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Fundamentalist Journal, Volume 6, Number 7

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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Fundamentalist Journal at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1987 by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -.9 Zr 6: c6 AA si ip A native of Long Island, New York, Tina Hoddelmann is a communicationsmajor at Cedamille College. o'Ileft New York City for Cedarville Colleg€... For one reason.Balance. A bal- of the highest academic quality. solid education you need a solid re- ance between the academic and Now that I am at the College, I've lationship with God.' I hear it not spiritual aspects of college life. A found that's so true! Classes are only in my classes,but alsoin chapel balance which challenges me to small. Faculty arewithin reach. And every day. I evenhear it in my Chris- grow both as a student and as a the Word influences the content of tian service. It leads to serious talks Christian. eachclass. with my friends where we wrestle Being from New York City, I had My professorscare about me. To with various topics and spiritual I'm not a number.I'm an indi- issuesand sharpenone another.Like some of the best universities in the them, 'Iron country at my fingertips. They of- vidual. They don'tjust lecture,they Proverbs says, sharpeneth fered academic challenge, but little interact - by word, by example - iron....' opportunity for spiritual develop- like friends. They challenge me to Balance. That's what makes ment. However, Cedarville was grow, to think. Sure, they're de- Cedarville so special. Sure, New serious about both. That's what at- manding when it comes to class- York City has great opportunities. I tracted me. work. But they make certain my love it. But Cedarvilleis giving me Everyone I talked to - friends, spiritual life is challengedas well. the greatest opportunity: to stretch people at my high school, and others The whole atmosphereat Cedar- my heartas well as my mind." 'Tina, I respect - told me Cedarville was ville saysto me, alongwith a

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-:+s!J4@I/ I \__-/ Whilt does the Bib|re trcnus aborrt the; frrtrre? Thismassive 778-page guide gives thousandsof answers How are we to interpretthe propheciesin Scripture?The late J. Barton Payne offers his views candidly. Yet this monwnental work, his magnumopus, transcends schools of interpretationbecause. . . o It assemblesevery predictive vemein the Bible from Genesisto Revelation - an amazing8,352. rlt discussesall thesepredictions in I,E17entries. Review after review underscoresthe value of this work, regardlessof the thmlogical position of the reviewer: "Thismassive work is notfor lightreading, buf in a serious s[rdyof Biblicalpredictions it can be very helpful indeed. It is a hemendoustime-saver, either for oneundertaking a compre- hensives[rdy or for oneinterested in a particularprdiction or a particularzubject of prodiction.The introductory discussions Hov to fird whatyur wantfast arescholarly and careful; the main body is condensd but com- Though good for serious reading, the principal value of prehensive;theaddenda are well desigrd for easy referena. In this, or any, encyclopedia is as a reference. A host of a bookon this subject it is not to beexpected that every reader special features make this one easy to use: poinl will ageewith ttre author at every butevery s[rdent of ol*ngthy chapters on prophecy, prediction and fulfillment predictive geatly Scrip[rrescan be helpedin his study." o "How to Use This Encyclopedia": a two-page "rood map" thristian Stsndord o Definitions: 25 terms relating to Scripture prediction r Key "ln myopinion, the greatest value of thiswork is its conelatjon dates in Biblical chronology . Periods of prophetic fulfillment of all pmsiblepredictive prophecy into one squence of pre- r Guide to pmnunciation o 14 tables,including 3 on the Book of gain perspective Revelation o5 indexes including Biblical Predictions; Subjects; sentatio4so that otlrcr interpreten can a better . onthe total subjecl"-Menill C. Tenney,Professor Emerilrs Biblical Words and Phrases Plus statistical appendices, bibliography, map r EXTRJ{! Some 30 chronological sum- of Bibleand Theology, Wheaton Graduate School maries of key groups of predictions (Christ, the church, the "Servicrableto the general public no las thanto scholan.Its SecondComing, etc.) usefulnessis not limited to thoseof a particularesclratological For anyonewho takesthe Bible seriously,a necessary benl"-Carl F. H. Henry,Founding Edttor, Christionity reference. Tdsy Howto get this 778-page I I EncyclopediaFREE I ;-- I I How the Club Works I coNsERnArlvEf!! eooK curB I Every4 weks (13tims a year)ycu gsta freecopy of theCIub Bulletin which offen you I tlreFeaurrd Selection plus a goodchoice of Alternates- all of inerat to conservativc. 15Oakland Avenue. Harrison, N.Y 10528 I you you I * If wanttlre Feau.ud Slctioq do nothingit will comeautonutically. * If I don't wanttlre Feanrred Sktiorq or yfl do wantan Alternate,indicate your wishs on Pleaseaccept my membership in the Club and send FREE my I the lundy cardenclmd with yutr Bulletinand retrm it by tlrc deadlinedate. * The I copy of J. Barton Payne's 518.95 Encyclopedio of Biblical majorityof Chrbbooks will beofferd at 2G5090discounts, plus a chargefor shippingand I Prophecy. I agree to buy 3 additional books at regular Club I hardling. * As soonas yor buyand pay for 3 bmks at regularClub pdca, your nEIIF I yor you everrarive a prices over the next 18 months. I also agreeto the Club rules I benhipnuy beendd at anytinre, either by or by theCIub. * lf I FeaurrdSelecion without lnving tud l0 daysto dcide if yil wantit, yournay retm it at spelledout in the coupon. FJ-48 I CIub expersefor full crdit * Good service.N0 computen!* The Club will offel I Name T reuhr Suwrbaryains,mctly at 7Gil{o discountsphr shippingand tnndling Supr- I bargairsdo NOT counttoward fuftling your CIubobligatioq but do enableyur to buy Address I lure giveawayprica. onemembenhip pr horsehold. I booksat * Only City State-Zip- I I

