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rom Columbus to the Mayflower to the signing of Editor, Grophics/Desigrn, the Declaration of Independence.America was built Jerry Folweli StephenT Albochten, Mgr on Judeo-Christianethics. Founding fatherswrote in Monoging Editor, Jon W Cooper the Declaration of lndependence,"!7e hold theseTruths to Nelson Keener KerthRobrnson be self-evidenr,rhat all Men are createdequal, that they are Senior Editors, DcrwnWeekly endowed by their Crearor with certain unalienableRights, Vonesso ljozelton that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Hap- Ed Dobson piness." In this issue, the Fundamentalist Ed Hrndson Photognophy, Joumal takes an in- LesSchofer vestigativelook at those unalienable rights, and how they Coordinqting Editor: Lynn Hortborger have been redefined and restrictedsince their proclamation Ruth McOellon in 1776. News Editor, Typogrrophers, One of the most basicof all our freedomsis religiousliber- Deboroh Hr-rff SueDrrskrll ty. What has happenedto that freedomin the pasr rwo cen. Angeio R Srmons Book Editor, ShenBoycl turiesl According ro RousasJ. Rushdoonyin "America Wake W Dovid Beck (Jp!" we're headed toward a manipulative philosophy that Editoriol Boord, seeksto control every action of the church and people. Editoricl Assistonts, Trumon Dollor her Eorlene His article is reinforced in "The Church and Her Rights" by R Goodwrrr Verle Ackermcrn Jay Adams who says,"Throughout the history of this coun- Crndy Gunter l?oymoncjBorber try the Christian church has had little difficulty co-existing MorreM Chopmon L)ovrciJeremroh with the state...Timeshave changed." Contributing Writer, John RowLrngs Through the eyes of one who has lived under a state- Yvonne Vest Elmer'Iowns controlled church, Josif Ton presents a horrifying and Creotive Direclor, Jock Wyrlzen enlightening tesrimony of rhe state'spower and the will of Robefi W Beosley WenclellZrn'trrrerunon God's people. In America, those who professto be protectorsof our civil liberties are the very insrruments of freedom's demise. js Norman Geisler in "What Is Happening to Our Freedom?" Fundqm€ntqlist Joumal pubhshed montNy, Il rssues per yeor, by Old. Time takesa revealinglook at thesepeople and how they are using Gospel Hour, Postqge is poid ot Lynchburg, Virgrinio, ond oddiiionql mqiling ollices. Address oll correspondence io pundqmentolist and abusingthe court systemto their advantage. Journql, Lynchburg, Vuginio 24514. During the festiveFourth of July celebrationsmarking our Ccnadicrn Office, Box 5O5, Richmond Hill, Ontqrio tAC 4yg. nation's 207th birthday, let us rememberto thank God for Adlgrtistng Sqm Pcrte Associqtes Inc,, p,O. Box 4315,Lynchburg, Virgmio (8O4) the "unalienable Rights" He has given us, and let us renew 24502 23729c'3. our commitment Subscription SlO,95o yeor (tl issues)in U,S,Outside U.S,odd SSOO postoge to protect thoserights for ourselvesand our prepoid U.S,currency. per posteritv. SL95 issue, Chcmge of Address, \ /hen ordenng o chonge ol oddress. pleose reh:rn your old mqiling lqbel qlong with the new oddress. Allow lour weeks lor o The FundamentalistJournal staff extends cnqnge. Submissions, deep appreciationand heartfelt Mcrruscripts submitted to FundcEnentalist Journal should be thanks as occomporued by sell.oddressed envelopes ond refurn postoge, publisher we say good-byeand God blessto Coor- ossurnes no responsibility lor retrlrn ol unsolcited mcrtedqt. MqnuscriDts dinating Editor Ruth McClellan. After unoccomponied by retum postoge will not be refuned to sender. graduatingfrom Liberty BaptistCollege in All moteriql in this issue is subject to U.S,qnd internqtionol copydght lows. Permission to reproduce mcry be obtoined by writing to Fundcrnentclist 1977with a Bachelorof Sciencedegree in Journql. { English and highest academic honors, 01983,Old-Time Gospel Hour Ruth joined the Old-Time Gospel Hour ministry, providing editorial assistance to Dr. Falwell and serving as editor o( Faith Aflame magazine.Sensitivity and intelligencemark her long list of creative achievementswhich includesbeing instrumental in the origination and developmentof the FuniarnentalistJoumal. Stcrtementof Ptupose Ruth will be taking on the new responsibilities of an Thlsmogczine is corfnitted to the Nstodc tundomento]s ol the Cfuislion associatepastor's wife asshe and her husband,Allen, move to Icdthl biblicol seporotion, morol cbsolutes. the priority ol the locol chuch. Gadsden,Alabama, where he recentlyaccepted a position at crndworld evcmgeiizotion Allhough no mogozine or individuol con speok Ior the overoll Fundcrnentolist Whites Chapel Baptist movemenl, it is our des[e lo crecrte o forum to Church. encourqge Ch-ristiqn leodersNp ond stqtesmonshlp to slcrnd lor the old{ime Although Ruth will be leaving the staff, we anticipate religon in these cdticol doys, We wtll exqrrune mofiers ol contemporory in. sharing her writing with you in future issues.Our prayersfor terest to all Fundcrnentqijsls, providing cm open discussion ol divergent opi joy ruons on relevont issues.The RDdcrnentolist Joumal will qlso recdirm our much and happinessgo with the McClellan family. Nstory ond heritoge. qs well crspoint the woy to our plqce in the tufure. TUNDAMTNTALIO\T Volume 2/Nurnber 7 JOUPNAL Jufy/Augrust1983 Articles

-t r) IZ Whqt Is Happening to Our Freedom? zz Americq Woke Upl Normqn L. Geisier RousosJohn Rushdoonv 16 The Church qnd Her Rights 26 Desigrnedtor Destrry Joy E.Adcrns Jerry H. Cornbee ond Cljne E Holl 20 *" Christon Churchunder Communism 34 tewis Sperry Chcder' Aposlle ol Groce JoslfTon Chcrles C Ryne

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B Jerry Fclwell Comments 10 F\rndcrmentallsrnToclcry One Ncrtionunder God on the Rebound The Church in the World cnd ogcrinst the World Ed Dobsonqnd Ed Hrndson

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30 o*o I Drbstons An Interview wrth Richcrd Hoiverson World Evcngelization crnd the SuccessSyndrome JZ Treqsures lrom the Text The Chonged Lile 46 FecrtureEook Report Richord D, Potterson Book Burning FlonJcySchoeffer V ?,4, Thunder ln lhe Rrlplt Scnctiflcction 52 Successful Tecrchirrg ldecs Sermonby Lewn S Chcder The Totql Troining Method 4T Btbte Shrdy U BookReport How to Urre withDecisions Beyond Encyclopedio ol Bible Difficulties Your Control DoncrldRickcxds tadition ond Testcnnent Firstqnd Second Sqmuel

Columns News af1 \)/ Think About It 58 WorlclRellgilor:s News Bob Lcrson trr-Z 62 ForYorglntormction Oubide View Fqlwell qt Hcrvod John CSullivon 64 Fcce ilre Fqcts NEAs Indoctrinqtion Col Thomcs AA Socp Box Whats Wrorgr with Being Pctriotid? AngneHunt w

Imcgtne my surprlrc... their possessionsto spreod the Tlrcrlwcs the plcn... gospel ond did much to produce the Although my bqsic religious morol fiber thot mqde Americq Jerry Folwell's editoricl, "Peace beliels qre "FundqmentqIst." I hove grrect,How I thonk the Lord thqt we through Strengrth-Preserving Our often been disheortened by the do hcrve todqy mony Christion men Fleedorn' (trloy), should get the seemingly hypocriticol. sell- ond women in businessond the pro- widest possible circulston tor its righteous, ond judgrmentol crttitudes fessions.but we need q lot more ond cogent qnd lorthright biblicol mony Fundomentolists mqintoin we should encouroge it, delerue ol o strong militory posture towqrd lellow Christiqns, Ior the United Stcrtes. Imogine my surprise ond Allred B.Smith However.Deborqh Huf's qrticle in pleosure ot tinding such problem Montrose,Penrsylvonio the scrne issue,qbout the Nqtionol oreos discussed in the Fundcnren Associotion ol Evongelicols' (I{AD tcrlld Journql in crr honest qnd sell- Appreclcilon... Annuol Meeting qnd its position on criticql mcmner.I wcs very impressed the Nucleqr Weopons Freeze,lecrves with "A Criticql Self-Evolucrtion" As o teocher lor over 40 yecus o lot to be desired, As q voting (IMorch)by Ed Dobson ond Ed Hind- ond q porent lor 28 yeors, I wcr.s delegote to thqt meeting,l knew thot son. In April's issue, I very much especiolly interested in the orticle the topic ol q Nucleor Wecrpons ogreed with Jerry Fqlwell's Com- "Withhold Not Conection" (lMcry).I Freezewould be brought up. ments. "Modercrtion'A Biblicol Com- ogree with the stcrtementgemphosis, Ms. Huf reported thcrtthe Nuclecu mond" ond Jock Von Impe's "Thct irsights,ond so forth,I especiolly op- Weopors Freeze resolution wcs not They All Moy Be One." I precicrtethe new (to me) interpreto- brought to the floor ol the conven- wholeheartedly commend your or- tion ol Proverbs 22'6,wNch I cmd tion. Yet thot is not where the oction ticulcrte ond lorthright hondling ol everyone with whom I hcrve dis- wqs to uitimctely toke ploce. The these sensitive issues cmd respect cussed the motter hcrve oszumed is Evongelicol Sociol Action Commis- your leodersNp in chollenging the o promise. Thqnk you, Bruce Roy, lor sion GSAC)ol the NAE qddressesthe Fundqmentqlist Christian to o the "Conectionl" sociql, politicol, ond economic im- "renewing oI the mind" in these plicctiors of the CMsticn loith.ln re- orecls. Mllie Monow cent yeors ils working mcrjority hos I olso especiolly cpprecicrte the Avello, Penrsylvonic tilted to the politicol left. At the crn- current news items ol interestto the nucl meetings ol the NAE, the ESAC Ctuistiqn (freguently igrnored by the I read with keen interestyourApril votes on o theme lor the coming seculor press).I lind mysell underlin- issue ol ArndqmentqUd Journdl I yeor. At the Orlqndo meeting the irg o lcrge portion oI each Joumql crpprecicrte so much the openness ESAC wcrs reody to odopt the qnd will be keeping them oll lor and frqnkness thqt you cre displcy- Nucleor Freeze cs its theme lor the future relerence. Keep up the good irg in lhe qrticles thol cre ccrried, I 198384yeor. Those ol r:s who cue work! God bless you. crppreciote the loct thot you run qr- politicol corservotives knew thot we ticles with which you do not were in the minority, (lronicolty Shirley A. Brown necessorily ogrree.It is time thct we unlike the ESAC,the NAE leors right- Modison, Wiscorsin hcrve some open ond condid discus- ol-center.) sion ol the reol issues.We must leqm Knowing thot the votewcs obout Gettlng down to burlnes... to disogrree with eqch other in the to be lqken, conservotive Jim spirit ol Chdst. Brqmlett, q Vice President qt CBN, Your qrticle "Whqt is tu]I-time The Jotunql is o tirsfclqss mqgq- suggested thqt the theme lor the Christion Service?' wos right on zine ond I om glod thqt someone is yecr be howthe locql churches cctn torget. We so often lorget thqt the finqlly scrying the things thqt need to help meet humon needs such os John Wqnqmokers, the Cyrus be sqid. Iood clotNng, shelter. employment, McCormicks, the Monhqll Fields, the etc, To our surprise, our suggestion R.G LeTournecrus,to nqme but q Tlumon Dollqr,Pqstor wcs unqnimously ogrreed to. lTris lew. as "full-tme Christiqn business Korscs Crty Baptist Temple theme cppeols to both politicol con- men" dediccrted themselves qnd KcrnsqsCity, Missouri servotives cnd liberqls crrd to o

FT]N]DAMENTAUSTJOURNAT wide voriety ol theologicol ccmnps. Pleqse don't use tNs kind ol heqrty working, consistent living, And so Deboroh Hufi missed q writing. Sqtqn ond unlcelievers ore ond loyol churchmqrsNp.I will be signrificontly politicol story when she wcrtching cnd they should see love thqnktuI, ond reody to help hirn did not report thot the ESAC.irsteod between us, not criticism and though things mcry be scrid in Ns of odoptingr o Nucleqr Fleeze resolu- unkindness, or judgrmentolism. pulpit ond done in his pcrish with tion (when it hod the votes io). I prcry you see this in the light it wNch I do not entirely agree." cdopted o theme thot both Plesident wqs intended. Proverbs15,31. From one who hqs been q mild, Recgon ond Jerry Folwell cqn personol (thcrtis kept to myseQ critic hecrtily crpprove o[ Mrs. Fled A Mcrssey oI yours pleose occept my humble I would encouroge Rev. Folwell lo Joliet,Illinois thqnks lor your legitimcte, reqson- conlinue to speok out on morol ond able, wel}thoughtout, and biblicql politicol issues.Mony ol us in the NAE Thank you... cpprooch. ogreg with Nm. As q member oI the Mord Mqjority I concur with his The messoge oI the Ftrndonen- John F,Dqniels, Pqstor politicol philosophy qnd os q bom- tqllst Journol hqs never been more FIee Boptist Church ogoin Ctuistion I opplcrud the Frrn needed thon todcry. I believe thcrl Limerick Maine dcsnenlclld Jounal God is usingyour mogozine tobring glory to Ctuist.Thcnk you Dr.Fclwell, David A Willioms lor your messqge on moderqtion Weunlome yow @mmentsand will include Americqn Fcmily Associcrtion cnd mcry God bless Dr. Vqn Impe's themin ourktten to the Hltor sectionqs sN@ Woshingrton D.C. messoge on unity.l believe that the permits- subjeato andensationat the discre- lord hqs brought these messoges to tion of tlre editorialstaff. To lhe potnt... the Fundqmentolists in Americo lor such qtime qstNs "The Missing Rrndqmentol" by We encourcge CMsticrrs every- Don W. I-illig wqs to the point. You where to get q copy oI the Rurdq. cqn debqte with those ol us who qre rnentc0rl Jounrcl. in mcdnline denominqtiors bul let us both bring the gospel to the 16750 Dcrvid Lee Rqlston Pqstor "people groups" thot hcve no Fcith Boptist Temple church proclciming Cfuist. Louisville, Kentucky Such a gneot tosk will keep us busy enough not to split hoirs. Ac-tlqr qnd reqs{lon... Chris Anderson. Pqstor I cmr tuly eloted by your April Community Congrregotionol Church issue, especiolly "fvloderction, A The ICBS is offering an enriching, Pinehurst,Mqssachusetts Biblicql Commcrnd' cnd "Doctrinql in-home Bible study program for Difierences' Do They MctterT' serious students of God's Word. Pleasedont... There is not o postor living. truly desirous ol tuitilling God's will who is This one-year "lntroductory Bible Afriend justloonedme o copyol untouched by the iszues ol bcsic Course" includes studies in prophecy, the April issue oI the Fundqmentcillsl seporcrtion/lellowship, The recent numerology, dispensationalism, Jounral qnd I wqs enjoyrngl it udll I (twentieth century) "pseudo Chris- Bible doctrine, and a book-by-book ccrme to "An Interview with Jqck ticrn" thought thot sqys, "II you don'i survey of both the Old and New Wyrtzen." lit my mold (becquse I hcrve the cor- Testaments. I hod just linished Jack ner on qtl truth), you cue less thqn Our teachingmethod utilizes charts, Von Impe's qrticle, "lhct lhey All God-honoring" has led me to reqct diagrams, textbooks, study guides, Mcry Be One," obout love cnd unity. somewhql at the thought of being and more than 2,000 Bible-teaching Then whcrt c discppointment to lqbeled q Fundcmentqlist, clthough cassettes. reqd your questions qnd Jack Nstoricclly speoking I om-and Wyrtzen's cr$wers qboui q lellow proud to bel evongelist concerning sometNng Dr. Dobson and Dr, Hindson must thct hcppened 26 yecus ogo-to be proised lor reminding cll once whcfpurpose, whqt motive? Wqs it cgcin ol the Nstoricol perspective ol needful to edifip Tlre Rurdqmentqlr. Truly greot men I hcrve never heqrd Billy Grohom oI God gcrthered fiom vcrious per- preoch cnything but the Word ol suqsions at the tum ol the century to God ond I have neYer heard him ficmre whot was considered by criticize cmyone. them to be the "fundqmentol' crlc- I know he prcryscdcout his minishy solutes oI the Christicn loittr, in crr el- P.O.BOXTs&l qnd lollows God's lecdirrg cs he sees lort to silence Modernism. the METAMORA,ILLINOIS 61548 it. forerunner ol Liberalism. PHONEBO9l367-282r I'm sure you do the scrne cnd Il was J.C. Ryle who sqid, Jock Wyrtsen qnd Word ol LiIe olso. "Whenever I see in o clergrymon ruLY/AUGUST1983 JtrPPYIALVtrLL COMMTNTd \ OneNation underGod ontheRebound

-i -t ' I * optimistic about America! I believe that the I doomsayersof the last 40 yearswho have predicted l, the demise of this great Republic are wrong. The 1980sare certainly a "Decadeof Destiny" for our nation. This is alreadybecoming a decadeof spiritual rebirth and a return to moral sanity for the American people.The hope for the future is brighter now than it was 10 years ago. The task ahead will not be easy,but the price of freedom has always been great. A tremendousprice has beenpaid for our liberty iilt ] and an even greaterprice may yet have to be paid to keep it.

The Great Question \( Secretary of the lnterior James Watt stated recently that our national anthem is the only one in the world that ends q, with a question:"Does that Star-spangledBanner yet wave! rp Yt,.-"'.' jti na'' O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" It . , reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom and servesas a .,'',u: warning that the freedomthat has been won can alsobe easily lost. There is no liberty in the Soviet union, Red China, -q: ,''., .i. .r' , Cuba, or EasternEurope. In thosecountries, people who love providesthe meansby whielr iicanfu lawfully changed.The God often pay for their faith with their blood. The great men who drafted the Constitution 'Jvereeminentlv practical question facing America at the end of the twentieth century men. They forgeda systemof iheqkiand balancesso that two is whether or not we will keepour freedomsor be madeto pay hundred yearslater this Republicsfill standsas the bastion of for our faith with our blood. freedomto the whole world. Psalm33:12 declares:"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." America is a republic. lt is not a monarchy or a A Christian America? theocracy. It is a nation built upon the moral and spiritual I am often falselycharged with trying to establisha "Chris- principles of a Judeo-Christianfoundation. While many of tian America." Some have questioned whether I want to our founding fathers were deists,they neverthelessrespected establish the kingdom of Christ on earth through moral the idea of God, decency,and morality. Nearly two hundred reformation and the political process.Let me clearly em- years ago, when the Constitutional Convention had com- phasizethat only JesusChrist can changethe spiritual life of pletedits work, a dear woman askedBen Franklin: "\ilell, Dr. this nation. Moral and political issuesaffect every Christian Franklin, what have you given us?" He turned to her and and do demand our attention. Being a Christian does not replied:"You have a republic,madame, if you can keepit," necessitateceasing to be a politically active citizen.But moral Over the past 20 decadesthis Republichas been challenged and socialchange alone can neverreplace our commitment to many times,but we have alwaysrisen to that challenge.The evangelism.In the sensethat we preach the claims of Christ Constitution is the documentthat binds us together.It pro- to all men, we are trying to reach everyonewith the gospel. vides the ground rules for our society.It protects the rights However, we must ever recognizethat the United Statesis of minorities while upholding the rule of the majority. It also not a theocracyand nevershould be. I am againstthatl When 8 FUNDAMENTAUSTJOURNAI Christ Himself returns to establish His millennial reign over Faith." The Articles of Confederationof New England state: all the earth, He will not rule from \ilashington. ln this sense "\(/hereas we all came into these parts of America with one we are not now trying and never should try to establish His and the sameend and aim, namely, to enjoy the libertiesof kingdom on earth by political legislationor in any other man- the gospel in purity with peace." The Declaration of In- ner. dependencerefers to God as the Creatsr! The personal prayer The biblical basein our society is certainly the heritage of life of men like George \Uashington and Abraham Lincoln is the past. lt is obvious that many of our founding fathers were well attestedin many sources.Even Benjamin Franklin urged deeply religious, God-fearing men and women. \Vhile their that the drafting of the Constitution be bathed in prayer. particular theologies differed, they were united by common There can be no doubt about the biblical heritase of the beliefs and commitments. They believed in the existence of American people. God, the dignity and sanctity of human life, and the moral The Road Ahead principles of the Judeo-Christian ethic. They acknowledged the importance of God-centered education and a government In spite of what you read in the newspapersor hear on the of laws and truth and justice for all people. networks from our social engineers,this is a nation under God. It was built upon Judeo-Christianprinciples and has Our Christian Heriage been uniquely blessedof God. However, that blessingis not Nearly five hundred years ago, Christopher Columbus for America only. It is freeto all who will call upon God. His said of his journey to the New \forld: "It was the Lord who blessingwill remain upon us only as long as His principles are put ir into my mind (l couldfeel His hand upon me)....There followed.In a time when everythingthat is holy and precious is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, to us is being threatenedby the rising tide of secularism,we becausehe comforted me with rays of marvelousinspiration need to build up the foundations crucial to America'sstabili- from the Holy Scriptures."You won't find that quote in to- ty as a nation. day's history books! Pilgrim \ililliam Bradford wrote in his \ile do not intend to force our religious beliefs or convic- Hlstory of PlymouthPlantation, "A great hope and inward zeal tions on anyone,The secularhumanists and evolutionistsare they had of laying somegood foundation, or at leastto make angry becausewe will not let them force their beliefson us propagating and advancing the They have had their heyday in the past three some way thereunto for any longer. 'We gospelof the Kingdom of Christ in thoseremote parts of the decadesand their agenda has failed. must reenter the world." The MayflowerCompact (1620) makes the samestate- mainstream of life and rise to the challenge of providing ment: "ln The Name of God...by the Grace of God...for moral and spiritual influencefor the soul of America through the Glorv of God and the Advancement of the Christian the free exerciseof the democraticprocess. O

