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I Splrlt of morallty mentalist, gospel pastor. How his "phenomenalpopularity. . .(a) then could you approve this article misfortune." Thank you for the spirit of for publication? Beecher was as The full truth about his enor- morality that pervades your much opposedto the gospelas was mously complex affair can never be magazine. Thomas Paine the atheist or Colonel known, but it is a fact that scan- Robert G. Ingersoll the agnostic.Sad dalous stories about his character David Grover but true, Beecherhad no salvation existed clandestinely for years (long Dayton, Ohio message. before radio and TV). Elizabeth Til- ton first accused him of adultery, I Amazed and appalled Emery D. Weymouth then recanted. The civil suit ended BeII, California in a hung jury; presumably Theo- I was amazedand appalled to see dore Tilton never pressed for a biographical article commending I A strange turn another trial, feeling it impossibleto Henry Ward Beecher as a gospel win against such an enormously, preacher (Feb.).Upon what possible In regard to Henry Ward Beecher popular, powerful personality. grounds might he even be consid- (Feb.), he was indeed "the most However, even the New York Times ered a Christian? His own words popular and widely known preacher found Beecher's "management of cancel such a possibility. in America." Requested to in- his private friendships and af- Paxton Hibben, in his biography troduce him once, D. L. Moody re- fairs. . . unworthy of his name, po- of Beecher (An Ameri,can furtrait) fused, adding, 'Ask me to black his sition, and sacred calling." wrote: "One by one he threw over- boots and I'll gladly do it." But his For the rest of his life, Beecher board the baggage of [his father] sister,Harriet Beecher Stowe,called manifested a strange turn doctrinal- Lyman Beecher's theology- election, total depravity, eternal punishment, the divine inspiration of the Bible." TYNDALE HOI,5F. PI'I]LI5HERS, IN(] Or to expressit in Beecher'sown self-incriminating words: "But I am an evolutionist and that strikes at the roots of all medieval and orthodox modern theology," he wrote Dr. Kennard in 1883. "Men have not fallen as a race. Men have l ngdoesn't make come up. No great disastermet the race at the start," he went on. 'Any a reservation...it's iust theory of atonement must be one which shall meet the fact that man all of a suddenthere. was created at the lowest point, and as I believe, is as to his phys- Toooften, when it's least expected or leastwanted, ' we find ourselvesfacing great personal upheaval l::::,,::, , :): . ical : : ::. :1. .: being, evolved from the animal :: andtribulations. race below him, but as to his moral "'rt::";,.,.'.,,itt,tltl.tl::;. In his new bookJzrprned by Sulfering,that and spiritual nature is a son of logianR.C. Sproul look at therole of thistrying God." humancondition with compassion,sensitivity, anda concernfor biblicaltruth. Hedeals with such On biblical inspiration Beecher issuesas suicide, the death of a lov€done, the fate states: "The doctrine of inspiration of thestillborn and the aborted, and the rightness that teaches us that God wrote it, of tryingto avoidsuffering. men do not believe. Ministers may Surprisedb2 Sufpnng-because sufferingis assertit officially in the pulpit, but oneappointm€nt that will neverappear on your calendar. they do not personally believe it." There we have it. He was an evolutionist. He denied the Fall of Surp|6ed@ Sulkring is availableat your local bookstorc,or you may order by mail (U.s. and territoties man (original sin), the existenceof only). s€ndyour checkor noney ofdef for t10.95per book ord€redplus t1.50 for postage4nd handlingto Ilndale D.M.S.,P0. Box 80, Vheaton,11,60189. Prices subject to chanSe.Allow 4 6 week for delivery. hell, the divine inspiration of the Bible, and election. The denial of these basic doctrines would disqualify him from being a Funda-

April 1989 ly and theologically. He became so I Respondlng to a response liberal that he withdrew from the association of Congregational Larry Carrier (Feb.,You Said It) Fundamentalist ministers, rejected belief in a liter- wants to know why Gregg Albers al hell, and even acceptedevolution (Nov. 1988, "Sexual Addiction and Publisher: Jerry Falwell and higher criticism! Believers") said Billy Graham'sre- Edltorlal Board: My sources include Dicti,onarE buke of porn-watching preachers VerleAckerman o Norman L. Geisler . of American Biography and Who was "extremely dangerous."Actu- DavidJ€remiah John Rawlings Elmer L. Townso Jack Wyrtz€n Was Who in Church History (Moo- ally, Albers wrote that Graham's WendellZimmerman dy Press). statement was "extremely damag- ing information." Talk about Edltor: Doborah Wade Huff Bernard R. DeRemer damaging-look what Paul said Copy Edltor: EarleneR. Goodwin West Liberty, Ohio Hymeneus Coodlnatlng Edltor: Cindy B, Gunter about and Alexander in Assoclate Edlto18: I Timothy 1:20! W David Beck . Daniel R. Mitchell Editor's note: This uas an un- Better "damage" a few gloss sin- Contrlbutlng Edltor: Ronald E. Hawkins fortunate ouersight. Although Hen- ners rather than allow corruption Contrlbutlng Wdte6: rA Ward Beecher began as a to remain in the church. Check Angela ElvrlellHunt . lGy Raysor Edltodal Asslstant: Sally Druckenmiller thorough-g oitrg Euangelical, the ar- 1 Timothy 5:20, rebuke. Research Asslstant: Mariorig L. Futch ticle failed to mention his sub- About running-look what hap- sequentdmiati,on from Fundnmen- pened to the Greeksfollowing their An Dllsctolr: talist d,octrirte. Weapologize to our obsessionwith sports.Again, check liary Scrivener. EdwanaColeman Venable read,ersfor rufi presentiW the u.hok for yourself what Paul said about SpeclalSectlon Deolgner: Preaching Pastoring, Patl€rson story. Wedid not intend to mislead, physical in & Jim and spiritual exercise fpographere:Susan W Ship/vash anAone. And u,te appreciate our I Timothy 4:7-8. DianeM. fuge . RenaeR. Bullock read,ers u:ho Ttoi,ntedout the Less- NsilDooley than-admirable trai,ts of Henry William B. Simmons Photograptry:Cathy D. Watson, Mgr. Ward Beecher Lexington, Massachusetts BrianSullivan Adrrerllslng & Madetlqg : Bill Lockard,Mgr. o TamaraPugh Sub€cdbof S6rvlcos: Connie Schofer,Coord. . lGthy Taylor

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hy do many Christians stances,and the husband has a wife giveness. Your prayer life will not not get their prayers an- who loves him and is submissiveto have the maximum effectiveness swered?How can you get him, and who sets him above every available to you until you have truly your prayers answered? Of course other person in her life, you both forgiven, not just in word but in you must be born again, but that is have done much to enhance your reality. just the beginning. There are other prayer lives. tlourth, when you fail to be liberal requirements as well. Second, all your personal rela- in your attitude toward God, in your First, to have an effective prayer tionships must be healthy-not just giving life, you affect your prayer life, you must have family unity. In life. When covetousnessand materi- I Peter 3:1-7 Simon Peter says that alism dominate your life, so that you when family unity is violated and lVhenthe bad days are not liberal with God in tithes and there is not an earnest effort to al- seemto stackup offerings, your prayer life is hin- leviate that disunity, the prayer lives dered. Until a believer begins tithing of the people involved, and particu- oneafter another, he hasn't begun giving at all. Giving larly the people responsible, are youneed to be onpraying to God begins with tithing. negatively impacted. Finally, when you sin against the He instructed wives to be loyal groundswith God. Word of God, when you fail to read and submissive to their husbands. the Scriptures in a systematic way, This is not some wild kind of dog- you hinder your prayer life. I cannot matic possessivenesswhere the hus- imagine starting a day without God. band sets himself up as potentate in the family, but outside the family. How could I come to God in prayer and everybody in the family must Keeping good wholesome relation- later that day, when I need help work and labor to pleasehim. It sim- ships going with everybody is not from Him, if that morning I did not ply means that the husband is the easy in this fast-moving world. There have time to listen to Him? spiritual leader in the home, that the are a lot of difficult people out We all have our ups and downs. wife and children are to look to that there-like you, Iike me. But God is Sometimes the bad days stack up husband for spiritual leadership, for pleased when brethren dwell one after the other. Just keep on do- direction. He is not a dictator. together in unity. You cannot make ing all the practical things that are Then Peter says to husbands, people love you, but you can love right. Keep your family unity estab- "Dwell with them according to everybody. You can turn every stone lished. Keep your relationships in knowledge, giving honour unto the over. You can do so much to heal thefamily of God healthy andwhole- wife." Get to know what the Scrip- relationshipsthat God says,'As long some. Learn to forgive always, under ture teaches. Know her needs, not as there is one thing you haven't whatever circumstances.Avoid ma- by emotion, but by knowledge. Be- done to patch up and heal a bad terialism. Be liberal in giving to God come appraised of all the facts relationship, don't come to Me ex- and to others. Fbithfully study the necessary to be a successful hus- pecting to have power in prayer." Scriptures. These are simple things, band. The husband is to honor the Stop and think that over. Is any but I believe herein lie most of the wife. That means he lifts her up member of the family of God angry problems that are wrecking the above everybody else in the world, with you? If you want an effective prayer lives of God's people. besideshis Lord. He talks about her prayer life you must make an all-out These are things you can begin as the most important person in his attempt to heal the breach. today. Then you can expect God to life, outside of Christ. In every dis- Third, if you want to have an ef- begin answering your prayers. If pute, including with the children, he fective prayer life you have got to there is anything this pastor needs takes the side of his wife. learn the life of forgiveness. This old it is to be on praying grounds with When the wife has a husband flesh of ours is by nature retaliatory. God.I think that's true with you, too. who honors her, who never yells at Somebody does something to you We need to be able to call on Him at he4 who is never unkind to he4 who and you want to pay him back. But all times-many times a day-and to respects her under all circum- your first responseought to be for- get what we need from Him. I

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he board meeting was brief lonely it looked. I was thankful worth twice the price. and solemn. Although ef- that as a pastor I would have a The pastor also needsa senseof forts had been made to keep ready-made set of friends waiting fulfillment. One of the major the matter confidential, within a for me in our new community. The sourcesof pastoral frustration is the few hours the news spread through first busy weeks seemedto confirm gnawing sense that he is not ac- the church like an August brushfire. my expectation. But soon the flurry complishing as much as he should. The pastor was leaving. of activity died down and my wife Mike's flock would probably be Those who listened for some surprised to find that their shep- morsel of scandal to explain his herd has been struggling with this is- abrupt decision were puzzled by "WhenI hear only sue. In a relatively short time he has what they heard. No mention was aboutthe things been able to plant a vital newchurch made of inappropriate behavior. He and see the completion of a beauti- had simply stated that the congre- that needto beimproved, ful building. Despitethese successes, gation was not meeting his needs. I beginto wonder Mike sometimes wonders whether "Not meeting his needs?" some he should even be in the ministry. wondered. "I thought he was here whetherI am really He explains, "When I hear only to meet our needs!" supposedto be here." about the things that need to be im- Churches looking for new staff proved, I begin to wonder whether often find themselves deluged by I am really supposed to be here." resumesfrom eager candidateswho Don't forget to affirm your pas- are already serving a congregation. and I were Ieft to ourselves. If it tor for what God has accomplished Why are so many looking for a were not for people like Joe and through him, but chooseyour com- change? Undoubtedly, a few are Dolly, a couple who saw it as their pliments carefully. The next time motivated by the desire for promo- primary ministry to make us feel at you are about to praise him for his tion. Others may be responding to home, that first year would have latest sermon, check yourself and the call of God. Many, however, pull been unbearably lonely, try encouraging him in another up stakes because they echo the The most tangible way a congre- way. Express your appreciation for complaint of the pastor described gation can meet the needs of their his faithfulness to God in some area above. In their wake they leave be- pastor is by providing him with an of the Christian life that you have hind a mystified and disappointed adequate package of salary and noticed. Not only will he find this congregation. One that would have benefits. Unfortunately, many a refreshing change, but it will been eager to meet the pastor's Christians share the attitude of my also help him to keep the proper needs, if only they had been aware friend Jerry, who complained bit- focus. of them. terly about this new pastor, saying, The number of dissatisfiedpas- One of the most basicis the pas- "The only reason he accepted a call tors is distressing, but the problem tor's need to feel accepted. This was to this church is that they offered has a simple solution. If you help true even of the apostle Paul (2 Cor. him more money." Jerry's attitude your pastor to feel accepted, supply 6:11-13).Being a spiritual leaderand would probably have been markedly him with a generous packageof sal- an apostle to the Corinthians was different if the pastor had been a ary and benefits, and affirm him for not enough for him. He longed for Christian professionalin some other his faithfulness, you will meet his acceptance. field. needs. More importantly, you will When I steered the huge van Paul points out in 1 Timothy 5:17 lay a foundation in your church for into the gravel drive and saw the that the faithful pastor is worthy of a long-term ministry by helping him parsonage sitting on a windy hill "double honour" and employs a to stay. and surrounded by acres of farm- term that is used in other contem- Iand, I could not help noticing how porary Greek writings to mean I John M. Koessler is pastor of "price" or "payment." The Bible's Valley Chapel Bible Church in Green by John M, Koessler perspective is that the pastor is Valley, Illinois.

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hen we explore religion in in the tree, He did not intend to discuss his depth, sooneror later the sub- wealth. Jesus merely wanted a dinner invita- ject of riches comes up. The tion. Zacchaeusinitiated talk about money.As undercurrent notion that a crooked tax collector, he could seethat associ- religion and riches do not mix ation with the Son of God required certain tends to make those who have money get changes in his lifestyle. From off the top, nervous and those who don't to look for a per- Zacchaeuspledged half his goodsto charity and sonal advantage program. promised 400 percent reimbursement to those Look at the rich young ruler. His conversa- he had robbed. Then Jesus said, "This day is tion with Jesuspromised hope salvation come to this house" for eternal life, until Jesus in- (Luke 19:9). structed him to sell everything At what point on Although the story testifies and give the proceeds to the to the transforming power of poor. Because preservation of the financial Jesus,it does little to clarify the capital meant more to the religious reputation of the rich. young man than eternal life, he ladderis a person It may even raise more ques- sadly left the presenceof Jesus, tiors. Why did Zacchaeus,rather apparently aware that he had consideredrich in than Jesus,stipulate the formula sustained an intangible loss for making things right? Assum- (Mark l0:I7-22). the eyesof God? ing that Zacchaeus would still 'And Jesus looked round have money left after distribut- about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly ing the funds, why was he not told to give all, shall they that have riches enter into the king- as the rich young ruler was instructed? dom of God? And the disciples were astonished Divinely Approved lVealth. Certain other at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and rich people mentioned in the Bible found favor saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for with God under terms that disregarded net them that trust in riches to enter into the king- worth altogether. dom of God! It is easierfor a camel to go through When God called Abraham to an unknown the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter land, Abraham took his possessionsalong. After into the kingdom of God. And they were surviving a famine in Egypt, he was reportedly astonished out of measure,saying among them- very rich in cattle, silve4,and gold. As God direct- selves,Who then can be saved?And Jesuslook- ed him from place to place, He promised that ing upon them saith, With men it is impossible, blessingswould follow. Abraham's life evidences but not with God: for with God all things are that many of these blessingswere material. possible" (Mark lO:23-27). Job certainly represented compatibility be- Is relinquishment of wealth an absolute tween riches and righteousness.When God sin- prerequisite for becoming a Christian? At what gled him out as a model, Satan challenged, point on the financial ladder is a person con- "Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou sidered rich in the eyesof God?Does that figure made an hedge about him, and about his house, adjust for inflation or deflation? and about all that he hath on every side?Thou Voluntary Restructure of Finances. When hast blessedthe work of his hands, and his sub- Jesus called Zacchaeus down from his seat stance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and by Esther M. Bailey he will curse thee to thy face" (Job 1:9-11).