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Nothingnesson a 41 HigherPlane AngelaEwel Hunt A Callto Arms 20 AnnWharton t' ..: ,11. -.a. , )[ Christianity and the # Gonstitution RobertA, Peterson 6 You Said lt r The Constitution-A Fromthe Publisher Legacyto Be Treasured I

)fl RighteousnessExalts WalterC. Kaiser, Jr., tells us that "the -- a Nation lfl Jerry FalwellComments mindof the meditatoris not to be Rchard C, Halverson =E Americathe Beautiful blank."He revealsthe true meaning of biblicalmeditation in Be Still,and 38 Be Still, and Know Know That He ls God. that He ls God lf FundamentalismToday WalterC Kaiser,Jr j! The Challengeof In Review Commitment 54 EdwardG Dobson MinistryUpdate 14 5$ =S rP,p:."IY?^,^.,^Lackof ReligiousValues ThreatensFreedom CarlHorn News -60 EarlyChildhood Education AnnWharton 1 6 lffll" Sid Bream A Cupof Poison MichaelR Smith 61 in the Nameof Humanity AnnWharton 'lQ Soapbox NewsBriefs 5 WnatMakes a NationGreat? 63 Bud McOord 31 ?ilsr?l'r_- 66 After All Ballplayer Sid Bream believes 8rg ff JamesUssher - PTL Scandal-Why? League Success ls More Than "Stats." MikeFluent l?umanDollar