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he American society is in social upheaval!Fear of church in society. change and the uncertainty of the 6.rture have 2. Civil Obedience-TheBible teachesthat government is gripped our nation. From the kindergarten class- ordained of God (Rom. 13:1-5).Therefore, Christians are to room to the marble halls of academia,school children and be citizenswho pray for and obey those in authority. !ile professorsalike recognizethat ours is a changingworld. From must pay taxes, obey laws, and contribute to the general the kitchen sink to the corporateboard room, virtually every welfareof society. levelof societyhas been dramatically challenged to rethink the 3. SocialConcern-We have a scripturalmandate to protect moral, social, and ethical valuesof our culture. ln this post- and help the widows,the fatherless,and the poor. Christians industrial, transitory society we stand on the horizon of a cannot ignore the call of the oppressedpeoples of this world. new technologicalera-the information society. Morality and justiceare inseparablein the mind of the Chris- As we move into this new era,every element of our society tian believer. is being challengedto justifu its role in the shaping of the 4. Pluralism-ln a free democratic society, religious liberty American dream. \?hile some people tenaciously cling to is guaranteedthrough a commitment to pluralism. We are tradition of the past and others embracethe prospectof the free to expressand promote our religiousconvictions within new, the question must be asked:What should be the role of the lawful boundariesof the Constitution. We must willingly the church in society?\ilill she condescendto the old or protect thesefreedoms for all men, eventhose who opposeus, capitulateto the new?Jesus addressed this very issuewhen He told His disciplesthat they wereto be in the world, but not o/ the world. The ultimate role of the church must then trans- cend the very culture in which it exists.While maintaining its Jesus totd IIls dlsclples thcil they were missionwithin the culture, it must alsotransform that culture to be ln the worl{ but not ol the world" by the gospelof JesusChrist. Our Lord explainedthis twofold Tlre ultlmcile role ol the church must role of the church when He said, "Ye are the salt of the earth. . . Ye are the light of the world" (Matt. 5:13,14). then lrcgrscend the very culture ln whlch lt exlsts. The Church in the World- The Salt of the Earth Salt is a preservative.In this regard, the Christian sees himself as part of God's moral preservativein society,He is 5. PersonalTestimony-Showing Christ in one's life is the both a citizenof earth and a citizenof heaven.His focusis both most undeniableexpression of witnessthat a Christian can temporal and eternal.Though his expectationis heavenly,his presentto the world in which he lives. lt is the messageof moral obligationsare earthly. Like our Lord Himself while He Christ viewed in the receptacleof a transformed life that gets was on this planet, the Christian cannot help but have com- the salt out of the shaker and into society. passionon this fallen world. He finds himself torn betweenthe The Church against the World- competing interests of the celestialand the terrestrial and The Light of the World therefore cannot passivelyfirnction in any society. He must prophetically addressthe world in which he lives. There are Light penetratesthe darkness.Even the smallestcandle severalways in which this can be done. can dispel the greatestdarkness. In this senseJesus foresaw 7. Euangelism-WhenJesus gave the Great Commissionto the mission of the church as one of resistingand exposing His disciples, He intended for the church to become an evil. The ultimate conflict of the ageshas been the struggleof organism of born-again, baptized, and growing believers light and darkness,good and evil. Therefore, the Christian banded together for the purpose of world evangelization. finds himself locked in an inevitable spiritual war against Spiritual reproduction must ever be the heartbeat of the unrighteousnessand injustice. For this very reason, Chris- 10 FI]NDAMEMAUSTJOURNAI TUNDAMINTALI SUBSCRIPTIONOFFER

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FL]}IDAMENTAUSTJOURNAI saw the Creator go to court and I would like to make two observa- In fact, the pioneers and founders of lose! That's right, the Creator tions about this Amendment. First, it most areas .rf modern science were went to court and lost in Little has nothing to say abouf the separation themselves creationists. To name only Rock, Arkansas,on January5, 1982.I of church and state. The word "separa- a few, thcrc were: Blaise Pascal wasa witnessin the famous"Scopes ll" tion" does not even occur in it. There is (1623-1662), Hydrostatics; Isaac Creation-Evolution trial held a major country in the world whose Newton (1642-1727), Calculus; James December7-17, 1981.The State of constitution does use the word "separa- Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879),Statistical Arkansashad overwhelminglypassed a tion." lt declares:"ln order to ensure to Thermodynamics; and Lord Kelvin law which said in essence:lf evolution citizens freedom of conscience, the ( I 824-1 907). Thermo.lynamics. is taught then creationshould be given church in the U.S.S.R. is separated Basically for the first 240 ycars of a balancedtreatment alongside it (and from the state. And the school from modern science(1620-1860) the bclief in vice versa).The ACLU challengedthe the church. Freedom of religious wor- the creation of the world was the domi- law, and the federal court of Judge ship and freedom of anti-religious pro- nant view in tl-rescientific community. William Overton ruled that it is an il- paganda is recognized for all citizens" Sir Isaac Newton's statement servestL) legaland unconstitutionalviolation of (article 124). illustrate rhis belicf: "T}ris most the FirstAmendment to teachanything Notice also that for the Soviets this beautiful system of thc sun, planets, that impliesa Creatoror a supernatural "freedom" also implies the right to and comets, could only procccd from cause.Thus the Creator was excluded "anti-religious propaganda" by thc the counsel and dominion of an in- from the Arkansas classroomby the state. No such anti-religious posture of telligent and powerful Being."1 court. This is a momentousdecision the state was envisioned by our found- and has grave implications for the ing fathers. In fact, the First Amend- The Rise of Modern Evolution freedomof all Americans. ment, far from separating church and Even before Darwin therc werc state, or permitting antagonism against Important Background some who believed in evolution. One the church by thc state, is our whose writings strongly influenced later In order to understand the guarantee that this should never hap- evolutionists was Augustc Comte. In monumentalimplications of what real- pen. Indeed, the intent of the First 1830 (and following) he wrote of the ly happenedin Arkansas,let's start at Amendment was, as Supreme Court three stages hc belicvcd society must the beginning-1776. A founding docu- Justice Black said (in the En,ersoncase, pass through-thc religitrus, thc ment of our country has these words, 1974). "Neither a state nor the federal metaphysical, and the scientific. The "We hold these Truths to be self- government can set up a church. [Nei- first explains nature by referenceto per- evident, that all Men are created ther can it] pass laws which aid one sonal gods, thc second by metaphysical equal,that they are endowedby their religion. . . or prefer one religion over principles.2In the final stage of develop- Creator with certain unalienable another." ment we explain all by scienrlfic prin- Rights, thar among these arc Life, clples.So firmly did Comte believe in Liberty,and the Pursuitof Happiness." this Scientism (he called "positivism") Note four things implied in this I go that he started a humanistic religion Declaration.They are the basisof our scw the Crecilor to (with a religious calendar, holy days freedom. They include belief in a courl and lose! That's and saints) of which he anointed Creator, the creation of man, the rlghl, the Creqtor wenl to himself high priest!r supernatural,and absolutemoral prin- court cnd lost ln Lltlle Evolution, howevcr, had little scien- ciples-called"unalienable Rights." Rock, Arkcutscs,on tific credibility until Charles Darwin Thesetruths are the foundationon Jcurucry5, 1982. published his famous The Origin of which our country rests.Without them Species(1859). In it he claimed all we have no securefreedom. ln order to animal species evolved from lower assurethe freedom of religion to wor- forms of life. He did, however, concede ship this Creator according to one's Other court decisionshave sup- (in the second edition) that therc was a own conscience,the Congresswisely ported this same understanding. Creator of first life. In the last addedthe First Amendmentin 1791.lt "[Court decisions]do not call for total paragraph he wrote, "There is grandeur reads: "Congress shall make no law separationof church and state,[and its in this view of life, with its several respectingan establishmentof religion, requirement]far from beinga'wall,'is a powers, having been originally breathed or prohibiting the free exercisethereof; blurred, indistinct, and variable bar- by the Creator into a few forms or into or abridging the freedom of speech,or rier...." one...."4 of the press...." Not only did the founding fathersof A little over a decade later, Darwin the United States believe in the concluded that even man (not just (and Norman Geisler is Creator creation)but so did most animals) had evolved (The Descent of Professorof Slstematic early scientists.The "Father of Modern Man, 1871).Darwin's views are a turn- Tlvology at DaIIas Science,"Sir FrancisBacon, believed ing point in modern history. For both Theological Seminary, the mandate of the Creator to study Darwin and his followers made evolu- Dallas, Texas. and control creation was the basis of tion into a surrogate for the Creator. modern science. Indeed, evolution became a tenet of

JULY/AUGUST1983 religious belief and, in some cases,a behind their champion, \Tilliam reiigion in The Reaction to Evolution itself. Jennings Bryan, against what they Evolution Replaces the Creator Of course,by the turn of the twen- perceived to be godless evolution. tieth century most (but not all) scien- Bryan's attitude is summarizedwell by Later, Darwin turned to agnosticism tists had swung over to a belief in his testimony at the ScopesTrial, "I am about whether a Creator was even evolution (though many conrinued to perfectly willing that the world shall needed to begin the processof evolu- believe in God on other grounds). know that these gentlemen have no tion, declaring, "The whole subject is However, some of the more perceptive other purpose than ridiculing every beyondthe scopeof man'sintellect.... membersof the academiccommunity Christianwho believesin the Bible.... The mystery of the beginning of all recognizedthe graveimplications of the I am simply trying to prorect rhe \Uord things is insoluble by us; and I for theory as well as some of its practical of God against rhe grearesratheist or one must be content to remain an outworking. agnosticin the United Srates,"ro agnostic."5 The reaction of Princeton'sleading The champion of the liberal and The co-founderof the evolutionary theologian to Darwin's thesis was humanistic cause was the famous principle of natural selection, Alfred 'lfallace, understandable.Only sevenyears afrer criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow. He went even further in replacing Darwin's secondbook (Descentof Man, argued persuasivelythat it is "bigotry God with evolution. He said, "Natural 1871),Charles Hodge wrote, "\fhat is for public schools to teach only one Selectionis Supreme" and went on to Darwinismi It is atheism.This doesnot theory of origins."tt His chief witness, explain, "[There is a power] not only mean, as before said, that Mr. Darwin John Scopes,stated the position in adequateto direct and regulateall the himselfand all who adopt his viewsare these convincing terms, "Education, forcesat work in living organisms,but atheists;but it meansthat his theory is you know, meansbroadening, advanc- also the more fundamentalforces of the atheistic; that the exclusion of design ing, and if you limit a reacherto only whole materialuniverse,"6 from nature is, as Dr. Gray says,tanta- one sideof anythingthe wholecountry mount to atheism."9 will eventuallyhave only one thought, In other words, there may be those be one individual. I believein teaching "Thls mosl bequtlltrl who believein some kind of God and every aspect of every problem or system ol the suno total evolution, but they no longer theory,"12 plcmets, believein a Creatorof all living things. A hollow legal victory was won by curd comets, Not only had many scientistsand the creationists-John Scopes was oould only ptoceed lrom philosophers drawn the implication found guilty of teachingevolution and lhe counsel curd that evolution had replacedthe need fined $100. However, the moral and domlnlon ol cn lntelllgent for a Creator, but Nietzsche(d. 1900) social victory was won by the evolu- curd powertul Belng." drew the conclusionthat there wereno tionists. Vith strong media support, absolute moral principles. "God is public opinion shifted in favor of a dead!" he cried. And with God all more pluralisticapproach-evolurionists traditional morals died roo. too should have freedomto teach their theory in the public Karl Marx, who was already a con- Hitler made it clear(in Meln Kampf, schools.Gradual- vinced atheist, rejoicedin the nail that written 1924\, that Darwin's natural ly, most of the laws againstteaching evolution placed in the theistic casket. selectionwas the basis of his belief in evolution were discarded. He proudly announced, "But nowa- Arian superiorityand a justificationfor The Shift of Secular Humanism days,in our evolutionary conceptionof his mass-murderof the Jews. the universe, there is absolutely no Even beforeHitler's regimethe Ger- In a pluralistic society all points of room for either a Creator or a ruler; man atrocitiesof the First World War view should be heard. Everyone'srights and to talk of a supremebeing shut out were reported to Americans by leaders should be protected. There remained, from the whole existing world, implies who 'War had traveled abroad after \7orld however,some problems. This country a contradiction in terms, and, as it I. Largely as a consequenceof the was founded by those who believedin seemsto me, a gratuitous insult to the abuse of the teaching of evolution to God (theists and deists), but since feelingsof religiouspeopls."? justify anti-Christian and even in- Darwin's time there were many more After the turn of the cenrury the at- humane activity, there was a strong non-theists (for example, atheists and titude of many was summarizedby the political reacrion to exclude the agnostics).Did the First Amendment famous British philosopher Bertrand teaching of evolution in the public cover their rights too? Could belief of Russell, who wrotb, "Man is the schools. Many states passed laws secular humanists (which did not in- product of causeswhich had no previ- against teaching evolution. Tennessee clude God) be consideredreligious and sion of the end they wereachieving; his was such a state.This set the stagefor thereby protectedby the First Amend- origin, his growth, his hopesand fears, the famous ScopesTrial in the summer ment?The courts had not yet resolved his loves and his beliefs, are but the of 1925.John Scopesclaimed to have this issue. outcome of accidental collocations of broken the Tennessee law against There was no questionin the minds atoms.. . . Blind to good and evil, teaching evolution, and the American of humanistshow it should be resolved. reckless of destruction, omnipotent Civil Liberties Union made a test case In 1933a group of prominent American matter rolls on its relentlesswav."8 of it. Many religious people rallied humanists, including the father of 14 FT]NDAMENTAUSTJOURNAI modern American education (John Humanism to gain their "religious" have liberty to teach both sidesof an Dewey), signed "Humanist Manifesto rights under the First Amendment. issue?\7hat is more shockingthan the I." In it they declared, "To establish The explicit mention of "secular American Civil Liberties Union in-

such a religion -.. .b of humanismis a major Humanism" by name appearedin the "."sisrinp. ! in effect. that the Amertcan necessityof the present. It is a respon- Torcasocase (1961). The Court stated, Declaration of Independence (which sibility which rests upon this genera- "Among religions in this country mentions Creator and creation) is un- tion. \7e thereforeaffirm the followine: which do not teach what would constitutionall Vhat is even more as- First: Religioushumanists regard the generallybe considereda belief in the tounding than this? A federal judge universe as self-existing and not existence of God are Buddhism, agreeingwith them! Here are the words created. Second: Humanism believes Taoism, ethical culture, secular of Federal Judge William Overton: "ln that man is a part of natureand that he humanismand others." traditional western religious thought, has emerged as the result of a con- This was the beginning of two the conception of a Creator of the tinuous process." decadesof momentousdecisions which world is a conception of God. Indeed, 'out werevictories for the religion of Secular creation of the world of nothing' is Humanism. The most recent, and in the ultimate religious statement some respectsthe most significant of becauseGod is the only actor... In c plurclGtlc soclety qU these decisions, was the recent "Such a concenr is not scicnce polnts ol vlew strotild be evolution-creationdecision by a lower becauseit depends upon a supernatural heard. Everyone'srlghts court federal judge in Arkansas intervention which is not guided by strould be proiec.ted. (McLeanus. Arkansas, I98Z1.rs Since the natural law. It is not explanatory by ACLU had argued (through Clarence referenceto natural law, is not testable Darrow) in 1925that it is "bigotry for and is not falsifiable.. . public schoolsto teachonly one theory "There is no scientific explanation The first and most obvious claim is of origins," and sincefor all practical for these limits which is guided by that humanism (without God) is a purposesschools most often teach only natural law and the limitations, religion. The term "religion" or evolution, it seemedeminently fair to whatever they are, cannot be explained equivalentoccurs 29 timesin the short most citizensand legislatorsin Arkan- by natural law. . ," dgcument. There were many tenets of sasthat a Bill should be passedto en- Observe four things about what this this self-proclaimed religion of surethat creationcould alsobe taught. ruling allows to be taught in the humanism.Among them at leastfour The Arkansas legislatorsput this Arkansas public schools: no Creator, are basic beliefs still common among sentimentinto law. Act 590 was over- no creation (only evolution), no supcr- virtually all secular humanists. They whelmingly passed(Senate, 22 to 7; natural, and by implication (and other are: no Creator of the universe, no House, 69 to 18) and signed. This court decisions) no absolute (God- creation of man (evolution), no super- would ensure a "balancedtreatment" given) moral values. (nor natural act(s),and no moral absolutes. equaltime) of both evolutionand Despite his good intentions of These sametenets were repeatedin creationin public schools.The Act for- upholding the Constitution, the judge "Humanist ManifestoII" (1973),which bade any referenceto religious books h.as in effect estab|ished the religion of (such also claims to be a religion.r3All of as the Bible) and demandedthat secularhumanism. But the First Amend- them include evolution (therefore,anti- only scientific evidences (and ment forbids the "establishment" of creation)as a central belief.ln fact, one inferences)be allowed. The Act also religion-any religion. Further, even provided that the teachercould opt not anything that one religion over humanist,Julian Huxley, wrote a book t'auors entitled Religion Without Req.,elationra to teachorigins at all, thus stickingto another is a violation of the First (1957), in which he proclaims "the sciencein the strictly observablesense Amendment (Eversoncase, 1947, cited religion of evolutionary humanism." and avoiding all speculationsabout the above). Other recent humanists also admit of past. Since I was a witness at the trial and having a 'Religlon Without God Act 590 seemedto be an eminently observer ofthe entire event, I call it the (K. Kolenda, 1976). There is even a fair law, one which the ACLU should day I saw the Creator go to court-and journal called the ReligiousHumanist. have been glad to champion. Instead, lose! And the tragic irony of it all was There is no question that they choseto attack it. What was their that at each day's opening of the court humanists, especiallysince 1933,have argument?Strangely enough, this time which dishonorably dismissedGod, the (in claimed to be a religion. The question contrast to the 1925Scopes Trial), United States Marshal said, "... God was this: Could they get the United they argued in effect: it is bigotry for save the United States and this StatesSupreme Court to recognizethey public schoolsto teach two theoriesof honorable court." To this every were a religion? The answer began to origin! freedom-loving American should re- emerge in 1947. That year in spond, "Amen and Amen!" the The Establishment of Secular Euersoncase the Supreme Court ruled Humanism @ QuestPublications, l9BZ that laws demandingbelief in God as a P.O.Box 2500 condition for public office were un- What is more surprising than the Dallas,TX 75221 by permission. constitutional. This allowedthose who American Civll LibertiesUnion arguing Reprinted adhered to the religion of Secular that a public school teacher does not see footnoteson page 60 JULY/AUGUST1983 t5 chfifi and nigi Tlw following excerpts are frun a inscription were on that small silver him may be met. Iecanedeliuered b1 Dr. lay E. Adamsat coin that was worth a day'swages. The But secondly, although God has First Ortlwdox PresbyterianChwch, San hated poll tax over which the granted authority to the state, that Francisco,California, on March 14, 1980. discussionarose was due once a year, authority is not unlimited. The Tfu clwrch was being sued by a former cost one denariusper adult, and had to sovereign authority that belongs to organist, an avowed lwmosexval who be paid in this coin alone. God alone must not be usurpedby any insisted tlwt fu be reinstated without In coming to an understanding of human political ruler. Caesar's repenting of his sexrnl lifestfle. On the Christ's principle, it is vital to note that authority extends only so far as the occasion of this adlress manJ were Jesus directed attention to the coin Bible permits him to go and no farther. gatheredto rally supportfor the church's itself. He pointed both to the head of And, becauseHe has grantedit, God is causeand fo dlscussin detail the proper Tiberius and to the words engravedon sovereign even over that authority relationshipbetween church and state. the coin. On the obverse,around the which He granted.(lnJohn 19:11,Jesus head, was written: "Tiberius Caesar told Pilate, "Thou couldest have no Augustus,son of the divine Augustus." power at all againstme, exceptit were t came like an electric shock to On the reuersewas a picture of Tiberius's given thee from above.") the Phariseesand the Herodians. mother, Livia, represented as the Thirdly, Caesar, in addition to Their reDresentatives had cau- goddessPAX ("peace") together with temporal rule, was claiming rights to a tiously concealed their true motives. the words Pontif Maxim ("highest spiritual kingdom and a spiritual Their question was a valid and vital priest"). authority over the very consciencesof one that He could avoid answering First, Jesuswas saying"Pay the tax. his subjects. Christ's words plainly only at the cost of injuring His God has given Tiberius the right to warn us that there are two realms,ttuo reputation. \ilhichever answerHe gave, rulers over us. One has sway on earth He was sure to lose. If He said yes, the over a temporal kingdom; the other Hebrew patriots would turn against reigns from heaven over a kingdom Him; if He said no, He would imperil Although God hcs that is in, but is not o/, this world (John His relationship to the Roman grqnted cuthorlty to the 18:36).In every decision,therefore, the government. The trap seemedperfect; quthorlty church must determine whether there was no escape.But rhat answer- stcte, thcrt ls not compliance with the state means "Render to Caesar the things that are unllmlted. noncompliance with God. Christ's Caesar's,and to God the things that words make it clear that one must are God's" (Mark 12:17)-waswholly comply with the demandsof the state, unsuspectedand entirely satisfactory. but only so far as the state's No wonder, as Mark put it, "they raise fi"rndsto pay for the army, the requirements remain within the marvelled"(v. 17). police protection, the Roman roads, bounds of the legitimateauthority that But was Christ's reply merely a and the courts that he has provided for God has given to it. When the state clever retort, designedto avoid both you. This money belongs to him as attemptsto order the internal affairsof horns of a dilemma while stopping the plainly as the imageon this coin is his." Christ's kingdom (the church) a mouths of hypocritical flatterers? That much is clear. and is the conflict arises,in which, as the apostles Clearly it was rhat. But at the same consistent teaching of the entire New later put it, "We ought to obey God time, did Jesusteach us somethingvital Testament. But then He said, "Pay to rather than men" (Acts 5:29). about the relationship of church and God what belongsto Him." \fhat did All true authority is from God- state?His words are not a calculated He mean by that? authority in the home, in the church, enigma.Far from it! What they are is a The denarius contained blasphe- and in the state.The authority of each profound and far-reachingstatement of mous words-calling the former is God's authority. When one obeys the principle by which the church in emperordivine, designatingTiberius as the state, therefore,he obeys God. So any situation may evaluate its God's high priest, and representinghis then. there can be no conflict in the relationship to the state. mother as a pagan goddess. These exercise of authority in these three The silver coin-the Roman unmistakably religious claims, though realmswhen it is exercisedaccording to denariusthat Jesusrequested-provides mixed with true ones, were false and the biblical limits prescribedfor each. the clue we needto rightly interpret His unacceptable.Such belief and worship Problemsarise when thosein either one words: the whole storv is on the coin. as they implied were due to Jehovah or more areasoverreach their limits. At The "Caesar" to whom Jesusreferred and to Him alone.Jesus, the true High that point the transgressorof God's was Tiberius, whose image and Priest,would not shareHis honor with boundaries no longer speakswith the another-not even with the emperorof authority of God, but merely as a Jay Adams is Professar Rome. He wassaying, "Give Caesarhis human being. of Advanced Studiesat taxes,but don't give him the worship The state, in transgressingbiblical 'W e stminster Theological that he desires; give that to God boundaries, had begun to exercisea Semin ar y, Philadelphi a, alone." Fundamentallv. that is the purely human authority that was not Pennsylvania. principle: All of Caesar'sclaims must given by God and was, in fact, in be examined;only those that belong to opposition to God. It is possible, of ruLY/AUGUST]983 course.for the home or for the church biblical laws are over those of every authorized,that a conflict ensues. also to overstep God's boundaries state, granting to the state its right to Basic to all other qualifications is circumscribed in the Scriptures. rule and its limits of jurisdiction. the individual's relationship to God- Caesar's greatest temptation was to In the Bible, God requires the a relationship that is inextricably claim rights to that which belongs to Christian to be a lawabiding citizen: linked to his lifestyle. This is the God above.The coursethat the church biblical law of service.One must serve Let every soul be subject unto the must take was charted originally by God His way, on His terms, according higher powers. For there is no Christ in His words regardingGod and to His qualifications before he may power but of God: the powers that Caesar and early followed by the serveothers. And the statehas neither be are ordained of God. Whosoever apostles who provided her with an the right nor the competenceto rule in therefore resisteth the power, example for all time. God must be the matter. God has set the standards resisteththe ordinance of God: and given what is His; when the state says and laid down the qualifications. they that resist shall receive to no, the church must obey God rather Our worship and service of God themselves damnation. For rulers must be free from immorality. We may are not a terror to good works, but not offend God by our liGstyles. David to the evil. \7ilt thou then not be asks."'Who shall ascendinto the hill of afraid of the power?do that which is the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy AII true cruthorlty ls lrom good, and thou shalt have praiseof place?" And answers:"He that hath Giod-cuthorfi ln the the same: For he is the minister of clean hands, and a pure heart; who home, ln the church, cnd God to thee for good. But if thou do hath not lifted up his soul unto vaniry, that which is evil, be afraid; for he ln the slcrte. nor swom deceitfully"(Ps. 24:3,4). Can beareth not the sword in vain: for it seriously be maintained that one's he is the minister of God, a revenger lifestyle does not have an effect on the to execute wrath upon him that than man. Whenevera staterequires a congregationalworship that he leads?If doeth evil. \Therefore ye must needs Christian to sin-i.e., to disobeyGod- a woman living in open adultery is be subject,not only for wrath, but he must refuse. allowed to sing in the choir-up there also for consciencesake. For this Throughout the history of this in the choir loft where everyone is causepay ye tribute also: for they country the Christian church has had continually reminded of her are God's ministers, attending little difficulty co-existing with the unrepentant lifestyle*that affects the continually upon this very thing. state.This cordial relationshipgrew out congregation. Render therefore to all their dues: of a deep respect for the prerogatives Can a congregationnot be adversely tribute to whom tribute is due; that God granted His church. Times affected when, prominently before custom to whom custom; fear to have changed.A new morality coupled them, participating throughout the whom fear; honour to whom with a galloping humanism has been service,is an organist whose lifestyle honour (Rom. 13:1-7). sweeping across the country, In the God has declared to be an name of doing good to humanity this Submit yourselves to every "abomination"? God is the obiect of humanism has been intolerantly ordinance of man for the Lord's eroding.ourfreedoms and now seeksto sake: whether it be to the king, as removethe long-acknowledgedright of supremeior unto governors,as unto Christ's church to govern her internal them that are sent by him for the God must be grtvenwhcrt affairsaccording to the laws of Christ, punishment of evildoers,and for the ls Hls; when the slqle says unhampered by the state. praiseof them that do well. For so is Because there are two realms in the will of God, that with well doing no, the church mus'lobey which the Christian must live ye may put to silencethe ignorance Giodrcther thqn mqn. simultaneously,he must be concerned of foolish men: As free. and not about the laws of both: namely, the using your liberty for a cloak of laws of God and the laws of the state. maliciousness,but as the servantsdf our worship; the singing, the music is In the United Stateswe live under sets God. Honour all men. Love the offered to Him.ls our worship therefore of laws-federal laws, state laws, city brotherhood. Fear God. Honour not impeded by tolerance of what is Iaws. But the laws usually cause no the king (1 Pet.2:13-17). known to be offensive to Him? It is confusion because they concern The Christian must keep both the sheernonsense to believethat allowing different aspects of liG and because laws of God and the laws of the state. an unrepentant, immoral person to there is a known relationship between He has no basicproblem in doing so as lead us in worship will not introduce a them-each has its limitations. When long asthere is no conflict betweenthe discordant note, regardless of how there is conflict, laws at a lower level two. And, as we have seen, such skillfully he manipulates the organ must conform to those at a higher one. conflict does not arise when the state itself. After all, we are commanded: So, in a similar way, these laws of the enacts laws that are within its God- "Worship the Lord in the beauty of state must be conformed to the higher given dornain. It is only when the state holiness" (1 Chron. 16:29). laws of God. And, just as federal laws reaches beyond its allotted territory Holiness is the basic ingredient of regulate municipal laws, so too God's and makes laws that God never proper worship. Otherwise, as God 1B FL]NDAMENTAIISTJOURNAT told Amos, in worship even the gospel, and about the Christian sweetestmusic, in His ears, is "noise" position on the relationship of the (Amos 5:23). Becauseof their sinful church to the state, and about the YISE lifestyles,God declared,"For I will not dangersto Christian freedom that are NODIDA STAY AT THE OCEAN IIACH hear the melody of thy viols" (Amos now stalking the land. We must not be CLUD U 5:23). taken unaware. We must widely @lfDolntruu Does the state wish to legislate disperse well-thought-through, well. (Enjoy o home crwqy fiom home) contrary to our conscience in this reasonedanswers for all who want to matter?Does the statewant to tell God understand (1 Peter 3:15). All the THEC0t{00illilluil - 2 bsdfooms,2 baths, that a ministry is job, pool,tennis, I h0l0goll course adlacent, ocean and only a that the while, we must strenuously uphold beachal yourdoorstep, fishing (8lue lish). 0ct., music and not the musician is all that every legitimate right of the stare to Nov.,and Dec. 20 milostrom deep sea boats. counts?Does the statewant to conduct carry on its God-given activities;and THEL0CATl0t{ - 0n AIA3 milessouth of Flaoter Beach.8 mrlesnorth of OrmondB€ach, 15 mile; the internal affairs of our church? Let we must abideby everyvalid law that is no(hof DaylonaBeach. 90 minutesfrom Disney us sincerelyhope not. And let us pray enacted during the course of those World.Beautitul location and setting. activities. THERATES - Sept, Ocl, Nov.$225.00 week. $650.00Month. Jan., May, Dec. $250.00 week, Finally, in tandem with prayer and $700a month.0ther months slightly higher. instruction, we must take pains to Jun6,July, August . S100.00Fr Woek. - It ls only when the stcrle conform the life of our congregationsto $1,000.00Fr Month (FamityMonths) recdres beyond lts the very rules and regulationsof Christ qllotted that we seekto protect. Of what good, FOBINFORIIIATIO}I: tenltory cnd Phon6(904) 439-3144 orwrite for instance,is it to preservethe right of OCEANBEACH CLUS IICONDOMINIUM mqkes lcrns thct God church disciplineif in our church\s we Loursand Mary Kall, Managers (Semr.relifedBaplist Minister) never aulhorlzed, lhcrl c never exerciseit? Of what value is the 3510ocean Shore Soulevard conluct ensues. freedom to exclude certain persons Flagler8each, Florida 32036 AtLY()U I,IEEO TO88II{G IS Y()UR F()()O! from the choir if we allow anyone- savedor unsaved,moral or immoral- that this kind of interference in the to sing simply becausehe or she has faith and life of Christ's church will native ability to do so?No, we aren't BECOME never be seenin our landl merely talking theory. The ring of the Soon, the church's right to chobse silver coin as it continually tumbles THECOLOR-COORDINATED Christian choir directors, to discipline into Caesar'scoffers can be heard down WOMAN unrepentant members, and eventually through the corridors of history. The iilflu"*-'*utn*t't"u-t her right to selectone minister and not question is, as we give, do we pay another for reasonssufficient to herself, Caesaronly that which is his?Vhether will be in jeopardy. it meanshardship, persecution,loss or Perhaps one reason why God has sorrow, we must be ready to stand up brought us into this difficulty is because and declare,"'We will giveto God alone Christians have spent more time what belongsto Him!" complainingabout governmcntofficials Christ'shonor as well as the whole than prayingfor them.In 1 Timothy 2:2 future of the church and of the country Paul urgesus to pray "For kings, and is at stake. PerhapsGod has allowed for all that are in authority; that our Christian freedoms to be we may lead a quiet and peaceable challengedthis way in order to make us life in all godlinessand honesty." appreciateand exercisethem more fully SHADESOF BEAUTY Notice, it is as the result of such prayer than we do. We have grown This is the book that will help you that tranquil and harmoniousrelations prosperous,proud, and self-sufficient. becomea more beautiful woman by with the state may be expected. But Let this caseserve as a warning. All we the proper uso of color in make-up that prayer must not be selfish.We are have could be stripped from us in a and dress, Enrichyour appearancs not to pray for ourselves-our peace flash. PerhapsHe is saying to us what and the way you feel about and our welfare-but for governmental He said to the church at Sardis: "Be yourself. Readthe only beauty that officials. And, as the context shows, watchful, and strengthen the things book offers eight color schemesto more perfectly express this is done in order to pleaseGod (v. 3) which remain, that are ready to die" your natural shadesof beauty. lt's (Rev. and includes praying for the salvation 3:2). like having your own team of of those officials (v. 4). \ilhen was the It is surely time to get out of bed. beauty experts at your fingertips. last time that you prayed for thosewho The hour is late. Awaken. Christian- Only$9.95 are now opposingus? or elsel D (r In Send check monoy order to: addition, we must talk, witness, Corinthian Products write, inform and influence everyone 1207 Wost 42nd Street within the church, and all those on the Baltimore,MD 21211 outside who will listen. about the