14 FundamentalistJournal Photo try Brian Sullivan April 1989 15 But God had confidence in Job. a party to the bank-account-build- more to do with the attitude toward 'And the Lord said unto Satan, up of the saint. riches than with actual possession. Behold, all that he hath is in thy "In the house of the righteous is The folly of trusting in riches is power; only upon himself put not much treasure: but in the revenues taught in Job, Ralms, Proverbs, and forth thine hand" (v. 12). Permission of the wicked is trouble" Ecclesiastes. "He that trusteth in granted, Satan sent poverty and his riches shall fall" (Prov. 11:28). such affliction that Job wanted to "[f riches increase, set not your die, but he did not curse God. In If not carefully heart upon them" (R. 62:10). the end, God rewarded Job's faith- The concept might be summed fulness by doubling his original checked,the normalup like this. It is all right to be rich, assets. but it is wrong to be controlled by Abraham and Job were Old desirefor monetaryriches. When a possessiontakes all Tbstament characters. Did God's at- of a person's time and energy, titude toward riches change with the mayget crowding out prayer and devotions, coming of Christ? $ain that possessionbecomes the offend- The biblical introduction to the ing member of the spiritual body wealthy Joseph of Arimathea came out of hand. and should be cut off. at the low point in Christendom. As The very nature of riches fosters a member of the council, he had op- Wantmay beget a false sense of security. While posed the Crucifixion of Jesus. Af- knowing where the next meal is ter the Cross had worked its cruelty, want until it coming from is nice, the feeling that Joseph summoned courage to go to wealth will supply every need is de- Pilate and obtain the body of Jesus becomes$eed. ceiving as well as blasphemous. for burial in the tomb he had pre- Thustingin riches eliminates depen- pared for himself. dence on God. If not carefully These five stories of wealthy pro- (Prov. 15:6). Those words, usually checked. the normal desire for tagonists have no common denomi- attributed to Solomon, closely monetary gain may get out of hand. nator: the spiritual failure of a good parallel the viewpoint expressedby Want may beget want until it be- man who was told to sever monetary his father, David, in his portrait comes greed. "He that loveth silver ties altogether; the triumph of a dis- of a righteous man. "Wealth and shall not be satisfied with silver; nor honest man who volunteered to re- riches shall be in his house" he that loveth abundance with in- structure finances; the success of (R. 112:3). crease" (Eccl. 5:10). one whose wealth accumulated The Link between Righteous- Actually, the love-of-money sin, throughout life; the wealth-to- ness amd Riches. There is one good the trusting-in-riches trespass, can poverty-to-wealth scenario; and fi- reason for the link between righ- be committed by anyone, regardless nally, the saga of a secret follower teousness and riches. The formula of his bank account balance. Like turned bold when presented with for getting ahead in businessresem- any other sin, the lust for riches the opportunity to do financial good. bles Bible doctrine in nearly can be committed vicariously, God's Affinity for Riches. God every detail. Honesty is just as whether the intent of the heart has no apparent feud going with the important in building up customer is brought to fruition or not. Conse- tangible effects of the material confidence that invites repeat quently, reference to the rich world. On the contrary He seems businessas it is essentialfor charac- must include frustrated would- to have an affinity for precious met- ter development. The hard work be millionaires. als. As the chief Architect for the required to make anything go The Obstacle Course. When tabernacle, God went heavy on corresponds with biblical words Jesus spoke of the barrier between first-rate construction. Specifica- like diligenne and perseueranca a rich person and heaven, He went tions outlined in Exodus 25 through The-customer-is-always-rightmotto on to illustrate His point through 28 listed gold 39 times, along with is a spin-off from the preferential a simile that would, in the absolute other expensive materials. If God treatment of others taught in the sense, render heaven unattainable had despised wealth, as He does Bible. This is not to suggest that for the rich. A camel could never sin, surely He would have refrained all failing businesses or careers go through the eye of a needle. from using so much of it in the place are structured on non-Christian Some Bible scholars have tried where He would meet with His principles. Many other factors to explain this simile by assuming people. He did not, for example, besides moral values are involved the needle to be a small gate suggest that harlots be provided in the success-failure dichotomy. through which a camel must kneel for entertainment of the priests. Still, Christian values are a plus to enter. This sounds plausible, Prosperity for Saints. God does instead of a minus in building but the original Greek word specif- not prohibit the accumulation of prosperity. ically referred to a sewing needle. personal riches in the same absolute Tiusting in Riches. If, indeed, The answer lies in to whom impos- manner as He does, say, covetous- harmony exists between religion sibility is attributed. Tbue, it is ness. In fact, there is biblical basis and riches, why then was the rich impossible for a camel to go through for the idea that God is actuallv young ruler told to sell all? It has the eye of a needle, and just as

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ike a great human tide, 60 mil- stimulates hunger for a more exciting relation- lion Baby Boomers, children born ship. Comfortable is not good enough. This between 1946 and 1964, have senseof mortality sometimesdrives the unmar- begun to surge into the fragile ried into marriage, with the hope of finding ful- years of mid-life. This passageinto fillment never experienced as a single person. mid-life, called by some "the second adoles- And what about job fulfillment? Would a cence," often is an emotionally vocational change offer greater stressful time. And if the Boom- emotional reward? The clock is ers' second adolescence is Morepampered ticking. The hour chimes, "This anything like their first ado- is your last chance!" lescence in the sixties and andprotected than Saying No to Yup. Recent seventies we had better get studies reveal that the Boomer ready! any other generation is having a more Ihe lhrmoil of Mid-Life. difficult time with mid-life The conflicts of mid{ife have generationin than their parents or grand- received a great deal of atten- parents had. Depression has tion in recent years. We have recenthistory increased tenfold over the past come to realize, for example, two generations. that somewhere between the Boomersbecome A major reason is that the ages of 40 and 55, we hear our Boomers' expectations of them- biological clock chiming the quickly selves simply is too great. latenessof the houq,and we are According to kychologA Tbd,aA struck with an awareness of our discouragedwhen (Oct. 1988), they "blindly mortality in a new and different accept soaring expectations for way. We look in the mirror, and they mustwork the self-as if some idiot raised it tells the truth: we are getting the ante on what it takes to be old. We take stock of our rela- hard in the face a normal human being." These tionships and our jobs. We ask soaring expectations are most ourselves if we feel fulfilled. of adversity. obviously demonstrated by Have we been successful in love young urban professionals,who and in world The answer all too often is no. Our have come to be known as "Yuppies." Known expectations usually exceed what we actually by their drive for material successand their os- have achieved by mid-life, and that jolting reali- tentatious display of it, they are the embodi- zation spurs us to grab for the golden ring one ment of selfishness. more time before the carousel stops. Though Yuppies represent only a small per- Many of us react to this awareness of our centage of the Boomer population-numbering mortality by trying to recapture our youth. We between one and eight million-their outlook on go on diets and begin to exercise with the hope Iife is supported by a large number of Would- of firming up a soft body. Often the mid{ifer Bes. These are Boomers who are not affluent becomespreoccupied with dress and gXooming enough to be called Yuppies, but would dearly designed to flatter and create the illusion of love to be well-fixed and able to flaunt it (US. youthfulness. Some resort to cosmetic surgery. News and World,Report, Sept. 16, 1986). Those in unhappy marriages often feel the In their quest for money and power the urge to divorce and try again for something Boomers are not only paying a high price in better. Even those in comfortable marriages terms of depression, they are failing to develop sometimes find that the thrill of revived youth qualities essentialto making it through mid-Iife. Charactsr The lack of character is a major by Andre Bustanoby liability. The Boomer generation has been more

18 FundamentalistJournal pampered and protected than any other gener- where every one of us must find contentment ation in recent history. It has grown up expect- with what he has. For the Amish it is not the ing life to be rewarding and trouble-free. This absence of modern conveniences that brings does not mean that Boomers are not willing to peace of mind, but rather the fact that they work hard. It does mean that they become learned contentment. quickly discouragedwhen they must work hard Com,mi,tment.The Boomer also lacks com- in the face of adversity. mitment. Boomer consumerism does not stop As a consequenceBoomers are not prepared with things. People are treated like for the trials that come with life and the char- commodities-to be used and discarded. The acter development that comes with the endur- idea of committing oneself to a relationship for ance of trial. This is a m4ior reason why the sui- the purpose of sharing values and intimacy, a cide rate increased 300 percent over the past relationship that is thought of in terms of what 30 years. Boomers, faced with adversity, quickly you give rather than get, is not common to the feel hapless, helpless, and hopeless. Boomer. This lack of character has not gone unno- ticed. The May 25, 1987,issue of TIME maga- continued, on page 46 zine ran a cover story titled "What Ever Happened to Ethics?" It said, "Ethics, often dis- missed as a prissy Sunday school word, is now The Spell of the Yukon at the center of a new national debate. Put bluntly, has the mindless materialism of the eighties left in its wake a values vacuum?" I wanted the gold, and I sought it; Indeed, it has. And given the televangelism I scrabbledand mucked kke a slave. scandals,it is evident that being born again does not inoculate us against avarice. Wasit famine or scurvy-I fought it; The Boomer mid-Iifer takes stock of what he I hurled my youth into a grave. has achieved materially in life and comes up keenly disappointed. Not understanding that I wanted the gold, and I got it- character is more valuable than things and that trial is the royal road to character development, Came out with a fortune last fall, he sees adversity as robbing him of happiness Yet somehow life's not what rather than offering an opportunity for the I thought it, greater gift of character. gold My biggest fear is that the Boomers who in And somehow the isn't all. their first adolescence escaped the worst epidemic of suicide this nation's youth has ever known, may turn to suicide in ever-increasing numbers as they face the disappointments of their second adolescence. Contentmenf. Boomers also have difficulty finding contentment. How much is enough?For the malcontent the answer is, More! Lack of contentment is one of the major reasons why Boomers today are more prone to depression than the last two generations, even though those generations went through an economic depression and a world war. Studies of the OId Order Amish of Pennsyl- vania reveal an interesting connection between depression and materialism. This mid-nine- teenth-century farming culture usesno electric- ity, no automobiles, and no alcohol or drugs. From the materialistic point of view, they are extremely backward people. Yet their life- time rates of unipolar depression (depression without mania) are about one-fifth to one-tenth of that found among the nearby residents of Baltimore (kychologA TbdaA, Oct. 1988). There comesa point-sf; April1989 qtuQm

avid Leene bent over the books To his alarm a voice answered. "I'm sorry. once again. "I can't believe it," he I wanted to get you while you were still asleep." murmured. "Our profits are up Leenejumped up and pulled open a drawer, 300 percent in less than a year." grasping a pistol he kept there for security. He He had already checked them pointed the barrel at the shadow, which was through twice. When his accountant first moving toward him. rushed in to inform him, he was skeptical. But "Who are you?" Leene cried, now fright- now he was convinced. "There's no question ened and white. what I'll do now," he said to himself. "It'll be "Death," said the voice, quavery and crackly. four more franchises in P-A, and one each in N- Leene laughed. "Death! This has got to be J, M-D, and D-C." He reflected on his unique a dream. Wake up, you fool." way of referring to the states of his homeland, The shadow moved closer. "I'm sorry, but one of the little trademarks he you are awake, though I had was known for in the business. planned to get you while still He had a multitude of such "Thisisn't right. asleep. I really hate these ar- idiosyncrasies. The cigar trick guments." was his best. After concluding I'm not readyto Leene swallowed. "You a big deal, he'd take the cor- mean this is real? I've never porate brass out to a restaurant, die.I've gotthings heard about anything like this." throw a rich repast, and finally The shadow moved asthough pass out thick Cuban stogies to do.You'll have to a head were shaking. "That's wrapped in twenty-dollar bills. why I prefer to get them while Then he'd stand and say, "You changeyour they're asleep. Most people can keep the twenty if you complain profusely about it, want, gentlemen, but my pref- schedule." making threats, screaming, erence is that you use it to light claiming aII sorts of things like this delicate little instrument of pleasure. The it's unfair and so on. I wish I could wait, but I reason is that once you install my equipment in have to begin the count now or I'll be late. So your factories, you'll soon be lighting up if you don't mind, ten, nine. . . " hundred-dollar bills." Leene backed up as the shadow moved for- The resultant effect became the byword of ward. "What are you doing?What do you mean 'count'? the business."If Leene'smachines don't get you Am I about to die?" in the black, nothing will." "Yes.Eight, seven. . . " David Leene laid back in his chair and "Hold it!" shouted Leene.His voice echoed laughed. "I ought to retire," he mused. "That and he jumped at its sound. "Look, I don't know would be the greatest heist of all. I can see the what you're doing, but I think I ougttt to at least headlines. 'Leene retires after a 300-percent have an explanation. What's this all about?" year.' I'd keep my hand in it by holding the Death sighed. "It's the way these things are stock. But no more running. I have to take my carried out. I simply count you out. It's similar easesometime. I've had my nose to the stone to the thing your referees do with boxers, only for so long it doesn't even itch anymore." this is a much more solemn affair and I hate to As Leene mused, he becamedrowsy. His eye- turn it into a circus. But you see, I have to be lids sagged. In moments he was snoring in the precise atrout these things. You know what it 'It burgundy-dyed leather chair, as unassuming says,I assume. is appointed unto man once to and relaxed as a sparrow on a guy line. die.' The appointments are precise down to the Suddenly a sharp sound penetrated his sleep second, so I always do a count. It helps me keep and he jolted awake. A strange shadow ap- things on schedule." peared from behind the curtains and Leene's Leene's shoulders slumped as Death spoke. heart jumped. "Who's there?" he shouted. "I Death's voice chilled him through. It felt like haven't invited anyone in here." freezing cold on his face. At the same time, it made him sleepy. by Mark Littleton Suddenly Death said, 'Anyway, if you don't