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Cincinnati, OH 45231 Neededto be said. . . tant part of your publication and uselesscourses means cutting faculty, encourageyou to keep up the good and few seminaries,conventions, or As a missionsexecutive, I want to work. Thanksfor your ministry. assemblieshave the courageto do it. congratulateyou for telling the truth in Theologicalinstitutions will not change "The ChangingMissions Climate" by Mark Drake, Pastor themselves.The necessarychange must TrumanDollar (May 1987).It is not easy RidgecrestBaptist Church comefrom the outside. to admit that Americanmissionaries Memphis,Tennessee Fourth, seminariesneed to take a "often abused.. . power," and that good look at the conceptof external some have resisted the shift to in- education,and begin adopting this as a digenousleadership. Many don't want Delighted.. . wayof cuttingcosts and reaching those to hearit, but it neededto be said. who cannot,or oughtnot, take years I was delightedto read "A Radical awayfrom their ministry. I am glad to Don Dunkerley,Director Proposalfor SeminaryEducation" (April seeLiberty University using the concept ProclamationInternational 1987).Dr. Dobsonis to be admiredfor of distanceeducation in its degree Pensacola,Florida having the courageand foresightto programs.Now is the time to bring it make the commentshe made in the into the mainstreamof theological A capsuleglance. . . article.The currentpedagogy practiced education.Today's technologymeans in the vast majority of our nation's that externaleducation can work in the The brief biographicaland "Thunder theologicalinstitutions is inadequateand trainingand equipping of pastors. in the Pulpit" sectionsof.your Journal ill-suitedfor equippingthose called to the Thankyou for the finearticle. Please are of muchchallenge and encourage- pastoralministry. don't let the ideaof seminarvreforma- mentto me. I appreciatethe opportunity So muchgood was said in Dobson's tion die. to get a capsuleglance of thesemuch- articlethat I hesitateto comment,but usedmen of God. there are other pointsto make. J. DuncanBoyd, Pastor I considerthis sectiona very imoor- First, seminariesneed to makeup Erin UnitedPresbyterian Church their mindsas to theirpurpose. fue they Roseville,Michigan academic institutions for scholarly researchand higher learning, or arethey Nothing better. . . training groundsfor those called to Senior preach? One gathers from reading I have appreciatedDr. Dobson's seminarycatalogs that all exist to train proposalsto updateseminary education Computer pastors,but coursedescriptions show for our pastors.At the presenttime, that most exist for scholarship.Both however,I knowof nothingbetter than Specialist purposesare OK; however,it wouldbe the well-balancedmaster of divinity Neededimmediately to develop betterfor mostseminaries to stickwith program. andmaintain new application soft- what they do best-the study of WhatI wouldlike to suggestis that warefor college administration. Must theology-andleave practical training to whilewe are rethinkingseminary edu- befast starter, and able to work with thosebetter equippedto trainpastors. cation, we should also rethink pre- minimumof supervision.Require- Second,seminaries need to shorten seminaryeducation. The Fundamentalist ments:bachelor's degree in com- the matriculationperiod for academic movementhas been caughtbetween puterscience or M,l,S. (or equivalent research,rather than add coursesin two differentphilosophies of education: experience),plus five years' pastoraltheology. It is distressingto the Biblecollege/Bible institute program experienceinsystems analysis and hearthat someseminaries are addinga on the one hand, and the seminary computerprogramming. Cobol and yearofinternship to the standardthree- programon the other. VAX^/MSexperience a must, Data yeardivinity degree. It wouldbe better These two approachesare not baseexperience a definite plus, with to cut one year of academicsand sub- necessarilymutually exclusive, but there lngresexperience preferred, Prior stitute a one-yearresidency program hasbeen a considerableamount of un- experiencewith college administra- similarto thosein the medicalprofes- necessaryoverlap when pro- tion the two systems,especially student sions. Most pastorshave too much gramshave been put together.If we are rscords,recruiting, accounting, and formaleducation for their personnelalso desirable. Knowledge congregations committedto the seminaryphilosophy of lnformationAssociates' Series Z anyway,and would be wise to concen- of ministerialeducation, we needto do anotherplus. Environment isa dis- trate more on the practicalaspects of somefresh, creativethinking about the tinctlyChristian university. Salary ministry and less on the academic purposes,goals, and curriculum of pre- commensuratewith background and aspectsof theology. seminarytraining. experience.Contact Fred Spearin, Third, if the necessary radical LibertyUniversity, P.O, Box 20,000, changesare to take placein theological Larry Pettegrew,Th.D. Lynchburg,VA 24506-8001. education,they will haveto comefrom CentralBaptist Seminary thoseoutside the institutions.Cutting Minneapolis,Minnesota

