Anderson'sdesire to show whether or not alcoholism should be prayer do not equalher expectations. the possibilitiesfor the pastorateas it considered a diseaseor simplv a sin Thisis easy,worthwhile reading for the is now is his discussionof ways to use problem(pp. 134-1351.Whethei or not person struggling to cope with an available electronic and computer pro- you agreewith their reasoningand con- alcoholicfamily member.(Zondervan, grams to best advantage.In all, he has clusions, you will find that their 1984,93 pp.,$4.95) provided pastors and those preparing opinions deserve consideration. This I M.K. for the pastoratea text that ought to be bought and read thoroughly. (Moody Press,1985, 378 pp., $14.95) Suggestedreading if one you love is an alcoholic: I John D. Morrison Wine:The Biblical Imnerative: Total Abstinence.bv Robert P. Teachout A SECREIHE[L: SURVIVING WITH (RichbarryPress). Teachout relates the astoundingstatistics of alcohol AN ALCOHOLIC abuseand gives sound scriptural reasons why Christiansshould totally by CloireCosfoles abstainfrom alcohol. ond PriscilloBorock GettingThem Sober, by TobyRice Drews (Bridge Publishers). Basic This is a well-organizedand very readingfor adult childrenof alcoholics. readable approach to a problem the (MAC authors call "co-alcoholism." A co- It Will NeverHappen to Me,byClaudia Black Publishing).A Ph.D. alcoholic might be the spouse,child, writes about the children of alcoholicsand the long-term and often parent, or sibling of an alcoholic. disasterouseffects of growingup with an alcoholic. Becauseof various emotional, psycho- logical, and interpersonal dynamics, Guideto Recovery:A Bookfor Adult Childrenof Alcoholics,by Julie the co-alcoholicactuallv feels resoon- Bowdenand Herbert Gravitz (LearningPublications, Inc.) Marriage sible in some way for ihe alcoholic's counselorJulie Bowden and psychologist Herbert Gravitz write aboutthe problem. Therefore, the co-alcoholic stepsadult childrencan take to heal the woundscaused by an alcoholic will allow himself to be manipulated, parent. deceived,and used by the alcoholic in (Concordia order to "survive" his situation. Co- NowWhat Do I Do?by RonaldRehrer Publishing).A book alcoholicsusuallv exoeriencethe same about alcoholfor youngpeople. denial and low seif-esteem as the alcoholic. They do not realize that by Godis for the Alcoholic,by Jerry G. Dunn (MoodyPress). God wants excusing and covering for their the alcoholicto win over his addiction. alcoholic, they are actually 54 FundomentolistJournol I PROFILE DaveMusselman: A NewSong a al suPposeI,am most grateful form concertsin over200 churches. He secondaryto our intent of getting out oi has recorded five solo albums and the gospel.In our family, going into I 3i"iH r""x:,'li:i'Jll played backup instrumental on 40 to 50 Christian work was a foregone con- that for granted.": I know a lot of other record albums.During the sum- clusion.My decisionto attendseminary pianiststalk aboutwhat theywould be mer of 1985he won the nationalpiano wasinfluenced by DonWyrtzen, a hero if they were not Christians-where competitionat EstesPark, Colorado. of mine who got a degreefrom Dallas theywould be playingand that kind of Dave Musselmanis not a typical TheologicalSeminary. Musicians in the thing-and I've never been able to Christianmusician. He graduatedfrom Old Testamentwere ordained to the quiteunderstand that. I've neverbeen Liberty University with a degree in ministry of music,and thoughwe have able to understandwhy God would piano,and later from seminarywith the a lot of greatmusicians today, many of want to useme at all." Master of Divinity degree.Why did a themwould do well to getmore theolog- But Godis usingDavidMusselman- musiciango to seminary?"I'd like to ical training,especially if theyare going a pianist of extraordinary talent. He think my musicis top shelf.Music is my to be writing songs.I had also noticed travelsover 100,000miles yearly to per- first love. but at the same time it is that someof the sreatestsonss in mv July/August1986 55 hymnbook were written by preachers, revival--or we wouldn't be saved.Jesus not musicians." may come tomorrow, but He may not From a family with five generations comefor another2,000 years, and if He of preachers,Dave remembers accept- doesn't,we had better hope there is ing the Lord in his mother'sVacation anotherrevival." BibleSchool class when he was 4 years Daveis not only a busy travelingcon- old. "We were meetingin the furnace cert artist, but also a family man. He room whereI could seethe flamesof the and his wife, Debbie,have two sons, furnace through a little glasswindow. 2-yearold David John,Jr., and 2-month- I've often wonderedif that's how I got old JoshuaPaul. Daveconsiders mar- under conviction,"Musselman laughs. riageone of his greatestchallenges. "It's He realizedhis unusualtalent at an work, definitely. But I would like to early age. Musselman recalls being fascinatedby the piano."I absolutelyfell in lovewith the piano.A friend of ours, JohnnyNordquist, would comeover and play our piano oncein a while. Onesong was all we could ever get him to play, "Muri, is my [irst but he nevermade a mistake.What he coulddo with that piano!As a little kid, Iove,but at the same I thought there was God in heaven,then time it is secondary JohnnyNordquist, and then everybody else." to our intent of getting Musselman began taking formal out tlte gospel," piano lessonsat age 7, but he never realizedhe had any specialtalent until his elementary school choir was to presenttheir springconcert. The choir teacherwas ill andcould not come.The think that musicianscan provide some principal agreedto stepin to direct the kind of a role modelfor Christiankids. choir, but the piano stood silent, There are so many peoplewhose lives don't measure up what For them it's not just a political Musselmanvolunteered to play, ac- to they're companyingthe choir while playingby preaching.Sometimes I feel that Debbie slogan.Or