20 FundamentalistJournal Photo by Cathy D. Watson April1989 21 mind, I'll continue. Six. . . " tion, our records show that over hit him. "Look, Death, I've heard The number rang out like a shot. 800,000 times-803,674 to be of people being saved at the last Instantly Leene leapt back to full exact-you were reminded about minute, on their deathbeds. Is that alert. "This isn't right," he seethed. wrong actions of every sort. In each really possible?" "You have no right. I'm riot ready case,it was recorded that according Death was quiet a moment. to dig. My company just tripled its to principle your conscience told Then he said, "Yes, it's possible.I'm profits. I've got things to do. You'll you that what you were doing was not usually one to say such things, have to change your schedule." wrong before, during, and after the but all things are possiblewith Him. Death snorted. "What makes acts of sin. It is also written that you I've seen many 'deathbed conver- you think these things can be changed your actions only under sions' as they're called." changed? It's not as though you threat of punishment, and that was "Then I could do it right now?" were in charge here." only in a few cases." "Of course. Anytime, as long as Leene was angry. "This is my Leene clenched and unclenched you're still alive. I would be very office," he said, "and I haven't asked his fist repeatedly on the handle of glad to see it." Death waited. you here. I think you'd better go." his pistol. "I suppose you know all Leene screwed his face through "Five. . . " about me. Then tell me this, know- several contortions, but somehow Leene lunged at the shadow try- it-all, what about when I went for- the more he thought about repent- ing to grab it. But it seemed to sur- ward for baptism in my church ing the angrier he became. He found round him. "Who do you think you when I was 12?" himself thinking, What right d,oes are?" he shouted. "If you really Death wheezed a lengthy sigh. God haue to dsmand this of me? want to take me, then at least give "The records show that this partic- Why should I repent now? This i,s me several days to think about it." ular act was motivated by a desire preposterous. I'ue alu,nys hated, this "It's not done that way," Death to gain a certain medal in your Boy kind oJ thing, and I'm rnt going to said patiently. "I come when I'm Scout troop." i,ndulge in such nonser?,senou,t. He told. And you don't do the telling." 'A lie!" shouted Leene. "You turned again to Death. "Death, I "Then who does? ['d like to have no proof of that." need more time to think. I haven't speak to him." "Look," said Death. "I have a had enough time. Come back Death sighed again. "You'll be long night ahead of me, My respon- tomorrow." appearing before Him soon sibility is not to prove anything. "I'm sorry," said Death. 'As I enough," he said. "Four, . . " Really, if you had considered that I understand it, He gives each person 'And who is He-God, I sup- would come someday you might precisely the time he needs. If he pose?" Leene said sarcastically. have been better prepared." doesn'tdo it by then, he never does "Well, I don't believe in Him." Leene'smouth dropped. "Better it. So pleaseallow me to do my duty. "That doesn't matter." said prepared?How did I know you were One..." Death. "Personal preferences and coming? You never sent me a note. Leene fell to his knees. "Please, ideas about God don't change the You never called me on the phone." Death, I will repent. Just give me fact of who or what He is." Death replied, "Every time you one more hour." The shadow moved For a moment, Leene was went to a funeral, every time you quickly and enveloped Leene. stunned. Somehow he had always passeda graveyard, every time you Leene fired the gun. thought that one's belief or lack of had a brush with disaster I remind- "Zero," it was the determining factor. He re- ed you. But as usual you listened a As Leene slumped to the floor, plied, "Well, then, He should have moment and said, 'It's a long way Death glanced at his watch and informed me about Himself." off.' WelI, I'm sorry, but today is the smiled. Once again he had per- Death's voice continued to in- day. I've done my best. I run an formed his service on the dot. tone with patience. "Do you have honest service here. Now, I've got The next day the story took up a Bible? Yes,I see it over there on to get back to the count. Three, a minute in the nightly news. It was the shelf. Aren't there churches in two. . ." mentioned that Leene had had a this neighborhood? Yes, I passed "But what about the millions 300-percentyear and also about the three on this very street. Hasn't who haven't heard? I supposethey strange gunshot. But the investiga- your wife repeatedly expressed to get the same treatment." tors had come up with no clues as you a desire that you repent and be- "Filst," said Death, "my Master to whether an intruder had come lieve in Jesus?Of course. My records always deals with everyone with into Leene's office. T\rrning to the show, in fact, that various other perfectjustice. So you can leave the weatherman, the anchorman relatives, several local pastors, two matter of those who haven't heard remarked, "I guesswhen your num- young people in your company, a to Him. Second, you have heard. ber's up, it's up. Isn't it, Bill?" man in your lodge, and numerous You're responsible for you, not for "Rig;hto," said the weatherman, others have all mentioned to you them. Anyway, this is taking a bit turning to the camera. "Your num- about the need to believe and fol- longer than I planned. I really have ber may be up this weekend, folks, low Christ. In each case, your con- to move on." 'causewe've got a doozy for you." science also reminded you to listen." Leene pointed the gun at the Leene sputtered and shook his shadow. But he realized such a tac- I Mark Littleton is a free-lance head, but Death kept on. "In addi- tic was useless. Suddenly, an idea writer in Columbia, Maryland.

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24 FundamentalistJournal 'And for the Union. Largely through his equipment for schools,in cormection gage.His text: [he] built there influence the 122d Regiment Ohio with the Methodist centennial. He an altar unto the Lord" (Gen. 13:18). Volunteer Infantry was raised and became financial agent of the Tbn days later, the warrior for he was appointed chaplain in 1862. Church Extension Society in 1868 the faith went to be with the Lord, On the battlefield he ministered and later corresponding secretary of his prophetic vision bright and un- zealously to wounded and dying the M.E. Missionary Society. spoiled. Of all the multitude of men. As Lee pressedtoward Penn- Raisingthe battle cry 'A Million eulogies flowing from minds and sylvarria during the alvful summer of hearts, perhaps the most eloquent 1863, building to the tremendous weeks was that of a colleague,Bishop Earl climax of Gettysburg, McCabe was For daysor even Cranston: "Few men have done captured and sent to Libby Prison. at a time, he would more to make the world better." On July 1, 1863, he wrote his wife: "I am now in Richmond; don't leaveschool-simply I Adapted from SundnE Digest. know how long I shall be kept here; droppingout of sight- Copyright 1968,David C. Cook Pub- hope to see you soon. I am in fine Iishing Company. health and the best of spirits. Be to hold revivals. cheerful, Beccie; aII will be well." A fellow prisoner at Libby describedthe time when "the gloom Wwwkffimemg of night was settling upon our for Missions!" McCabewrote letters gloomy spirits." Then he heard and articles, preached and lectured, &kw SwKdffiwww McCabe and others singing the traveling widely. Once he preached doxology,and the heavy oppression every day for 2l days. Denomina- ffinopmin McCabeu)c6 neuer "all seemedas by magicto be lifted." tional giving soared, and the third Whappisr than when at the After another serious bout with year went over the goal, reaching front, holdirry rwiuals and, Leading typhoid, McCaberecovered and was $I,044,795, then continued to rise. the soldi,ers to Christ. When the re- released.He resignedhis chaplaincy Eliphalet Remington, who had quest came to hi,m at Washington, to become a delegate of the U.S. been giving only $10 a year to the in February 1864, that he prepare Christian Commission, the remark- work, donated $500 after hearing to take the hornefieldfor a u;hil,ei,n able YMCA affiliate which was a sort McCabepreach. The following year thefi,narrcial interests of the Chris- of Salvation Army-USO-Red Cross McCabereported to the congrega- tian Commission, he u,trotein his during the Civil War.Reports of con- tion on the use of their gifts. journal: "I tniJl dn so rather under version and blessing attended his Remington dug a little deeper and protestfrom nxA own consci,ence.I ministry, and Bible classes sprang came up with $1,000. feel a yearning to be at the front, up for new converts. But perhaps be- Back the next year for another and, to share the dnngers and pri,- cause of the typhoid experience, service, McCabewas surprised-and uations of mA old comrades. Yet I periods of work were followed by ex- disappointed-to receive nothing suTrposeI can go to th,eJront i,n afew haustion and recuperation. from Remingf,on.On his way to the weeks at the farthest." Assignedto the district including train, the preacher stopped at the The ertent and success of his Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, businessman's office. Remington labors, and the great jog he en- McCabeset out to raise$250,000 for said, "Oh, I have something for you. perienred in preachi,ng and dis- the U.S.Christian Commission.Dur- I didn't rea[ze you were leaving this charging the other duties of a ing these travels he met D.L. Moody, soon." He took out his checkbook dnlegate of the commissi,on to the John V. Farwell, and other famous and started to write. sold,i,ers, he recordnd with great leaders of the day. Probably with bated breath, satkfaction, as the following er- McCabe'srich baritone voice was McCabe waited while the pen tracts from hi,s journal testi,fg. powerfully effective. He particularly stroked a figure one, then a zeto, "Instead of rest, I have had helped popularize the "Battle Hymn another zero, still another zero. exceptional labours today (Sunday). of the Republic," which so mightily Remington paused, undecided. Have held four or five meetings in stirred the nation. After he sang it McCabeprayed, "Lord, help him." the different hospitals and camps in Washington, President Lincoln And down went another zero- around the city. Started this declared, "Thke it all in all, the song $10,000!The next year he doubled morning upon my preaching tour. I and the singing, that was the best I that amount. preached at Kendal Green and in ever heard." Elected a bishop in 1896,McCabe the afternoon at Camp Barry. Mrs. Following the war McCabe re- traveled for a time and supervised Beck, daughter of Judge Greer, one turned to evangelistic work among work in Latin America. Later he be- of the judges upon the supreme the churches, and served as pastor came chancellor of American bench, accompanied me to Camp of Spencer Chapel, Portsmouth, University in Washington, DC. Barry. There we had a most delight- Ohio. But he was destined for much McCabepreached his last serrnon ful meeting. Many tears were shed. Iarger fields. on December 9, 1906, helping the It is a solemn sight to gaze upon a Ohio Wesleyancalled him to raise burdened M.E. Church of Tbrrington, large body of soldiers waiting for a great educational fund for better Connecticut, pay off a $10,000mort- the Gospel. Mrs. Beck is a most

April 1989 25 delightful singer: she has been with (Camp Stoneman). This preaching have now in all fifty-three. Blessed the Army of the Potomac a great place is like an oasis amid the wild be God! One week ago tonight, I while. In the evening I preached at wastes of war. A most laborious day, met with the brethren here for Asbury Chapel to the coloured peo- I have attended two prayer meet- the first time. Tb God be all the ple. The congxegationwas iinmense. ings, and have preached three glory!" The well-trained choir gave us some times. The congregations were all 'A most delightful day (Sunday)! music, the equal of which I never large and attentive. The work is I have been very happy in the heard from any choir. They sang one Saviour's love all day long. My meet- anthem, 'Behold what manner of ing at the chapel this morning for Iove,' that thrilled the depths "I loveto preach the benefit of seekers of religion of my soul. I had a good time was of great interest. It does seem preaching." to the soldiers. that this blessed work had but This reference to the singing of just commenced. At ten-thirty I the 'boloured people" and his Theyare the best men preached to the 6th Maryland preachi,ng to them with much of the country. assembled in front of regimental Iib erty and satisfa,cti,on uill j ustify headquarters. At half-past two the insertion here of other ertracts I hopeI shall never attended a communion service at from the Chaplain's journnl, i,n the chapel of the 126th Ohio. It was whi,ch he refers wi,th prid,e and, forget what they have a precious service. How it nerves plnasure to the people for whose donefor me.tt my heart to see those brave men Ii,berty he u,sasfi,ghting, and in weeping around the Cross! Many whose possibilities he had the communed; severalwere baptised. greatestfai,th, and of uhose menlal, Tbok tea with Chaplain Foote of the spiritual, and politi,cal future he 151stNew York. I preached for him neaer ceased to prophesy with progressing. We are hoping for a this evening. Now worn out with abounding hope and, confidnnne. great ingathering of souls. I am manifold labours I seek my bed. "I have passeda delightful day," weary in the work of my Master, I am happy in God. I rejoice in the he writes at Camp Stoneman. but, thank God, I never weary of it. privilege of labouring for Christ. "Brother Adams and I went about How I love it! Oh, that all my powers I am glad I was called to preach the to visit the soldiers, carrying with us might be consecrated to this blest Gospel. I put the seventieth name reading matter and distributing it to employ!" upon my seekers' Iist tonight." them. We found some in whom we Brandy Station. "Our meeting In the mi.dst of these strerluolts were greatly interested. We also tonight was well attended. The labors, in which hefound so mnch visited the coloured hospital. I chapel was full. Fourteen souls joy and satisfo.ction, his strength asked one coloured man, who was asked the prayers of God's people. gaae out and he u;os obliged, tn leaae very sick, whether he knew how to The conflict deepens.Hell is gather- the front and, return to hi,s home, pray. 'I do,' said he. 'What do you ing its forces,but our Jesuswill con- then in Chicago, to regain his say when you pray?' I asked. 'Our quer, as usual. In His name I will set health. During these spelk oJ Fbther which art in heaven,' then up my banner. I feel a longing desire erhaustion he suffered much pai,n, looking me steadily in the face with to win an immortal fortune. Lord, aut bore it heroically, com,plaining a feeble voice and many tears he breathe upon my soul and let it live only of the time lost i,n lging repeated the whole prayer through. anew in Thee!" idle when hi,s eager spiri,t lorqed I sang him a song and prayed for and At 110thOhio. "Our meeting this to be in the thick oJ the toil and with him. This evening we had a morning was of gfeat interest. I battl,e. meeting in the chapel tent. My never knew a service more easily Wi,th all the power and success chains fell off and God made my managed than this is. It is no of his later secretari,al acti,uities great commission known. Three trouble. Everything is done so ttsith u,shirchlne are most fomili,ar noble young men came forward for promptly. When I call the seekersof there is no part of this good and prayers. The work is deepening. I religion to the altar, they come at greatman's lifemore worthy of his am getting more interested in its once. Even before the words of church's and, his country's grati- progress...I feel happy tonight; invitation are spoken, the altar is tud,e,and of euery preo,cher's, euery God smiles upon me." full. The speaking is done with Christian's, euerA annA chaplain's To continue the chapla,in's great promptness. There are none of studg, praisq andemulation, than record, of his work uhil,e at the those long, chilling pauses which the part of his li,fe so fully con- Jront as a del,egateof the Christi,an are so common in many meetings. secrated to eaangelistic work Cammission: "I love to preach 'Love makes labour light.' Our Bible among the soldi,ers of those Ciui,I to the soldiers. They are the best class is getting very large. I shall War dngs. men of the country. I hope I shall divide it tomorrow. It is too large for never forget what they have done me to manage; I think of dividing it I Adapted from The Life of for me." into four classes. Our meeting Chaplain McCabe,by Frank Milton "Everything looks favourable tonight was a success. Eight new Bristol. Copyright 1908, Fleming H. for a good work at this station souls started in the way of life. We Revell Company.

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y 1988 standards, my Grandma her long gray hair), and bits of clothing. Thinking would have been a perfect candi- back, those bags were loaded with worthless and date for a nursing home-or crazy items, but I didn't think so then becauseI worse. She had had several small knew they were important to Grandma. Tbday she strokes,'was hard of hearing (rare- would be described as a "bag lady," but to us, she ly wearing an aid because she was Grandma. thought it was "bulky"), exhibit- She also had a way of collecting-taking- ed periods of forgetfulness, and had a frightening things that didn't belong to her and then giving habit of wandering. The police brought her home them to someoneelse. I'll never forget my adoles- on more than one occasion. She once turned up in cent outrage the morning I woke to find her gone Milwaukee and someone had to drive from (on the early bus), along with nxA new hairbrush, Minneapolis to get her. new school blouse, and matching skirt. Later, the In my early years I remember Grandma for the items turned up as "gifts" for my cousin Beverly. hours of poetry and fun stories she could recite Grandma merely explained that Beverly, coming from memory, for her wonderful dandelion greens from a large family, needed the clothes much salad (which we picked and prepared together), for more than I. She was right. her medicinal "home remedies" that healed and One time Grandma failed to turn off the gas soothed, and most of all for those marvelous bus burner after frying pork chops in the middle of excursions, taking us through town to experience the night. We had extensive smoke damage sights and sounds I had never known before. When throughout the house-not to mention a frightful I was with Grandma, I knew I was in for adventure! scare. I remember Mom and Dad being terribly up- As she grew older she changed and could no set, but there was never talk of getting rid of longer live alone. She needed to be "watched," a Grandma. We just watched her more closely. humbling judgment for this once strong and still In spite of her senility Grandma still had an proud German mother of eight. God bless my folks uncanny way of making me believe I was actually and aunts and uncles who took turns hosting Grandma in their homes, believing it was important that she be with family. I was fortunate-though I didn't always realize it then-to share my bed and room with Grandma, God's gift to keep this "only daughter" from becoming selfish, snobbish, and self-indulgent. While I almost got used to her loud snoring, her insistence on using a chamber pot under our shared double bed more than tried my teenage tolerance. Poor Grandma. She was merely trying to avoid the long flight of stairs down to the only bathroom in the house. She became more senile with age, yet we children still saw her as fun to be with, even e4joying her eccentricities. We delighted in the way she would hide her dentures (she hated to wear them) in drawers, cupboards, drinking glasses,or potted plants- and then "forget" where she put them when Mom asked her to put them on for church or a shopping trip. Grandm'a carried at least two shopping bags with her at all times, and I loved to see what was packed inside. Once in a while there would be some candy or a trinket, but mostly there were old newspapers, twine, magazines, a hairbrush (used on Grandmats Iosson W IlIoryAnn lfuharski