JULY/AUGUST1983 I9 some freedom to the churches. This Communist leadership and structure. \fe want people,and mainly the youth, freedom was extended until Kruschev, In the meantime, there was complete to be free for social activity, for enter- with his desire for de-stalinization and freedom for religion, and in Rumania tainment, for education. So, you his new drive against religion, began the Evangelicals o

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ne of the areasof profound ignorance today is religious liberty, and the meaning thereof.The common pattern throughout history, including the Roman Em- pire, has been religious toleration, a uery different thing. In religious toleration, the state is paramount, and in every sphere its powersare totalitarian, The stateis the sovereignor lord, the supremereligious entity and power. The state decrees what and who can exist, and it establishesthe terms of existence.The state reservesthe power to licenseand tolerate one or more religionsupon its own conditions and subject to state controls, regulation, and supervision. The Early Church Rejected Religious Toleration Rome regardedreligion as good for public morale and morals, and it thereforehad a systemof licensureand regulation. New religionswere ordered to appear before a magistrate, affirm 22 FT]NDAMENTATISTJOURNAI the lordship or sovereigntyof Caesar, this inhumanity asa necessaryaspect of God, who is to be obeyd rather tl\an arLJ and walk away with a licenseto post in Christianity! man. And as it is evident that God their meeting-place. alwaysclaimed it as His sole prerogative Toleration Bred Intolerance The early church refusedtoleration, to determineby His own laws what His becauseit denied the right of the state Religious toleration leads to in- worship shall be, who shall min-lster in 'it, to say whether or not Christ's church tolerance.Toleration is licensurelit is a qnd how they shall be supported,so could exist,or to setthe condition of its state subsidy, and those possessingit it is evident that this prerogative has existence. want a monopoly. Hence, intoleration been, and still is encroachedupon in Toleration was productive of fearful of competitorsresults, and the church our land." (Wm. J. Mcloughlin, editor: evils. First, one church was tolerated becomes blind to all issues save Isaac Backus on Church, State, and and established by tlte state, not by monopoly. Calvinism,Pamphlets, 1754-1789, p. 317. Christ, as the "privileged" or state- In seventeenth century England, Harvard Universitv Press. 1965.)The tolerated institution. This "privilege" the blindnessof the Church of England defenders of establishment or tolera- called for concessionsto the state. tion became, Backus said, "Caesar's These took a variety of forms. It friend" (John 19:12).We cannot make could mean that the state appointedor the state the definer of man's duty to controlled the bishops (Protestant or Rellgrlousllbefi ls decd God, as the establishment-toleration Catholic). It meant that only the stare tn the Unlted Slciles. position does. This position, Backus could give permissionfor a meeting of Insteqd ol rellgrlous held, takes matters of faith from the the church's national convocation or llberly, urc hqve rellglous conscienceof man to the councils of general assembly. At its best, the state and thus undermines the true church was turned into a privileged tolerctlon faith. Backussaw that the new country house-slave;at its worst, the church would have no unity if establishment was simply a part of the bureaucracy, and toleration became lawful in the and the working pastorswere rare and under Archbishop Laud, as he fought FederalUnion. Backusquoted Cotton alone. Sooner or later, an establish- the Puritans, was staggering.However, Mather, who said, "Violences may ment meant subservienceand bondaee when Cromwell came to power, the bring the erroneous to be hypocrites, to the state. Presbyteriansbecame a one.issueparty, but they will never bring them to be believers."The heart of Backus'sposi- Dependence on the State the issuebeing the control and posses- (meaning sion of the Church of England. Had tion was this: "Religion The tolerated church became a they triumphed, the evils of Laud biblical religion) was prior to all states parasite,because it was dependenttoo would have been reproduced. and kingdoms in the world and often on the state aid to collect its Cromwell balked them; later, the thereforecould not in its nature be sub. ject (p. tithes and dues.It lived. not becauseof Presbyteriansundermined the Com- to human laws" 432). the faith of the people, but becauseof monwealth and helped bring in the In the United Is There the state'ssubsidy. As a result,the state States, depraved Charles II, who quickly Religious Liberty or Toleration? church servedthe state, not the Lord, ejected them from the Church of (When nor the Lord's people. the states England. The First Amendment to the humanistic turned and, losing interest In Colonial America, uneasy semi- U.S. Constitution, replacing religious in their captive churches,began to cut establishments existed. Technically, toleration and establishment with their "privileges"and subsidies,revivals the Church of England was the religious liberty, was the result of the broke out in many establishedchurch- establishedchurch for all the crown work of Backusand many other churches as a result!) realms, including Catholic lreland. The tolerated or establishedchurch (Ireland was never more Catholic than persecuting becamea church. It could after England imposed an alien church not compete with its now illegal rivals on the land!) Carl Bridenbaugh, in In the Untted Stcilesthe in faith, and so it used the state to Mitre and Sceptre(1962), showed hory llmlts ol tolerqllon cre persecute its competitors. Both the fear and threat o{ full-scale belng ncrowed stecdlly. Catholic and Protestantestablishments establishmentwith American bishops built up an ugly record in this respect. alarmed Americans and led to the \ilar Meanwhile, their humanist foes could of Independence.Meanwhile, in the criticize their intolerance and soeakof colonies,men beganto opposereligious men. It representeda great and key vic- toleration in favor of religious liberty. tory in church history. Here, the Baptists were most impor- Now, however, religious liberty is Rousas Rushdoony J. tant, especiallyIsaac Backus. dead in the United States.It onlv exists is Presidentof Chalcednn, Backus declared. "'We view it to be if you confine it to the area between an educational foundation our incumbent duty to render unto your two ears.Instead of religiousliber- in V allecito, Califomia. Caesarthe things that are his but also ty, we have religious toleration. He has authnredonter 30 that it is o/ as much importencenot to Religioustoleration is the reality of the books. rend,erunto him anlthing that belongsto situation in China and Russia.In both

JULY/AUGUSTl%3 )1. cases,the toleration is verv limited. In would mean equal time for all creeds, Christianity has no place in our stare the United States,the toleration is still inch-rdinghumanism and atheism, in schoolsand universities;it doesnot in- extensive,and most churchmen fail to every church. In the World-wide form the councils of state: everv effort recognizethat the statesand the federal Church of God case, the couft held by Christians to affectthe political pro- government are insisting that only that a church and its assetsbelong, not cessis called a violation of the First toleration, not liberty, exists, and the to the membersthereof, but to all peo- limits of that toleration are being nar. ple, all citizens! rowed steadily. LJnknowingly in the USA We Are A wcr has been dedcred Senator Hollings and Others Moving Toward Totalitarianism Promote Religious Toleration agqinst us, crnd we had The fact is that religious liberty is better know it, Not Liberty dead and buried; it needsto be resur- curd we hcd betler slqnd qnd Thus, Senator Ernest F. Hollings of rected. Ve cannotbegin to cope with present tight lt is too l

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ince the beginning of their or accident. but rather the hand of and other participants in the Age of in American history. They Exploration, when the peoples of history as a people, Americans God '!ilestern had a vision of their countrv's denied, as one nineteenth-century Europebegan in earnestto ex- future. A definite senseof destiny has clergyman so eloquently stated, that plore the oceansand continents of the inspired, roused, and driven them for- history is "a string of striking episodes, world, are of coursewell known. \fhen ward. While they have not always with no other connection but that of Columbus discoveredAmerica he was agreed on details, Americans time." He "observedthe hand of God actually seekinga direct sea route to throughout most of history have in the wise and beneficent timing of Asia. almost universally acceptedthat God eventsin the dawn of our history" and During the Crusadesof the Middle has a specialpurpose for America. declared,"The eventsof history are not Ages, Europe had tried to wrest the The great nineteenth-century accidents.,..Thereare no accidentsin Holy Land from the Muslim Turks. ln historian GeorgeBancroft wrote in his the lives of men or of nations." their foraysinto the Middle East,Euro- History of the United Stateso/ Arnerica, God often chooses to work in peans had for the first time beheld published in 1834,that "lt is the object mysteriousways, changing the course dazzling products like spices, fabrics, of the presentwork to explain how the of history through the actions of men rugs, and diamond and pearl and ruby changein the condition of our land has who do not realizethat they are God's jewelry from the Far East.Beginning in been brought about; and, as the for- instruments for purposesgreater than the mid-1200s,Europeans like Marco tunes of a nation are not under the their own. Polo (who journeyed by land to the control of blind destiny, to follow the Probably the first fact that most faraway, mysterious Asiatic places) stepsby which a favoring Providence, Americans learn about their history is brought back glowing reports of "the calling our institutions into being, has that Columbus discoveredAmerica in Kingdoms and Marvels of the East." conducted the country to its present 1492.It is precisely in the defeat of the Columbus sought the shortest and happinessand glory." plots of men and the seeminglychance most direct route to those treasures. Earlier generations of history events of l49Z that we find not ac- But even as in the earlier Crusades, writers, teachers,and studentsstudied cidents but rather a divine design for deeply religious aims were inextricably the "discovery of America" as an ap- discovery. bound up with economic objectivesin propriate topic for seeing,not chance The economicmotives of Columbus the Age of Exploration. Columbus, like

26 FL]NIDAXIEMAIIST JOURNAI the Crusaders,had mixed motives. He lumbus's religion which some find so had economic motives. He wanted to new and novel is quite old. There are Religiousliberty points to civil liber- claim for himself,for Spain, and for the abundant details in \ilashington ty, to a free society. Freedom of con- church the glittering wealth of Asia. lrving's 1828biography of Columbus. science,as proclaimed by Luther and But he had religious motives as well. The prizewinning twentieth-century others, leadsto freedomof religiousex- Columbus hoped to live up to his Columbus biography, Samuel Eliot ercise. And it leads to freedom of name, which means "Christ-bearer," Morison's Adrniral of the Ocean Sea association, to freedom of speech, He wanted to add Asiatic souls to the (1942), scarcely keeps Columbus's thought, and writing, and to freedom dominion of the church. religion a secret.Indeed, the factsofthe of education. Columbus wrote in his Book o/ explorer's faith and his reliance on No society can be free, of course, Prophecies: religious texts for his geographical without political liberty and free It was the Lord who put into calculationsor miscalculationsare even government. Men are free only when mv mind fl could feelHis hand found in greatdetail inThe Encllopedia government is limited, not absolute. upon me) the fact that it Britannica,15th edition, published in Government should not be by tyranny would be possibleto sail from 1,976. but by the people, of the peopie, and here to the lndies. All who Moreover, as every school child for the people. heard of my project rejectedit knows, Columbus never realizedthat America was destined to be the with laughter, ridiculing me. he discovered America, the New great beneficiary of the Reformation. There is no question that the \ilorld. He went to his death with the "k was there," de Tocqueville wrote, inspiration was from the Holy firm belief that he had discoveredthe "that civilized man was destined to Spirit, becauseHe comforted "lndies," as all of Asia wasthen called. build societyon new foundations, and me with rays of marvelousin- Columbus recognizedhimself asbe- for the first time applying theories till spiration from the Holy Scrip- ing an instrument of God, asindeed he then unknown or deemedunworkable, tures., . . was, and he was certainly a man of to present the world with a spectacle I am a most unworthv sin- destiny. Yet his real destiny Columbus for which pasr history had not ner, but I have cried out to the never truly knew. The ultimate aimshe preparedit." Lord for graceand mercy, and servedhe never envisioned. Consider what may have happened they have covered me com- God's plan was for America to be if America had not experiencedthe ef- pletely. I have found the discovered in 1492-not before, fects of the Reformation. The spirit of sweetest consolation since I and not later. "Just then," in the medieval Holy War, with its made my whole purposeto en- de Tocqueville's memorable phrase, economic, political, and religious joy His marvelous presence. America was discovered-"as if it had motives, drove the conquistadoreson For the execution of the been kept in reserveby the Deity and even as it had the crusadersof the Mid- journey to the Indies,I did not had just risen from beneaththe waters dle Ages. Enslavement,forced labor, make use of intelligence, of the Deluge." near genocide,the choiceofconversion mathematics or maps, It is The discovery of America in 1492is or death at the point of a sword, were simply the fulfillment of what significantboth for what had happened the results in Central and South Isaiahhad prophesied.... just before,and for what would happen America. No one should fear to just after. That might have been the final undertake any task in the Half a century before the discovery destiny of America, except for God's name of our Saviour, if it is of America, GutenberghadYiscovered timing of "physical discovery" and just and if the intention is movable type. The printing press, "soiritual discoverv." \7ith the purely for His holy service. togetherwith the knowledgeof how to The working out of all things manufacture paper from linen rags, has been assignedto each per- made possible the distribution of H. Combee u son by our Lord, but it all hap- knowledgeon an unprecedentedscale, Jerry Ch.airmanof the pens according to His By printing, truth revealedto one man Department of History sovereignwill, eventhough He could be dispersedto many. and Political Scienceat gives advice. He lacks nothing A quarter of a century after the Liberty Baptist College. that it is in the power of men discovery of America, Martin Luther He receivedhis Ph.D. in to give Him. Oh, what a discovered the truth of individual government m Comell U niver sity. gracious Lord, who desires freedomand responsibility.Thus began fro that peopleshould perform for the religious movement known as the Him thosethings for which He Reformation. Like Columbus, Luther Cline E. Hall is AssociateProfessor of holds Himselfresponsible! Day and other reformers such as John History at Liberty Baptist and night, moment by mo- Calvin and John Knox were in- ment, everyoneshould express strumentsof greaterpurposes than they College.He receivedhis their most devoted gratitude knew. Initially the Reformation leaders Ph.D. in historyfron the to Him. raised purely theological questions. University of Tennessee. Actually, the information on Co- They intended only a reformation of

JULY/AUGUST1983 discovery of the "New \ilorld of God. "I always consider the settlement People to alter or to abolish America" came the discovery of a of America with reverence and it, and to institute new Gov- t'as "New\forld of freedom" in the minds wonder," wrote John Adams, the ernment, laying its Founda. of men! opening of a grand scheme and design tion on such Principles and America was destined to be a land in Providencefor the illumination of orsanizinp-_o_^"-^"b irs Powers in of liberty. Protestant and Catholic, the ignorant, and the emancipation of such Form as to them shall Christian and Jew, believer and the slavishpart of mankind all over the seem most likely to effect their unbeliever,in a spirit of mutual tolera- earth." \[hat gave John Adams and Safety and Happiness. tion, would one day worship as con- countless other Americans the con- Americans once believed that it is science, not the sword, dictates. fidence to say thatl the will and the law of God that men Acknowledging the dignity and equali- They believed in "self-evident" be free. Is not the promotion of ty of all, Americans would join in the truths and in "the laws of Nature and freedomthe true purposeof any nation common enterprise of civil liberty, Nature's God." And they recorded and any society?Only as men live in democracy, and the pursuit of peace their belief in the Declaration of freedom can they pursue God's and freedomthroughout the world. Independence, ultimate purpose-the proclamation of To speak of America's destiny, mis- the gospelof the Lord Christ. The sion, or purpose now seemsarbitrary . . . that all men are created Jesus uniquenessof America is that we have and subjective, purely a matter of equal, that they are endowed known this purpose,declared this pur- opinion. And rightly so, if suchmatters by their Creator with certain pose,and made God's purposeour pur- are purely of human determination. unalienable Rights, that pose.The fulfillment of the divine will For who is to say that his vision of the among these are Life, Liberty has thus becomeour national mission. nation's future and past is more ac- and the Pursuit of Happiness. To the extent that America remains curate than anyone else's?Is it just a That to secure these Rights, true to God's purpose, and to the ex. matter of majority vote? Should we Governments are instituted tent that her peoplehold to the "Laws take an opinion poll and ask,"\ilhat do among Men, deriving their of Nature and Nature's God" and you think America's mission is?" and just Powersfrom the Consent maintain the Judeo-Christian ethic, go with that? of the Governed,that when- 'That's this nation can be assuredof firture not what previous genera- ever any Form of Government blessingsby God. tions thought. For them, America's becomes destructive of these o purpose and mission were assignedby Ends, it is the Right of rhe

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Dr. Richard Halverson has been chaplain of the United Stctes Senate since 198I. Through his involvement in the presidential prayerbreakfasts, he hos longbeen influential os a Christian leader in our nation's capital, He shareshis cone/ictionsabout Christ, the Bible, and what God is doins in the Senate.