a topic for discourse ear. and I can haveour greatestministry if from the pulpit. Thoughhe has playedfor thousands we can just keep our lives together. It is reality.And its impact of people,one instancestands out as We're completelycommitted to it." is immediate.Noteasy to ignore Musselman'sgreatest opportunity. "It Why doesDave Musselman subject 'Old- when thevictim is inyourarms. was the first time I playedon the himself to the lonely hours of driving In a book that none ofus can TimeGospel Hour.'I am overwhelmed and nights away from home for this ministry?"There are pianistswho draw affordto ignore,lawyer/theolo- at all the opportunitiesthe Lord has given us, but that day when I looked hugecrowds all over America,and those gianJohnWarwick Montgomery acrossthat nine-footconcert grand and crowdsmay be totally different from the addressesthe issueand mean- realizedthat I would play for morepeG onesFundamentalist churches set. But I ing of human rights. ple that day than I would ever meet in believethat somepeople u." r"i"h"d by Writing in clear,easily under- the restof my life, Matthew6:33 became music who are not reachedany other stoodlanguage, Montgomery very clear to me." way. The Bible says it is through the shows that if there is a ficun- Who has most influencedhis life and foolishnessof preachingthat men are ministry? "Without question, Jerry broughtto repentance.That's true. But dation for human rights,it must Falwell has. I've always loved his it doesn'tsay that is the only way peo- be soughtin a transcendent attitude.I grew up hearingpeople say, ple are brought to repentance.The verse 'And perspective,in the revelational 'Well, this is what we ought to do. Of I claim is Psalm40:3: he hath put content of God'sWord to man. course,we can't do it, but it's what we a new songin my mouth, evenpraise oughtto do.'But Dr. Falwellsays, 'If this unto our God: many shall see it, and JohnWarwick Mont$omery is what we ought to do, let's do it.' fear,and shall trust in the Inrd.'Many H[I'}'IAN "When I came to LynchburgI was shall see lt-the new song.The Bible *l#"i'12,?j totally excitedby a man who believed promises that people can get saved f*Lll#e;'ruqrrs God could bring a revival to America, through your song." that thingscould be turned aroundfor This fall Dave and his family will ilfi rnfirr God. I've heard a lot of well-known moveto Atlanta,where he will become % DIGNITY preachers say, 'There will never be chairman of the music deoartmentat anothergreat revival. These are the last BaptistUniversity of Ameiica. days.Things will neverget better.'Well, For more information about con- the apostlePaul thoughthe lived in the certs, write to DaveMusselman, P. O. last days, and I'm glad he never said Box 11422,Lynchburg, Virginia 24506 there would never be another sreat or call 804-8454454. I MINISTRYUPDATE Liberty Names Richardson New Baseball Coach Liberty Universityathlatic the time to be the type of lems.I havechosen to be the director and baseballcoach baseballcoach I needto be. athletic director with the Al Worthington announced Being Liberty's baseball problems.Just don't ask me that former NewYork Yankee coachhas been a great job why." greatBobby P.ichardson will due to the fact that baseball Oneof these"problems" succeedhim as the Flames is such a great game. An referredto by Worthingtonis baseballcoach effective July 1. athleticdirector at a collese the move of Liberty to Diil- Worthington,who began hasmany problems and for sion I. "We will be NCAA Liberty'sbaseball program in somereason, I like theseprob- DivisionI in 1988-89.That 1974and has a careerrecord is the onlv road we are of 329-187-1,will remarnas traveling." Liberty's athletic director. Richardson'scareer as a Highlights for the Liberty Yankeebegan at theage of 19. baseballprogram during The Yankeeswere pennant Worthington'sera were three winnersin eight of Richard- Worthington is excited consecutivetrins to the NAIA son'sfirst nine seasonswith about Richardson'sarrival World Series(1981-1983). them.He was selected to play on the Liberty Campus. Under Worthingtonsix Lib- in sevenAll-Star Games and "BobbyRichardson is oneof ertyplayers have been drafied. wasa GoldGlove Award win- the most respectedmen to Three, Renard Brown, Lee ner as a secondbaseman on everplay professionalbase- Cuetterman,and Sid Bream, five occasions.Richardson, ball. Many major league are still playing.Bream is who was MVP of the 1960 players have sent and are presently the Pittsburgh u World Series,holds World still sending their sons to Pirates' starting first w Seriesrecords for hits and play under Bobbybecause of Daseman, Bobby Richordsonployed second runsbatted in. In 1962he was the respect they have for "I feelthe combinationof bose with the Yonkeesond wos runner-upto MickeyMantle him. He is a very knowl- both iobs doesn'tallorv me MVP of the 1960 World Series. as theAmerican League MVP. edgeablebaseball man." CALENDAR Secretary of the Interior dominating the media and teaching-although,praise Speaks at Liberty Graduation God.not at LibertvUniver- July sitv." he said. -Hodel 6-11*TRBCChildren's receivedan hon- Ministry Camp orary doctorof humanities Disney degreefrom Liberty. Hon- 14-18- TRBCChildren's orary doctorates were r* MinistrySmith r$,,' presentedby Liberty Baptist Mountain Theological Seminary to Getaway-III four other outstanding 21-25-TRBC Children's Christian Ieaders. "/ Georee Ministry Smith Bell, presidentof Centril Mountain Baptist Seminary,Toronto; Getaway-lV KennethA. Chapman,pastor 27-Aug.1 U.S. Secretaryof the Hodel chargedthe grad- of Bangor Baptist Church, - TRBCChildren's Interior DonaldP. Hodel ad. uates to battle Secular Bangor,Maine; andArmie F. Ministry Camp dressedthe 1986graduating Humanismand Pantheism Jesalva,a medical doctor Olympia classof LibertyUniversitl and to lead the nationin a andpastor of BibleBaptist and Schools.The 796grad- return to a Judeo-Christian Church, Cebu