28 FundamentalistJournal becoming "quite a lovely young lady," instead of states to visit, but she gave no visible sign that she the awkward, pimple-faced girl with the lanky legs was aware of their presence. No one talked, and the AAA figure reflected in the bedroom however, of "pulling the plug" of her respirator, mirror. or discontinuing her feeding, or suglgestedthat she I'll remember her most not for her erratic or was no longer "meaningful." She was still insane antics, but for the tenderness, affection, Grandma. and love that were constant, no matter what other Grandma died before my 17th birthday. No changes were visible in her aging frame. What other death has caused such an emptiness in me. stands out most happened when I was 16, working Last year the American Medical Association nights at a local drive-in restaurant. In declared it was ethical for doctors to withhold all the winter I would get home late and pour my means of life-prolonging medical treatment, includ- half-frozen body in bed next to Grandma. Feeling ing food and water, from irreversibly comatose pa- my presence, yet not able to converse because of tients. even if death is not imminent. Several her hearing disability, she would get up and take hold of first my hands and, then, my icy feet, gent- ly rubbing them with her feeble fingers until they were warrn to her touch. In essence, she became . I'll rememberher most notfor har eftotia cold to provide me warmth. Even as a saucy teen, I felt undeserving and humbled to have this gray- . or insaneantie$ but for the tenilemess, haired and weary old woman stooping over to care '.. for me, when I knew it should have been I who ffiction, anil loae thatwere constant) stooped to care for her. Grandma's last months of life were spent in a . no matter what other changet were oisible hospital, following a stroke that left her paralyzed and comatose. Her children came from faraway . in her agrngframe,

recent court cases have resulted in the legal starva- tion deaths of patients who were severely brain- damaged-patients who could see, hear, respond to touch and pain, some of them young, none of them dying. Have advocates of death-by-someone's choice not seen the painful and horrifying sight of a person left to die by starvation and dehydration? Have they not heard the teaching of Jesus, "[nas- much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me"? Increasingly, we are hearing reports about or- ganizations working to legalize "aid in dying"- death by lethal i4jection for "qualified patients." These pro-euthanasia groups suggest Holland as a role-model, where an estimated 6,000 to 18,000 pa- tients die each year at the hands of doctors. They curiously ignore documented abuses: hospitals ad- mitting they kill patients without consent, children with cancer provided with poisons, euthanasia "referral services," senior citizens terrorized by the prospect of being "done in" as a cost- containment measure, old folks refusing to drink their orange juice for fear it might be poisoned. I thought again of Grandma and how such "progress" could have ended her life. More than that, I thought of how much I had learned about caring and unconditional love during those years, through the Christlike example of my parents, rela- tives, and the medical staff who looked after her. Compared to the AMA's death decree and Hol- land's promise of easy death, I think Grandma and all of us had it so much better.

I Article courtesy of the International Anti- Euthanasia Task Force, Steubenville, Ohio.

April 1989 29 The beauty of "sacrificing" the fissues of abortedchildren is that consciences can be assuaged,decisions for death ennobled,and regretsat taking lives redefinedinto a kind of selflessact.

ffiM ffE0H0ES OFillJnEil 30 FundamentalistJournal o this day, imprinted on the engrams of more difficult the circumstances prompting abortion, every veteran pro-lifer's brain is the memory the more likely it is that the woman will suffer severe of how abortion advocates eventually won post-abortion sequelae," says David Reardon in his bril- abortion-on-demand by initially riding a wave liant new book, Aborted Women: Silent No More. of sympathy for the handful of genuinely "hard cases" This legacy of shameless exaggeration, of false and later promising that "easier" access to abortion promises and hype, is important to remember today as would wipe out many of society's most pressing ills. The we confront an even more insidious attempt to place genius of the two-pronged strategy was in persuading an ethical sheen on the decision to brutally end the the American public that liberalized abortion laws lives of tens of millions of unborn children. I refer to would both attend to such difficult indiui,dual cases the much ballyhooed idea that body parts cannibalized as unborn babies severely disabled by the drug thalido- from aborted babies possess an almost magical capacity mide, and painlessly remedy deep-rooted, soci,ety-wid.e to remedy everything from slight hearing loss and problems such as child abuse and poverty. If this were chicken pox to Parkinson's disease and AIDS. not enough to remove the unborn child from our line When Nalional Right to Life News interviewed one of moral vision, advocates also frequently proponent in 1987, his enthusiasm knew no bounds. implied that, were he able, the aborted Researcher John R. Saldek, Jr., of the University of child would thank us for saving him from Rochester School of Medicine, said that 20 percent of living a life with a handicap or in poverty. the American population-that's 40 to 5O million Of course, none of these megabenefits ever people-has some form of "neural deficiency" that materialized. Child abuse rates have gone fetal tissue may be able to ameliorate and perhaps through the roof. A quasi-permanent under- remedy. The track record since then has been dismal class resides in our urban inner cities. in by any standards, but before reviewing it, a little back- spite of the fact that black women ground may help explain why the medical community abort at double the rate of white so uncritically accepted assertions which in any other women. And not only have the circumstances would have been the subject of ridicule. "hard cases" remained no Fetal tissue has long fascinated researchers as a more than 1 to 3 per- source of transplantable material, in part because cent of the 1.6 fetal cells are easier to work with than tissues taken million annual from adult cadavers. Fetal tissue appears to have *li, abortions, superior regenerative powers, and since the immune ' 'the system in unborn children is not fully developed, fetal tissue is less likely to reject the "foreign" tissues in a recipient's body. Initially, there was much talk of using tissue from miscarriages. This has faded for any number of reasons:often the baby is mis- carried because he/she has a severe neurologicalcondition; there

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3Eil by Dave Andrusko Photo by ( athY I). Watsort is no way to "time" the miscarriage And just as abortion advocates parent evasionsin a single sentence. so that a recipient is on hand. Be- told us 20 yearsago that changesin "It is in myjudgment that whatever sides,huge numbers of unborn ba- practice would not lead to a huge sentiment or sincerity motivates bies' bodies are going to be needed increase in abortions, so today's these pleas, they are an echo of even if only a handful of the proponents of fetal tissue gfafting Nuremberg." promised uses comes to pass. insist these transplants will not There is a third reason it is im- One other technique offered a multiply the incidence of abortion. possibleto divorce the source of the here-and-now alternative to using In fact, they go further to announce fetal tissue-abortion-from its ap- tissuesand organsfrom deliberately that there is no "connection" be- plication. Its commonplace use aborted babies. Known as auto- tween abortion and fetal tissue helps legitimize abortion. Abortion transplants,it initially appearedto grafting. Abortions are going to hap- proponents traditionally deny that hold considerablepromise, especial- pen anyway, and the transplant women undergo abortions "casual- ly in the treatment of Parkinson's. surgeon will not have caused the ly," yet they insist that a woman The surgery involved taking tissue abortion to happen, we are need not have a good reason-or from the patient's own adrenal instructed. any reason-to abort. To concede gland. These cells produce dopa- But a moment'sreflection shows the latter point, they worry, would mine, the absenceof which in the that the two are intimately inter- be to imply that the woman's right patient's brain is responsible for connectedon at leastfour different to abort is conditional, and there- causingParkinson's. As one medical levels. First, there are no trans- fore subject to some restrictions. writer put it, the theory was that a plants without tissues and organs But the beauty of "sacrificing" small graft "was thought to be a provided by babies killed by in- the tissues of aborted children is potential biological minipump for duced abortions. Without one, the that consciencescan be assuaged, dopamine." decisionsfor death ennobled, and And, indeed,in early 1987Mex- regrets at taking the lives of these ican researchers and clinics an- children redefined into a kind of nounceddramatic improvementsin selflessact. When askedwhy wom- a number of Parkinson'spatients. ilMMil en abort, the pro-abortionist need Fueled by enormous worldwide no longer either arguethe merits of press coverage,by the end of the y/W abortion or invoke Rae.He can pi- year nearly 200 Parkinson'spatients 'lil ously say, "for the good of hu- around the world had undergone manity." this new brain graft technique. The final inextricable linkage be- The problem was that by early |[l tween the "gathering" of tissue 1988 no one else had been able to (abortion) from its "distribution" (to replicate the Mexican team's alleged researchersfor transplant) is that successes.Now, for the moment at the number of abortions will multi- least, most research initiatives are ply if fetal tissue transplants go for- in fetal tissue, particularly fetal ward. Anyone who is involved with neural tissue. crisis pregnancy counseling knows Using tissue from miscarriagesor that women with untimely preg- from a patient's own body avoids other cannot go forward. nancies face unbelievable pressures the most volatile issuein American Second,try as he might to avoid to abort. If the more direct ap- society: abortion. With their use in involvement, the transplant sur- proach does not work-threats of eclipse, however, the issue is now geon or researcher is caught in a violence or severingrelationships- squarelyjoined. If researchersare web of complicity with the abor- then think of the more subtle pow- going to use fetal tissue, they are tionist. The "my-hands-are-clean" er of an appeal that says that by going to secure it from induced defensejust won't wash. "terminating her pregnancy" a abortions-babies killed for socio- In the words of University of woman can "help others." economic reasons in almost every Notre Dame Theology Professor Not only must proponents insist case. James Burtchaell, "Researchers, that abortion and fetal tissue trans- Just as the original casefor abor- clinicians, and advocateshave in- plants are separateissues, they are tion claimed it would solve many sisted that induced abortion was a also keenly aware that there are tragic individual problems as well as 'tragedy,' that they regretted or "abuses" that few people currently remedy many intractable social ills, even deplored, but that they had no will accept. So it is that advocates so the second-generationargument involvement in it and simply drew assure opponents and the public for fetal tissue use is that it some benefit for medical science that: no financial incentive may be would help us cure the individual from what might otherwise have offered to induce a woman to abort; tragedies of people with neuro- been an unrelieved tragedy. Death it will not be permissible to desig- degenerative diseaseswhile at the was not their work; in fact, it was nate who will get the tissuesand or- same time it may save American they who turned one human's sor- gans, nor should lives be started society from bankruptcy by provid- row into another'srejoicing." Burt- with the expressintention of abort- ing a cure for AIDS. chaell cuts through such trans- ing them; and there should be no

32 FundamentalistJournal change in the timing of the abortion Schoolof Medicine recently enacted abortion, the fact that they should in order to secure tissue more "suit- a "protocol" paving the way for not be killed in the first place, then able" to treating a particular disease. transplants using fetal neural tissue the argument becomes, "Rather But such assurances are not -tissue from the brains of aborted than watch them die such a horrible worth the paper they are wtitten on. babies. The work of one of their death, why not 'redeem' this tragic Abortion is legal in this country and researchers, D. Eugene Redmond, situation by transplanting hisArer it is legal throughout the nine Jr., is cited as providing the kind of organs?" months of pregnancy. The minute careful research in higher animals In Southern California, Loma anyone tried to enforce these necessary before the jump to Linda has unsuccessfully tried 12 "safeguards," the ACLU would drag humans ought to be done. times to obtain organs from babies him into court. The ACLU would Yet the primary transplant born with anencephaly-children make two logically incompatible but method Redmonduses in his experi- with functioning brain stems but no compelling arguments. The dead ments involves performing a higher brain functions. Doctors there baby-aka "product of conception" Cesarean section abortion on a insist no attempts to take organs are -is the woman's and no one else's. pregnant monkey, then anesthetiz- made until the child meets brain Second, even if she did abort her ing the aborted monkey, opening death. However, they have learned child, that does not mean the the animal's skull, and harvesting that for a variety of reasons,by the woman does not care what happens the desired tissue while the baby time these children are brain-dead, to the child's remains. monkeE is still aliae. While Red- their solid organs are unusable. Besides, prestigious bioethical mond says he would be totally op- But some bioethicists have insist- journals have already run articles posed to harvesting tissue in a ed from the beginning that these saying it rs all right to alter the tim- similar fashion from live aborted kids are "a.sgood as dead" because, ing. Whf Abortion is an act of au- human babies, as we just saw, not lacking higher brain function, they tonomy guaranteed by the Constitu- all researchers agree. are "socially" or "psychologically" tion. It is up to the woman to decide dead. They proposetojust flatly de- if she wants to hold off until the fine anencephalics a.s "dead" for second trimester. (The pancreatic The core premise purposes of organ transplant. If we tissues desired to treat juvenile ever do define these babies as dead diabetes are most suitable if harvest- is not "Dead fibsue because they lack higher brain func- ed from pre-born babies from 12 to tion, this will ultimately apply to 16 weeks, or more, old.) is dead tissue,"but aborted babies. We could abort them And individuals such as the going in a manner in which they are ex- American Bar Foundation's Lori "lf they're to pelled alive but label them dead be- Andrewsask, why shoutdnt wgmerl die anyWAy, Why nOt cause they lack a cerebral cortex. be able to profit from the sale of Tb pretend that abortion and the theirchild'J tissues? ena wrrvnot get use of those dead babies' tissuesare v SOme gOOd abortions to gain tissues for oneself? not inextricably intertwined is the onefinal dimensio"i ; f"t;il;- OUt Of it? " equivalent, ethically, of keeping two sue grafting has particularly setsof books.As a society,we would ominous overtones, especially in Finally, there is a dynamic at be tacitly agreeing to keep one set light of the recent advancesmade by work in the contemporary anti-life out of sight-the one that docu- the organizedeuthanasia movement philosophy, a slippery slope, if you ments the morally bankrupt \Maywe and the attempts of Loma Linda will, which we ignore at our peril. obtained the tissues and organs. The University Medical Center to take Just as the killing expanded out- other set we would be presenting to organs from severely brain-damaged ward from pre-born children to dis- the public, and it reads like the newborns. And that is the whole is- abled newborns to the medically prospectus for unlimited future sueofwhetherornotthebabyneed dependent elderly, so, also, the returns that financial planners al- be dead before tissuesare harvested. mentality behind fetal tissue trans- ways pull out of their briefcases. This is not a farfetched sugges- plants inevitably will burst out of its The return of legal protection to tion that springs from the brows of immediate confines. Whf Because unborn children, once seemingly a perpetually worried pro-lifers. Ethi- the core premise is not "Dead tis- near-impossibility, now may be one cist Mary Mahowald and researchers sue is dead tissue," but "If they're new appointment to the Supreme Jerry Silver and Richard Ratcheson, going to die anyway, why not get Court away.Until that blesseddayar- all of CaseWestern ReserveUniver-' some good out of it?" rives, it is the moral obligation of sity School of Medicine, wrote in an Which means there are any every pro-lifer never to allow the article for the February 1987issue of number of other potential "donors" horror of abortion to be minimized, the Hostings Center Rzport that the at risk. For instance, in virtually all much less trarsmuted into a positive use of nonviable living aborted recent cases brought to court in- good. infants "is morally defensibleif dead volving patients said to be perma- fetuses are not available or are not nently unconscious,judges author- I Dave Andrusko is editor for No- conducive to successfultransplants." tzed their deaths by dehydration and tional Right tn LiJe News in Washing- In addition, Yale University starvation. If we ignore, just as in ton, DC.