L.l I f" what kind of circumstanceswere you raised?

Alf wasborn in North Dakota in 1916and eventuallyat- tendeda high schoolwith 28 students.I usuallydon't tell people that there were three in my graduating class;I just tell them I stood third academicallyin my class.My mother wasa teacherand my father did a lot of things. My parents were divorced when I was ten. I had a boy's sopranovoice and the kind of personality that enjoys being in front of people. Through the yearsI becamevery interestedin the theaterand moticn picturesbut mostly in heavy drama. After my second year of collegeI had the opportunity to go to Hollywood, California: I went out there for obvious reasons.

I Ho* did you come to the Lord?

Alfn. loneliest week of my life was the week between Christmas 1935and New Year's 1936.Mv mother and sisters and grandmother had gone back to North Dakota. I was alone and had lots of time to reflect.I decidedthat I wasgoing to go to a church and seeif I could find somefriends. I was not happy with the friends I had becomeacquainted with in my six months in California. Mother had given me a strong moral upbringing and I didn't want to do anything that would hurt Mother. I had no knowledgeof the Word but I wasnot anti-God or anything. I think I believedin God but I never thought about it. My mother met Christ under the ministry of Billy Sunday, but I did not know that until after I cameto know the Lord. Well, I went to church and sat as closeto the exit as I could becauseI was very uncomfortable.I had a very negativeview of preachers.I really felt that a preacherwas somebodywho had failed at everythingelse and as a last resort decidedto be a preacner. By March of that year, a 26-year-oldseminary student, Dave Cowie, came to candidate for the church's pastorate. Everything about him was exactly oppositeof the way I felt about preachers.The secondSunday, we had an earthquake. 30 Fi]NDAMENTAIIST JOURNAT (ln a big earthquakethree yearsbefore, A ^ time and place,without an agenda. the church's tower had fallen so the 4\! tt pastor was a \Theaton- n people in this service instantly started t"*1?::1i," did getinvorved with rushing for the door.) I watched this lilI'::r"'l*ff:"'i: T I J:"'* vou \Vheaton political leadersin Washington? young man, still in seminary, control I beiame Dr. J. Oliver that audience. He got them quieted Buswell's chauffeur. He had recently A down and out of the building to come out of Princeto'*i;fi M;;h;; ,lilln 1953 the first presidential another place and continued the serv- and warned me not to go to Princeton prayer breakfast was sponsored by ice.After that, the church calledhim to after graduation, but I went anyway. President Eisenhower. I attended be the pastor. I was so impressedwith After a few weeks at Princeton I was the second one in 1954. BV 1956 him by this time that I askedhim if he getting totally confused. we moved to Washington to help had evor thought of acting. Vithout Finally I got desperate,and one develop this ministry. Then in 1958 batting an eye, he askedme if I was in- night I knelt besidemy bed with my I filled the pulpit at Fourth terestedin God's plan for my life. He Bibleand said,"Lord, I am accepting Presbyterian Church and im- took about 30 minutes to lead me to this Book right now as the final, mediately felt I belonged there. I Christ, using John 524. He took out a ultimate authority in my life. I am ac- remained as pastor for over ZZ wonderful piece of paper that looked cepting this Book as authorita- years and continued working with like a title deed, and I signed it and tive...every page, every paragraph, the presidential prayer breakfasts. deededmy life to Christ on March 8, every sentence,every word." Meantime, the church grew from 1936.From that moment on I trusted That simple, yet momentous, deci- 500 to 2,000 in spite of me. God Christ and knew that I was His forever. sion sealed my commitment to the gave me a desire to have a satura- Bible. I decidedright there that I was tion and intensity influence rather than an extensive influence. I have wereyou calledinto the going to believe the Bible, instead of Q:*n." booksabour the Bible. always preferred working with ministry? people one on one, I even named my I t.,,,,, . daily radio program"Man to Man." . Wnere dld VoU go alter A! t had been given the date for a >-/ screentest at Paramount Studio. But I seminarY? O: t"* did you become the didn't eveir appear for that becauseit chdFlain of the Senate? was so clearto me that God had other A! H..,.ietta Mearshad becomethe plans. One Sunday morning a Bible Education director Christian A! r..,"ror Mark Hatfield asked teacherin the church came to me and ^"t Ty home church' She had the,,sunday -. ir r was interested, and initially I said, "Last night God gaveme a verse school up to 6,000. She called h.rit"t"d because of my love for to share with vou. I don't know what "and askedme to becomethe mv church' After much praver' I the significanceis but it's I Timothy Forest Home Bibl" co;r1t^"::tr::ff 'Fight 6:12, the good fight of faith, lay summero(te4z.rh".."r'[:;;;!!ff hold on eternal life, whereunto thou l,T,lr"il',,d,,r'nll,,1'nT'13,'{t'*"r'1? to-be, Doris Seaton. She was,working silenJing my voice in the nation's art also called, and hast professeda asthe dining room hostessand I fell for capital.; I was convinced that it good profession before many her the very first day. was a privilege to have a platform witnesses.'" Instantly I knew that I was Dave cowie had mc---, -- v^--^^ to]"'r'"",i1il, to be a pastor or a missionary. I city to pastor,i."i'i:"I::T thought PastorCowie would be pleased il",1[o""ii',r''U:ii:?l PresbyterianChurchandwantedmeto Baker and sworn in on February Z, when I told him but to my surprisehe said, "Don't go into the ministry if you |;[::::til:;i,]ufr l;nnl uu can be h"ppy doing anything else!"He i*i to Los Angeles lor ou1 wedding in *i,n ""ll'0."]:.J?.*:1",j.?H:fl1tn" washington scene. on the really burst my bubble but it was right Februaryof 1943.Doris then went back other hand. mv last three months for him to say that to me. He made me there with me. I was in KansasCity a at Fourth presbyterian were the examinemy motivation. I think that is .r"". ^.1 h"lf " most traumatic of my life' I would good to say to any young man-not to ^-^i- ^-r Henrietta Mears car^r start crving at the drop of a hat' discouragehim but to make him think askedme to come b".k i:-""f:il::: about what it meansto be called to the ot re44and manage T;,'F'iffi:: *":ffi: l,,xi::iliniT;otolil pastorate.I eventually worked my way 'h" rightthin!' I reertotanv at through a year of City College in Los illl'.f;iffn:i'lffi::l'f'^:g:-'-:: Peacethat I am where I belong' Angeles as a chauffeur and bellhop, where I pastored r.. ,n.lg"";.:::'i;:fl and transferred into \Theaton Collese from there to the Hollywood First f).rn,r^-:^ is your-.^..- averageday in the as a junior in 1937. Presbyterian church with the >-{i\uhat understanding that I would pursue a Senate? LJ I wnr, was vour most life- ministrythat I believedGod had called A 'l\, I have to "pastor" the cnanglng experrencel me to tuild, which was -".ii"g *i h A: men at their conveniencein termsof senators' their families, and J'IILY/AUGUST1983 3l staffs-a "congregation" of some want them to know that I am until the Senate is over unless I 6,500 persons. The chaplain opens available to all of them. I am in no have an evening commitment. the Senate with prayer every day. hurry. It has taken two years to Then, I spend about an hour mak- win confidences and build friend- I t. i Frequently,.sec.rrlar people ob- ing routine pastoral visits as the ships. I believe I have to earn the HJ ject- to a chaplain for the Senate. senators assemble for their morn- right to be trusted. My lunch is How do you justify your existence? ing business. From there I visit always a "working luncheon," with everyone, from the security followed by an afternoon of per- can'tl A newspaperreporrer guards to the secretarial staff. I sonal counseling. I stay on the Hill Ait rectsures

The Changed Life

he Greek background of the verb metamorphoomaithe believer'sgrowth in graceis through prayer. Time spent informs us that the word was used in a varietv of in daily communion with God allowsthe structureof our be- ways. Meaning basically"to change into another ings, already dramatically changedat conversion,to be fur- form," that transformation could involve not only an out- ther transformed.By knowing God better, we learn to think ward changeeasily perceived by the senses,but on occasion, His thoughts after Him and so to be like Him. an inward spiritualone as well. ln 2 Corinthians 3118Paul reportsthat the Holy Spirit The root idea is appropriatelyused in a number of fieldsof bringsto the believerfull liberty to beholdthe glory of the Lord knowledge.Geologists apply it to rocks whosestructure is so in the Scripturesand thereby to be "changed into the same completely altered that their original form is no longer seen, imagefrom glory to glory." Thus, beholding the living !7ord calling them "metamorphic" rocks. Biologists use it to in the written Word and submitting to its preceptsbrings designatechanges in the natural world by which creatures such a transformationalchange in the depths of our beings adapt to a new environment or way of living, suchas tadpoles that it must surfacein the activitiesof our daily lives. becoming frogs, and term it "metamorphosis." Certain Believers are programmed for holy living in a new, linguists speak of processeswhereby meanings in the deep changedlife situation(2 Cor. 5:17).The wordmetamorphoomai structure are transformedinto the resultant words of the sur- remindsus of the meansthat we have for allowing the sancti- face structure of the sentence. fying work, the metamorphicprocess of the Holy Spirit, to be The verb appearsonly three times in the New Testament effective:(1) a godly attitude of full commitment to Christ, but is especiallyinstructive for Christian living in each case. (2) an effectiveprayer life, and (3) the consistent study of Paul reminds the believerthar, having presentedhimself as a God's \7ord. The hymn writer puts it well: living sacrifice,the whole person, insideout, is to "go on be- May the mind of Christ, my Savior, ing transformed"in realizingthe will of God (Rom. 12:1.2). Live in me from day to day, There is a metamorphic processthat is to take place in our By His love and power controlling lives, to conform us to "the imageof his Son" (Rom. 8:29), All I do and say. that involves an attitude of full surrender to Chrisr. Bur, granted this truth, how can that metamorphic,sanctifying May the Word of God dwell richly processbe fuily realized?The two other contextsin which this In my heart from hour to hour, verb is employed suggesttwo other avenueswhereby the So that all may seeI triumph Christian can grow in grace. Only thru His power. In the first instance(Matt. 17:l-Z)metamorphoomal is used May His beauty rest upon me of Christ's transfiguration.Matthew reports that on that oc- As I seekthe lost to win, casionChrist's essentialinner excellence shoneout so bright- And may they forget the channel, ly that not only was His glory intrinsic seen but His very Seeingonly Him. clothing glistenedwith dazzlingbrightness. The parallel ac- -Kate count in Luke 9:29 makes it clear that Jesus'transformation B. Vilkinson took place "as he prayed." This suggeststhat one meansfor

32 FUNDAMENTALiSTJOURNAI A.R.M. hasbuilt hun- drds of Communion in Chicago wrote a nasty qolumn in understandit. The little visibility I have TaHe fuptdrb for which he asked "How do you frightens me. That is true of anybody in Americon Churcha, justifu your salary?" Well, he called public life, of course,but especiallyof Overseas Missions, Mililw in my naivete, I thought I the senators. hisp,rc ond me and Installdions. was having a very friendly visit &R.Garman with a very friendly reporter, but Joe \.1! Wn", advicewould you give to A.R.M.President I got ,-' he killed me. And of course, young pastorsl hundreds of letters from all over the country. Senator Hatfield Lookslike a CommunionTable A! ro me the most important thing wrote an absolutely beautiful let- would be to guard at all costshis rela- . . . Sinplyunlock table top ter to that reporter and the tionship to Christ. Let nothing . . . Insidehollow table is a baptistry reporter printed it in its entirety, Jesus interfere; which means he has got to but added the comment, "If the o Durablewood construction take seriouslyprivate worship, private chaplain is so important to the . 75" long- 36" wide- 33" deep devotional life, and reading and study- r members of the Senate, why don't Weigbs250 pounds ing the Scriptures for personal nur- o Fiberglastank holds 150 gal. they pay his salary?" ture-not just for sermonizing.If he is o FilUDrainwith hose I don't think there is any way to . Perman€ntplumbing installed married, he must take as the number evaluate a chaplain's effect in the r Cost:Basic Unit t830. two priority in his life his relationship Senate.I never knew how to evaluatea WithHeater t1020. with his spouseand guard that at all FreightExtra pastor'sministry. All of the criteria for costs.And if he has children, he must r Pricessubjeci to change being a successful pastor are never allow his work to be more impor- materialistic.How do you measurethat tant than his relationshipwith his wife which has eternal value? and his children. Writeor callfor freeBrochure: The chaplain is an of{icerappointed AMERICANREHABITITATION MINISTNIBS by the Senate.He is under the senators I t..,,,, P. O. BOX1490 JOPLIN,MO.64802-1490 and is to minister to them at their re- Ll] i \7hat is the spiritual tone in (4171781-9100 quest. I do not seek people out. I let Washington? them come to me and initiate the con- tad for pastoral ministry. My entire Al n my 26 yearsof servicein this day is filled with people.I am convinced area, I seeamong those who lead this that as long as I minister to people country a growing awarenessof their Study there will be a legitimate need for a needfor God. Increasingly,I hear them chaplain. speakof their faith in JesusChrist and of seekingHis guidance. Off-Campus Ip la-' I he pressdescribesr ! the senators - o And Earn on-way; what do the real peopleon Lrl I vn", can we do to better pray theseleaders? Capitol Hill think of io.-Etl. national leaders? YourDegree DR.H. D. SHUEMAKE A! t have never in the 22 months I Al R.*.-ber that they are real PRESIDENT have been chaplain heard anybody-a peoplewith real needsjust like you and . janitor, operators, the Bethanyallows you to remainin your the subway me. They work from 16 to 18 hours a presentministry while earningyour elevatoroperators, maintenance people day. They have more to do than a degree. on the grounds, the restaurant people, human being can possibly do in that . Bethanyolfers quality educatton, is or anybody-be critical of a senatoror time. Even their staffsare overloaded.I fundamentaland Baptist in doctrine. say rhings like, "He thinks he is a big do not know of a senatorwho doesnot . Onemay earn either the ASSOCIATE, shot." Nor in the 26 yearsof working BACHELOR,MASTER or DOCTOMTE receiveat least 500 lettersa day! There degree through the Otl-Campus with the presidentiaiprayer breakfasts is also a tremendous strain on their Program. has anything destroyedmy respectfor families. The pressureof the job and . Residentclasses are availableat the thesepeople in general. the election campaigns is awesome,to DothanCampus-tuition at a minimum. That is the nice sideof it. The other say the least. Beyond that are all the . Creditis givenfor previouscollege side of it is that if a senator is not committeemeetings, study sessions,the workand lifeexperience. careful, he can begin believingthat he socialevents they are "expected"to at- 'Sfe Writeor CallFor Complete Inf ormalion is really pretty great. The senatorstalk tend, and so forth. need to pray for ($1.00for catalogueappreciated) about this a great deal and remind that God will meet those in authority BETHANYTHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY themselvesof it in their private conver- their needsand guidethem asthey help ANDBIBLE COLLEGE sation and joke about it a lot. govern this great nation of ours. O P.O. Box1 944 I just pray that God will give them Dothan,Alabama 36302 strength. I don't think anyone who (20s)793-3189 hasn't been in the limelisht could JI,'LYIAUGUST1983 t qry"::