City, Philip- August uates receiveddiplomas valuesystem. pines, each received an from Liberty University, "Societysays it's all right honorarydoctorate of divin- 21- Liberty University LibertyBaptist Theological to do somethingbecause it ity; JamesO. Combs,editor students return for Seminary,the Institute of feels good. We're heading of the BaptistBible Tribune, 1986-87school year BiblicalStudies, and Liberty toward perdition.,..These was presentedan honorary 27- Liberty University HomeBible lnstitute. SecularHumanisl views are doctorateof literature. cmssesoegln July/August1986 57 over the next 20years, which and looks forward to going A Celebration couldmean 30 billion babies to NewOrleans. of Life savedfrom abortion.Pres- Edwardscurrentlv holds ently, Liberty Godparent five of the school'sreceiving A Celebrationof Lifewas Ministry has helpedstart records:most career recepl held at the Liberty God- 260 centers.and there are tions (158),most career parent Home on May 24, 500 centers in its referral yardsreceiving (2,546), most 1986.Over 400 peoplefrom network.----ioi--*ore career touchdown recep- the local communitvand as inlormation tions(22), most touchdowns far away as California at- please write Liberty God- receivingin a season(8 in tendedthe open houseand parentMinistry, Box 27000, 1983)and most touchdown picnickedon the grounds. l-ynchburg,Virginia 24514. receiving in a game (3 v. Dr. Jerry Falwellstarted JMU,1983). '--*ffit'""' LU Graduate the baby olympicsfor ages ,, 4,.,...sf,-w,ryyv:: - Edwardsalso became the l-3.Games included nerf ball Chosen Miss [irst Flameto playin a post throw, lO-yardtoddler run, seasonAll-Star Game (Blue/ Mommie and Baby relay, Lynchburg GrayAll-Star Game). 5-yardbaby crawl, chubbiest SteveClark (63', 185, babv. and fastest eater. Joan Brvant, a 1986 FS,SR/Annandale, Virginia) Falwellpresented ribbons to Liberty University grad- has committed to a free the winners. uatewho majored in human agentcontract with the Buf- Falwell spoke briefly ecology,was crowned1986 falo Bills. Clark had also concerninghis visionof the Miss LynchburgBicenten- been contacted by Wash- establishmentof pregnancy nial at theMarch 22pageant. ington, Detroit, and Pitts- crisis centers.He hopesto LibertyUniversity under- burgh.The SmallCollege All- see 10,000centers started classman Angela Dawn Americanled theFlames in Stewartwas chosenas the tackling, with 103 total third runner-up,and Lynda tackles. Tait was chosen as the fourth runner-uD. MissBryant will compete in theMiss Virginia Pageant July12-14. Foreign Exposure Campaign to Romania Twenty-nine Liberty University students,staff, faculty, and guests par- ticipated in the Foreign Exposure Campaign to RomaniaMarch 26 to April 5. SumnerWemp and Terry Looking Back. . . 1.980-1981 Miethespoke in Romanian churches,and studentspar- 1980-TRBC's main ticipatedin singing,testify- sancluarywas renovated to ing,and ministering to chil- seat4,000 as average Sunday Kelvin dren. The large team was attendancereached 9,000. divided into two groupsfor Liberty University was ac. Edwards travel convenience,Both credited by the Southern Headed for groupsvisited the citiesof Associationof Collegesand Bucharest, Oradea, Cluj, Schools,with an enrollment New Orleans Arad,and Timisoria. Two LU of 2,970. studentsfrom Romaniain- l98l-Libertv Home Liberty University1986 terpretedfor thegroups and Bible Institute had over graduate Kelvin Edwards participated in the cam- 11,000enrolled in its Bible (6'3', 195, receiver,SR/ paign. Special guests in- studyprogram, LU athletics Atlanta,Georgia)was the 6th cluded Gardner Gentry, wereapproved for member. pick in the 4th round and pastor of Victory Baptist shipin theNCAA Division II. 88th overall by the New Church, Louisville, Ken- Radio station WRVL went Orleans Saints. Edwards tucky, and LeslieMunts, a on the air, waselated with his selection Louisvillebusinessman. 58 FundomentolisiJournol PROFITE SBC'sNew President Adrian Rogers UndoubtedlyCalled to Preach by AngelaElwell Hunt e sayshe is a SouthernBaptist becausehe was savedin a SouthernBaptist church,but nq matter what church he was in, AdrianRosers would haverisen to the top leaderihip.He is cut from leader- shipmaterial. That is asevident in his mannerand statelydeportment as it is in his powerful and resonantvoice. But he is an amiable leader-no matter how forceful his statementor firm his opinion. His dark eyesalways smile andreach out with a friendlyglow and inner twinkle. AdrianRogers was president of the SouthernBaptist Conventionfor the 1979-1980term. His namewas placed in nomination again for this year's controversialSBC battle betweenthe Conservativesand Liberals. "We have a saying:'The office seeks the man,not the man the office,'" said Rogers,54, when askedwhy he would consider running. "More than a few people encouragedme to allowmy nameto be placedin nomination.This past Easter I cameto a placewhere I was willing schooland got marriedafter our first to havemy nameput in nomination, yearin college." full well realizingthat I might not be Rogersfirst felt hewas called to the nominated,and there was a possibility, ministry whenhe wasa junior in high Wnro youlisten certainly, that I may not have been school. "I had not been savedvery elected.I was not running for office, long,and I beganto prayfor God'swill to Adrian Rogerspreach, but simplywilling-if God'swill were for my life. I got a germ-thoughtthat you know you're hearing confirmedby the people." Godmight want me to preach.Where Rogers,who pastorsthe 16,000- it ever came from, apart from the a man wholoves what he member BellevueBaotist Church in Holy Spirit, I don't know. It was is doing, Memphis,Tennessee, grew up as the remarkable,absolutely astounding to typicalboy next door.Born andraised me,that He might want me to preach. in WestPalm Beach,Florida, his first But I thought He might, so after a job was as a soda jerk in an old- while I beganto pray, 'Lord, I think