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#h eventeen-year-old Pattie During her numerous forays into W Moore had much to think the world as an "elder," Pat Iearned W about as she rode the city what it is like to be ignored, shoved, bus through downtown Rochester, mugged, cheated, and^ostracized. Away from home for the first time Once she was badly bebten. Often and a promising student at the she was treated rudely. "When I RochesterInstitute of Tbchnology, was in character, if I got a smile or she tried to balance homesickness a hello from a passerby,I felt like I'd with her strong drive and ambition. received a hug from God Himself," As the bus stopped for a traffic light she recalls. at a busy intersection,her thoughts But she also learned valuable 'were momentarily diverted by an lessonsthat help her today in her old man who walked on the side- own industrial design firm, Moore walk. "He was disheveled, but and Associates,which she founded clean," she recalls, "and he carried in 1981.The firm specializesin age- two loaded shopping bags,one un- related projects. Pat's designsmay der each arm. I could see the be found almost anywhere. Soon, deliberatenessof each step and the for instance, consumers will find strain of his load. I just sat there in "Medi-caps" available in pharma- tears, watching. Seeinghim was like cies. This cap for prescription medi- ice water in the face for me." cines features a digital readout of Seeing the man on the street the last time the bottle was opened. awakened a specific awarenessthat "WhenI wasin character, "We found that older people often older people need specialattention couldn't remember if they had and emphasis. "It was about that if I got a smileor a hello taken their pills-either they retake time I begarrusurg the word altruistn fromapasserby,Ifelta dose and poison themselves, or with my classmates. Everyone they skip a dose they need." The looked at me as if I had two heads, like I'd receiveda hug large Medi-cap,designed for hands but I made a poster with that word from GodHimself." that may be arthritic, will help and its definition on it, and after elders take their medication graduation I walked into New York properly. City with that as a motivator." Moore and Associates also Altruism, the unselfish regard As she recounts in her book, DCs- helped Proctor and Gamble design for the welfare of others, was an gruised,(Word Books), Pat eventually a new spout for laundry detergent integral part of Pat Moore when she decidedthe best way to learn to de- boxes. "Most elders prefer to use accepted ajob in New York with the velop and design products for older laundry powders, but how can you prestigious industrial design firm of people was to "become" an older break the perforation and close it Raymond Loewy. With Pat's skill person. With the help of a friend securely if your hands are arthritic?" and talent she could have designed who was skilled in applying theatri- The newly designed box of Tide for flair and fashion, but her cal makeup, Pat agedfrom 26 to 85 features a plastic insert that opens insights led her to design each in a matter of hours. She put on a and closes easily. product with older people in mind. gray wig and latex wrinkles. Sheap- "When you analyze your day, With each assignment she would plied baby oil to her eyesto blur her think 'what if?'Think about getting wonder, "Could my grandfather vision, wore splints and bandages out of bed, brushing your teeth, eat- manage this?" under her clothing to stiffen her ing your meals-what if you joints, and put plugs in her ears to couldn't see,or had severearthritis? by Angela EIweII Hunt dull her hearing. We live in a world desigrredfor the

36 FundamentalistJournal most healthy, the strongest, and the a smile when passingon the street? thing to do with what quality of life most wealthy," says Pat. "We need We still have neighborlinessin some is all about. I'd like to be able to to reach beyond and meet the needs places,but becauseof the economic wiggle my nose and make everything of real people." pressuresof today a visit to grand- all right, but I have a sensieit will not Pat has received great pleasure ma would be a luxury. So grandma be a happy time, or easy for families. from "finally seeing so much of is left on her own. It need not be But I hope I reach those years." what I've been talking about in- that way if we adopt these people Pat deeply believesthat we need volved in the businesssector. People and make the most of the opportu- to meet the needs of older people are beginning to be mindful of nities that present themselves." in our society,but she realizesthat elders in our society.This is taking companies and government are not fruition in the form of products and going to act on altruistic motiva- services for elders, and their care- tions alone. "If someonegave me a givers. Companies in the private million dollars to invest in causesto sector are being more aware and benefit the elders, I would spend translating that into a response. I the money with the 10 largest in- hope we start to seesomething hap- dustries in the United States in- pen in government as well." volved in housing, clothing, trans- Pat e4joys her work because portation, telecommunications, and every day is different and every so on. I would sit down with the challenge is exciting. "You can't put presidentsof these companiesand 'Here's a price tag on someonewho looks say, $100,000.Let's ask for 'That's up and says, so easy!' Or, 'I matching funds and dedicate a can do that!' I take it as a personal budget to mainstreaming and or- gift that I've been placed where I ganizing the existence of elders as can help people achieve when consumers.'I believe the fiber and they've given up on themselves." focus of those industries would Although Pat sees progress in trickle down and lead the way for the way companies perceive older future development in other com- adults, she still is frustrated by so- "We live in a world designed for the most panies. It horrifies me to hear, 'We ciety's attitude. "I've seen things healthy,the strongest,and the most wealthy. don't make things for those kinds of We needto reachbeyond and meetthe needs people.' prolific that made me weep. I see things, of real people." It's a very attitude and I can't believe they don't hit in industry, because products are other people the way they hit me. Pat is 35 today, and happy to live projected toward groups with vital- Witnessing the exchange of a store each moment as it comes. "I used ity, youth, and wealth. Everyone clerk with an elder when the clerk to follow my mother's philosophy of else is thrown to the fringe." is condescending,cruel, patroniz- saving for a rainy day, but I've been Through her experiment and her ing; seeingsomeone 'put one over' cautioned by my elders that living work, Pat Moore has learned that on an older person; the overtnessof fully for today is more important. aging is not a causefor fear. "I tell speakingrudely to an older person; You shouldn't be haphazard,but if people to relax. There is nothing to people who honk at older people there's a regret I hear from my el- be frightened about. We have made who are slowly crossingthe street- ders it's that they didn't do enough aging fearful becauseof our cultural these things are still there. It sad- living when they were younger. press, advertising, and the media. dens me to think there are bullies Don't save up for that ultimate We have made a mockery of our and brutes who are still racist, sex- dream, they tell younger people, elders, but we can undo that. If you ist, and ultimately ageist." but live each moment as it comes. are going to be blessedwith a long How can we help the elders "So few of us are taught to live life, rejoice!It saddensme that peo- around us? "If each of us takes an today. I'm going to be excited with ple will do anything to stave it off. individual step, we will have a whatever time I have, and if I am We are the 'nip, tuck, liposuck' global response. Look in your own given the gift of being an elder, I generation. If we buy into the neighborhood. There is always suspectit will be at a point in his- philosophy that saysin order to feel somebody you've noticed but not tory full of confusion and challenge. better we must look younger, it's taken note of. Invite that person to We are going to see the aging of the teaching all of us that we're allowed go to church with you Sunday. Ask baby boomers.There will be more to fuss with what we were given if he needssomething at the grocery elders than we have ever seen, and and what God created. It's curious or ask if he wants to come along. there will be a smaller youthful to me to think that a whole society Shopping is a great social treat, and population trying to meet the needs could forget Hitler's madnesswhen so many elders don't drive, so they of the elders. It might not be a he tried to create a perfect society. are robbed of even that simple op- happy time because of our lack of But we're doing it by our own hand portunity for a change in routine. preparednesstoday. when we reshapewhat we've been "Neighborliness is the key. Isn't "The yuppie mentality centers gtven. We should be happy for what that what we used to do? Make a around instant gratification and and who we are and celebrate casserolewhen someoneis ill? Give materialism, nothing that has any- aging with grace." I

April1989 37 nine points during that marital unhappiness, the happier because we are same period. surveyors suggested, is commanded by God to The researchers of- sexual infidelity, partic- love one another and to be fered two reasons for this ularly "during the first faithful to each other, "so dangerous drop in happi- eight years of marriage." Iong as you both shall ness in such a short time. First Corinthians 7:1-7 Iive!" Even though Chris- First, there has been an makes it clear that sexual tians are not perfect, the increase in the number of fulfillment is one of the percentagewho keep their married women in the primary purposes for get- wedding vows and treat work force. "These ting married. And basic each other unselfishly is women are unhappy be- to that fulfillment is the much higher than with causethey are trying to do contract to sexual exclu- those in the world about too much," one researcher sivity, which is what a max- us. Consequently,the per- Happily concluded. riage license really is. Any- centage of those Iiving The work load of the time one member breaks "happily ever after" is EverAfter working wife and mother that sexual commitment much higher in the church does indeed put enormous by being intimate with than out of it. by Tim and Beaerly LaHaye strain on her marriage, someoneelse, he causes But if we "conform" particularly if the husband great stresson his mariage. to this world as we live Something has hap- does not help out around Admittedly, with true in it, and become guilty pened on the way from the house. We have de- repentance and honest of the same selfish ways the marriage altar to tected an increase in confessioneven that sin that produce misery in "they lived happily ever resentment on the part of can be forgiven. But it non-Christian marriages, after! " women who work all day takes a long time to heal or if we indulge in im- According to a national outside the home and then the betrayal and pain such morality, we not only survey, married couples come home where they sin produces. We have earn for ourselves the experienceless happiness are expected to do found in the counseling wrath of God, but we also today than they did 14 another day's work. room that next to death it- tarnish our relationship years ago. When asked If this survey is ac- self, infidelity is the most with the most important to rate their marriages, curate, 65 percent of hurting, scarring pain one person on earth to us. only 26 percent of the women today are not very married partner can inJlict Reassureyour part- men said "very happy" happy in their marriages upon another. Even after ner of your love daily by compared to 32 percent and 74 percent of men forgiveness is offered, it expressing it in meaning- 14 years ago. Thirty-five would say the same. An takes a long time for the ful terms and keeping percent of the women unhappy spouse is tough pain and fear to go away. yourself "unspotted said they were "very to live with! By contrast, Christian from the world" happy," a drop of The second cause of marriages should be much (James1:27). I

in the souls of non- God gave the increase" Christians. (1 Cor. 3:6). Planting the EffectivePlanting In recent years there seed re- has been a heavy em- mains as phasis on personal evan- important Patricia's eyes stared said. "Something about gelism. Everyone must as water- straight ahead as she your life that I wanted. bring someone to Christ. ing it. drove her Honda down Something I desperately After all, Jesus said, Here are the highway. She smiled needed." "Go ye into all the a few as she listened to me. After a moment she world, and preach the ideas on "What was it?" I said, "You were always gospel to every creature. how to be asked her. "What made more happy than I was." He that believeth and is an effec- you change?" At that instant I real- baptized shall be saved; tive She glanced at me. I ized the important role I but he that believeth not planter knew by looking at her had played in her con- shall be damned" (Mark for the that she was more con- version to Christianity. 16:15-16).But some- Lord. tent than I had ever More importantly, I real- where along the way we One of seen her. ized the crucial role all seem to have forgotten the most "There was some- Christians play in the that Paul said, "I plant- attractive thing about you," she processof planting seeds ed, Apollos watered; but things to

38 FundamentalistJournal other people is a friend- In order to ask ques- reading the Bible was a perience because it hap- Iy person. People are tions, you must listen in- private thing, until an pened in a normal set- naturally attracted to tently to what someoneis experience I had at the ting of my life. I did those who exhibit a telling you. Some people bus stop. I was sitting not have to go out and genuine interest in may not be open to your under the baking sun, do anything special. them. This does not ideas. If they are not, all working on an assign- I planted a seed by mean a person has to be you can do is tell them ment and waiting for the doing something regular outgoing, but that a what you believe, then live bus, when a young man for me. person needs to get to a life that fits your be- sat next to me. He The apostle Paul refers know people in order to liefs. On the other hand, watched intently as I to us as God's fellow learn about their in- someonemay be in- flipped through my workers. God is in control. terests and needs. terested but afraid or pocket-size Bible for a We only carry out His will. Recently, I moved anxious. Each case must verse. When I finished, We must remember that into a new apartment be treated in a specialway. the man asked questions point when trying to plant complex and met a Just listen to the person about my religion. He seeds and evangelize young boy who lives and plant the seed. told me he was a Muslim people. As Paul says, "So near me. Soon my One of my formerroom- and was interested in then neither is he that friendly attitude led to mates was a master at visiting a church. I planteth any thing; neither some unexpected sur- arguing. She discussed quickly invited him to he that watereth; but God prises. For example, one everything from whether my church on Sunday giveth the increase" morning as I left for she argued to whether morning. He accepted (1 Cor. 3:7). church he gave me two Nixon was a good guy. No the invitation. I wiII fresh dandelions. It was one ever defeated her. She never forget that ex- I DeniseLynn a gift for being a friend would not let them win, to him. It was also an even if they were right. example of how being She was very defensive. I friendly can plant posi- thought I never planted a WhenOther People tive impressions of seed in her, becauseI Christians into the minds never argued with her. I of people. thought discussingmy be- DoYou Wrong Conversation including liefs with her would be a questions can help you fruitless task. Then one find out what the person day she called me to say Anne was elated reaching out througlr believes and how strong she was involved in a when, at 21, she landed loving actions. As I did of a conviction he holds Bible study with some of a supervisory position. that, God's love grew to those beliefs. This offers my friends. The best part Resentful of her youth, within me." you an opportunity to dis- was that she was not argu- however, one worker, Marion gave her cuss your beliefs and to ing. She was listening. I Madge, made her life mother-in-law a birthday plant your feelings about learned that you can plant miserable. "God, how party and began inviting the innerjoy and peaceof a seedwithout saying any- can I win her support?" her over more often. being a Christian. thing. Irx fact, the seed was Anne cried. Pleased,the mother-in- planted No doubt, you too have law reciprocated, and becauseI agonized over an irritating they were on the way refused to relationship. God allows toward a new relationship. argue these situations to come Accept them as they with he4 into our lives so we can are. Jane said, "When I making bless the offender and married my husband, I me dif- grow through the knew he was not just ferent process-but hoW? what I wanted. But from Love them. Marion there was enough of the everyone said, "I used to dislike raw materials there that else. my mother-in-law. She I thought I could remake Another would drop by unexpect- him into someone way to be edly and want me to do suitable." a planter something-right now She Jane's marriage did is to read was strong-willed and a improve-after she your Bible. compulsive spender. stopped her campaign to I always "Then I started pray- change her husband. thought ing for love for her and We are not responsible for remaking those from our minds, we must became more open. study. "Those Iadies around us. We must Iet go of them. Jenny chose to re- prayed for me every leave that between them Communicate your lease Beth into God's day for a yeaq" she says. 'And and God. We should feelings. Tiom, a postal hands. now, Lord, "By that time the Lord accept their flaws, employee, felt harassed what wait I for? My had restored my love for remembering our own. by Joe, a fellow worker. hope is in thee" my husband." "Charity [ove] Tbm ignored the sarcas- (Ps.39:7). Find someonewho suffereth long, and is tic comments for a Face your own will pray with you for kind" (1 Cor. 13:4). while. One day he mistakes. Jan, a Sunday restoration and do not Forget. Kay and Dick admitted to Joe that the school superintendent, gtve up. Relationships had experienced a pain- put-downs hurt. felt a lack of support can almost always be ful summer with Lisa, Tbken aback, Joe from her pastor. When healed through prayer- their college-age daugh- apologized. she looked at the situa- fully applying God's ter. She refused to tell Some people really do tion honestly, however, principles. them where she was not know their words she realized she had Even if a good rela- going and when or if she and actions are causing probably failed him too. tionship never material- would be home. others pain. So be open. "I'm sorry for the izes, you will have When she came home Admitting that you are ways I've disappointed grown through obe- the next year, they hurt is difficult, but that you," she told him one dience to God's feared another strife- is part of "speaking the Sunday. commands. ridden summer. Their truth in love" (Eph. 4:15). "Forgive me too," he Reap the rewards. memories were activated Release others from replied. That simple By consistently re- by every hint of past your expectations. Beth exchange cleared the air. sponding in love, Anne problems. There ue go became depressedand Ask God to help you won Madge's loyalty and again they would think, her relationship with her see your difficult rela- led her to salvation. remembering painfu^ parents went downhill tionship realistically. In fact, Madge was the conflicts. when she failed to make Confess your wrong key in Joanne'sbe- Past experiences were the dean's list at college. to Him, and ask help ginning a noontime Bible hampering them from Her mother, Jenny, in correcting it. Be study. building a better rela- sensedthat Beth was humble enough to make Following Jesus' path tionship with their laboring under a false apologies when ap- to improved relation- daughter. They asked senseof her parents' propriate and your spirit ships takes courage.The God to heal those old expectations. "I just will be freed. results, however, include memories,and their want to release you Be persistent. Mary's personal growth and relationship improved as from any impossible relationship with her blessing-often to both they began thinking about academic standards you husband had deterior- the offended and the her positive attributes. think we have for you," ated. She confided the offender. Though we cannot she wrote. problem with a few eradicate past experiences Beth relaxed and close friends in a Bible I GenevaCobb Iijima ls Your Child Hyperaetive?