LewisSperry Chaler Apostleol Grace by CharlesC. Ryrie

ew people in the history of the church have understood,exemplified, and expoundedthe graceof God as did lrwis Sperry Chafer. His theology, which has profoundly influenced the church in the twentieth century, centeredon the graceof God. This doctrine causedhim to highlight the central placeofthe church in the program of God and to insist on grace as the ruling principle of the Christian life. Born into a minister'sfamily Februaty27,1871, young Chafer acceptedthe Savior when he was 13. An evangelist named Scott, sick and weak from tuberculosis,came to the small Ohio town where Chafer lived and preached that salvation was by gracethrough faith. He challengedhis small audience simply to believe. Chafer did, and he never forgot that salvation was all of grace.The evangelistcould not have known that God had used him that night to start a future apostleof graceon his mission to the world. In 1889Chafer, at 18, enteredOberlin Collegeand Con- servatory of Music where he studied music for three years. There he met another music student,Ella Loraine Case,who in 1896became his wife. Together they began a ministry of music; he sang, she accompaniedhim. But soon tragedy struck the newly married couple.Chafer's father had died of u FTII{DAMENTAUSTJOURNAT tuberculosis.and it wasdiscovered that Questions about the Bible from the year. Chafer's brother, Rollin T. Chafer had contractedthe disease. boys at Northfield and complaintsthat Chafer, was called to organizethe new But what might have been an end- the seminariesof the day were not school and enroll the first classof 10 ing became a beginning. Chafer had teaching the Bible led Chafer to give students. wondered if he should also be his full time to itinerant evangelismand preaching the gospelas well as singing preachingand seriouswriting. In 1909 it. So he told the Lord that he would his book on S4tan appeared,followed preach and promptly accepted an in- by True Euangelismin 1911.The thesis Chaler never lorgot thcrt vitation to be the evangelist at a of the latter brought criticismto Chafer sclvcrllonwes all ol meeting. God savedsouls through this at timesthroughout his ministry: souls, ministry and God healed His servant. he insisted, are won by prayer, not grqee. Further examination showed that the pressure. Tlw Kingdom in History and tuberculosis had cleared up. The Propheq was published i.n 1915, Sahta- evangelist, who preached and sang tion in 1976, He Tl,at Is Spiritual in along with his wife, soon had many 1918.and Ctracein 1922. During the summer before the engagements.Many souls were saved During World War I Chafer was seminary opened, God encouraged during those years of evangelisticand holding evangelisticmeetings in the Chafer with a unique experience.He music ministry. First Congregational 'When Church in Dallas, had traveledwith Mrs. Chafer to Brit- he moved his residenceto Texas, where Scofield was pastor. On ain and was holding meetings in EastNorthfield, Massachusetts,Chafer the final day Scofieldchanced to meet Dundee, Scotland, and staying in the 'W. came in contact with C.I. Scofield, George Truett, well-known pastor home of a leading industrialist there. then p'astor of the Congregational of First Baptist Church in Dallas,on a Chafer describedthe experiencethis Church in Northfield. This began an streetcar.Truett inquired if Chafer was wav: association that eventually was to a good evangelist,and Scofieldreplied t'At four o'clock on a never-to-be- that in Chafer he sawthe potential of a forgotten morning I awakened with a good Bible teacher.Repeating the con- senseof deepforeboding with regard to versation to Chafer that night at the the agreement reached in Dallas. It Few people ln lhe lrlstory meeting, Scofield invited him to come seemedas if an unbearableburden had ol the drurch hcve to his study the following day, where beenthrust upon me. Failure,probable the two men knelt while Scofield if not certain, was the only thing I understood,exemplllled, dedicatedChafer to the Lord as a stu. could see,and all the forebodingsthe cmd expounded the dent and teacher of the Bible. This powers of darknesscould devisecame gtace ol God as dld changedagain the direction of Chafer's rolling like billows over me. In great Lewls Sperry Chqler. life and ministry. agony of spirit I cried to God, sayingI Still haunted by the questionof the could not go through the day without studentsat Northfield as to why there somevery definite indication of His will wasnot a seminarythat trained men to in the matter. If such indication were change the direction of Chafer's life be expositorsof the Bible, Chafer in. not given, I should have to cable to once again.Meantime, he was askedto vited two other Christian leaders to Dallas requestingthem to discontinue teach music at the Northfield Boys' meet with him in Atlanta in March the whoie project. School during the winter months and 1922. After a long day of prayer "Following that prayer I fell asleep, help with the music in the Moody sum- together with Dr. A.B. Mnchester, and later, seated by my host at the mer conferences.Mrs. Chafer servedas pastorof Knox PresbyterianChurch in breakfast table, was surprised by his the conferenceorganist. In this rela- Toronto, and Dr. \f.H. Griffith asking whether we had any provision tionship the Chafers came in contact Thomas, an Anglican scholar, a plan in view for the library which would be with the world's greatestBible teachers was devisedfor such a school.The rest needed for the new seminary. I told like G. Campbell Morgan and V.H. of that year was given to developing him that we had not, but that sinceDr. Griffith Thomas. as well as musicians those plans and seekinga location for Griffith Thomas had just died I had like Sankey, Stebbins, and Towner. the seminary. written to our constituency in Dallas During that time at Northfield Chafer Due to the interestof Dr. \7i11iamM. askingthem to pray definitely that his wrote the first of his manv books. Anderson, pastor of First Presbyterian valuable reference library might be Outline Studiesin the Scienceo{ Music! Church of Dallas, that city becamethe securedfor the college. location for what was first known as "'l am interestedin what you have 'and the Evangelical Theological College told me,' he replied, would like before it became Dallas Theological you to purchasethese books and send Seminary. By the spring of 1924 a tem- the bill to me. And do not drive too porary organization of laymen and closea bargain; I wish to pay whatever pastorsin Dallashad beenformed. The the library is worth.' men agreedthat coursesshould be an- "A little later that samemorning, I nounced to begin in October of that had retired to the study when my host 35 'Speaking camein and said, of the Col- diced mind and to be concernedrvith theology is premillennial. He stressed lege; what about your salary as Presi- only what the Bible actuallyteaches." grace as the ruling principleof the dent?'I at once told him that I had not He immediately plunged into the Christian life, coupled with his strong expected to draw any salary, that study of theology, beginning that first emphasison the ministry of the Holy nothing was further from my thoughts. year to teach it in the classroom.In Spirit. Yet gracefor Chafer wasnever a 'You will needsome financial help,'he 1937 he undertook the writing of a licenseto sin. Indeed,he showedan ex- 'and replied, though I cannot give all systematic theology. Most sections treme sensitivity to sin. that would be expectedfor one in such were written twice in longhand before Unquestionably Chafer was a skilled a position in the United States,I wish beipg finally typed. At last the eight theologian. His Systematlc Theologycon- to send you personally two thousand volumeswere published in 1948. tains some sections unique in dollars a year.' Chafer's theology may be theological literature (e.g., his treat- "Truly my cup ran over! The gift of characterizedas biblical, Calvinistic, ment of the doctrine of salvationand of a library valued at four thousand premillennial, and dispensational.But the Holy Spirit). Undoubtediy his dollars, and such unexpectedprovision writing gavescholarly statusto dispen- for my salary, all in one day! Could I sational, premillennial theology. And doubt that God desiredthe Evangelical his school, his teaching, and his Theological Collegeto go forward?" Chcrler'ssdrool, hls popular ministry exerted a major in- The school opened its doors Oc- tecchtng, cnd hls populcr fluencefor biblical truth on the church tober 1, 1924.The founder and trustees q in the twentieth century. wanted a school that would combine rnlnlstry e*erted mator As he wished, Chafer's earthly life four essentialsfor effectiveministerial lnlluence lor blbllcal truth came to an end during his traveling training: (1) a careful selection of on the drurch ln the ministry. After a strenuous seriesof studentswho showedevidence of a call twentleth century. rneetings in May and June 7952, he of God to preach; (2) thorough treat- went to the home of friends in Seattle. ment of basic subjectsof theology; (3) After eight weeksof illness,he went to extensive and intensive study of the be with his Savioron August ZZ, 1952. Bible; (4) emphasison the development chiefly he was a strong exponent ofthe A columnist for one of the Dallas of the spiritual life. graceof God. This central conceptwas newspaperswriting rn 1949caught the However, the death of Dr. Griffith related to his Calvinism (though, essenceof this remarkableman. After Thomas that summerbefore the school unlike some Calvinists, he taught that visiting the Dallas Theological was to open thrust upon Chafer a new Christ died for all men). It was the Seminary campus, he wrote: "You task, that of teaching theology. That graceof God that bringssalvation to all can't go into the presenceof these brought another change in the direc- who believe. He stressedthe distinc- young Elishas without thinking that tion of his ministry. He himself said of tivenessof the church in the total pro- there rnust be an Elijah around this task that "the very fact that I did gram of God as revealedin the various somewhere.. .. This atmosphere of not study a prescribed course in dispensations.He saw grace in the cheerful and joyous earnestnessmeans theology made it possiblefor me to ap. faithfulnessof God to fulfill His prom- a lot for them and for the world they proach the subjectwith an unpredju- isesto Israelas literallygiven. Thus his seekto lead and save." 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JULY/AUGUST1983 ible doctrines are of sanctification because the very bones of they believe that they have revelation and areas been sanctified. Only one closelv interrelated as are the aspectof sanctificationout of bonesof the human frame. three dealswith the problems The tendency to neglect of human experiencein daily doctrinal muth is rapidly in- life. Therefore an analysis of creasing;yet religiousactivity is some personal experience not decreasing. Therefore we must not be substituted for are presentd with an incon. the teaching of the Word of sistency-a multitude of people God. Even if sanctification who are so busy living the were limited to the field of Christian life that they have human experience, there no time for, or interest in, the would neverbe an experience Bible doctrines.As well might that could be proven to be its a mariner be too busy sailing perfect example, nor would his ship to consult the com- anv human statementof that pass, or the engine driver be experience exactly describe too busy running his engineto the full measureof the divine considerlhis orders. realitv. Bible doctrine also suffers It is the function of the through misunderstanding Bible to interpret.experience and misstatement. This is rather than the function of particularly true of the doc- experience to interpret the trine of Sanctification.Since Bible. Every experience one aspectof this docrrine dealswith Christian living and ex- which is wrought of God will be found to be accordingto the perience,it is the more easilyperverted and its exactstatement is Scriptures.lf not, it shouldbe judgedas a deviceof Satan' We the more imperative.A right conception of this subjectmay be ought alwaysto be willing to submit everytheory and personal gained upon three generalconditions. experienceto the correction and reproof of God's Word. The Doctrine of Sanctification Must Be Rightly The Right lJnderstanding of the Doctrine of Related to Every Other Bible Doctrine. SanctifiiationDepends upon the Consideration of All the Scriptures Bearing on This Theme. Disproportionateemphasis on any one doctrine, or the habit of seeingall truth in the light of one line of Bibleteaching, leads to The body of Scripture presentingthis doctrine is much serious error. No person really understands a docmine or is more extensivethan appearsto the one who readsonly the preparedto teach a Bible truth until he is ableto seethat truth in English text; for the same root Hebrew and Greek words its right position, proportion and relation to every other truth. which aretranslated "sanctify," with its variousforms, arealso Christians are commanded to "study" that they may rightiy translatedby two other English words, "holy" and "saint," divide the \Wordof Truth. lt is their duty to learn the greatdoc- with their various forms. Therefore if we would discoverthe trines in order that they may be ableto act and speakintelligently fulI scopeof this doctrine from the Scriptures,we must go in view of all that these doctrinesreveal. Sanctification,like all beyond the passagesin which the one Englishword "sanctifu" other greatdoctrines ofthe Scriptures,represents and definesan is used and include, as well, the passageswherein the words exact field within the purpose of God. Since it aims at definite "holy" and "saint" are used. ends, it suffersas much from overstatementas from understate' "sanctify" meansto "set apart," or that stateof being "set ment. apart." It indicatesclassification in matters of position and relationship.The basisof the classificationis usually that the The Doctrine of Sanctification sanctifiedperson or thing has been set apart, or separated Cannot Be Interpreted by Experience. from others in position and relationship before God, from Some personsconclude that they understand the doctrine that which is unholy. 3B FUNDAMEMALISTJOURNAI "Holy" refers to the state of being sanctified by the Holy Ghost" (Rom. unto God (Rom. 12:l). set apart, or being separate,from that 15:16). Sixth, man may sanctify persons which is unholy. Christ was "holy, 4. God the Father sanctified the and things. "For the unbelieving hus- harmless,undefiled, and separatefrom Son: "Whom the Father hath sanc- band is sanctifiedby the wife, and the sinners." Thus was He sanctified. tified" (John 10:36). unbelieving wife is sanctified by the "Saint" is applied only to human 5. God sanctified the priests and husband; else were your children personsand relatesonly to their posi- peopleof Israel (Ex.79:44). unclean;but now are they holy" [sanc- tion in the reckoning of God. It is 6. Our sanctification is the will of tifiedl (1 Cor. 7:14). never associatedwith their own quality God: "For this is the will of God even Seventh, one thing may sanctify of daily life. They are saints because your sanctification"(1 Thes. 4:3). anotherthing. "For whetheris greater, they are particularly classifiedand set 7. Our sanctificationfrom God is: the gift, or the altar that sanctifieththe apart in the plan and purposeof God. (a) By our union with Christ: gift?" (Matt. 23:19). Being sanctifiedthey are saints. Saint- "To them that are sanctified in The Deeper Aspect of Truth hood is not subject to progression. Christ Jesusl""Christ Jesus,who of Concerning Sanctification Every born-again person is as much a God is made unto us.. . sanctifica- in the New Testament tion" (1 Cor. 1:2;1 Cor. 1:30). (b) Bv the Word of God: "Sanc- Though the exact meaning of the tify them through thy ffuth: thy words"sanctify," "holy,t' and ttsaint"is word is truth" (John 17:17). unchanged,there is a far deeperreality Chrlstlcms are (c) Bv the blood of Christ: indicated by their use in the New comnrcnded to "studf' "WhereforeJesus also, that he might Testament than is indicated by their thcil they mcry rtghtty sanctify the people with his own use in the Old Testament. The Old dlvtde the Word ol Truth. blood, suffered without the gate" Testamentis a "shadowof goodthings It ls thelr duty to lecnn the (Heb. 13:12). to come." We are primarily concerned (d) Bv the Body of Christ: "By with the New Testament revelation, grecil doclrlnes ln order the which will we are sanctified which may be consideredin threedivi- thct they mcrybe cble to through the offering of the body of sions: ac.t and speqk Jesus Christ once for all" (Heb. Positional Sanctification. This is a lnlelllgently ln vlew ol cll 10:10). sanctification.holiness. and sainthood r-\ R., rl-- q^;-it: ,,God uy rrrL vyrrr which is ours by the operationof God thcrtthese doctrlnes \s/ hath reveal. from the beginning chosen you to through the body and shed blood of salvation through sanctification of our Lord JesusChrist. We, who are the Spirit"(2 Thes.2:13). saved,have been redeemed and cleansed (f) By our own choice: "Follow in His precious blood, forgiven all peacewith all men and holiness, trespasses,made righteousthrough our saint the moment he is savedas he ever without which no man shall seethe new headshipin Him, justified, and will be in time or eternity. The whole Lord" (Heb. 12:14). purified.Al1 of this indicatesa distinct church which is His body is a called- {o\rE/ R.!, f"ith. -qr!r^- "T.h ^^--^erltanceamong classificationand separation,deep and out, separatepeople. They are the rhem which are sancrifiedby faith eternal, through the saving grace of saints of this dispensation.According that is in me" (Acts 26:18). Christ. It is basedon factsof position to certain usagesof these words, they Third, God sanctified days, places which are true of every Christian. are all sanctified.They are holy. and things (Gen. 2:3; Ex.29:43). Hence every believeris now said to be Fourth, man may sanctify Cod. positionally sanctified, holy, and is The Means to Sanctification This he may do by settingGod apart in thereforea saint beforeGod. This posi- First, becauseof infinite holiness, his own thoughts as holy. "Hallowed tion bearsno relationshipto our daily God Himself-Father, Son and Spirit, be thy name." "But sanctifythe Lord life more than that it shouldinspire us is eternally sanctified. He is classified, God in your hearts"(1 Pet. 3:15). to holy living. Our position in Christ set apart, and separatefrom sin. He is Fifth, man may sanctify himself. is, however, accordingto the Scrip- holy. He is sanctified(Lev. 2l:8; John Many times did God call upon lsraelto tures,the greatestincentive to holiness 17:19;HoU Spirit). sanctifythemselves. He saysto us, "Be of life. Second, God-Father, Son and ye holy; for I am holy." Also, "lf a man ln his positionin Christ, the Chris- Spirit, are said to sanctifypersons. therefore purge himself from these tian stands righteous and accepted 1. The Father sanctifies:"And the [vesselsof dishonour and by departing before God forever. But let no person very God of peacesanctify you wholly" from iniquity] he shall be a vesselunto concludethat he is holy, or sanctified, (1 Thes.5:23). honour. sanctified. and meet for the in life becausehe is now saidto be holv. 2. The Son sanctifies: "That he master's use" (2 Tim. 2:21). Self- or sanctified,in position. might sanctify and cleanseit with the sanctification can only be realizedby ExperimentalSanctification As posi- washing of water by the word" (Eph. the divinely provided means. Chris- tional sanctification is absolutely 5:76). tians are askedto presenttheir bodiesa disassociatedfrom the daily life, so ex- 3. The Spirit sanctifies: "Being living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable perimental sanctification is absolutely

JULY/AUGUST1983 39 disassociatedfrom the dailv life. so ex- to live by the power of the Spirit and row. There is perfection within im- perimental sanctification is absolutely instantly to confessevery known sin. perfection.We who are so incomplete, disassociatedfrom the position in Becauseof the Advocate and because so immature, so given to sin, may Christ. Experimental sanctification of our confession,God is freeto forgive "abide in Him." We may have may depend on some degree of and to cleansefrom all unrighteousness. fellowshipwith the Fatherand with His yieldednessto God, on some degreeof We must not say that we have no sin Son. separationfrom sin, or on somedegree nature (1:B):This would be to deceive Christian growth and experimental of Christian growth to which the ourselves,We must not say that we sanctificationare not the same,for one believerhas alreadyattained. have not sinned(1:10): This would be is a causeand the other its effect.The l. Experimental Sanctification the to make Him untrue. It does not Christian will be more set apart as he Resubof Yieldednessto God. Whole self- becomea Christianto boastof himself: growsinto the imageof Christ by the dedication to God is our reasonabie but every true victory should be Spirit. service:"That ye presentyour bodiesa acknowledgedto the glory of our Lord Ultimute Suncrification.This aspect living sacrifice,holy, acceptableunto JesusChrist. Al1 believers have died un- of sanctificationwhich is relatedto our God, which is your reasonableservice" to sin in Christ's death, but not all final perfection, will be ours in the (Rom. 12:1).By so doing the Christian believershave claimed the richeswhich glory. By His graceand transforming is classifiedand set apart unto God by were provided for them by that death. pori'er He will have so changed us- his own choice.Within the sphereof We are not askedto die experimentally, spirit, soul and body-that we will be his own knowledge of himself, the or to enactHis death:we are askedto "like him," and "conformedto his im- believermav definitelvchoose the mind "reckon" ourselvesto be dead indeed age."He will then presentus "faultless" and will of God as the rule of his life. unto sin. This is the human respon- beforethe presenceof His glory. His This is self-determinedseparation unto sibility (Rom, 6:1-14). bride will be free from every "spot and God and is an important aspectof ex- 3. ExperimentalSanctit'ication in Rela- wrinkle." It therefore becomes us to perimentalsanctification. "But now be- tion to Christian Growth. A Christian "Abstain from everyappearance of evil. ing madefree from sin, and becomeser- may be "blameless,"though it could And the very God of peacesanctify you vants to God, ye have your fruit unto not be truthfully said of him that he is wholly; and I pray God your whole holiness"[sanctificationj (Rom. 6:22), "faultless."The child laboringto form spirit and soul and hody be preserved 2. Experimental Sanctificarionthe his first letters in a copybook may be blamelessunto the comins of our Lord Resuhof Freedom/rom Sln. The Bible blamelessin the work he does;but the JesusChrist. " D takesfull accountof the sinsof Chris- work is not faultless.We may be walk- tians.It doesnot teachthat only sinless i.tg in the full measure of our peopleare saved,or kept saved;on the understandingtoday, yet we know that contrary,there is faithfulconsideration we arenot now living in the addedlight of, and full provisionmade for, the sins and experiencethat will be ourstomor- of saints. These provisions are both preventiveand curative.The question of sin in the believeris taken up ex- Like a dearancl trusted Jriend haustivelyin the First Epistleof John. v'ho tlrops h)'to t'isiteach month . One passage(2:1,2) may be taken as a key to this Epistle.It reads:"My little children,these things write I unto you, qfi-eJryruroonnn that ye sin not. And if any man lChris- tian] sin, we have an advocatewith the Themagazine for Bible-believingwomen who wanl God's best Father,Jesus Christ the righteous:And publishedpuDrrsnoo he is the propitiation for our sins." An encoursging,encouragrng, practical,Pracllcal, monlhlymonlnly magazinemagazlne lo;lor women, -iLj"-r[t by the John R. Rice family. 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A hearl.louching po€try order that He may fellowship with collection of and NAME - "truly msdilalions and brief them; for our fellowshipis with slory ol tho lils ol Grace the Farher,and with his Son, Jesus Rics MacMullen. Gifi' snvsloped, lull-color ZIP Christ." The basisupon which we may covsr, t1.50 value. CITY,STATE, have fellowship with the Father and with His Son is qualified:we must walk THE J OYFU L WOMA N 3'3;,?"''i,1?"1'?"^'"';I"1J,,noo in the light (1 John 1:7),which means FUNDAMENTAIIST JOURNAT How to Live with IDecisionsbeyond Your Contlol b1 Donald Rickards

o you ever experiencehaving to submit to deci- B. God has been innoculatingthou- sionsmade by others,while you feelthe resultsare sandsof us in moral sensirivityin a disaster?Ever know the frustration of under- view of a future experiencewhen standingthe decisionthat should havebeen made and hav- we will need heightenedawareness ing to clean up the fallout after your decisionwas not the one of evil. Genesis45:5 selectedby the leader?Whether we like it or not, everyoneof 9. God has sought, through this ex- us is part of a chain-of-command.Usually, about four to six perience, to increaseour hatred of personsexercise some kind of authority over us. How to live all sin and to love righteousnessfor with their decisionsthat affectour livesis the subjectof this His sake. Romans article. 10. God is encouraging us to lay hold Thirty-three items,with accompanyingbiblical insights, on the promiscsso as to cxpericncc are offered here. If you will examine the immediatedecision the benefits of His characrer-love, that has affectedyour life in the light of theseitems, and joy, peace, etc.-and thus escapc think through thc Scripturesrelating to rhem, the peaceof thc world's lustful corruption. 2 Peter God and a senseof victoriousconfidence can be vour Der- 11. God would emphasize forever sonalexperience. rhrorrsh""'-..b'' this exncrienrc the need to pray for those in authority over TTEM TNSIGHT us. Our failure to have done so i. Remember,God is altogethergreat- has, in this prescntinsrancc, madc er tharranv rrr,rhl,'matiedecision us participants in another's dcci- by anyone. Psalm77:13 slon we fegret. 1 Timothy 2. God is sovcreign;He could easily | ) F-rr,.rrrnrn,rti,'rr ^' rrr,'.' - CXirerl('llCC ls ;l have"turned the heartofthe king" point of i.lentity and fell,'wship (personover you), had He ,,vished. Provcrbs21:1 with the Lord in His emotions. 3. All the circumstancesof your life This is only possible because we arethe directresult of the interces- have been creatcd in His image. I SamuciB:6,7 si,rnof thc Holv Snirit. Romans8:26"29 13. By the reactionofother bclievers, 4. The lawsof sorvingand reapingare God is making known His wonderful wisdom to the unseen enemy still in force-rhev!rr! haver I not bcerr cancelled. Galatians6:7,8 hosts of the heavenlies. Ephesians3:10 5, We are alive that u'e may reflect 14. The suffering cxperienced by so the moral excellencies of the Lord many is partly inter-rded to JesusChrist, even in these new cir- enhance our mutual dependence cumstances. 1 Peter2:9 on one another for comfort and 6. God wishcsto givcrhe opportunity strength. Galatians for us to exercise our sensesro 15. Feel weak? Then givc Him the op- grow in our discernmentof right portunity ro perfectHis srrerrgrhin and wrong. Hebrews5:1),14 you by the supply of His grace. 2 Corinthians 7. Insteadof training us in righteous- 16. Incensed at "injustice?" Then, by nessindividually, God may have God's grace, rejoice that through desired to trhin a large group of our much discussionof a decision, persons. Exodus317 Christ is bcing named, and you can positively rejoice in that factl 17. This is onc of those rarc occasrons Donald R. Rickards i.sProlessor of Theology when we may clearly identify with anJ Vlssions,Lihcrtr B"ifrisrCol/egc .rnJ the grief of Him who indwells us-a Scminur.v,Lrnchburg. V irginitt. grief over sin comparable only to the suffering of our Savior in the Garden of Gethsemane. Ephesians JULY/AUGUSTlAB3 18,Any incident may be an urgent 26.Rejoice!\7e have had the biblical warning to all of us who know attitude God commendsin the face about it, that we should not dabble of difficulty in our midst. Matthew 5:11,12 in sin. Galatians6:1 27.This situation affords the oppor- t9.\7e should be the more convinced tunity to do a "tongue-check."Are of the need to seek a pure com- we expressingdivine wisdom? James3:17 munity lifestyle. 1 Corinthians 5:7 28.God has provided the perfectplace 20.This is another chance to offer up for the expressionof all our "com- a spiritual sacrificeof thanksgiving plaints"-His Throne. Psalm 1422 while under pressure. Hebrews13:15 29.By our responsesto circumstances, zl,Act with great humility, and ex- we demonstrate to our familv periencemore grace than might members and to others, how to have been otherwiseexpected. James4:6 handle pressure(e.g., tribulation). Philippians3r17 zz.It is more vital to place our total JU. No matter what it may look like, confidencein the Lord than even God perseveresin "performing" a in "princes." Psalm118:8,9 good work in me until I seeHim. Philippians 1:6 23.Feel confused,lack knowing what 31.In some unique way, the whole to do/ Then this is the time to seek earth-and this particular circum- the Lord in prayer. James1:5 stance- is filled with His glory. Isaiah 6:3 ?4 We feel bad about this becausewe 32.This particular situation*like all were expectingsomeone to act dit problem experiences-is intended ferentlythan he did. Our genuine to pressureme into seeking His expectationshould have beenfrom face for greater understanding of the Lord. Psalm6215 His ways. Psalm73 25.A friend of yours may have suf- 33.Will this particular experience fered a "reproach." You, however, cause me to stagger through are not biblically permitted to take unbelief, or to believe on to the up that reproach as againstyou! Psalm 15:3 performanceof His perfectplan? Romans 4:20,21 . U MISSIONSERVICE SUPPLY Route4, Box $n'H.l;fft1il,toiitfilbt (501 )52 1- I 758 HelpingYou ReachThe World ForChrist HITACHI INSTANTTV STUDIO BROADCASTQUALITY SYSTEM/,.. 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't ho is the greatest .,&. missionary soul- &] winner in the id world today?" the director of a promi' nent fundamental Baptist mission board was asked. He pondered the question only a moment before he named an obscure, virtually unknown man. The inquirer said,"l've never heard of him. Vhy did you choosehim?" The executive explained, "Because he has won three Muslims to Christ"' A pervasive attitude, esPeciallY among fundamental Baptists' equates ministerialsuccess with numbers.True, the making of disciples,baptisms, and church planting are clearly associated with growth. Jesusnever indicatedhow large a church should be, but He did 4r teach that a church is to grow, and ,,ii.: rI to ;.[i. growth does have a correlation s numerical expansion. 1 However, when this mentality Per' vades missionary philosophy, it can "qi adversely affect world evangelization strategy.The successsyndrome growth concepts influence many missionary practicestoday. For example,why are 80 percent of all the independentBap- tist missionariesin the world today working in only eight countries? I believe the answer to this question is threefold. 43 First. we have nernetuated the idea We must not narrow down the sionary heroesof the faith, we normally that we must concentrate our efforts world to the obvious harvest fields. list Adoniram Judson and Villiam where there is the greatest chance for The traditional apostlc-Paul-typcCarey. Those men went in their day to harvesting. Peter Wagner, a leading missionary is not allowed a visa into do pioneer work in barren fields and to church growth authority today, states one-third of the world today simply sow on hard, stony ground. It was 12 that Jesus had a "vision of the fruit." becauseof the political barrier of Com- yearsbefore Judson saw one convert to He notes th at Jesus spoke in munism. Another third of the world Christ. How many independent Bap- agricultural terms to His disciples con- does not accept church-planting mis- tiststoday would supporta missionary cerning their responsibilities. He used sionariesbecause of religiousprejudices to a "closed" country who didn't report words such as ground, seed, plant, or governmental positions against a convert for 12 years? water, reap, harvest, and so forth. The Christianity.That leavesonly about a Case in point: Of the 850 million '!ile thought is that Jesusdid not view their third of the world. cannot neslect Muslims in the world today, 160 trairring as just "busy work" but any of the world. million live in the Arab nations where planned that it would culminatc in a Islam wasborn. Ninety-eightpercent of l'rarvcst of fruit that would remain. the population of these nations is Obviously, this involves numerical How mcErylndependent Muslim in faith. Far lessthan 1 percent expansion. Bcptlsls todcy would are believersin Christ. A survey con- In the parable of the sower, Jesus q to ducted by a missionaryorganization taught that the seed fell on four types of support mlsslonary a among all types of fundamental and ground and took root in only one. The "dosed" country who evangelicalmissionaries in theseNorth seed and sower were the same in each dtdnt report q convert lor African nations revealed that the story. The variable factor was the soil. 12yecrs? average number of converts for a Wc l.rave primarily been engaged in lifetimeof missionaryservice was one. scnding missionarics to fields whcre \fhere does this figure fit into the thcre is "goocl soil." This is not to imply It is exciting to hear fundamental number-oriented mentality of the tl-rattl'rosc missionarics who go to fields missionary reports of revival and North American Christian? Perhaps where much fruit is reaped are church growth from Indonesia,Korea, this is one reasonthere are no indepen- mistaken. Nol Praise God for those the Philippines,Brazil, and Mexico. At dent Baptist missionariesamong these who have harvested in fruitful fields. the same time, it is heartbreakingto peoples. But what of the forgotten, barren, hard realize that the success-orientedmen- Most churcheschoose a missionary places? taliry has cut off mo-thirds of the and not a field. The New Testament There is an unfortunate by-product world. doesteach that there is to be a relation- of the numbers-is-success philosophy. Today when we talk about mis- ship between the missionary and the Not all the world is ready for harvesting. When Jesus commanded, x p "Make disciples of all nations," He I knew it would be necessary to plant &, ,l N and water. Notice again in the parable {$ of the sower that the seedwas sown on & all types of ground, not just the good. r. Also note that the great harvest occur- rir-rg in some areas receptive to the gospel today is due to the sowing previously donc by others. It is convict- , ing to consider we often do not give attention to many needy areas simply because there is no way to realize suc- cessby accepted standards. With this in mind, consider the sec- 1' ond factor in answering the initial question. Many mission boards accept only church-planting missionaries and their wives (the exception being single women to serve in support ministries associatedwith church planting). If our lAw\nq (_/.. heart's burden is for world evangelism, ,.,. we must be willing to make inroads in you Iands where we cannot directly " [U-?o.BFr.r4q^rrAD ro r$to orr ouR .^4reeroNARVbvDoEr, 2*9TlY\ uJI MI Ie H, b,\)r. rye coMPUTER s+iouts' r=H-Ai Vo uli souLs.FE i(- evangelize but where we can still have a DOTLAR,RAfro rs JU9T NOf @9r etFecrl\lLll ministry that will lead to evangelism. M FUNDAMENTAIISTJOURNAI sendingchurch or churches.Churches master another language,identify with time and to His own glory. There today should screenand carefullyselect a foreign culture, and crossbarriers to should never be a time when growth is all possiblemissionary candidates they effectivelypresent the gospel of Jesus not seriously kept in view. Hoqever, send. But the criteria for selection Christ. Faulty criteria explain why may we be deliveredfrom slaveryto the should include analysisof the field to some missionariesreceive as high as success syndrome and men-pleasing which the missionaryis going. Jesus $70,000 per year from supporting philosophy that keeps us from seeing didn't say, "Look on the missionary." churches while others get $15,000. the world the way God does. He said, "Look on rhe fields." Value judgments are made by North Barnabas Thirdly, the average pastor or American standards instead of Chris- church member states,"I want to sup tian international understanding. 'getting port a missionary who is the A man who is not a soulwinner in job done.'" ln other words, the mis- his own culture is unlikely to be one in sionarywho can producethe resultswe another culture. A missionary not TUNDAMTNTALIOST expectis the one we will support. Most disciplined and dedicated to faithful churches use the yardstick of how servicein the United Stateswill not be JOUPNAL many churches can be planted and changed by flying over a body of salt how many souls can be reported as water. But often the man voted "least won to Christ. .. again, the success- likely to succeed"because of a reserved syndrome mentaiity. True, a mis- personality or a less-than-dynamic sionary in a harvest area should be pulpit manner is the one who really reporting church growth, but all the does the greatest work in another qualifying factors should be measured. culture. Someof this mentality overflowsin- Is twentieth-centurymissions in fun- to the selectionof missionaries.For ex- damental Baptist circlesa victim of the Don't miss this opportunityto ample, a missionary with expertisein successsyndrome? \What exactly did subscribeto the Fundamentalist a public speakingwho appearsin the Jesuscall us to do? Numbers simply in- Journal, Christian environment of the United dicate God's blessings.At the same magazineof vital import to every Christian, Statesto be "on the ball" can usually time, lack of numbersdoesn't necessari- raisefinancial support. However, these ly representthe absenceof God's bless- attributes are no guaranteethat he can ings. He givesthe increasein His own