fashioneddrugstore. "Our town was You might want me to preach.'Then went forward, committed myself to 'Lord, verymuch like'Happy Days'on televi- it was, if you don't want me to preach,and neverlooked back on it. I sion. We had one major high school. preach,You'd better let me know.'One tell peoplekiddingly, 'I've sometimes WhenI was in the fourth gradeI met day at the Baptist encampmentof doubtedmy salvation,but I've never Joyce,the girl I eventuallymarried. We Ridgecrest,North Carolina, a man doubtedmy call to preach."' didn't getserious until the sixthgrade. preachedon committingyour life for Rogerswas called to pastorhis first We datedthrough junior high andhigh whateverGod is calling you to do. I church while he was a student at July/August1986 59 StetsonUniversity in Florida.He con- dayand age than any time in my history andI will get out andplay tennis,and tinued to pastor while he attended of being a preacher. There's more we like to take early morningwalks." New Orleans Baptist Theological excitement,more ability to get the Adrian and Joycereared four children; Seminary. gospel out-radio, television,news- their two daughtersmarried ministers, Thoughmany people have touched paper.. . .It's tremendouslyexciting. andtheir two sonsare alsoinvolved in and influenced his life, including Christiansneed to stopsinging'Hold ministry. 'Onward, preachersW. A. Criswell,Billy Graham, the Fort' and start singing Rogers has been pastor of the Hyman Appelman,and John R. Rice, Christian Soldiers.'There has never BellevueBaptist Churchfor 13 of its Rogersclaims his wife has had the beenmore hunger, because now people 83years. He believesthe greatestthing have tried about everything and they know that there'snothing there.They're ready one more time to hear from the Lord. "I don't think there is a greater opportunity than to be pastor. And althoughit may soundprosaic, I would say that to be the pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church-where I am right now-is the greatestopportunity for me.I havesome other open doors. We are expandingour media ministry, televisionand radio, and doing some writing, and of coursethe denomina- tional service,but first and foremost I am a pastor and a preacher.I don't see anything higher or greater than that calling. "This may sounda little pietistic, but there'snothing discouraging about the ministry. It's all encouraging.It's frustrating,often, because of the lack of time.I hardly preacha sermonthat I don't feel that I've pulled it green. uf Af" matterhow I want to spendmore time preparing tni* thisis the to preach.There are peopleI want to forceful his statementor see,books I want to write, placesI most exciting time firm his opinion,his want to go,opportunities to serveand to live. I don't think to minister,people I wantto visit in the dark eyesalways smile hospital.There's just not enoughtime there'sever been a and reachout with a in the dayto do it. But I believethere's greater time to preach enoughtime in everyday to do grace- friendly glow and inner fully everythingGod wants us to do. So thegospel." I've got to determinethe things God twinkle. wantsme to do and the thingspeople are imposingon me, and the thingsI haveimposed on myselfthat Godnever abouthis peopleis "their spirit. They're intendedfor me to do," just greatpeople. They believe the Bible greatestinfluence. "She was saved Sixteenassociate ministers assist is God'sWord. They believe the pastor beforeI was, and she'sthe most con- in the tremendouswork of Bellevue, is God'sman to lead the church.And sistentChristian I know." andRogers has found that his greatest they loveone another. We havea saying "My wife saysI preachfor fun," challengeis "to stay on top of all the about our church. It is 'love worth saysRogers. It's true. Adrian Rogers administrativeaffairs of the church finding.'Wetell our peopleonce they've doeslove to preach.It's evidentin his and not becomea businessmanor a foundit, it's 'loveworth sharing.'We excellentsermon preparation, in his spiritual entrepreneur,but to be a reallybelieve that epitomizesBellevue ferventdelivery, and in his voice.When minister and a oreacher.There are Baptist Church. It is a large church you listen to Adrian Rogerspreach, certainthings that youcan't take your that has a multifacetedministrv. but you know you are hearinga man who fingertips off of. You have to know thereis a unity and a oneness.We say loveswhat he is doing. what'sgoing on. But you haveto have we are 'onein the bond of love,'and we If he couldchoose a time in history that quiettime with Godalone. I heard reallyare. That spirit is almostuniquely in which to live and preach,Rogers someonesay a long time agothat the Bellevue,and yet it is the spirit of the would choose"right nbw. I thinkihis preacherwho's alwaysavailable isn't Lord." is themost exciting time to live.I don't worth that muchwhen he is available. As for his leadershipof the largest think there'sever been a greatertime Everyman has to havethat quiettime." organizedbody of Baptist believers, to preach the gospel.There is more What doessuch a busyman do for Rogerswill undoubtedlybe bringing genuinehunger for the gospelin this relaxation?"Every now and thenJoyce that spirit with him. I 60 FundomentolistJournol N tr-\ l /a\ t\tF\/\/\ I \LV YV ConservativeContinues to Lead SouthernBaptist Convention hough the preconvention Rogerssaid, "If you do not acceptthe rejectnegative reporting, and avoid a estimates of fifty to sixty Virgin Birth of JesusChrist, you have changein leadershipphilosophy. thousandnever materialized, some real problems. If you don't But the focus of the day, if not of the nearly 41,000 messengerswho believein the Virgin Birth, then you the entire convention,was on Tuesday crowded into the sprawling World will havedifficulty with Mary, Jesus afternoon'ssession when a ne* presi- CongressCenter in Atlanta,Georgia, Christ,the Word of God,and your own dent was to be electedand a slateof