Children may be controllable by diet and itself in excessive emotionally hyperactive either chemically or medication. behavior. children. During the emotionally hyperactive. However, most chil- Such children are not early years of their Chemical hyperactivity dren are emotionally born hyperactive, but children's lives, such is the result of a chemi- hyperactive. Emotional become that way parents often allow their cal imbalance in the hyperactivity occurs through a lack of proper children to demand their child's system. It can w-hen a child's physical parental training. attention. As a result, exist there naturally or energy reaches a certain Parents who follow the child gets his way all be introduced into the level. When stress, child-centered or the time. If he is put to system by various "junk anxiety, or guilt is built permissive parenting bed, but cries, the foods." This form of up within a child, it philosophies are the parents get him up. If he hyperactive behavior is very often manifests prime candidates for whines about something

40 FundamentalistJournal he is not receiving, the one only yells at him. control. A child be- tend to become more parents give him what Halfhearted spankings, comes strong-willed rebellious. In their de- he wants. and substituting a when the parents sire not to cause their Emotional hyper- punishment other than continually feed his child pain, parents can activity often occurs spanking when the self-will. cause more frustration in children whose latter should be used, How can you elimi- and anger. However, parents have given their all contribute to a nate strong-willed when parents deal right of influence to child's nervous energy behavior in your child? properly with rebellion, others. Some parents level. Parents must deal with strong-willed tendencies allow specializedschools Parents who diag- rebellion and avoid begin to disappear. or day-care centers nose their children feeding their child's As always, the con' to raise their children. as hyperactive or self-will to eliminate sistent application Inconsistent home strong-willed tend strong-willed behavior. of correction truly activities also foster to excusethe behavior Many times when effects change. excessive energy, as beyond their control. rebellion is treated by especially when one That only complicates some form of punish- I Gary Ezzo parent spanks the the problem-because it ment other than spank- child while the other is not beyond their ing, the child will

April 1989 41 Edelson. Family Bookshelf ii. (Multnomah Press, ,.i"..fi 28 pp., $8.95 hardbound. $10.95 deluxe) Derby Downs, by Stephen Cosgrove, features a hot-shot rab- bit who reminds us to listen to the wisdom of our elders. After reject- acrossassorted allitera- ing the advice of the tions and sentences grey hares, Derby nar- structured to animate rowly escapes tragedy to the clever creatures of learn from the past and Barely There. prosper in the meadows Based on a favorite of the Land of Barely old cliche, "Beauty, as There. The illustrations beauty must, glows from are as lovely as others in deep within," this book, the series. (Multnomah like the others in the Press,28 pp., $8.95 series,is beautifully hardbound, $10.95 illustrated by Wendy deluxe) I Deborah W. IIuff

42 FundamentalistJournal hen the 16th of Braunlin would amazinglY Pastor August broke hot for 63 years. under a cloudless That church was a model for 1940 sky, young involving youth in ministry. Pastor George Sweeting Braunlin and key laymen led had no idea it teams of young people through would be a momentous FridaY for the Bible, verse by verse. Over a him. It was the summer before period of years they covered his junior year in high school, every doctrine. and he was six weeks from his These teams were not to sim- 16th birthday. ply drink in this teaching. Their His church sponsored a task was to master the material summer program of well- each week, so they could teach it known Christian sPeakersat to the rest of the Young PeoPle. the Pavilion in Hawthorne, George was involved with a group New Jersey. The speaker that called the Inspiration Messengers, morNw David whose members taught and nightwas Otis Fuller, a preached and sang and PlaYed at Grand Rapids, hospitals, nursing homes, rescue Michig;an,pastor. missions, and small rural George looked churches. bg Jerry B. Jenkins forward to the meeting, as usual, During a revival in Paterson, unaware that he would never for- New Jersey, George worked as a get that night. counselor and led his first con- Tb an outsider, George Sweet- vert to Christ. He was drawn to a "U God calls Aou ing appeared to alreadY have his deeper walk with God through spiritual act together. He was a the experience and did not miss to preach, don't Christian from a solid familY. And one night of the 41-daY crusade' his church, Hawthorne GosPel, He threw himself into the shrink a,nd becorne was a great work where Herrmann public ministries of the Youth a king or a o presidpnt! What an honor to teII e others the waE of t! salaati,orl."

April 1989 43 group with new vigor. Though he decision, a stepping over the line, Braunlin said, "George, that's meant business with God and a definite call to full-time service. good. That's exactly what you wanted to serve Him, something The meeting ended and peo- should do." He reread that inside told him his spiritual life ple began milling about. His night's Scripture passageto was not all it should be. There friends made their plans for a George,James L:5-22. was yet another step along his burger and a Coke at the diner as The place was nearly empty spiritual path before he found his usual. Who would ride with when Pastor Braunlin looked up niche, and it came upon him un- from his Bible. George could see awares that night at the Pavilion. his own glow mirrored on the There was not even a hint of man's face. Without a word he abreeze when the meeting started. and the pastor knelt. The man David Otis Fuller was a direct who would, in essence,be George man, zinging challenges at the Sweeting's pastor his whole life, audience, willing them to listen, prayed a simple prayer, commit- to decide. What would it be? In ting him to the will of God. or out? Saved or not? Consecrated It was late. Ib get home, George or not? Real or not? A dynamic normally took a l0-mile bus ride faith or a false faith? into Paterson and then a nearly George's eyes were riveted to 3-mile bus ride to his home in the platform. Not only was Fuller Haledon. George did not mind speaking to him, but so also was the ride that night. He could not God. The crux of the messagewas keep from smiling. He had held James L:22, abottt being not only nothing back. Finally, at long hearers of the Word but doers also. last, he belonged completely and Deep in his heart and mind he irrevocably to God for whatever realized he had failed to obey the He wanted. When the bus stopped truths he claimed to believe. He in Paterson he got off and sensedthat God wanted all of him. walked the rest of the way home. everything, no holding back. He GeorgeSuteeti,ng's George found his mother sit- could not say he meant business ting on the front porch with the and then still try to determine Iife stands as a newspaper draped over her for for himself what his future held. young warmth against what had become Fuller went long. The sun died, beacon to a chilly breeze. As soon as she and the cloudless black sky spar- people saw him, she knew. "Son, God kled with stars. Women pulled utilli,ng to did something special for you sweaters around their shoulders tonight, didn't He?" and men slipped onjackets. George totally conxm,i,t George eagerly told her all the just sat staring, listening to details. His mother was deeply Fulle4 open to God. He felt emo- themselaes to Christ. moved. "Your father and I dedi- tion welling up within. whom? Are you going? Can you cated you to the Lord before you That was not like him. He had take me home? George, are you were born," she said. "If God been humorous but not emotional, coming?He shook his head. "Not calls you to preach, don't shrink like his parents. Scots. Stoics. Yet tonight, thanks." Often the life of and become a king or a presi- the tears pushed to the brims of the party, he was grateful no one dent! What an honor to be able his eyes. His fists were clenched. insisted to know why not. He to preach the Word of God and to God was speaking to him. He made his way down to Pastor tell others the way of salvation." wanted to hear it all, get it Braunlin as the place slowly emp- Then. for the second time that straight, commit himself once tied. Finally, the tears flowed. night, George was invited to and for all, for now and forever. The pastor could see that kneel and join in prayer. His no matter what it meant, no Georgehad been moved. He sat mother committed him to Christ matter what the cost. with him in the front row and and prayed that he would never No one responded as the waited for George to speak. "Pas- waver from his resolve. crowd stood to sing. George could tor," he began, "the Lord spoke By the time he reached his at- not sing. He had all he could do powerfully to me tonight. I'm tic bedroom he was ready to pray to stand. The invitation given to yielding my life to Christ. I know again. He did not want the night Christians who wanted to rededi- the verses, but I want to put to end or the feeling to leave cate their lives somehow did not them into practice. I've been a him. Every step on the way fit him. He sensed God calling halfhearted Christian. but I feel a home had given him the opportu- him not to repentance or to call to His service. From now on nity to vow before God that he rededication or to any public I'm going to be all-out. I will had soberly thought it through statement or witness. He felt an serve Christ anywhere, anytime." urgng of the Lord to a private Just above a whisper, Pastor contirrued on page 62

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,i!, I Boomers contirrued front, page 19 ships, they have become hopeless An understanding of I Timothy about finding something better. 6:1-10is foundational to a uniquely Though the high rate of single- What the Church Can Do to Christian attitude toward money nessin America can be explained in Help. The most obvious place the and material possessions.Indeed, part by economics and the growing church can help is in the proclama- the Boomer generationdesperately tendency of children to leave the tion of the gospel. Life makes sense needsa whole seriesof sermonsor nest later in life, a larger part of the only when we see it in terms of Sunday school lessonson the sub- problem is explained by a change of paradise lost and paradiseregained. ject of the Bible and money. sexual mores in society. Tb put it God wants to reconcile lost man. They needto hear what the Bible bluntly, why should a person marry And this reconciliation through says about the Christian and sex if all needs are fulfilled outside of faith in Jesus Christ offers not only (1 Cor. 6:18-20),and the place of ma,niage?And it is not just unbeliev- peace with God now but also the marriage (1 Cor. 7:I-40; 1 Thess. ers who have this attitude. Though promiseof resurrection and eterni- 4:1-8).Men, especially,need to hear statistics are not available, my ex- ty on a new earth where, in the about commitment, particularly perience in working with Christian words of the psalmist, is fullness of how they are to love their wives sin$es over the past 25 years reveals joy and pleasure(Ps. 16:11). (Eph. 5:22-33). We have heard an extraordinarily high level of sex- Teachi.ng and Preaching. The enough about the submissiveChris- ual activity outside of marriage. I pulpit and Christian education pro- tian wife. We need to hear more have been surprised at the number gram of the church need to teach about the responsibility of the of Christians who subscribe to the the Boomer generationthe truth of Christian husband. The thing that idea that if you love someone and Romans8:28-39-that God intends dktingui,shes Christian marriage is are faithful to that one partne4 sex not only to reconcile us to Himself not a submissive wife. The Bible outside of marriage is OK! but alsoto conform us to the image doesteach submission,but it is not A lack of commitment is causing of Christ. And His methodology is to disti,ttctiue of Christian marriage. relationshipsto come unraveled at prune us (John 15:1-8)and subject Heathen cultures have forced sub- an alarming rate. Many Boomersare us to trial with a view to develop- mission on their women for centu- arriving at midlife feeling used. ing Christlike character (Rom. 5:1-5; ries. The thing that distinguishes Battered by uncommitted relation- James 1:1-7). Christian marriages is a husband who knows how to love his wife as Christ loves-sacrificially. Growth Groups. The church, as the body of Christ, must provide the members of the body with an op- "Mom,what's the Pentateuch?" portunity to be in touch with each other not only at the intellectual level through teaching and preach- ing, but also at the emotional and volitional level. Education in group process is available through many colleges and graduate schools. Counseling centers often offer workshops in group process.I encouragepastors and Christian workers to avail themselvesof this effective tool. The Boomer generation, raised to understand the importance of EveryChristian feelings, is very receptive to this hom-eneeds a Bible methodology. The local church that New understandstheir needs, preaches 'ilt tookit uPiq o$r dictionary.Make sure Dtctionary'" and teaches to their needs, and ;&;:; Biii' voursis lhe best! offers them an opportunity to ex- the New (Jnger's perience the church's body-life BibleDictioiary - from through group process, is the MoodvPress. church that will most likely meet Nohoine should be the needs of the mid-life Boomers. wirhoutit. 9037-9, Hardcover,929.95 Availableat yourlocal bookstore or contact I Andre Bustanoby is a marriage Dept.MBW 820 N. LaSalleDrive, (call 13 MOODV PRESS and family therapist in suburban Chicago,lL 60610 toll free, \!/ rxe rtaMEYou caN Tnusr a r-800-621-7105). Washington, DC, and has authored 14 books.

46 FundamentalistJournal A CharchlTtat Pleasec METOHD Asapastor,Iwant A church must be Lord is that of changing sions and goods,and the Lord to bless not authoritatiue. Warning sinners into saints. parted them to all only the preaching, but the lost is important, as A church must have a men, as every man had every phase of the seen in verse 14. Peter holy atmospthere. When need." Those who are ministry. Tb accomplish stood up and boldly people enter the church happy in the Lord this we must pattern our proclaimed the Word of building, they can feel desire to see others local churches after the God. He uncompromis- the spirit of the congre- e4joy the good things church in the Book of ingly declared the way gation. A senseof of God, and they will Acts-the New Tbsta- of salvation. It was a warmth and "gladness share their blessings. ment church. This church soulwinning church, as and singlenessof heart" The New Tbstament made a great impact on evidenced in verse 41. prevails (v. 46). This church was also a its world because it "There were added unto can be detected by the healthy church. Verse pleasedthe Lord. Acts them about three thou- harmony of the believers 46, "They, continuing 2:I-8,4L-47shows us sand souls." Converts as mentioned in verse daily with one accord how to be a church that followed the Lord in 44. "All that believed in the temple," shows pleasesthe Lord. baptism. Witnessing His were together." They they were an ongoing First, a church must power is taught in verse were together in the church with singleness be ali,ue. In verse 6 we 43. "Many wonders and same place and for of mind and heart. see that the church in signs were done by the the same purpose. God was pleased the Book of Acts was apostles." Of course the Harmony is a key factor with this New Tbs- active. "This was noised greatest sign and wonder in the presenceof the tament church and abroad." Excitement ever performed by the Holy Spirit. Being continued to pour about the worship of happy in the His blessingsupon it. God filled the air. Its Lord was cer- Are the blessings of members practiced faith- tainly evident the Lord upon your ful attendance. Verse 1 in verse 45. church? If not, maybe 'And says, "They were all sold you should examine with one accord in one their posses- again the church that place." Theirs was not a pleasesthe Lord in "hit-and-miss" situation. Acts 2. In verses 4 and 44-46 we see an administering I AIan Mason church. They were con- trolled by the Holy Spirit; therefore, they "had all things common, and sold their posses- sions and goods,and parted them to all men, as every man had need." They were able to ad- minister to the needs of others. A church that is not sensitive to the Spirit of God will not administer this kind of care. the days of Solomon the prevalent in the Scriptures nation was divided into which are very different two kingdoms. from our own culture HowtoDig into the FYomits inception today. For example, when the northern king- the father addressedhis dom turned its back servants in Luke 15:22 to on God and sank put sandalson theprodigal WordofGod deeper and deeper son after his return and into sin. In His confession,the son knew mercy the Lord sent that in spite of all his past Part2 messengerafter mes- he was now being fully re- senger to call His instated as a son in his Last month we talked people to repen- father's home because, about the tools needed tance. Among those according to the custom of for digging deep into messengerswas the day, only a son had the God's Word. We also Elljah, who performed right to wear sandals or gave the first of seven eight miracles, and Elisha, shoesin the house. rules to follow in ac- the prophet to whom the Tb learn the signifi- cepting this challenge. young girl referred when cance of some of these This month we offer she spoke to Naaman's customs, consult a Bible three more rules to wife. dictionary or encyclopedia. help you and your We also learn from pre- Now reread 2 Kings church members study vious chapters in I and 2 5:1-4 and see if you can effectively. Kings that Aram or find any cultural patterns Note any significant Syriawas a heathen nation or peculiar customs geographical items in and that the Aramians worthy of note. Did you the passage of Scrip- had been repeatedly at observe that although ture. Go through war with Israel. The obser- Naaman was a leper he 2 Kings 5:1-4 once more. vation of the historical min$ed freely with others Tbke note of any sig- in Aram where Naaman setting of 2 Kings 5:1-4in- besidesthose in his own nificant places men- probably lived, was no dicatesa fascinating study. household? The Aramians tioned in the text. What less than 85 miles from Wherever possible, evidently did not have did you find? Samaria, if we could learn the significance stringent laws like the Without a doubt, you travel between the two of any peculiar customs Hebrews to restrict an observed two specially cities in a straight line. or cultural patterns individual with an infec- mentioned places, Aram Consider the histor- referred to in the pas- tious skin diseasefrom so- (or Syria) and Samaria. ical background of the sage. We find refer- ciety (seeLev. 13 and 14). At this point, go to a passage. What events ence in many parts of the map or Bible atlas and preceding the account Bible to customs or cul- I JamesBraga.Nertmonth observe the Iocation of related in our passage tural patterns that were we continue with part 3. these two places. The would we need to know first is the land directly about in order to have an northeast of Israel and adequate appreciation of the second, the capital the text? We would cer- of Israel, some 40 miles tainly have to be aware of HaroldDeVilbiss southwest of the Sea of Israel's history and its Galilee. relationship to Aram or When we read that Syria at the time described Ministeringto Mexico, "the Syrians had gone in the narrative. Tb gain a out by companies, and proper perspective of this with No Regrets had brought away situation, begin with a captive out of the land Bible dictionary or Bible Harold DeVilbiss was saved at the age of 11, of Israel a little maid," encyclopedia. Other parts began preaching when he was 15, was ordained at we conclude that this of the Bible may also 17, and arrived in Mexico as a missionary at 19, in captive maiden must throw a great deal of light 1946. His going to Mexico had been the answer to have lived in the ter- on the portion you are the prayers of Wendell Zimmerman, then pastor of ritory of one of the studying. First Kings and the three-year-old Kansas City Baptist Tbmple. northern tribes of Israel, the first four chapters of He had been praying for someone to send out as not too far from Aram 2 Kings show that after the young church's first missionary. Harold began