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siqnifvinq," "Nazi- "'b, / "'b a r('turn t() fundamcntalist, btxrk burning." This bc'nk beliesthat nonsenscand shows that Reuiewedby Franl<1Schaeft'er V the true censorshipin this country iscom- ing from the left, not from tccnagers behind rural churchcs.The feministswho nce in a long whilc I rcad a and contended that it was "not they who have ccnsored thc tcxtLxxrks and removcd book that goesbeyond mere were for censorship." Cal Thomas traditional womcn's roles from them, thc statement and moves rnto representednew idcas while Gumble and libraries who refuse to carry ()rthodox the realmof actualhistory in the mak- Podestamerely reaffirmed the old, liberal Christian books and conservativc books, ing. Cal Thomas's BookBurningis such statusquo. This was a reversalindced. For the news media who routinely ignore or a book. too long, Christians, and especiallycon- denegrate such idcas, the best-sellerlists Prnk Buming turns the tables. On servativeorthodox Christians, have been which ignore thc staggering sales of Tuesday,May 10, 1983,Cal Thomas ap- on the defensive,saying what they are not religiousbooks, and above all, the closed- peared on NBC's "Today" show to doing rather than what they are doing. mindedncss of the so-callcd liberal, discussthe thesisof his book. On that Bmk Buming is not a defensive book, tolerant, and pluralistic elcments of our show the liberal news media represen- nor is it a reaction to the bigotry and bias society are the real ccnsors. tative Bryant Gumble and Anthony of today's liberal media which is against Extremely upset by the messageof this Podesta,Vice Presidentof Peoplefor the conservative orthodox, religious, and book, the liberal elitc in the United States AmericanWay, wereextremely defensive Christian ideas. This book goes far is resorting to strange tactics to evade the bevond that and not onlv attacks this bias basic question raised by Book Bumlng. It is but also presents a positive alternative for odd to seepeople like Judith Krug of the action. Chapter 2 ("FreeSpeech: A Chris- American Library Association,represen- Franky Schaeffer ls tian Concept") deals with the reason free tatives from People for the American an author and t'ilmmaker speech is important to Christians and Way, and many journalists trying to find and speaksout on media- how it can be defended on a biblical basis. reasons why books shaul.dbeignored and related issuesand prolit'e This chapter alone is worth the price of why Christians shouldbe satisfiedwith a conceTns. the book and will stand for a lons time as place at the back of the bus in what Cal

46 FUNDAMENTAIIST JOURNAI Thomas calls the "new negro league." know that truth has nothing to to the changesin our culture. Jesus Can these be the same people who have fear from free and open inquiry, Christ called us to be "the salt of been talking for so long about equal rights but we all have much to fear when the earth" and "thc light of the fr.. "..1 ",.o."h7 the truth is suppressedby the world." We need to live up ro that Cal Thomas's book is a challenge to power of the state. . . . high calling, bringing to our own the complacency of the new elitist We will make room for you and generation and land the idea that establishment in this counrry. This your ideas and you, in turn, must there is an alternative to the brave establishment is made up of East Coast make room for ours and may the new world: the good news of Jesus liberal media and academic elites who better ideasprevail in free and open Christ. routinely dismissand denegrateorthodox debate and discussion. That is It is that good news, that alternative, religious positions on life, morals, and what America is supposedto be all in the area of truth, and justice, and in- politics. They are going to have a hard about. . . . tegrity concerning media, education, time with this book, and it will be an in- To my Christian brethren, I say publishing, books, and the realm of ideas teresting lesson on the extent to which that we had better wake up to the that Cal Thomas representsso brilliantly their hypocrisy goesif they ignore it. I can political and cultural realities of in Book Buming. This is a book that can- do no better than to end this review by contemporary America. Yes, the nor be recommended too highly. Indeed, quoting from the last chapter ofthe book. majority of people in this country if you do not read this book, you have This quote shows the spirit in which the still hold traditional values. But a missedout, not only on your own cduca- book is written and why it is a challenge perilously small number of Chris- tion but also on history being made. This that will be hard to ignore. tians in this country understand book will change ideas and therefcrrethe lf as a secularist you are really how we have lost by default most of historical direction of our country. interested in fighting censorship, our influence in the areas of you will consider our values, our politics, education, the law, com- CrosswayPublishers, 1983, books, our ideas, and our desire to munications,and the arts.. . . 158pp., '!7e $5.95 expressthose values with the same are not called simply to reacr freedom as you do yours and to in- culcate in our children the Chris- tian vision. You will allow in- dividuals who hold our values to speak in your classrooms,in an effort to provide another viewpoint to the Planned Parenthood indoc- lUtnshlrlor trinators and their ilk. You will CHURCHFURIIITURE allclw groups to voluntarily gather Per6 for religious meetings in public PulPits schools before and after normal C4airg school hours. You will allow books Cusfiion6 RerAtvations that promote traditional values Ligfu FixtureS and the concept of absolutes into ?ew:r Corgfort your school libraries and into Clyayccl Fur4itute &ai4cd $lassWi4dor$' school curriculums, because you cDesign5 Custom I 4terior Drscoulrr(trA100 ition of TORCHRISIIAII FOR SAIE Fine Quality FLOn!DA Since 1945 B(XI(SAIIDBIB1ES PBITIIOI'5I NoChristian booktore closeto home?Send for your CONDOENIUX freecopy of theMoody Press catalog - a $2.00value! Vith hundredsof inspirationalbargains from oneof LoCATEDIn FlagerEeach 15 milesnorlh of iust America'sleading evangelical publ.ishers - including DaytonaBeach, on theAtlantic ocean, route AlA. a l0% discountacross-the-board on everyregular Viewof IntercoastalWateMay. price in the catalog!Mail this coupontoday and save! DESCRlPfloil:2 bedroom, 2 bath,penthouse cond0minium,C0MPLETELY furnished, large patio 0n twosides, pool, tennis court, shuftleboard, latmooDvrrREss-IHe quielarea, ocean and beachat yourdoorstep, nine \i/ NAME YOU CAN TRUST holegoll course adjacent, AMINISTRY OFMOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE EXCELLEI{T- for year-roundliving use excellant D€ptMBW 2l0l W. Howard St.,Chicago, IL6O645 rentalprogram. PRICE- $110.00.Terms cash or assumefirst and secondmortgage. @ FonSALE 8Y oWNER - Writs orcall Samuol Blades, Box 4157 LYNCHBURG,VIRGINIA 24502 I "------Addres 3510So. ocoan Shore Blvd., Flaoler Boach, FL 32036. Call Toll Free 1-800-44G0915 | | Phono(904) 439-3144. In VirginiaCall Collect 1-804-23S-2671 ''t t ______Y_ __::_)

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I)ll.licultI Ees]t , \.11 ll.li 1o ntttt. h()rti( l()! l( iltlUt.rt\ , 'tr,. I ' 't .' 'l' t.l. Jrlrt. tri,,. 4240 Regular Edition I)illi(rrllr ,ll&liunt /\.11 ll tl) Duil lrnclquartcts 4235 Regular Edition 5ll4 Regular Edition Lommuntsm "rules" were communicatedverbally to preacn. continued page21 from them: These rules, and many others like letter about reducing the number of 1. The churches should not be in- them, were never put on paper; they meetings and services.That was only volved in any social work, relief work, were communicated 'Whenever verbally. the beginning. They became the tool or giving money to charity. the local authorities saw for the implementation of the new 2. The pastors are permitted to that a pastor did not observe them, machinery of persecutionconceived by preach only in the church for which they asked the Baptist Union to fire the Department of Studies. the state authorizedthem. that pastor. The leadership of the The first step was to 3. Vhen the church wanted to bap- union would comply. change the manner of tize people, the pastor neededro pre- To show you how it worked in prac- employingthe pastors. sent the local state-appointedinspector tice, it sufficesto say that in 1959we Until then, each of religions tuith the list of candidates still had 540 active Baptist pasrors.In church employed its for baptism. Only the candidatesap. five vears'time, 400 of them were fired own pastor. On the proved by the inspectorshould be bap- from their jobs! That is becausethey pretext that only a larger body could tized. could not live with thesenew rules!The organize insurance and retirement 4. When the church elected new state presentedthe situation as "an in- plans, the Baptist Union became the deacons or any other leaders, the ternal problem of the Baptist LJnion." agency for employment of pastors. Of pastor had to submit the list of can- At no point would they admit that course, if the Union employed the didatesfor those positionsro the same they enforced theserules, or that they pastors, they were also the ones who inspectorfor approval.If the inspector had anything to do with the firing of could fire them, and that was exacrly rejected any name, the name should the oastorsl what the government wanted. not be presentedat all to the church for The climax of all that The next srep was holding consideration. tragic time was when "meetings of re-orientation" where 5. Vhen lay preacherswere needed the government de- pastors had to listen to lectures on in the church, only those who were in cided to close300 Bap- Communist policy and where the new "elected positions" could be asked to tist churchesin the early sixties. The department told the leadershipof the Baptist Union somethinglike, "You, as leaders doallthe of the union, know better which are Whatthree things the smallest churches, or where you havern have two churches close to one qreatmen of laith another, so that one could be closed without much trouble. Go to your of- 6ommon? fice, take the map and choose 300 churcheswhich could be closed.Make TheySAY what they expect a list of them and presentit to us with Godto do. the title "These are the 300 Churches the Baptist Union Proposesto be TheyBELIEVE God will doit. Closed." TheyASK God to do it and And the Baptist Union leadership did just thatl The state authoritieshad watchthe power ol Say-lt- the excuse."It is not us who decided 'We Faithin action. that your church be closed. have a paper from your union leaderssaying Youcan discover the powerof that they ask us to close you down, Say-lt-Faith,too! Say-lt-Faithis becauseyou can go to another placefor evidencedwhen a Christian worship." hasthe confidenceto sav In 1973a new generationofyounger publiclywhat he expectsGod pastorsstood up againstthe state and to accomplish.Author Elmer exposedit for what it actually was. We Townsexplains it in an under- exposedthe state in paperssent to the standableway in hisnew book \ilest and the bad publicity caused Say-lt-Faith.Paper, $4.95, much of the activity to cease.At the beginning of 1974 our Baptist Availableat your bookstore.lf .TYTOALE Churches became free again. But orderingby mail,include 500 for Evangelicals postage HOUSEPUBTISHERS in the \ilest should be and handling. aware WHEATON. IIIINOIS 60187 that these rules-and some new onesthat areeven more restrictive-are still in force in the SovietUnion todav.

50 FUNDAMEMAIiSTJOURNAI This is the reason so many churches there prefer to give up their official status or "registration" and become 20 Years...Serving those "unregistered." who serve the Lord The plan of destroying the Chris- tian faith did not aim only at the church as a body but also attacked the individual believer. Here again, the main directive is that whatever the TATUM'S authorities do to discourage the believer from going to church, they should do it so nobody can call it religious persecution. Christians are kept in the lowest TremendousValueon FirstQuality positions everywhere. They are not given promotions and are denied posi- SWEDISHISUITS tions of leadership. \7hole areas of employment are totally closed to Chris- KNIT tians-the military, police, justice, administration, and government.Even in their modest positions, the Christians problems are harassed, are createdfor Charge h them, and there is a constant MasrerInle'binr,b, chars Cn

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eaching little children can be traits of those closestto him. He has made for preschoolers. The grim a real challenge, so much so learned some reasoning ability. How choices are that Mom and Dad can that many churchesmake lit- many adults have masteredso much in struggleto keeptheir little onesquiet in tle effort to attempt a real educational so little time? the church auditorium, or the children program until the children advanceto God's Word makesthe statusof lit- can be deposited in a noisy, unstruc- the primary department. Yet doctors tle children clear in many oft-quoted tured playroom. and psychologistscontinue to expound passagesand illustrations. We are told The first option has some "hidden on the great learning capacity of small to "train up a child." Why not at dangers."Obviously, familiesnot com- children, even little babies. Are church? Proverbs8:17 reminds us that mitted to attend everv church service churches missing out on the oppor- "Those that seek me early shall find may find it easierto stay home than to tunities of these formative years? me." But how earlyis Scripturetalking fuss with the child during services. Consider what the average child about? In all fairness, churches That whole family'sgrowth rate will be learnsduring his first five years.He has everywhere do teach little children slowed.For those who do come, there developedcommand of a complicated something during the Sunday school are two drawbacks.First, a young child language. He has gone from an im- hour. That's tradition. Unfortunately, can be distracting,no matter how well- mobile infant to a rambunctious during church time, Sunday night, and behaved,and may prevent an unsaved youngsterwho knows no obstacles.He \fednesday night, precious hours of person from listening to a convict- has developedconsiderable social skills. teachingand training opportunitiesare ing message.Secondly-perhaps most He has begun to mirror personality lost because no provision has been distressingof all-is that children are 52 FL]NDAMEMAI]STJOURNAT encouragedto daydream!During a bor- presented to reinforce the lessons this writer's five-year-oldboy, aftergaz- ing presentation, adults may look at- already presented. Becauseboth ses- ing intently at a travel poster of India tentive while their minds are elsewhere. sions are structured and teachers in depicting a Buddha, said solemnly to Likewise,little ones learn and practice both classeshave identical copies of me, "Mommy, that's an idol. We don't daydreamingthat carriesover into later well-developedcurriculum, teachersare bow down to idols. We worship Jesus, years. more willing to give of their time and dont we?" \fould he have possibly The alternative of being deposited effort. Both the Sundav school and learned that just playing with toys in a in a noisy, unstructured playroom is church-time teachers know what the playroom? others will do or have already done; The Total Method includes a half- this provides a built-in foundation for hour preschoolchoir session,presently preview, review, and reinforcementof 45 children in each of rwo sessions. Doc.torscnd psydrologrtsts lessonaims. Sunday morning learning Bible truths are sung into their hearts, contlnue to expound on potential is thereby doubled. (Junior and the "Little Acorns" learn to serve the grecil lecmtng church is geared to the 9 to 1l-year- by singing occasionallyfor \Tednesday olds.) eveningchurch servicesand for nursing capcdty ol smcll The Awana Club program nomes. drlldren, even tlttle dominates the Sunday night schedule, \Tithout a doubt this method takes bables. with action-packedgames, captivating work, time, and money for materials, Bible studies,and attractive awardsfor but mostly it takes a desireto do the Bible memorization.Preschoolers enjoy very best for these preciousgifts from Sparkies and Cubbies programs, God. This total program lays a strong equally undesirable. Quality teachers designed by Awana to fit their foundation in young lives, providing aredifficult to keepin this kind of situa- capabilities. the basisfor firture spiritual growth. In tion because they will go home e,x- Sunday night is "HappinessClub," choosing a church home, people with hausted and-of even greater the "most fun place to be all week!"' or without children would be wise to significance-frustrated. And the Here, through a variety of puppet investigatethe children's department. greatest lesson children learn in this friends,the children are presentedwith A church that shows concern for chaotic activity is that the most ag- Christian character qualities important thoroughly training little children gressivechild wins the most desirable to develop in their young lives. Kind- doubtlessprovides quality teachingand toyl ness, sharing, loving, giving, and preachingin other areasas well. The program for children used at honesty are some of the qualitiesrein- If you are interestedin receivingfur- Thomas Road Baptist Church in forced through a Bible story and craft ther information about the specific Lynchburg, Virginia, is the Total time. Children are excited to come children's curriculum developed and Training Method. lts principles are each Sunday evening to be taught by usedby Thomas Road BaptistChurch, basedon Isaiah Z8:9,10which reads, their puppet friends including Blinky addressyour requestto: "Whom shall he teach knowledge?and Bear, Piglet, \(/iglet, and PenrryPolite. Thomas Road Baptist Church whom shall he make to understahd Parentsfind it hard to stay home on Children's Ministries doctrine? them that are weaned from Sunday night when their little ones 701 Thomas Road the milk, and drawn from the breasts. plead to come for HappinessClub. Lynchburg,VA24514 D 'Wednesday For precept must be upon precept, night is the "Shining preceptuponprecept; line upon line, line Star Club," emphasizingthat Chris- upon line; lwre a little and tllere a little." tians can be like a shining star, The processbegins at pre-sessionlearn- spreading the light of God's \7ord to ing centers and is reinforced at Bible the world. Missionarystories are taught story, song, and verse time. Creative in a way that shows preschoolersthat and correlated handwork offers yet missionariesare not a "strange breed" TYPESETTING another stepin the learningprocess. By ofpeople but are special,obedient, and Profession al Photograph ic of the service, the children the end faithful men and women who followed Do you have your own offset or favorite have been taught, in "bite-sized"pieces, God's call. The children learn about print€r? We ofler low co6t professional an important lessonfrom God's Word. the culture and habits of the country type composition by gomputerized phototypesetter The churchtime hour is an exten- being studied, as well as about the tor brochures, booklets, bulletins,journals, etc. Spechl low rater sion of the Sunday school, and Bible special character qualities of mis- for Chrbllan llterature.Our copy may be stories and character stories are sionaries. They participate in special taken to any printer, or may be love gifts or offerings to church mis- reproduced by electronicsten. mimeo, or may be xeroxed.Four styles and 33 sizes receive in their Mis- Bonnie Baker u sionaries and mail on line.This methodrequires % to % less sion Mail Box from missionaryfriends. space than typewriter. Write f CurianlumDreaar fvr or Childrea'sMinistris Twenty years from now, such children brochur€-stylesheet. A/so ask for info on u our tract ministry.The Shleld Pre$, 1910 ThamrusRcud fuptxt Clwrch, should have no difficulty deciding Jean Dr., Arnold, Mo. 63010-3498.314- Lyrclrhwg,V6gini"- whether or not to help support a mis- 296-4777. sionary! The impact is already evident; q? JULY/AUGUST1983 nant theologyfinds a covenantin mrnalrve. Encyclopediaof Bible Difficulties Eden,but it is a strangeinference Archer'streatment of Genesis by GleasonL. Archer., Jr. becauseit is without covenantter- 6:2 is cogent,and his handlingof a Zondervan,1982, 476 pp., minology(see also p.73; col.1: universalFlood (pp.B2-84) is both $1 6.95. "their violationof His covenant"). pertinentand valid. The reviewer In Eden,Adam and Evehad a state failedto seean answerto the ques- Reviewedby CharlesLee of innocenceto maintain,not a tion (pp.87-88) on languagesin Feinberg,Dean Emeritusof Talbot salvationto attain. Genesis1O and 11 . Theanswer lies TheologicalSeminary, La Mirada, fn discussingGenesis 3:22 in the nature of Hebrew style, California ("one of us," p.74, col.2)the posi- which states a result,then gives tion is takenthat this is a reference the cause(cf . Zech.14:1,2l,. There 'l:26} {unlikeGen. to angels.Rab- was a universallanguage (ch.11), Thistome is not for readingin a binic interpretationholds that but it becamemany (ch.10)as a horizontalposition at bedtime.The angelsare included in bothcases. A resultof the defianceof man in in- name Archer is synonymouswith sounder view is to see both as auguratingidolatry. knowledgeableexposition and The statement:"lt is alsotrue defenseof the Scriptures.He has that apartfrom Daniel9:24-27 itis pursued assiduously studies in E*y.ra"di'"rBIBLE not demonstrablethat this word generalworld literature and culture, even meansanything other than a in the whole field of Semitic week of daysin the OldTestament" languagesand lore, in jurispru- (p.101, col.1)is too strongin light dence,and in biblicalstudies on the of Genesis29:27; Leviticus26:34; highest levels. A graduate f rom Numbers14:34; and Ezekiel4:6. eminentschools, he hastaught for The Hebrewshad a heptadof days, threedecades in seminaries-Fuller weeks,and years. and Trinity EvangelicalDivinity On p.116, col,2, we see to School-and has had an active what difficulties a covenant career in Bible translation and theologymay lead.See also p.1 1 9, theologicalliterature. col.2, p.120, col.2. When Colos- Firstof all.the work istrue to its sians 2:16-18; Galatians;and name,for it treatsin wide rangea Romansare given their full force,it multiplicityof problemsthat con- will be seenhow impossibleit is to f ront the student of the Bible. speak of a "Christian Sabbath," Beginningwith a splendidsection whichis as validas a "Jewish Sun- (pp.32-34l,on guidelinesof textual referencesto the membersof the dav." criticism,the authordeals with the Trinity, since Scripturelanguage The discussionof the date of problems in canonical order as doesnot join deity and angels in the 1 Kings6:1 (pp.191-198)is full, found in all the booksof the Scrip- mannersuggested. accurate,and compelling,an ex- tures(except five of the minorproph- It is difficult from exceptions cellenttreatment. lt is surprising, ets and eight epistlesof the NT). alone(Enoch, Job, David)to prove however,that in dealingwith lsaiah Limitationsof timeand space forbid (pp.78,79)a heavenlyhope in the 7:14,16(p.266 ff.), there is no in- detailedcomment in any area. Old Testament.In discussingJob dicationof the possible{even prob- It is stated (p.70, col.2) that 19:26(p.241, col.2l there is an in- able) explanationgiven by J,A. "Only in Edenwas salvationput on troduction of a "postresurrection Alexanderin his work on lsaiah th6 basisof obedience."lt is true body," which neitherfits the con- (1,p.175, Edinburgh, 1865). that God warned of the conse- text nor allowsfor the orderlypro- The answerto the questionon quences of disobedience,but gress of dogma relative to the Ezekiel40-44 is splendidand well nowhereis thereany indicationof a resurrectionbody of believers.First worded. The defenseof the har- covenantor the terms of it. Cove- Peter1 :3 must be considereddeter- monistic method in the synoptic