June10-12, became the secondlargest character.I wouldn't give you half a recommendationsfor new trusteesto number to register as messengersto hallelujahfor your chancesin heaven variousagencies.was to be presented the SouthernBaptist Convention. if you don't believe in the Virgin for approval. Edwin Young, pastor of Second Birth." Theelection of a presidenthas been BaptistChurch, Houston, Texas, opened In the traditional president'saddress the focal point since 1979when Con- the conferencepreaching a messageon givenby the outgoingpresident, Charles servatives within the convention, the preexistenceof Christ. He was Stanleytook his text-from Numbers sensinga liberal drift in the institu- followedby Adrian Rogers,pastor of 13-14.Stanley said Southern Baptists tions, and a burgeoningbureaucracy the 16,000-memberBellevue Baptist must not makethe mistakesthe people in the 14.4million-member denomina- Church,Memphis, Tennessee, who was of Israel madewhen God brought them tion, beganefforts to elect men of con- later to be nominatedas the Conser- to the brink of the PromisedLand. To viction who would usethe appointive vatives'candidate for president. avoidthe Israelites'mistakes, he said, powersof the office to turn the conven- Rogers told the crowd that the SouthernBaptists must refuse to com- tion backto its historical roots,affirm- houseof Christianitystands firmly on promise"our unalterableconvictions ing the inerrancy and infallibility of the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ. concerningthe living Word of God," the Bible. Crowds stayed in the convention p hall during the lunch break,so as not o to lose their seats.By 2:00 p.m. the = 39,099messengers who wereto voteon 3 the presidencyhad their attention po = turned to the podium.As expectedonly two men were nominated. Adrian Rogersof Memphis,Tennessee, who had previouslyheld the office from 1979-1980;and Winfred Moore,pastor of First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas,and current first vice-president of the convention. In nominatingRogers, Nelson Price said, "God has prepared a man for these times. Adrian Rogers is that man."Adrian Rogers was elected with 21,201messenger votes. The electionof Rogersinsures the continuedturning of the SBCback to its heritageand a commitmentto the inerrancy of Scripture. It further statesto thosein placesof responsibility that grassrootsBaptists desire the seminariesto teach and affirm that sameposition. Two conservativevice-presidents, Jack Stanton of Missouri and Ray Robertsof North Carolina,were also Rev,Adrion Rogers(center) of BellevueBoptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee. gives o hond to o remork mode of the podium of Atlonto's World CongressCenter during the meeting elected. of the SouthernBopiist Convention. Thot body elected Rev.Rogers os its presidentshortly thereofter. Hiswife Jovce is to his lefi, I Russell Kaemmerling July/August1986 6l Salvatlon Army The Salvation Army is small-only continuedfrom page43 .004 percent of all churchgoers in the United States.A Sundaymorning con- gregation of 75 people is considered EdwardMcKinley, who hasresearched goodfor most corps.But despiteits size, the SalvationArmy's early years,"The the SalvationArmv touchesmore lives first of severalfarewells held for the than many mainline denominations departingpioneers was no more reas- becauseof their belief that social and suring: the speakerprayed for God to 'drown 'em' on the way if they were goingto fail Him whenthey got there!" The Salvationistsdid not fail; and ttTn who has not heard of the Salvation y Istowftom Army band or seenthe SalvationArmy bell-ringers during the Christmas erpeilenaellrqt lhe eYil season?But the SalvationArmv is much ln lhe worWwlll not yteld more than bells and bands.today the SalvationArmy throughoutthe United lo piotts eflwtqliotts, Statesand 85other countries offers ser- bul nds lo be oul- vicesranging from soupkitchens to day- carecenters. A MissingPersons Bureau loughlard ouhloved begun in 1888locates 8,000 missing by people who qe personsannually. The Adult Rehabilita- tion Centerswork with alcoholicmen dnglenlndd ln ilreit andwomen.TheSalvation Army is quick CMsfiandtnlly.o to arrive on the sceneof national and internationaldisasters, and a team of Salvation Army officers served four civilian refugeecamps in SouthVietram during the war. Army soldierswork in prisons, hospitals,and homesfor the aged.Over two billion meals are pro vided eachyear to the poor. spiritual work are inseparable.Army The SalvationArmy also runs clubs leaders officially recognize that the for boys and girls, thrift shops, primary purpose of the Army is "to IIow I'our antisuicide patrols, and community reach the spiritually and physically centerswhere people can participate in impoverishedwith the gospelof Jesus Sktffs carr Help basketball and baseball leaguesand Christ." other sports events.Each summerthe Standardsset for Salvation Army aHufrlngWorld SalvationArmy directs severalyouth soldiersare uncompromising.Soldiers f'rom doctoF to teachers to evangelists camps.The Home[.eague, a group for must avoid every sort of immorality, to data entry and more, Your women,provides fellowship and service vulgarity, and dishonesty.Everyone a skills are needed! for the community. The Sunbeams/ soldier meets is to be treated in a Christian ministries have critical openings Guardsprogram for girls and the Boys straightforward,kindly, and brotherly for personnel-in the Adventure Clubs are equivalent U.S. and oveNeas-in to way. Soldiersare not to usetobacco or nearly every Boy/Girl Scouting. alcohol.They are to obeytheir officers occupation. And they're available riSht Althoughthe legalizationof abortion in everylawful thing, and to support the now! and sociologicalchanges have led to a Salvation War with their time and Intercristo's Christian decline in usage,the SalvationArmy money,heart and soul. Placement Network will show you which