48 FundamentalistJournal to work in the church while attending Kansas City Baptist College. Pastor Zimmerman told him that when he was ready to go to Mexico, the church would send him and provide total support. That was CHURCHNEWS 43 years ago. Harold now Iooks back at a rewarding, fulfilling, unregrettable life of service. Gordon-Conwell His early years in Mexico laid a solid foundation Theological Seminary that is being steadily built upon. He began in celebrates its 100th Thmpico with 33 people at his first service. Five anniversary this years later Harold left his church of over 500 in the month. Billy Graham, capable hands of a chairman of the board of Mexican pastor, to go trustees, is scheduled to to Mexico City, where deliver the keynote ad- he still pastors. dress at the Founder's He realized early Day celebration April 4. in his ministry that the key to effec- tively reaching the Summer missionary millions of people opportunities are avail- Iiving in Mexico was able for 2,006 teens Notice to Christian training Mexican and adults. Short-term doctors, nurses, adminis- Christians to be missionaries are needed trators of health care active witnesses to for summer mission facilities, and attorneys: those around them. projects in over 40 coun- "Current Controversies in Accordingly, he tries around the world- the Right to Live, the Right founded and directed everything from a work to Die" will be held at the a Bible institute to DuPont Plaza Hotel in prepare leaders for Washington, DC, April the Mexican church. 13-15.The conference Graduates are now addresseslegal, medical, pastoring in 24 of Mexico's 32 states. The institute and ethical issues and is has grown and become Latin American Baptist aimed at those who are College in Mexico City, the nation's capital. involved with the care or One of Harold's greatest rewards has been his family. representation of affected He came to Mexico as a single young man, met his people. It is sponsored by wife while pastoring in Thmpico. Their four children the Law and Religion were born in Mexico. The children attended bilingual Program of the Columbus schools and the National Conservatory of Music in School of Law of the Mexico City. Harold's wife, Connie, and children Catholic University of John, Tbmmy, Anita, and Danny, served together in America; the National a ministry of music. Legal Center for the Medi- The DeVilbiss'sgreatest joy has been to see their cally Dependent and Dis- entire family remain in Christian service. Harold abled; the Horatio R. and Connie are justly proud of their children, three of Storer Foundation: and whom attended Liberty University. Tbmmy was the American Academy of chosen as Senior of the Year: Anita was voted Miss Medical Ethics. Liberty in her senior year; and Danny was selected as team in the jun$es of For information on how an AII-Star Soccer player. Anita and her husband, Ed Africa, to a drama team in you can be involved, con- Hoagland, returned to Mexico with Tbmmy to work Australia or Indonesia, tact Mary Beth Condon, with their father. The oldest son, John, is active in a to a bike evangelism team Leahy Hall, Columbus ministry of presenting creationism to the scientific in China and Hong Kong. School of Law, Catholic world. Their youngest, Danny, is athletic director for a For a free brochure University of America, Christian school in Maryland. Iisting over 2,000 sum- Washington, DC 20064. Looking back on 43 rich years of service in Mexico, mer service opportuni- Papers delivered at the Harold stated that he has no regrets. He would will- ties, call (407) 453-0350 conference will be pub- ingly do it all again. A life of service for Jesus Christ or write Tben Missions, lished in,lsszes In Law & is worth it all. 885 East Hall Road, Medicinn, PO Box 1586, Merritt lsland, Florida Tbrre Haute, Indiana I Howard Erickson 32953-8418. 47808-1586.

April 1989 49 story about the philosopher George Santayana touches on the matter of by Viaiantll Loltan balancing work and leisure. One radiant spring morning he stopped in the middle of a sentence during a lecture. "I am afraid," he said, "that sentence will never be finished. I have an ap- pointmentwith April." He gathered his paperstogethe4 then, and left the lecture theater to go off into the country. Wilt You Keep Your Appointment with April? Now, Santayana was eccentric in many ways. i Yourappointment Following his example to the letter might not be advisable. But the point he made is well-taken. . with April may A lot of us are slavesto what we do. We don't know how it happened, and it's not something we can cure "" not be easily. When the breaks don't come we are pretty '. sure they will if we work even harder. If the breaks in the counlr! are happening, wild horses would not stop us. It is obviously paying off-but there's a price. . anidst trees, grass, Maybe we are aware of the price, and we are will- ' ing to pay it. If we have made a conscious choice, anil flnwers, at least we had that satisfaction. However. some of us work-freaks who don't know when to quit may be Vho knowswhere running on someone else's timetable that was set for us when we were still children. Somebody knew the yoursis? right words to send us off and running. We started, and nothing ever really shut us down. But you haoeone, Russell Baker, author of Growirry Up, is talking about what I mean. "If you think I'm going to raise a and chancesare good-for-nothing," his mother told him, repetitively, "you've got another think coming." The threat was you'll noissit. intended to drive Russell into earning extra money and to excelling in school. I know exactly what Russell was talking about. His mother was more recklessly verbal than my parents, but the threat was there. His mother defined more ambitions and goals for Russell than my parents did for me, but the prodding was the same. The world's ultimate measurement of you, by their standards and by the example they set, is based on how hard you work. Whatever the stimulation, the only good enough reason for robbing our leisure by overspending time in hours worked is to realize an ambition or reach a goal. Unfortunately, many of the people abusing their resources are pushed by a strong force that has never even been defined. Mechanically, they press on thmugh every wakeful hour of every day. There is no time for rummaging around after simple satisfactions. They feel like coffee beans-in a regular grind! Can anything be salvaged out of such a crunch? A lady I knew talked about the bits of time she set

50 FundamentalistJournal aside for just "being." At the time I didn't Someof us work- understand what she was talking about but, clearly, it left an impression on my mind. When events in who ilon't my life shifted a little, so I could find some flex- frealts ibility in the jam-packed moments, I explored knowwhen to the possibility of just being. I was trying to find a way to keep my appointment with April. quit may be Even supposing we have a clear idea of where we're aimed, and are willing to pay the price in the running on interest of getting there, what then? There is some freedom in that our commitment to the sotneoneelse',s ambition or goal is actually renewed every day. With the turning of every calendar date, we have a thnetable that clear-cut opportunity to decide if this is another day on which we gfimly toe up to the mark and get ready was set us for a 24-hour marathon, ready to pay the conse- for quences, or if we have given ourselves permission whenwe were for some leniency. The very fact of making a choice, instead of blindly setting out on a course still chililren, that's never been examined, makes its pursuit more desirable. Someboilyknew Scripture deals specifically with work and rest. 'And In Genesis2:2-3 we are told, on the seventh the right wordsto day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work Eendus off anil which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had running, We rested from all his work which God created and made." Clearly, God took our human tendencies into starteiloand account. In His mercy and goodness,He set an example for us to follow. No mention is made nothing eoer of exemptions. Basically, working hard is a fine idea. It can give realb shutus you a marvelous senseof accomplishmentand advancement. It keeps you from being bored, and ilown, you don't have time for mischief. It also keeps you too occupied to realize you are living a life of drudgery. Your appointment with April, unlike Santayana's, may not be in the country amidst trees, grass, and flowers. Who knows where yours is? But you have one, and chancesare you'll miss it. One day, you may find it is too late. Tbke Uncle William- Aunt Liz and Uncle William lived among the foothills of a mountain range. Below them an azure-colored,Africa-shaped lake jewelled the valley. Uncle William died one evening in his accounting office, where he worked far past quit- ting time, as was his custom. Aunt Liz held up well through the funeral and even through most of the sale of their household possessionslater. Her composurebroke completely when the auctioneer called for bids on a pair of porch rockers. "One of them is like new, just like new!" chanted the auctioneer enthusiastically. Uncle William had bought the rockers for himself and Aunt Liz the summer he added the deck with its vista of the valley. He never used his. Uncle William missedhis appointment with April.

I Vivian M. Loken is a free-lance writer in Minneapolis,Minnesota.

April 1989 51 clinic. Developmentally, they built a house for a LACTHosts Liberty Baptist Mission Teacher missionary, attempted to increase the local fresh Recrultment water supply, and helped repair the hospital. All this The Liberty Associa- set the stage for church tion of Christian Tbachers ministries, including hosted Tbacher Recruit- preaching on Sundayg mid- ment February 9-10. week evangelistic services, Ninety-five exhibitors choir instruction, and representing 70 schools active youth discipleship. from 20 states attended Tbam fou4 and future the event. "Recruiters rotating teams, will con- met and talked with tinue this work, and will education majors in- develop further means of terested in teaching and communicating the administration. Since gospel. Plans for 1989 many seniors already include increasing the had been placed in evangelistic thrust of the positions by this time, mobile clinics, building a recruiters expressed a Liberty PioneersPave learning center for the lot of interest in under- primary school, and be- the Wayin Kenya classmen, especially ginning an agricultural junions," said Karen extension project, a Parker, faculty sponsor. Since November 1987 mental outreaches that more extensive child Liberty University is Liberty University has pave the way for extensive evangelism program, and accredited by the been involved in a long- church ministries. an evangelistic filmstrip Southern Association of term missions project in The Liberty Pioneers ministry for local T\rrkana Colleges and Schools. the Ttrrkana region of are students from vari- evangelists. Graduates can be certi- northern Kenya. During ous academic disciplines Larry Haag, LU's fied in all 50 states, and the spring of 1989 the who desire to spend one director of missions. is the U.S. overseas depen- fourth team of Liberty semester of their univer- working with the students dent schools. students. under the sity experience working to prepare them for their direction of Rick and among the T\rrkana ministry in Kenya. He Martha Harper lrene Lange, will con- tribespeople. The com- feels this project is an J tinue work begun by pre- mitment of the project is extremely unique oppor- vious teams and introduce for a team to work in tunity to becomepersonal- new facets of outreach. T\rrkana each semester ly involved in missions The T\rrkana tribes for a long-range goal of activities, while earning people live in a desolate 10 years. academic credit. "The area, accessible only by Members of the third ministries carried out in rugged roads or small air- team, which ministered T\rrkana are important, planes capable of landing in Thrkana during the but equally important if on desert runways. The fall of 1988,were active in not more so, are what remoteness of the T\rrkana the Kolokal Cottage Hospi- these students are learn- opens the door for a tal and, through the use of ing by living among this unique pioneering ministry. Land Rovers, in mobile primitive tribe in the Liberty students have clinics throughout the southside of the Sahara been, and will continue to region. In the area Desert." Haag continues be, involved in a four- of education. team mem- by saying, "this involve- fold outreach program. bers helped rebuild and re- ment will affect, in a very Tb establish a firm rap- pair the Kolokal Primary positive way, their outlook port and identification School and provided on the world and their with the T\rrkana people, Christian education to stu- ministry for the rest of the Liberty Pioneers are dents on a weekly basis, their lives." involved in medical, edu- including tutoring in music cational, and develop- and establishing a reading 2 Howard Erickson

52 FundamentalistJournal meetings, so unsaved in- &trffiWtu*{ss&s dividuals have an oppor- tunity to accept Christ as &"&s&emsr their personal Saviour. Bibles and other literature &ppre*$at*sm are free, and the Youth Ranch staff is always available to counsel new Christians. Bible March 24was the fifth study groups meet on annual Listener Apprecia- Ttresdaynights for middle tion Day for WRVL radio school students. and on station. WRVL invited Thursday nights for high listeners from a 100-mile school students. radius to join "CIub 88"- A new ranch on re- named after the dial loca- cently acquired land in tion of WRVL-to a free Lawrenceville will become concert featuring the lbl- headquarters for the min- leys and the Don Norman YouthRanch Providss Altermatltre istry and provide a retreat family. This was their for young people "free way of saying tha"nk-you to from the pressure of drugS all of the listeners they Youth Ranch. a Chris- kids to do good. Our vehi- and alcohol under adult, depend on during the year. tian ministry geared to cle to reach young people Christian supervision," WRVL is a non-com- middle- and high-school- with the gospelis a proven says Carrier. The new site mercial radio station that age youth, is crushing the product and it's called has a 40-foot swimming relies totally on listener concept that Christianity Christian Youth Ranch." pool, a home and barn, and donations for support. The and fun do not mix. The Steve Thomas directs will offer volleyball, bas- free concert was given in nondenominational Bible another ranch in Lilburn, ketball, Ping-Pongpool, air preparation for April Study program was found- Georgia. Over 250 hockey, and video games. when "CIub 88" holds its ed almost 40 years ago by young people have For more information yearly fundraiser to en- A. Ray Stanford. come to know the Lord as on Christian Youth Ranch courage listeners to offer Youth Ranch was very their Saviour through the contact Mike Schmidt, 120 their support and become popular in the 1970s-one work of these men, their WaysideDrive, Lawrence- involved in the club. "Club meetingin 1975had 5,000 wives, and staff workers in ville, Georgia 30245, 88" now has appoxi- in attendance. This con- the past three years. (404) 822-1806. mately 1,200 members. cept resurfaced three A typical Youth Ranch years ago in North Georgia meeting includes "ice- W lbmara L. Pugh M TLP when Lawrenceville Police breaking" games and a Corporal Chris Carie4 now Bible study. Other Youth president of the ministry, Ranch activities include a began operating a Youth Youth Festival with such Ranch out of his home. competitive games as the "I'm a cop," he says."I "Snibbler's Olympics," the see every day that [kids] "Duc$ Dash," and the have nothing to do. This is 'Amoeba Race." a positive atmosphere In the "Ooey Gooey where kids won't get into Gelatin Jump" contestants trouble." Carrier was saved jump into three feet of at the Hollywood Florida green JELL-O and retrieve Christian Youth Ranch coins from the bottom. in 1971. The coins are redeemed Mike Schmidt. who is for prizes donated by enrolled in Liberty Univer- area businesses, includ- sity's School of Lifelong ing Bibles and Christian Learning, started a branch records and tapes. Once, in Centerville, Georgia. He the grand prize was a says Youth Ranch "takes Mercury Cougar. positive peer pressure and The gospel is clearly uses that to encourage presented at Youth Ranch banld'sFilnce S$$ers $*udents a Eneakfrsrm Stwdtes

*;;;"; ;. ,',u,""*,: "David's Place," Liberty I Mike Stewart directs University's new Stu- | the student center and dent Center, was held I the 30 students em- January 22. Paid for I ployed to help maintain by the Arthur S. DeMoss I it. The center is open Foundation, the building I daily for students to is the first of its kind for I come and socialize or the campus. I take a break from Students gathered I ttreir studies. David's first for a service held I Place also offers aerobics by Mrs. DeMoss to offi- | classes,mini-concerts, cially dedicate the build- | weekly movies, and a ing to her son David, I full-service restaurant. who was killed in a car I Plans for expansion accident on June 6, I include a patio, two 1986, at the age of 22, I outdoor basketball Students spent the re- | courts, and two sand- mainder of the evening I pit volleyball courts. watching the Super Bowl I

GodparentMinistry Expands Locallyand Nationally

Dr. FlaIweII'sdream panding the home itself, became a reality in the ministry has in- December 1988 when creased its national out- the Liberty Godparent reach. The hot line now Home moved from its has 15 phones, and com- Eldon Street location to puterization is gfeatly the former Villa Maria improved. Academy property. The Several ministries new home accommodates have joined the Godpar- as many as 66 girls. ent network in an agree- In addition to ex- ment to work together in providing services for unwed mothers. Network applications are available to those interested in help- ing the Godparent Federa- tion in its continued fight for human life. For more information on network applications, call the Godparent Ministry hot line (800) 368-3336.