FUNDAMENTAI,IST JOURNAI Gospelsshows a goodcommand of tians 3:24 is chronological,not is intended for any but those who legal processesas well as biblical teleological. can understand the call and re- material. Perhaps the most mystifying spond. Infants dying in infancy The author correctly relates discussionin the entirework is that who cannot make that responseare (pp.322-324) the title of "Son of regardingchildren dying in infancy covered by the love and grace of Man" to Christ'sredemptive minis- (p.185,col.2, and p.390,col.1). Christ who died for them. try for man. Finally,he toucheson Thistreatment must be considered To increase the usefulness of "the principalreason" by identify- an oddity of interpretation.First, this important work a general ingthe titlewith the figureof Daniel thereis no mentionof the relevance bibliography and indexes of per- 7:13, "assumingabsolute domin- in this regardto Matthew 18:10. sons, subjects, and Scripture ion over all the earth." lt does in- Secondly,it is well known that references are added. As long as deed relate to His kingshipeven foreknowledgeis not be beequated serious students of the Word give more clearlythan to the work of with prescienceor precognition, themselves to the meaning of dif- redemption.Notice the context in See the New ScofieldReference f iculties in the Bible, this able. Matthew16:28 ("in hiskingdom"); Bible,p. 1333, note 1, at 1 Peter reverent,knowledgeable treatment 19:28 ("the throneof his glory"); 1:20. The "principleof the fore- will be sought after and ap- 25:31 ("the thr:oneqf his glory") seen potential" is nowherefound preciated. As for the author, may and 25:34 ("the King" and "the in the Bibleand clearlyerodes the his bow remain firm and his arms kingdom");25:44 ("the King"). sovereigntyof God.Thirdly, Archer agile (Gen. 49:24l,. On pp.326-327 proofthat Mat- himself has the solution (p.388, thew 16:28 was fulfilled in the col.2, and the quotationfrom the Mount of Transfiguration(itself a Westminster Confession, p.390, prefiguringof the comingkingdom) col.2). He realizes(p.388) there Traditionand Testament:Essays is to be foundin 2 Peter1:16-18 must be a difference"for those in Honorof GharlesLee Feinberg. from the penof one who was pres- who died in infancy, without by John S. Feinbergand Paul D. ent on the occasion. becomingold enough to make a Feinberg A masterfultreatment of the responsiblemoral decision." The MoodyPress, 1 981 , subjects of pacifism and capital Westmin ster Confession statement 325 pp. $12.95 punishment is found on pages includesamong those "who arein- 341-344. When the subject of the capableof being outwardlycalled Reviewedby DonaldR. Rickards, Great White Throne Judgment is by the ministryof the Word," not Professorof Theologyand discussed(p.370, col.2) mention is only the "mentally incompetent," Missions,Liberty Baptist College madeof "newer generations"and but those who as infants are in- and Seminary,Lynchburg, the "good deeds" of regenerate capableof making a responseto Virginia. f ollowers of Christ. A careful the callof the gospel.Thus there is perusal of Revelation2O:12-15 no "horrifying moral dilemmafor revealsthat thosejudged are "the every parent," and they are not This excellent volume will dead" (brs in 20:12 and bis in "almost" obligedto strangletheir refreshthe layman as well as the v.13). Only the deadare involved childas soonas born,making abor- professionalexegete! For those and only unbelievers,There areno tioniststhe performersof a "good who have not known the details "good deeds" mentioned in workl" (p.390,col.1). This is truly previously,the biographicalsketch Revelation20:12-15, and only a reductio ad absurdum. First, no of Dr.Charles Lee Feinberg will pro- eternalperdition is the lot of those infantis savedbecause of freedom vide special satisfaction. This who appearbefore the GreatWhite from commission of sin (Rom. remarkableman, servantof Christ Throne. 5:121..Second, no infant is saved parexcellence, is ablydepicted not The reasonthe Hebrewshad an because of believing parents. only by hissons, the editorsof this aversionto pronouncethe names Third, no child dies in infancy book, but by associateswho have of foreigngods (p,382, col.1) is becauseof a "foreseenpotential," longknown him intimately. becauseof the clearcommandment for which thereis not a scintillaof This reviewerwas particularly in Exodus23:13. lt is refreshingto Scriptureproof. Only God knows captivated bv the tortuous path see throughout the work a strong why He takessome childrenin in- BruceWaltke has followed over the espousalof the graceof Godcontra fancy.Fourth, the deathof children past decade to arrive at his salvationby works,which is only a in infancydoes not meanthat the "canonicalprocess approach" to delusion.lmagine, then, the sur- deathof Christdoes n0t availor is the Psalms.One still senseshis prise in reading (p.403, col.1): unnecessaryfor someborn into the regret at having to enlarge the "Eventhough the law was addedin humanfamily. Fifth, Christ's death depthof meaningin the originalOld order to lead all sinners to Christ was redernptivefor all who can Testamentpassage, to includeevi- (vv.22-24of Gal.3)." Nowherein knowingly respondto the gospel dent New Testamentinterpretation Scriptureis thereproof for this. See and for those who cannot.No in- of that passage.The articles by Romans3:19,2O;5:20. Even Gala- vitationin the 66 booksof the Bible John Feinberg,Ronald Allen, and

JUI Y/AUCTJSfloSJ 55 by Charles Feinberg himself are director of Overseas Missionary outstanding. Donald Glenn does a Fellowship,wrote a book several goodjob on Psalm139 but failsto ffi^phs years ago, publishedin England, see its obvious import with regard Two bookS have recently ap- that has now been printed here, to the Messiah! pearedon a practicaltopic of im- The Church and World Missions Gleason Archer and Thomas portanceto most of us: anger.Tim (Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1982, Finley contribute more technically LaHayeand Bob Phillipshave writ- 2O7 pages, $7.95). This is a oriented articles, while Richard ten Anger ls a Choice (Grand challengingand persuasiveargu- '1982, Patterson and Paul Feinberggive Rapids; Zondervan, 192 ment for world evangelism. lts thorough reviews of positionsheld pages/ $5.95). This is a very strong point is a lengthy chapter on the Song of Deborahand Daniel popular-leveldiscussion, full of in- dealingwith universalism. 9:24-27 respectively.Indexes of ventories,diagrams, pictures, and A very different approach is Scripturepassages, Topics, and In- the usualLaHaye "temperaments." representedby Arthur Glasserand dividualsare included. Only a brief sectiondeals with the DonafdMcGavran in their Contem- positiveside of anger. porary Theologies of Mission 'n' Good Angry by Les Carter (GrandRapids: Baker Book House, (GrandRapids: Baker Book House, 251 pages,$12.95). Both authors 1983, 166 pages,$5.95), though are faculty at the School of World more of a psychologicalstudy, is Mission at Fuller Theological First and SecondSamuel also written in an easy-to-read Seminary.This is a detaileddiscus- by Carl J. Laney style. Carter'sapproach is to help sion of four currenttheories: con- Chicago:Moody Press,1982 us learn how to use anger in a ciliar,liberationist, Roman Catholic, Paper,132pp. $4.50 positiveway, rather than letting it and evangelical.This should control us. Both these books becomea classictextbook and be Reviewedby DonaldR. Rickards shouldbe extremelyhelpful. particularlyhelpful to pastorsand On a very differenttopic, two all thoseseeking to understandthe noteworthy books are now vastly different concepts of the A wealthof helpfulinsights and availableon the theologyof mis- church'smission held by thoseout- biblicalexplanation is offeredin this sions. Michael Griffiths. former sidethe Fundamentalistsphere. 3 small volume.There are chartsof the Wanderings of the Ark, Wanderingsof Davidas a Fugitive, the Battle of Michmash and the Battle of Gilboa, as well as the HERE'SHELP FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS CitiesCovered by Samuel'sCircuit Preaching, A SYSTEMATICPHONICS MANUAL Laney gives good summary of the position taken on the visit of TEACHJOHNNY HOW TO READ Saul to the Witch of Endor.There with may be some disagreementwith regardto the datingof the booksof Samuel.Laney holds for 722 a.c., which is rather late. (Ryrie and Unger hold to approximately930 B.c., or the end of David'sreign.) Since Laney places much importance on a thirteenth-century HowTo Teach Any Child "Dynasty Defense," one might T() have expectedhim to lean toward Read,llhits andSpell the earlierdate, it beingharder to ln lsss ThanNine Months believethat the authors of Samuel would be as likely to use a - 5OO-year-olddocument as a guide, For4 Years A BetterMethod as they would one only 3O0 years of Teaching Reading old. As with others of the series, write or Phone thisvolume also is valuablefor the The LiteracvPress, Inc., 280 Pine St. D.F. layman's use in personal Bible Maclison,ca. 30650Phone 404-342-4062 study or in prepratation for his ministry.

56 illi'r l,,I-MENTAIIST Ja-tl,'IIN AI OuLsideVievr Falwellat Harvard by lohn O'Sullivan

if he had said the same things on his Falwell indulged in a little muscular own account, he would have been ac. Christianity: "Mkiltli:rn"t;cusedof every crime from neologismto "If someonecomes crawling through a Capra movie, a Mr. Smirh Goo To bigamy. But it is somewhat difficult for window at three o'clock in the morning lMoshington, or a Mr. Deeds Goes To an audience of student intellectuals to towards my wife and children, I'm going Town,ln whicl a decent,regular guy hits interruptThomas Jeffersonwith the cry to ventilate him in the name of the the big time, meetsall those sophisticated of "fascist." l,ord." he declared.I waited for cries of types and, gosh darnit, doesnt he Difficult-but not impossible. "amen," But the students had not been outsmart all of them. And the funny Falwell had finally run through converted to quite that erftent. thing is-that's exactly what happened. quotations from famous Americans Next, Professor Welch argued that I am referring, of course,to the re- who thought highly of God -and was America should repent of the various cent visit to Harvard of the TV summing th.I. collective )ie*. He sins of which it was historically guilty: "p evangelistand Moral Majority leader, got as far as: "There is no doubt that "God can be used to justify the exclu. the Rev. Jerry Falwell,who addresseda the Founding Fathers had one inten. sion of gaysand lesbiansfrom full par. joint meeting of the Harvard Divinity tion..." ticipation in the political process,"she School and the lnstitute of Politics. "Racism," interjecteda heckler. complained. There had been some controversy It occurred briefly to me that this This does not seem a very serious over his visit. Demonstrators chanted fellow might be a Hanoverian loyalist, charge.Indeed, some gays would prob- hostile slogansoutside the hall. lnside, still hewing to the Good Old Cause ably be rooting for God on this one. Falwell gamely smiled through dn in- after two centuries.But not so. For this Not every gay wants to troop to drafty troduction by ProfessorHarvey Cox, shout was a cue for Various non- city halls and listen to boring speeches. who almost reached the west coast Harvard thugs to rise and chant: Somemight even find monogamymore distancinghimself from his guest. "Hitler rose, Hitler fell; racist Falwell, run. The invitation to Falwell, he go to hell." But Falwell was in a moderate pointed out, should not be interpreted But they were removed and we mood. He had no wish to discriminate asan endorsementof his religiousviews returned to theology. in their favor by giving them "minority by the Divinity School. Not at all. It Falwell had detected a religious status" for the purpose of affirmative was,rather, a sign of the school'scom- revival in the American heartland. action. mitment to free speech,civil discourse More young people were reading the As the evening wore on, it became and large tolerance. But the genial Bible; there were more conversionsto clearthat the studentshad beenunable Falwellwas equal to the occasion. salvationistreligions; and opinion polls to convict the evangelistof any serious "ls my presencehere tantamount to showed strong support for the crime against humanity. He did not an endorsementof the Harvard Divini- monogamousfamily. Surprisingly,this seemto be the stern puritan of legend. ty School?" he boomed. "Heavens, praisefor monogamy was greetedwith Indeed, he often seemedalmost, well nol" loud hisses. reasonable,as when he argued that Falwell has a folksy manner which "Why do they object to pornography should not be on display leadsthe unwary to think him a yokel. monogamy?" I inquired of my where young children might seeit. But it is a television folksiness, a neighbor. As for racism, it was Falwell who somewhat polished simplicity, a piety "It's the gays," he explained. scoreda hit. that is wired for sound. They apparently have rather rigid His church in Lynchburg, Virginia, For instance, he began with a long moral views and strongly disapproveof had a higher percentageof minority series of quotations from Jefferson, monogamy. Falwell'sendorsement of it membersattending than, er, Harvard. Washington, Madison, Lincoln and was, to them, rather like swearing in No jeers,no hisses;just mild embar- other great Americans who have the church. rassment. GoodHousekeeping "Seal of Approval." Two professorsof religion werethen ]ohn O'Sulliqtan is a Fellow of the And they were all quoted to the effect wheeled out to rebut the evangelist. Institute of Polirics ot Haruard that, from its earliest days, the But they had the effect, instead, of Uniuersity). American stimulating him. Republic was a nation 'S7ellesley ProfessorMarini of dedicatedto, and under the specialpro- College proclaimed that tection of, God Almighty. EvangelicalChristians should by rights Reprinted with permission of Toronto Srn This was quite a clevertactic since, be egalitarianand pacifist.In response, PublishingCorporation, 1983. JULY/AUGUSTI9B3 57 Vorld QeligiousNevs

Supreme Court Denies Tax Breaks to Bob JonesUniversity

Greenville, S.C. - Flags flew at half-mastover Bob JonesUniversity on Tuesday,May 24, as the school mourned the U.S. Supreme Court decision to deny the school tax-exemptstatus. "\7e are mourning the death of freedom-religious freedom-which was murdered by the SupremeCourt," said Bob Jones III, president of the school. ln an 8-to-l ruling, the Court upheld the Internal Revenue,Service policy of withholding tax exemptions from schools which racially discriminate. Bob Jones University had not ad- mitted black studentsuntil 1971and still prohibits interracial dating and marriage. Goldsboro Christian Schools, the other school in the case, sayingthat there wasno basisin law for acquiescencein and ratification by im- does not allow blacks to enroll. One the agency to take such action. The plicationof the 1970and 1971rulings." sourcesays the Court's decisionwill im- Presidentsaid Congress,not the IRS, The decision was based on the mediately impact more than 100 should implement such a policy. His premise that "an institution seeking private schools which racially proposedlegislation giving the IRS the tax-exempt status must serve a public discriminate and will collectively cost legalbasis for such action died in com- purpose and not be contrary to them millions of dollars. mittee, opposed by both conservative established public policy." Burger Since 1970the IRS has denied tax- and liberal factions. wrote, "The Government's fundamen- exempt status to BJU. The school will The Supreme Court decision writ- tal, overriding interest in eradicating now have to pay the back taxes. ten by Chief Justice Warren Burger racial discrimination in education After saying freedom of religion is notes that "for a dozenyears Congress substantially outweighs whatever now gone,Jones said the school would has been made aware-acutely burden denial of tax benefitsplaces on continue its dating policies,adding that aware-of the IRS rulings of 1970and petitioners' exerciseof their religious they would pay the taxesand "trust the 1971....Fewissues have been the sub- beliefs." Lord to sustain the institution." ject of more vigorous and widespread The ruling may causesome side ef- Prior to 1970,the IRS had granted debate and discussionin and out of fects in churches and schools having tax exemptionsto religious,charitable, Congress than those related to racial procedureswhich may be considered and educational organizations. BJU segregationin education.. . .Failure of against "public policy." Jewish, and the Goldsboro school, backed by Congressto modify the IRS rulings of' Catholic, and Protestantorganizations the Justice Department, argued that 1970and 1977,ofwhich Congresswas, may facetax exempt denial on the basis they were eligible for tax exemption by its own studies and by public of sexual discrimination should the becausethey fit all three qualifications discourse, constantly reminded; and Equal Rights Amendment ever become and that the changein IRS policy since Congress' awarenessof the denial of public policy. Additionally, other 1970infringed on their free exerciseof tax-exempt status for racially religiousgroups could also lose this tax religion. discriminatory schools when enacting benefit if any of their religiouspractices Last year PresidentReagan opposed other and related legislationmake out are considered contrarv to oublic the IRS policydenying tax exemptions, an unusually strong caseof legislative oolicv. tra FUNDAMENTALISTJOURNAI Cive a dpecialGift YJH?