continuesto operatematernity homes Throughoutits history, the Salvation of over 35,000 current for unwedmothers. The openings fit you. Army alsooper- Army has never waveredfrom its forth- Discover your pos- ates halfway houses,institutes for the right statement of Wesleyan theology sibilities. To find out how .. blind, servicemen'scenters, and and its divine calling to reach sirurers leprosariums. with the gospel.According to Edward Call Toll-free: 800-426-1342 What is the SalvationArmy? The of- McKinley, "Salvationistshave always AK, Hl or WA: 206-546-7330 Or return the coupon b€low. ficial pamphlet states:"The Salvation made up for every lack with courage; Army is an international,multicultural they have never abandonedall thought Christian community which combines of their own comfort and well-being,but joyous religious faith with a practical they havelived as though their lives had worldwideservice.. .. Theyknow from no higher purposethan to loveand serve experiencethat the evil in the world will God, and to get others to do the same. not yield to pious exhortations,but The SalvationArmy has always been needsto be out-foughtand outJovedby willing to do anything that a precious peoplewho are single-mindedin their soul may be saved.That has been its Christiancharity." glory. That is its glory now." I r NEWSBRIEFS was turned down becauseof a policy Another Small Victory :i that prohibitsthe useof countyfacilities for ReligiousInstitutions s *'qb for politicalor religiousactivities. Thecomplaint argues that the policy SEATTLE,Wash. (RNS)-A federal is ambiguous,vague, and a violationof district court has dismisseda suit the church'sfirst amendmentriehts to againsta Christianuniversity that hires freedomof speechand religion.- only EvangelicalChristians. The suit Jim Ifuicely, attorney with the was brought against Seattle Pacific RutherfordInstitute, says he expectsthe Universityby the WashingtonHuman county to changepresent policy and RightsCommission, which argued that allow religiousand political activities on the schoolis not a religiousorganization county propeny. and thereforeis not allowedto orefer Twelve-yeor-oldRebecco Higgins sporked o employeeson the basisof religious lowsuitin Florido. beliefand practice. But the court ruled Those and subsequent events that SPUis a nonprofitreligious organ- prompted Rebecca and her parents, U. Methodists, Citing "Militaristic izationand thereforeexempt from state John and Beverly Higgins, to file suit Images," Drop Traditional Hymns antidiscriminationstatutes. against the school district in August, chargingviolation of the girl's constitu- NEW YORK(RNSF"Onward Chris- tional rights. The Higginseswere repre- tian Soldiers"and the "Battle Hymn of sentedby attorneys with the Rutherford the Republic"have been dropped from SchoolDistrict Admits Error Institute, a Virginia-based nonprofit a list of tunesto be includedin the new in Banning Bible Distribution organization that specializes in the UnitedMethodist hymnal by the denom- defenseof religious freedom. ination'shymnal revisioncommittee at Florida school officials who con- By approving the stipulation,which a meetingin NashvilleMay 16-17. fiscated a sixth-grader's Bibles and was negotiated by attorneys for both But while the "militaristicimages" allegedly interrogated the student about sides and signed into order by a U.S. of the two songswere cited as reasons her religious beliefs haveadmitted to an district court judge, the school district for dropping them from the list, the "honest misunderstandins" and have acknowledgedthat public school cur- committeevoted to include"Soldiers of affirmed her right to dxercise her riculum may constitutionally include a Christ Arise," and reverseda previous freedom of speechin the public school. study of the Bible when it is "presented decisionin voting to include "Am I a The SarasotaCounty schooldistrict objectivelyas part of a secularprogram Soldierof the Cross?" approved a legal stipulation that puts to of education."Agreeing that Rebecca's The denomination'snews service rest a lawsuit sparked by a short book distribution of the Bibles met this re- described the discussionon warlike report that 12-year-oldRebecca Higgins quirement as part of "an approved book imageryin hymnsas "clearly the most presented to her classmatesat Venice report," the schooldistrict, as statedin impassioneddebate to date" within the Area Middle School last May. the stipulation, "regretlted] that an 25-membercommittee.The two hymns After the students were assisnedto honest misunderstanding" of school dropped because of "militaristic report on a book of personaliiterest, policy and constitutional principles images" had both been favored by a Rebecca chose the Bible because "I resulted in a "limited abridement" of majority of UnitedMethodists in a 1985 believethe Bible is a verv"a important her rishts. survey, with 69.4 percent wanting book which can serve as suide for "Onward" retained and 86.6 percent daily living,"she said. favoringthe "Battle Hymn." At the end of her oral report, which Rev.Beryl Ingram-Wardof Bellevue, won her an A, Rebeccathen passedout Henrico County Forbids Wash.,spoke against "Onward," assert- New Testamentsto her teacherand any Worship Services in Parks ing that "this hlmn puts Christ in the classmateswho wanted one. According role of supreme field commander." to Rebecca,most of the children were RICHMOND, Va.