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54 FundamentalistJournal imagine being happy or carefree the overwhelming floods of sorrow, CARRY lf,E again." grief, repression, and depression by ChristineWyrtzen "Maybe you are in the dark tun- and found "God's arms are strong as told to Jerry B. Jenkins nels of change. Your life has taken enough to carry us through the drastic turns, and things will never deepest waters." Have you ever gone through be the same.Scripture cannot seem Ca,rry Me offers understanding to times when you needed God to to reach you. Friendsjust don't un- the hurting and practical advice and carry you because you were "too derstand. You don't know how to insight to friends and fellow church weak and fragile to walk on your pray." If so, I recommend Christine's membersof those who hurt. (Moody own"? Have you ever felt "alien- book, Camy Me. She went through Press,122.pp., $12.95) I(ay Raysor ated from God and His family"? Have you ever An excerpt frcm around uq and give us the em- had your faith so CARRYME pathy our souls crave. How iron- shaken that your ic that so manytimes we nrnfrom "beliefs crum- If you have been drawn to the very Person who can $ve us bled, being re- these pagesbecause you are in a everything for which we long. We duced to nothing valley, let me encourage you to run elsewhere, desperately trying but questions"? avoid the temptation to sit and to fill the void with poor substi- In 1982Chris- wait for the right pennn to say or tutes. Often Christians look for tine Wyrtzen recorded an album do something to genuinely help relief from other Christians, for- entitled "For Those Who Hurt." you. If we measure others with a getting that even God's chosen "One morning in Iate November," scorecard, we can become bitter are inherently sinful and are not she writes, "I received a call from people. At best, there may be only capable of consistently orhibiting Paula, my partner in the ministry. one hour in your day when some- God's empathy. She told me that the album was to one reaches you and temporarily Only He can love us without be shipped to bookstores that day. helps to alleviate your pain and reserye. Only He can allevirate the We discussedthe opposition we had loneliness. That may make you intense loneliness that plagues all seen as we had tried to get the feel better for a few minuteg His creation. Only He has the album from the creative stage to the but for the other twenty-three arms to cany us over the long point of completing. Half-seriously hours you might be alone again. haul, for not only is He strong 'Well, she said, I wonder what's Only one Person can consis- enough, but He sees the end of ' going to happen to us todaf sug- tently reach down, put His arms the road. gesting that Satan migfrt launch one of his greatest attacks on the actual day of the album's release. "The rest of the afternoon was must grow older and experience it, uneventful. Just before midnight, Booknotes by which time it would be too late however, the phone woke Ron and to do much about it, since my work- me. Paula, her husband, Larry, and ing days as a designer would be past. their two children had been in a But a glimmer of the thought was serious car accident. . . . " DISGUISED there, and in a few days something A few days later Christine re- by PatMoore with CharlesPaul Conn happened that boosted the $immer ceived news about her mother that into a full-fledged idea." shattered her own life. 'And so "How would it feel to be eighty And so began the journey of there I was. Alone. [n a phone or eighty-five, I wondered? And how 26-year-old Fat Moore into the land booth. Between flights. When she can I ever know, since part of being of older Americans, or "my elders," asked me if I were sure I wanted to old is the way other people respond as Moore now affectionately calls know, the very Iast vestige of opti- to you, and I would have to wait them. Disgui,sed,tells an incredible 'They mism vanished. . . found a many years to experience that. The story of what agng is like in the land tumor. They can't operate.' . . . idea at first was little more than an of plenty, and how often the older "From that moment. I didn't intellectual frustration: it was a kind people among us are misused, think I could handle life, I couldn't of Catch-Z2: to understand aging, I abused, forgotten, and forlorn.

April1989 55 Disguised effectively with the padding and splints she wore difference. theatrical makeup, splints, e gray under her clothes, she migftt have But we can make a difference. In wig, and padding, Moore journeyed been another grim statistic. her book Moore gives several prac- throughout America as an "old" Another afternoon. however. was tical ways families can combat the woman: sometimes as a bag lady, blissfully spent in the company of a negative attitudes toward older peo- often as a middle-income lady, and 6-year-oldboy on Clearwater Beach. ple. These suggestions alone are often as a wealthy widow. Her jour- She spent many afternoons in the worth the price of the book. But ney was not without its night- company of elders, and from them much more, Disgwi,sedis the story of mares-once Moore was beaten mer- Moore learned about aging from a a brave and selfless woman who cilessly by muggers and left to die on perspective most of us cannot gain gave freely of her time and energy the streets of New York. If not for until we are too old to make a to honor God and the people He created. This is a book to be read and treasured.(Word Books, l74pp., $11.95)Angela E. Hunt

FIilANCIAL FREEDOT by Jack B. Straus,Jr.

Who has not desired financial freedom? Jack B. Straus, Jr., points out that freedom results from a life of contentment. First fimothy 6:6 states, "But godlinesswith content- ment is great gain." Such a life be- grns by realizing that we labor in obedience to the Lord's will, trust- ing Him and putting Him first. Straus suggeststhat most Chris- tians are possessedby possessions, not recognizing God's ownership. Many are harnessedby debt and be- lieve in the gospel of self-interest. The author identifies a m4jor source It's a fact. Pagansacrifices of pressure in the Christian's life as and rituals are back. Other books on the New Age Move- the failure to discern God's calling. ment have unmaskedits theo- In addition to discussinghow the logicaldeceptions. Unholy Christian life relates to finances, Sacifices shows how the New Straus gives sound money-manage- Age planto eliminate"human ment advice. He uses Scripture weeds" is rapidly on the move throughout to document his points. in science,medicine, govern- Finnncial Freedrnn is very readable ment, and the media. The and refreshingly different from authorsdocument these hor- other Christian financial books. The give rors but also a message reader will receive more than the of hopeand specificways to counter the threat. ,$8.95 principles of financial freedom. He Atyour Christian bookstore. (lVlail orders will receive the key to peace and add$l.00 for postage and handling.) contentment. (Wolgemuth & Hyatt, GRI|SSWAYBl|t|KS 208 pp., $9.95)Kenneth C. Bost A DIVISIONOF GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS WESTCHESTER.ILLINOIS 60154

SUI{RISE TOMORROW PAUL d ePARRI E by ElizabethB. Brown I didn't want to review this book. It sat on my desk for many days,un- & MARY P RI DE, touched and unread, my mind recognizing its importance but my heart wanting to stay away. Surwise TAmorrou; is subtitled

56 FundamentalistJournal "Coping with a Child's Death," but some equally appropriate place to nursing homes, from the Living Will as the reader soon discovers, one work their way to understanding." programs available in all 50 states, doesn't cope with such an ex- With this quote, the authors under- from guardian surrogates-a role perience, one simply survives. line the oncoming peril to be faced often revolving upon the medical Brown relates the personal story by Christians at the hands of the personnel, and from the hospice of her family living through the New Agers. programs so widely acclaimed else- death of a young daughter, the The New Age movement is, ac- where. Values clarification in public questions asked of God, the grief cording to the authors, developing schools has encouraged children to and loneliness, the guilt, and an agenda of death. They offer evi- consider suicide as a choice for eventually, thank God, sunrise and dence to substantiate this claim others' greater good. The net result recovery. from the treatment of the elderly in of New Age input into the questions This book is magnetic to parents, whether having experienced a child's death or not. Emotional and sad, but ultimately optimistic, my copy of Surwise Tbmorrow has already been mailed to a young couple who recently lost a new- born baby. Highly recommended. (Fleming H. Revell Company, 160 pp., $8.95)David R. Miller

WIIO AM I? WHAT AM I? by Calvin Redekop and Urie A. Bender

People used to say there were only two absolutes, death and tax- es. We now know there are really many absolutes in addition to these two, and work must be included. Christians have long accepted the value of work as one way to glorify God. John Calvin had much to say on the sinful nature of idleness.But can ordinary everyday work be really meaningful? ln Who Am I? What Am I? authors Redekop and Bender help Whatis theessence of true Christianity?Yes, it is faithin us search for meaning in our work. Christas one's Lord and Savior. FYomthe earliest childhood thoughts But it is equallya living,dy- on work to the closure of a lifetime rnmic faithwhich transforms of employment, they help us see everyarea of our liveswith God's perspective on the value of God'struth, freedom,justice, work. andlove. True Christianity Who Am I? What Am I? is a offersa boldand inspiring vision thorough examination of a subject for all who seekto know the common to all believers and should realityof the livingGod. $5.95 prove Atyour Christian bookstore. (Mail orders very helpful. (Zondervan Pub- add$1 .00 Jor postage and handling.) lishers,316 pp., $14.95)DRM GRIISSWAYBl|t|KS A DIVISIONOF GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS '. WESTCHESTER.ILLINOIS 60154 , , , , . : .: r, : , , . . : . : : : : : : : : : I :I I : . : : I Ii : : : . . aI i UNHOLY SAGRIFIGES OF THE NEW AGE by Paul de Parrieand Mary Pride

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he issueis abortion- says Anne Carmichael, ex- arguably the most ecutive director of Missou- volatile Supreme ri Citizens for Life. "We Court casein more than a de- would be pleased, but we cade.At stake,potentially, is aren't looking for it to hap- the High Court's entire 1973 pen." A more plausible decision legalizing abortion. scenario, she says, is that The case, Webster u. the SupremeCourt will up- Reproductiue Health Ser- hold Missouri's restrictions uices,involves a 1986Missou- without directly addressing ri law declaring that human Rae u. Wad.e."We will be life begins at conception. pleasedif the Court just up- Among other things, the law holds our Missouri law, be- includes these four key re- cause anything it does will strictions: set precedent for other -A provision banning the states to legislate restric- use of public facilities for any tions on abortion." abortion not necessary to These restrictions will save the mother's life. likely include limiting -A provision prohibiting when, how, and where public employeesfrom assist- women can receive abor- ing with or performing tions. In addition, parental abortions. consent and informed con- -A provision requiring sent laws may become doctors to determine common-as well as laws whether a fetus more than 19 preventing school-based weeks old can survive outside tne health clinics from referring stu- womb. Pro-lifers are dents to abortionists. -A provision outlawing the use This potential tampering with of taxpayer money for encouraging confident that "reproductive freedom" frightens or counseling women to have an Roe v. Wade pro-choice advocates,who perceive abortion. it as another indication of the Last July, the Sth U.S. Circuit will soon fall. Court's eroding support for Court of Appeals in Saint Louis abortion-on-demand. struck down the law as unconstitu- When the SupremeCourt ruled tional, saying the notion that hu- presentsan appropriate opportuni- more than 16 years ago that, based man life begins at conception is "an ty for doing so," then Solicitor on a constitutional right to privacy, impermissible theory of life." General CharlesFried said in a brief women have a right to abortion, the Howeve4Missouri Attorney General to the Court. The nine justices only dissentingvotes came from By- William Webster immediately asked agreedin mid-January to review the ron White and William Rehnquist, the SupremeCourt to overturn the case,and they are expectedto hear who accusedthe Court of exercis- lower court ruling. He wasjoined by oral arguments sometime this ing "raw judicial power." the Reagan Justice Department, month. In a similar 1983case the Court which carried the request a step Although a reversal of Rne u. affirmed the alleged right to priva- further, urging the Court to use the Wad.eis one possibleoutcome of the cy, but support slipped as the Court Webster case to nullify its entire review, forces on both sidesof the upheld a woman's right to abortion 1973decision. divisive issue agree it is not the by a 6-3 margin. "If the Court is prepared to most likely one. "A total reversal of Most recently,the justices voted reconsider Rae u. Wad,e.this case Raeu. Wadnis not a big possibility," 5-4 in 1986to strike down Pennsvl-

April 1989 59 vania laws requiring doctors to in- cates-Justices William Brennan, pose the High Court's decision. form women considering abortion Thurgood Marshall, John Paul The remaining justice, Sandra about the potential health risks. Stevens,and Blackmun. Day O'Connor,who once wrote that Since that ruling, however, the Antiabortion forces, however, the 1973decision is "on a collision Court's composition has grown even believe the remaining five members course with itself," has openly criti- more conservative, leading Justice may unite, creating a 5-4 pro-life cized Roe a. Wadebut never indicat- Harry Blackmun, author of the 1973 majority. Justices Rehnquist and ed whether she would vote to decision, to predict the eventual White, dissentersin the 1973deci- overturn it. demise of Rne u. Wad,e. sion, are staunch Rae u. Wade foes. "Without question, the Missou- "You can count the votes," he Antonin Scaliaand Anthony Kenne- ri decisionrests with O'Connor and said. dy, both Reagan appointees, have Kennedy," says Carmichael. "The The present Court is composed never voted on an abortion case, other three (Rehnquist, White, of four hard-line abortion advo- although they are believed to op- and Scalia) definitely do favor overturning Roe u. Wad,e, not so much because they are pro-life, but because they believe the issue should be left up to the states." But even if the Supreme Court It's Never votes this summer to uphold the appeals court decision and de- Too I^ateTo Start clare Missouri's law unconstitution- al, pro-lifers remain confident that Rae a. Wade will soon fall. Home Schooline "With Bush in the White House to appoint pro-Iife justices, and with With ABekaBook some of the justices just hanging on [the Court's three oldest members are its strongest abortion advo- It', .,o, too late to begin teaching your child at home cates], I can see Rae a. Wadn dying with A Beka Book materials.The "schoolyear" can begin the day within the next four years," says you receivethe textbooks,and lessonguides. Carmichael. For over fifteen yearswe have producedChristian, character- In preparation for such an event, building books.In fact, over 600,000students nationwide are abortion rights organizations are using A Beka Book materials. already mobilizing to preserve From nurserythrough high school,we their right to "reproductive free offer a full rangeof textbooksand teach- choice." ing materialsincluding videotapeand The pro-abortion Religious Co- correspondenceprograms for home alition for Abortion Rights recently schoolers.You mav order thesematerials initiated a petition drive to enlist at any time. the support of those who For completeinformation: call toll oppose the High Court's narrowing free1.800.82+-grKA $oo-87 4.2352) or reversing its landmark decision. The petition declares America's &d,,fr',S "plurality of belief leads us to the conviction that the abortion Milffiii*,,,.n'*decision must be made by the individual." Likewise, Kate Michelman, ex- ecutive director of the National Abortion Rights Action League, promised on national television recently to mobilize the pro- abortion movement. "This coun- try-men and women alike-will never accept going back to the day when women have to risk their lives, their health, their families' A Beka Book lives in order to seek an abortion," ExcellenceIn ChristianHome SchoolEducation she said.

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