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BUSINESSREPLY CARD FIRSI CL/q,SS PERMTNO.I4O LYNCHBIRG. VA POSIAGEWITI BEPAID BY ADDRESSEE lundamentaliotJournal Old-TimeC,oepel llour Lynchbur6.Virginia 2451, no violation of the Constitution results In conclusion, Vatt asked the New Poll Says Knowledge from the practice. students to "make a difference- of Bible ls Higher than It Asking the high court not to review whatever it takes-make a difference." Was 31 Years Ago the lower decision in the Pawtucket Dr. Jerry Falwell, chancellor, and case, attorneys representingthe local Dr. PierreGuillermin, presidentof the GARDEN GROVE, Calif. affiliateof the American Civil Liberties schools, presented diplomas to 568 (RNS)-Jesus Christ is highly regarded Union accusedcity officials of seeking graduates. by a wide spectrum of Americans, ac- "to bury the religious nature of the cording to a new Gallup survey. creche [Nativity scene] behind the Though only 82 percent of facade of secularChristmas symbols." Pfeffer Calls "Year of Bible" Americans call themselvesChristians, But city officialscountered in a written Ploy to SidestepConstitution 87 percent say Jesus,as a moral and brief asking the high court to take up ethical teacher. has affectedtheir lives. the case, arguing that to uphold the \TASHINGTON (RNS)-A noted Two-thirds of those polled characterize lower court would endorse the view legalscholar says that making 1983the Jesus as "brave, warm, emotionally that the First Amendment "prohibits "Year of the Bible" was a Christian stable,and with a strong personality." government from acknowledgingthat Fundamentalist and Roman Catholic Findings in the 97-page report the birth of Christ is part of the ploy to sidestepSupreme Court deci- showed that many as 8 out 10 historical evolution of the Christmas as of sions upholding the constitutional Americans believe that holiday." Jesus'spirit is separation of church and state. Leo alive in the world and in people.Three- Further, the lower ruling the that Pfeffer, a law professor and special quarters said they believe He lives in establishment clause requires govern- counsel to the American JewishCon- heaven and 6 of l0 people say they ment officials to separatethe religious gress, told a gathering of secular have no doubts He will return to earth and secularelements of Christmas "in- humanists in Washington that the some day. For many, personifies fuses the First Amendment with a Jesus resolution will "quite likely be invoked selflesslove. The lead response hostility to religion which this Court among to justify legislation"permitting prayer virtually all groupsregarding pur- has long eschewed." Jesus' in public schoolsahd tuition tax credits posewas "to us how to really love Becausethe high court has already show for private school parents. Other one another." filled its calendarfor the current term, speakersat the gathering disputed the A majority of the national sample oral arguments in the Pawtucket case proclamation's assertion that the said they are making at least some ef- will be held over for the 1983-84court United States was founded on ludeo- fort to follow example-lZ per- term which convenes in October. A Jesus' Christian values. cent "the greatesteffort possible," 33 final decision in the casecould come percent "considerable effort" and 34 before next Christmas. percent "some effort." U.S. JudgeOrders School District to Let Church Use Interior Secretary Exhorts School Building Supreme Court Agrees to Hear LBC Grads to "Change the Challenge to Nativity Scene World for Christ!" TOPEKA, Kan. (RNS)-A federal judgehas ruled that a church may use \TASHTNGTON (RNS)-The LYNCHBURG, Va.-Secretary of the school buildings for religious services SupremeCourt hab agreedto decideif Interior James\Uatt spokeat the tenth during non-schoolhours. JudgeDale E. local governmentsmay erectChristmas commencement ceremony of Liberty Saffelsof the U.S. District Court in Nativity sceneswithout violating the Baptist College and Schoolson May 9 Topeka, Kansas, ruled that the constitutional principle of separationof in Lynchburg, Virginia. ShawneeMission School District must '\ilatt church and state. challenged the graduates as grant religious groups the same rights Two lower federal tribunals, the young peoplewho know the Lord to go to use school facilities that it accords First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in out into our "hurting country" and non-religious groups. The judge said Boston and the U.S. District Court for "change the world for JesusChrist!" that by allowing some community Rhode Island, held earlier that the city Watt said that political liberty and groups to use school buildings, the of Pawtucket, Rhode lsland, violated spiritualfreedom are in jeopardyin our district had created an "open forum" the Constitution's ban on an establish- country today. He urged the graduates that could not excludereligious groups. ment of religion by erecting a Nativity to bewareof excessivegovernment and The case,Country Hills Christian Church scene as part of its traditional the forcesthat would "seek to destroy v. ShawneeMission School Dlstrlct, is the Christmas display. the fundamental freedoms in our first in which a federal court has held Over the past several years, state schools, disarm America unilaterally, that a church has a free-speechright to and federal courts elsewhere have and destroy life for the convenienceof usepublic school facilitiesand that this handled similar challengesby ruling in others regardlessof whether that life use does not violate the First Amend- every casethat becauseChristmas is a might be born or unborn, old or crip- ment, said Dan M. Peterson,church cultural as well as a religious holiday, oled." counsel. ,ULY/AUGUSTl9B3 (o Middle,Income Religious Americansto "relearn the bitter lesson After Appleman began practicing People Called Happier of the late 1930sthat we must shoulder law, he was converted to Christianity than Less Faithful the economic burden of defense.. . or in 1925 by Pastor JamesE. Davis in we will invite catastrophedue to our Denver, Colorado. He became an military weakness."One of the official evangelistin 1934and devoted his life MINNEAPOLIS (RNS)-Does religion aimsof Young Israelis to "demonstrate to conducting crusadesand preaching make people happier?It seemsto for the compatibility of the ancient faith of the gospel. He said, "l'm firmly con- people who don't earn a lot of money, Israelwith good Americanism." vinced that people who have not been accordingto the Minnesota Poll, a ser- born again will suffer in hell. It's an vice of the MinneapolisTribune. agony with me and I'm responsibleto In a copyrighted survey, it found reach as many Falwell Voted Tops in "Most of them as I possibly that for adult Minnesotansearning less can," than $35,000a year, rhose who are Admired Conservative" List As a Christian Jew he labored highly religious were much more likely diligently for over 50 years to spread than the lessreligious to call rhemselves A poll releasedin the May Conser- the gospel,circling the globemore rhan very nappy. vative Digestlisted the top ten conser- 13times. He alsowrote 50 books,made In anorher finding, poll the vatives in Congress and the top ten an intensivestudy of Communism, and discoveredthat nearly three-fourthsof men and women outside of Congress. became an authority on history and all adult Minnesotans say they believe Jerry Falwell, pastor of Thomas world affairs. He said of his grueling in an afterlife. Even more say rhey Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, schedule,"Yes, I get tired...but I have definitely believein God, and nearly Virginia, and founder of Moral Majoriry to keep going becausethose not born everyonesays he prays at leastonce in wasvoted "most admiredconservative" againare lost." a while. leaderoutside of Congressfollowed by He also preachedto repay his debt A majority say that religionis very President Reagan and William F. to America, "I'm an adopted important in their lives, while one- Buckley,Jr. American. Everything I have, I owe to third say it is fairly important and one- The Digest poll found Sen. Jesse this country. I would never have been a eighthsay it is not very important. Helms, R.p. Jack Kemp, and Christian if I werein Russia." But when the focus switched from Sen. \ililliam Armstrong the most ad- beliefto action, the numberswere less mired conservativesin Congress. continued page15 overwhelming.Although nine of ten Among the most admired women, from say they go to church at least a few Phyllis Schlafly, Ambassador to the timesa year,not quite half sayrhey at- U.N. JeaneKirkpatrick, and First Lady tend every week or nearly every week. Nancy Reaganwere ranked as the top Notes About one-fourthsay they have com- three conservatives.Beverly LaHaye, 1. Soe Sir lsaac Newton, MdthematicalPilnciples of mitted their livesto Christ. About the president of Concerned \fomen for Naturcl Philosophy, Book lll. 1 686, in Gredt Books of the Westem Woild, Vol.34, Chicago: En- same proportion say they have tried America captured the eighrh position cyclopediaBritannica. Inc., 1952. ed. by Mortimer frequently and the Hon. Adler,p. 369. or sometimes to convert Sandra O'Connor was 2. See Auguste Comle, Cours, ThePoEitive philosophy someoneto their faith. listed tenth. ot Auguste Comte. London,1 853, which was personally approved by Comte, Harriet Martineau The Conserc.,ativeDigest, published translated. by Viguerie Communications, is See August Comte, The Cathechism of Positive Religion, 1852, translated by known as a vociferousleader, fighting Richard Congreve, Orthodox Jewish Leader London, 1858. for conservativeprinciples. See Charles Datwin, The Oigin of Species, 1859, in Supports Reagan on Arms Grcat Books of the Westen Woild, Chicagoi En- cyclopedia Britannica, lnc., 1952. ed. William Spending Increase Benton, D. 243, Ouoted in the Encyclopedid ol Philosophy, York: The MacmillsnCo., 1967, ed. bv Paul NE\il YORK (RNS)-\ilhile many Death Edwards,Vol. 2, D. 295. 6. Ouoted in the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Y|1, p. religiousleaders denounce President 276. Reagan's proposals for increased 7. See Mary and Engels on Religion. Introduction by R€inhold Niebuhr, New York: Schoken Eooks Inc., defensespending, an Orthodox Jewish Evangelist H'ymanl. Appelman died 1 964, D. 295. leaderstrongly supporrs 8. Bertrand Russell, Mysticism and Logic, 1918. them. Harold M. on May 27, 1983, in Kansas City, Charles Hodge, What is Dawinisml New york: Jacobs, president of the National Missouri.He was81. Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1878, p, 177. r0, See Leslie H. Allen, Eryan and Daftow at Dayton, Council '1 '1 of Young Israel, says, A world renown evangelist, New York: Russelland Russell, 967, p. 51. "Although no one prefersto spend in- 11. See R.O. Bannon, Crcation, Evolution and Pubtic Appelman was convertedto Christianiry Educdtion 5, Dayton creasingly Symposium on Tennessee's scarceresources on military from the strict Hasidic sect of Judaism Evolution Laws, May 1 8, I 974. Ouoted by P. William Davis in lhe Woild of Biology, rather than civilian needs, we must into 't which he had beenborn in Czarist New York: McGraw-Hill Publishers, 979, o. 61O. understand that a credible military Russiaon January 2, 1902. tJ. See lbid., pp. 13-24 defense of our freedom, Jufian Huxley, Religion Without Revelation, New and of the His family immigratedto the United York: New American Library, 1 957, chapter 9. other democraciesof the world, is the Statesin 1914in order to provide their 15. For an eye-witness documentary account ot this trial see Norman L. Geisler et. al., The Crcator in the necessaryprerequisite for any social or children with the educationaloppor- Couttrcom, Milford, Michiganr Mott Media, 1982. economicprogress." Mr. Jacobsurges tunities of a free country.

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Over cr Million Americcn federalfunds. from being denied food or medical Youth Live in the Street Severalagencies help parentslocate treatment. In the April decisionGesell According to the most recent missing children. Child Find, lnc. said the federalgovernment violated a Health and Human Service Depart- (800-431-5005)has searchedfor 2,000 procedural law requiring time for the ment survey (1976), 1.3 million youngsters since they opened three public to comment beforeissuing a rule children leave home without permis- yearsago and haverecovered 360. For a of this magnitude. sion each year. Of that number, $50fee a nationwide network of private HHS Secretary Margaret M. American Bar Associationstatistics ac- investigatorsand trucking firms spread Hecklerissued a statementin response count for only 150,000juveniles who publicity in the search for missing to Judge Gesell's ruling which said, are reported missing each year, about children. They also provide a Child "This administration remains deter- 100,000victims of illegal parental kid- Finder's Kit with protection and iden- mined to protect the lives of handi- napping, and 8,000 unresolved cases tification information for parentsto use cappedinfants and to assurethem their where foul play is suspected. Over as a preventativemeasure. equal right to be given appropriate 1,000,000 missing children are SEARCH (701-567-4040)publishes medical care and nourishment." An homelessbecause they chose to run the National Runawayand Missing Per- aooealhas been filed. away or were forced to leave home by sons Reporr quarterly, where for $90 their parents,reports Robbie Calloway parentscan circulatea detaileddescrip- of the National Youth-Work Alliance. tion and picture of their missingchild. AIDS Epidemic Grows, Dotson Rader in Parade MagaTine, Frequentlyit is easierto searchfor the Continues to Bcffle Doctors September5, 1982,says the majority of adult suspectedof kidnapping a child. The Acquired lmmune Deficiency runaways are never reported as miss- The Federal Parent Locator Service, Syndrome(AIDS), first describedas the ing. Thirty-five percent leave home used to enforce child support, was "Gay Plague"in 1981,is now moving becauseof incest,53 percentbecause of made availableto the statestwo years into the general population with no physical neglect, and the rest are ago by the JusticeDepartment, but not known cure or method for controlling throw-aways."All the runawaysmet by all states have availed themselvesof its spread.According to the Center for this service. Raderwere "starved for adult affection." '!7hat DiseaseControl (CDC), 1,361 cases Most children who are "on the can be done to help those have been documentedas of April 26; street" eventuallyturn to prostitution children for whom no one searches? the mortality rate is almost 50 percent to support themselves.In the larger Robbie Calloway makes the following of the total. cities, organized crime exploits these recommendations:1. Let local elected Doctors have been able to rank unprotected youngsters in por- officialsknow that the issueof missing these cases into certain high-risk nography.drug, or prostitutionrings. children is a public concern. 2. Fight groups: Homosexual or bisexual men Federal and local agencies have the criminal elementby enforcinglaws account for 986 cases of AIDS. In- begun to tackle this growing problem. against incest, child abuse, aban- travenous drug users compose 226 In October 1982the MissingChildren's donment, and child pornography. cases,and Haitian immigrantsaccount Act encouragedlocal law enforcement 3. Create public awarenessof local for 70 cases. Eleven cases were to file missing person reports with the shelterprograms for abused,neglected, hemophiiiacs,a group who frequently FBI National Crime and Information or abandoned children as an alter- require transfusionsof a blood clotting Center. The Runaway and Homeless native to running away.4. Becomein- agent derived from up to 20,000blood Youth Act of 1974 provides federal volved in protecting these children, donors. An increasingnumber of cases financial assistancefor shelters. Con- who cannot protect themselves. cannot yet be attributed to any of the gressbudgeted $21.5 million to operate abovecategories. This undefinedgroup 166 youth centers this year and pro- numbers 86 cases.Some members of vide a Runaway Hotline number Court Strikes Down HHSRule this group were seemingly risk-free (800,621,4000)-which handled Proteding Hcrndicapped InlcqF heterosexualmen. 200,000calls last year. Centers provide U.S. District Court Judge The epidemiccontinues to grow by food, shelter, and clothing as well as G.A. Gesellhas voided the Health and four or five new casesa day, and as yet counselingand aftercare.Four hundred Human Services (HHS) ruling that little is known about the cause.cure. or centerson the local leveldo not receive would prohibit handicappednewborns treatment of AIDS. Only a few states 62 FL]}IDAMENTAIIST JOURNAI have no reports ofthe disease,but it oc- curs most frequently in urban areas. How Mcrny Died in l98O In Yeur Home Stcrte? According to Netus*'eek, April 18, most physicians agree that AIDS is Abortions per probably transmitted through sexual contact or the blood. State Abortions 1,000Pregnanciesr A spokesmanfor the CDC saysthat U.S. total 1,553,890 300 high-risk donors are being urged not to Alabama 20,780 749 donate blood, while doctors try to con- Alaska 1,890 164 firm or define tlre role blood transfu- Arizona 15,790 736 sions might play in this disease.So far Arkansas 6,190 148 blood transfusions have not been California 250,380 374 positively identified as a risk factor. Colorado 23,140 309 Connecticut 18,450 359 Delaware 3,740 783 New Educcrtion Lcrw Pleases Florida 73,580 353 ReligriousFreedom Group Georgia 37,890 283 A bill that satisfiesthc intcrests of Hawaii 7,960 306 the state while maximizing the religious Idaho 2,740 124 liberty of non-public schools has bccn Illinois 69,110 272 signed into law this spring in Vest lndiana i9,630 185 Virginia. The new law removes educa- lowa 9,280 163 tional process controls of teacher cer- Kansas 13,570 256 tification, hiring praetites, tcxtb()ok Kentucky lz,8z0 177 anJ eurriculum selcctitrtr, teat'hirrg Louisiana 17,680 179 methods and supervision, and so fc;rth, Maine 4,750 224 from state jurisdiction. The law givcs Maryland 30,490 363 thc statc more ,rhjcctiveguaranrt'es .rf Massachusetts 45,590 378 private schottl performancc hv rt'quir- Michigan 65,230 3r4 ing a composite school achievemcnt Minnesota 19,920 724 \,{:^^:^^:^^; score of at lcast tl-re40th percentile on 1v rlDDrD)rPPr 6,080 116 either tl-reComprehensive Test of Basic Missouri 21,620 215 Skills, the California Achievement Montana 3,670 zt0 Test, or the Stanford Achievement Nebraska 6,350 185 Test in the areasof basic education. Nevada 9,170 41r The bill satisfiesthe state's interest New Hampshire 4,660 z5B in the areasof attendance; number and New Jersey 55,460 37r lcngrh of instructionaldays; immuniza- New Mexico 8,410 264 tion; and fire, health, and safetyregula- New York 187,460 438 t ions. Private schools. parochial .rr North Carolina 31,890 774 church schools, or other non-public North Dakota 3,140 190 schools may elect to operate under this Ohio 67,140 zB4 new statute in licu of cxistrng legisla- Oklahoma 11,280 181 tion. Oregon 17,670 284 Said to be a model piece of legisla- Pennsylvania 68,910 297 rion, Senate Bill 184 was written and Rhode Island 6,640 346 lobbied by West Virginians for South Carolina 13,660 215 Religious Freedom (WVFRF), a coali- South Dakota 1,360 94 tion of pastors and educators from Tennessee 25,590 /.ov across the state, headed by Dr. Phil Texas 102,000 269 Suiter. Utah 4,200 88 The bill does not require teachers to Vermont 3,760 318 hold state certification, a fact which Virginia 31,760 )44 was of concern to some legislators and Washington 37,030 343 public school officials, notablv the Washington,D.C. 78,520 6tl West Virginia Education Association West Virginia 3,000 95 \Wisconsin zl,7g0 /./.o lobby and the State Department of Education. Suiter says, "There is no Vyoming 1,070 96 research proving that certified teachers rReported hy ofA.L.L. Abourlssrrcs, March 1981 induced abortions plus live births only. Used lcrmrssioo are more qualified to teach than non- JULY/AUGUSTI9B3 53 certified teachers. There is conclusive restricting parental choice in their unless one of them happens to be in evidence that achievcmcnt in private children's education; interfering with your family," says Jack Hamilton, and church schools far exceedsthat of the free exerciseof religion by parents, Lynchburg, Virginia, pastor u'hosc public schools. This bill supports a children, pastors, teachersand church- daughter was one of these statistics.He strong commitment to quality educa- es; and violating the constitutionally and Tammi Adams, whose two baby tion plus a u'illingnessto test the pro- protected institutional integrity of the boys are fatherlessbecause of a drunk duct of these schools and make test churchcs themselvesfrom excessiveen- driver, are joining hundreds of other results public. " tanglement with the government." people in organizing local chapters of Suiter, who holds a Ph.D, in educa- Mothers Against Drunk Drivers tion from Ohio Statc University, was (MADD) to combat this problem. ;^ -l-^--^ ^f -,,--i-,,1,,. u,Jm, lnstrur'tl()n, Mothers Agqinst Drunk Drivers Carrdy Lightner of Fair Oaks, teathcr preparation,ancl s1.gqixl cJuca- According to statisticsfrom the Na- California, began MADD in 1980 tion for the state of West Virginia for rional Highway Traffic Safety Ad- when her I 3-ycar-old daughrer Cari scveral ycars. ministration, ()nc out of two was killed by a drunk hit-and-run Such proccss Luntr(rlsover private Americans will be the victim of an driver. After seeing the lenient treat- education have been at issueelsewhere alcohol-related crash during his ment "typically" given drunk drivers, according to Theodore H. Amshoff, Jr., Iifetime. Twenty-five thousand she decided to organize a group with Constitutional Attorney of Louisville, Americans die annually because of the goal of reducing alcohol-rclated Kentucky, who provided legal counsel drunk drivers, an averageof 70 per day. fatalities. to WVFRF. "When an airplane crashesand kills 70 What began as a one-woman cru- He stated, "Courts in other states people, the story makes headlines for sade for pcrsonal justice has bccome a have struck down such processcontrols days. But the 70 homicides caused by movcment with 135 chaptcrs in l5 over private education as unrcasonably drunk drivers cvery day are not news, states.Jcanc Spiller, spokeswoman for

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lbert Shankeris presidentof the AmericanFedera- Someexamples cited by Shankerinclude an NEA lesson tion of Teachers,a liberalman, headingup a liberal plan on the nucleararms race. The plan is loadedwith mov- organization.But in a recentcolumn he paysto ing accountsby survivorsof Hiroshimaand Nagasaki.A few run in the Nec, York Times, Shanker takes out after the holy linesdescribing why PresidentTruman decidedto drop the and sacredcow of public education-the National Education bombs are inadequate.Many more pagesare given over to Association (NEA). the destruction causedby nuclear weapons,the effect of a Shanker charges that the NEA is indoctrinating(that is the directhit, the greaterpower ofcurrent weapons,and soforth. word he uses) teachers with lesson plans it prepares on There are inflated and inaccuratefigures on the proportion of various controversial topics and then asking them to use the the U.S. budgetspent on defense.All of this is designedto plans in class.The trouble is, notes Shanker, the lessonplans mold studentthinking in accordancewith the NEA. allow only one point of view to be heard. "What would hap- There is no mentionof the hugeSoviet arms buildup and pen," asks Shanker, "if the Moral Majority circulated lesson no historicbackground. plans prepared by Jerry Falwell on political, moral, and ConcludesShanker: "The NEA protectsitself from the economic issuesand asked public school teachersto use these chargeof bias by including20 linesof copy from the Presi- plans? Or lesson plans by the Heritage Foundation which dent's office and three and a half pages(out of 144)from the supported its views on economics and defense?There would Committee on the PresentDanger. But there's no question be an uproar." that, insteadof helpingstudents understand the complexity Shanker states flatly that the NEA is indoctrinating the of rhe issue,rhe NEA tries to impose its own views on schools. "What is wrong," says Shanker, "is a teacher union studentswho arenot yet ableto distinguishfact from opinion." which has its own political views on these issues,asking its As if we needed further corroboration of the NEA's members to fili their kids'heads with lopsided propaganda for sinisterattempts at indoctrination,even the teacherunion its view, rather than helping the students to understand a champion, rhe \X/ashingtonPost, editorialized against the prac- number of different points of view in 1[i5 ge6-lo. o"oo " tice. What elseneeds to be said?

(A FUNDAMENTAI]STJOURNAI MADD, provided an insight into their As laws are only as good as the en- current efforts and goals. This non- forcement behind them, MADD profit organization does not receive monitors the judicial system to record state or federal funds but depends on the penalties administered to drunk the dedicati.rn of volunteers, private driving offenders and the fairness of donations, and mcmbership fees to plea-bargaining arrangements. Volun- Pfice 534 sq ll We des g. io, seal n9 r:10 lo 25ali carrv out an extensive program for teers also provide Victim Assistance lNol pretabr caledi drunk driving reforms. MADD directs Programs to support the victims of its efforts into three channels: 1) com- drunk driving incidents through the munity awareness and education pro- court process. MADD workers record grams, 2) legislative task forces and lob- judges' decisions in these casesand find

bying, and )) judicial moniroring. them especially useful at election time. Includes Masonrv and w@d conslructron s@ral area Community awareness and educa- Sniller e memher of the Texas oflrces classr@ms nLrrserychorr robe r@ms baptrslrV sleeple carpel and Sancluary wilh padded Oews tion programs are conducted in branch of MADD says,"'We are seeing schools, civic clubs, or businessesto results. There has been a l0 percent keep thc problem of drunk driving decrease in alcohol-related fatalities in hof^r. tho ^' 'hli" o'o orrr state this vear." Thousands of Governor's Traffic Task Forces volunteers will continue to donate their study statelaws and giverecommenda- time and efforts to MADD because as tions for more serious treatment of Tammi Adams says, "Nothing can drunk driving laws.MADD volunteers change the tragedy that happened in :' ilonTHWAY exert pressurefor their viewpoint by my life, but I might prevent this tragedy CONTRACTORS energeticlobbying in statelegislatures. from happening to someone else." lNC. i""r#'r'Jlr,,'

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ords are fascinating. I love their connotations man beside me stood with his hand over his heart. The and denotations, their derivations, and their uniformed honor guard on the field stood stiffly at attention. often colorful histories. But it especially peeves The singeron the field sang a soulful a cappellarendition of 'Where me when a perfectlygood and descriptiveword is assigneda our national anthem. was the reverence?Where was negativeconnotation. For instance,a word I particularly like the realization of the meaning behind the radition? lt was but hesitateto usebecause of its unfortunate connotation is there, but you had to look hard for those who appreciatedit. "chauvinism." The libbers have ruined it for me. But the \Uhere are the invisible attitudes of patriotism, attitudes word is taken from the name of the Frenchman Nicolas that result in healing action?The word "patriotism" comes Chauvin who was so extremely devoted to Napoleon from the Latin word pater-"father." One's country is one's Bonaparte that his name became the laughingstockof all fatherland.Ve should cherish our country as we do our Europe. Someonewho is excessivelyproud of his church, his fathers,for like our fathers,our country providesthe nurtur- school, and so forth, can be correctly identified as ing atmospherein which we grow, try our independence,and "chauvinistic." The word denotesa deep devotion to a par- learn to be adults.Like our fathers,our country haspassed on ticular thing, but to some degreeall of us are chauvinistic, its set of values,ideas of freedomand equality, and a Judeo- and rightly so. If I didn't believethat my doctor wasthe best Christianethic that hassurpassed the testof time.And, asto in town, I wouldn't be his patient. If I didn't beiievemy house our fathers,it is to our country that we owe a debt of gratitude was the best I could buy for my money, I wouldn't have and have the responsibilityto effect change. bought it. If I didn't believethe United Stateswas the best rrt country in the world in which to live, I'd move out. I h" U.,n"d Statesis a magnificent country. It is the na- \Uhy is it that it seemsso acceptabletoday to avoid all tion for which our fathers and forefathershave fought. It is forms of chauvinism or even devotion? Vhat's wrong with the land on which we have toiled. It is the peoplewith whom being chauvinistic toward our country? Vhy are so many we share a rich cultural heritage unlike any other in the blaise about our nation? We constantly bemoan what we world. think are its bad points; we gripe about taxes, about our Perhapsthe patriotism of Americansis latent, storedaway Presidents,about our economicwoes, and about a thousand exceptwhen neededfor Memorial Day services,Fourth of Ju- other annoyances. Usualiy we don't consider these "un- Iy parades,or nationalcrises. But, like a well-worngarment, it patriotic" attitudes becauseour negative comments are as fits us well and we would be wise to wear it more often. natural to us as breathing. \ile tend to think that all One year while traveling with a "God and Country" Americans exhibit a large degreeof patriotism-dont we musical group, we sang at a Rotary Club in Denver. Ac- celebrate the Fourth of July regularly with picnics and complished businessmensat politely through our program. fireworks?Dont we still stand to sing the "Star-Spangled As we sang our closing song, a rousing rendition of "God Banner" at baseballgames? Don't we honor our forefathers BlessAmerica" that inevitablybrings the audienceto its feet by hitting all the saleson GeorgeVashington's BirthdayT beforethe closingrefrain, the men were visibly caught up in -r the spirit of the song and stood to enthusiasticallyjoin in the U o *h"." are the visiblesigns of patriotism?The last time I final chorus. Two men on oppositesides of the room caught was at a ball game,I watched carcfullythe peoplearound me each other's eye and spontaneouslycrossed the front of the asthe "Star-SpangledBanner" wds sung,Two young boys in room and shook hands: one man wasblack. the other white. front of me stoppedrunning through the standslong enough The other men broke into applause.Love, unity, coopera- to stand still and count the changein their pockets.Two men tion-strong building blocks for a strong nation. in their twenties stood up and swallowedtall glassesof beer. On that day in Denver, unsolicitedand unexpected,the Some other little kiddies did not stand at all. The referees spirit of patriotism lived. Let's do our part to keep it alivel down on the field chatted casuallvwith eachother. An older

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