-The Rutherford Another opponentof the hymn, Mary eager to receive them. Institute recently filed suit in U.S. Brooke Casadof Gainesville,Georgia, During the next period, however, a District Court to stoo the enforcement said,"This is our opportunityto saywe math teacher, acting under orders of of a Henrico County policy that forbids love JesusChrist, he is the prince of school principal Guy Bennett, inter- worship servicesin county parks. peaceand we are trying to follow him." ruoted Rebecca'ssocial studies class The Institute, which specializesin In contrast,Bishop W. T. Handy,Jr. and demandedthat all of the Bibles be religious liberties, is representing of St, touis said he didn't think that immediately turned over to him. The Michael Mostellar, pastor of the Rich- anyonesinging the hymn "would have confiscatedBibles were later returned mond Church of the Redeemer,who was an ideaof grabbingup a gun and shoot- to Rebecca,who was forbidden to pass denied permission to hold an Easter ing someone,or unleashinga nuclear them out on school property. Sunrise Servicein Dorey Park. Mosteller bomb." And Randy Smith of Houston July/August1986 63 I said he consideredthe hymn to be "a had a right to standin for the state, the fifth organizationselected to develop call for church unity againstwhatever appealedthe case to the7th U.S.Circuit curriculum particularly related to the the foe may be." Court of Appeals. Constitution."he savs. The Rev. Jerry Falwell found the The law wouldhave reouired abor- McClellanbelieves the real obiection move to be a further dilution of the tioniststo tell patientsthit the srate raisedby Simonwas that theCenter for church'spresentation of the gospel."We views the child as "a livins human 'whole Judicial Studies, as a Conservative are to put on the arrnourof God' beingwhose life shouldbe pieserved. organization,should not be allowedto in our war aqainstSatan." he said. Illinois stronglyencourages you not to receiveany federal grants. "What's par- havean abortionbut to go throughwith ticularlyobjectionable is his additional childbirth." The amendedlaw also remark that someonewho teachesat would makeit a crime for doctorsnot Liberty University would be totally Prolife Forces Suffer Setback to try to savethe life of a viablefetal unqualifiedto work with the Centerin child. writing this book.An indicationof com- The proJife movement suffered a Theappellate court struck down the pleteintolerance, it seemsto me." minor setback in May when the U.S. law sayingdoctors should not beforced McClellan says that, while his Supreme Court refused to reinstate an "to actas the mouthpiecoforthe state's organizationhas no ties with Liberty Illinois law that would have reouired theoryof life." University,he did ask Jerry Combee,a physiciansto explain the humanity of But the SupremeCourt, choosing not political scienceprofessor at Liberty,to unborn children to women before oer- to rule on the merits of the law, said assisthim with his studv."Peonle for forming an abortion. Dr. Diamonddid not havethe authority the AmericanWay has be'en putting out The unanimous ruling, however,was to standin for thestate and appeal th'e falseinformation all overthe countryin not basedon the merits of the law, but law. advertisementsand interviewsthat siate ortheway the law was appealedthrough "Becausethe statealone is entitled emphaticallythat the Centerfor Judicial tne courts. to createa legalcode, only the statehas Studiesis fundedby the Moral Majority," The case dates back to 1979,when thekind of directstake in defendinsthe McClellansays. "This is preposterous, a federal court refused to allow the standardsembodied in thatcode," Ju-stice but SenatorSimon apparently believes Illinois legislatureto amend its abortion Harry Blackmunwrote for the court. what he readsfrom advertisementsput laws. And since the state opted not to out by irresponsiblegroups." When the state refusedto appealits appealthe law, the SupremeCourt Regnerysays that Simonapparently case, Dr. Eugene Diamond, saying he refusedto reinstatethe statute. was not fully informed about "Law- RelatedEducation" durins the time of the Judiciary hearing."Fiankly, from the way he wasasking questions, I don't Liberals ComplainLU Professor think he knew what he was talkine Unqualifiedfor GovernmentGrant about."When asked if he thoushtSimoi was simply objectingto a Coiservative Ultra-Liberalcritics, led by Senator organization'sbeing awardeda grant, Paul Simonof Illinois,and Peoplefor Regnerysaid, "Well, you'd haveto ask the AmericanWay, have denounced a him. But yes,it certainly soundedthat Justice Department grant recently way to me." awarded to the Center for Judicial McClellansays the Liberalswho con- Studies, a Conservativeeducational trol Congressdo not want Conservatives organization that plans to prepare to receiveany money that's available studieson the U.S. Constitutionfor under the various federal grant publichigh school students to use.Part programs. of their pique seemsto be the presence He sayshis organizationis partic- I ]IRtTTRI of a Liberty Universityprofessor on the ularly interestedin developingstudies editorial staff. on the Constitutionbecause American "This grant was givento our organ- high school students are exposedto izationby the office of JuvenileJustice civics textbooksthat are distorted and and DelinquencyPrevention to develop biased,He saysin most casesthe text- a seriesof pamphletsfor high schools booksfail evento acquaintthe students to study the Constitution during the withthe basicprinciples of theAmerican bicentennial,"says JamesMcClellan, Constitution."We are attemptingto fill presidento[ the Center. that gap." Regnery, govern- ,1\ NormanB. Rohrer,Director fl director of the McClellan says there is a well- I AYa' cHRrsflANwRrrERs cutLD I ment'sJuvenile Justice Division. savs organizedand well-financedeffort on T O' i','f":ili"l.f'A**' T the grant is part of a group of granis the part of the left-wingto sabotagethe Send me your FRti St"rt"r Kit. Show ne how awardedunder a congressionalproject work of his organization."The outburst I to dov€lopmy writing talenl and how to s€ll. T T I called "Law-RelatedEducation." from this senatoris a manifestationof I -l Regneryexplains the project has been this general effort to cripple our t I in existencefor eight years and is activities." I "l designedto teach studentsAmerican Simonwould not return calls to the law and governmentalsystems. "We Liberty Federationregarding his dis- L addedthe Centerfor JudicialStudies as criminatory remarks. 64 FundomentolistJournol I t L Financial Aid information available upon request. Applicants for admission are considered without regard to sex, race, national origin, or handicap, AFTERALL Chernobvland the Believer by TrumanDollar hereis a newword in theEnslish - - Chernobylmay also cometo repre- language-Ch e rnob yl. lt sor]nds sentthe dangersof governmentsecrecy. like a namefrom the writinss of The SovietUnion actedirresponsibly by the Russiannovelist Tolstoy. The beau- withholding information from the world tiful soundof the word standsin stark after its governmentwas fully aware contrastto the horror it represents.The A.oog befteverserts* that this catastrophewould rain full extentof what Chernobvlwill finallv a fatalisticattitude that radioactive debris over unsuspecting come to symbolize is still elusive- neighboringnations. Following its well- becausethe sagais not yet over. Some God'ssovereignty protects known pattern of secrecy,the USSRput expertssay 20 to 30 yearswill haveto us from a major nuclear its own national goalsbefore the well- passbefore we know the story.Realisti- beingof othernations, including its own cally, the long-termeffects of radiation accident.Scripture makes eastern European client nations, and exposurecouldtake a lifetimetosurface. no suchguarantee, even the Russian people. Finland, But evennow "Chernobyl"is a synonvm Sweden,Norway, Denmark, and Poland for all the dangersof nuclear po*... were particularly affected. Looking at rheNew York Timesmap Specific information about the measuringnuclear debris spreading expressconcern or to demand safety natureand scopeof the accidentwould over western Europe was a chilling measures.We live in a world wheresin have allowedother nations to quickly reminderof the globalimplications and has cursedthe whole human race and take necessarysteps to protect the potentialfor deathand destruction.This our planet.Believers have a stewardship healthof their people.But self-interest wasnot a bomb,but a domesticpower responsibility over God's creation. A seemsto havebeen the overridins con- plant out of control-the gravestcrisis blind commitmentto nuclear energy cern of the Sovietgovernment. ThJCom- in the 32-yearhistory of commercial couldviolate that responsibility. munistshave again displayed their dis- atomic power. The runaway nuclear I fear that in Fundamentalismour regard for human life. blazeburned at a temperatureof up to apocalypticview of history oftenblinds Apparentlythe Sovietsare not alone 5,000 degrees-twice that of molten us to the reality of today's very real in secrecy.Only after Chernobyldid I steel.One U.S. expert said, "No one problems.Among believers exists a pre- learn that the United States had 15 knowshow to stopit." Thenews reports vailing fatalistic attitude that the significantnuclear accidents in the past were reminiscentof pagesout of the sovereigntyof God protectsus from a 30 years. I am no longer willing to Book of Revelation. major nuclear accident. Scripture believethat thosein power are always While we often regardthe Russians makesno such guarantee.We needto concernedabout our best interests. as bungling techniciansto whom the remember that God allowed massive Watergatemade that all too clear. A preciousnessof life is not a compelling lossof life at Nagasakiand Hiroshima. Christian has a duty to expect to be issue,Three-Mile Island is a reminderof Man is accountablefor the conse- informed. The Christian who is un- our own technicalineptness. While we quencesof his actionsin the application concernedabout the preservationof believe our scientists and others in of technologyjust ashe is for his moral human life doesnot understandScrip- chargeof plant operationtook greater actions.Although God will not allow ture. The commandof Jesus,"Occupy precautions,we too are waiting to see man to destroythe earth, He will and till I come,"does not require us to be what long-termeffects that incident will has allowedhim to pollute it. Just as it ostriches.Quite properly,Bible-believers have on human life. is proper to be concernedabout the are taking a position on the social as We facethe worldwideproliferation rights of unborn life, it is alsoproper for well as the moral issues. of industrial power plants. There are us to be concernedabout genetic damage If we build a nuclear power plant currently 375 reactorsand many more to the unborn child. over a geologicalfault, a believermay in the planning stages.If the more ad- I am not for a nuclear freeze or rightfully ask,"What are the dangers?" vancedSoviet Union hasan incidentthat disarmament.A strong defenseis the The Bible regulatesthe believer'sac- threatens western Europe, what will bestdeterrent. We cannotgive the Rus- tions toward those in authoritv. but it happen when underdevelopedThird sians or any aggressoran advantage. is clearly proper to be concernedfor the World countriesbuild reactors?Soviets Unilateraldisarmament makes no sense protectionof life. Perhapsit is time that are helping Cuba install two reactors at all, but thesegoals should not keep the veil of secrecysurrounding nuclear just 250miles from Miami. us from being realistic in our discus- regulatoryhearings be removed.I want Nuclear power may well be poten- sionsof nuclearpower plants.We can informationthat will help me vote and tially safe for domesticpower plants, separate the defense issue from makedecisions that affect the well-beins but it is not inconsistentfor believersto domesticpower. of the nation and my family. i & FundomentolistJournol rrarFrira ? TruSBuhlfura.d \ w'l*{t .,.1q. t^ {\ \ S l:, Shatperlmage _\\ Topperformance doesn't have to be expensive!our newestoverhead prolector uses an efficient balanced lens system to giveyou an imagewith superloredge-to-edge resolution and llght unlformlty,unlformlty with no screendiscoloration. 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