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This magazins is committed to the historic fundamentalsof tho Christiantaith, biblicalssparation, moralabsolutes, the priorityof the localchurch, and The First 200 Years. British sultant; the Kentucky Hotel Antique worldevangelization. Although no magazineor indivi. PrimeMinister William Gladstone called Shop of Lynchburg,Virginia, and to dual can speak lor tho overall Fundamentalistmove- ment, it is our desire to creato a torum to encourage our Constitution"the most wonderful GeorgeWashington, James Madison, and Chrislian loaders and statesmen to dofend biblical work ever struck off at a giventime by Benjamin Franklin for Christianity.W€ will examine mattars ot contemporary their cameo interestto all Christians,providing an open discussion the brain and purpose of man." Our appearances. ol divergenl opinions on rslevant issues. The celebration Fundamenlslist Journal will also reatfirm our history of the 200th anniversaryof and hsritago, as well as point the way to the futur€. this greatdocument includes inspiration, Realizing the Dream. I amhappy FundsmentalistJournal is published monthly, 11 encouragement,and warning. Various to announcethat Liberty Universityhas issuosper year, by Old-TimoGospel Hour. Postageis authorsreflect permission paid at Lynchbufg,Virginia, and additionalmailing on the Constitution'scon- to offerour first courselead- otfices.Addross all correspondenceto Fundamentalist ception,examine the debateon its in- ing to the doctor of ministry degree. Journal, Lynchburg,Vifginia 24514, (804) 528-4112. CanadlanOttice: Box 505, RichmondHill,Ont.L4C4Y8. terpretation, and charge us with Continueto pray, becausewe will not Subscription:$14.95 a yoar (11 issues)or 92.00per responsibilityfor its preservation. receivefinal approval from the Southern issuein U.S.Outside U.S- add $5.00por yearposlage prepaid U.S. currency. Our sacredfreedoms are on the line. Associationof ChristianSchools until our Change of Address: Wh€n ordgring a change of If we losethem we haveonly ourselves first student grzduatesfrom pro- addrsss,ple6e feturn your old mailinglab€l alongwith this lhe new address. Allow eight weeks for a change. to blame,for asJohn Adams said, "Our gram. Final approvalwould be another Advertising: Fundamenlallst Journal, Lynchburg, Virginia24514, (804) 528-41 12. Constitutionwas madeonly for a reli- stepin the fulfillmentof the dreamof the Submissions: Fundamenlallsi Journal does nol ac- giousand a moralpeople. It is whollyin- foundersof Liberty-a Christ-centered c6ptunsolicited manuscripts without pflor written con- sultationwith th6 editors. All correspondencemust be adequatefor the governmentof any education,in a completeschool system, accompaniedby SASE. We assumo no fesponsibillty other." from kindergartenthrough a doctoral for the return of unsolicited manuscripts. All material in this issue is subject to U.S. and intsrnational In our Preaching& Pastoringsection degree. copyright laws. Permissionto reproduce must be ob- Tsondescribes life as a pastorin tained by writing to Fundamentallsl Journal. Joseph a9 1987 Old-Time Gospsl Hour. a land without religiousfreedom. Neither advertisedproducts, writers' theologicalposi- photos for tions, nor editorialcontent in FundamgntalFt Journal Special were set up our should be consideredas endorsed by, nor the official Constitution articles. Thanks to lrs positionof, the magazine or Old-Timecospel Hour. Schofer,photographer ; Inry C. Bevins, POSTMASTEF: Send address changes to Fun- art director; Eric D. Arbital, makeup damentalist Journal, SubscflberServices, Lynchburg, W+a!,*tL Virginia24514. artist; ThereseAnthony, costume con-

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I ---+lJJJlf!r, Americathe Beautiful Is This a ChristianNation?

wo hundredeleven years ago our Wordof God andthe God of that Word. nationwas "conceivedin liberty" America continues to bless the and declaredto be free and in- world. Jesus Christ did not die for dependent.One nationunder God, the Americansalone. God loves Russians, United States of America. A hundred andAsians, and Europeans, and Africans, yearslater the SupremeCourt ruled that andl^atins all alike.God constantly com- Americais a Christiannation. Now we mandsus in Scriptureto helpthe under- are celebratingthe 200thanniversary of dog, the poor, the hurting, the lame. the great Constitutionthat guaranteesus At a Christiannation, Jesus preachedliberation to those in all the freedomsand privilegesthat we bondageand healingto the sick and call the AmericanWay. wehave a responsibilitystrength to the infirm. What about the next generation?Will to seethat all citizens America has blessed this world they growup in a free, Christiannation? the materiallymore than any other nationin Will our childrenand gnndchildren enjoy of UnitedSfafes humanhistory. We feed the hungryand the samebeautiful America that youand enioythe privileges carefor the hurting.May Godalways find I haveenjoyed? thatour Constitution in this country a nation with a big We believe in pluralism.When we heart-25,000 miles in circumference, speakof beinga Christiannation, we do guanntees. the circumferenceof this globe. not excludeall others.But a vastmajority America is evangelizing the of our 230 millionAmericans are Chris- world. Two-thirdsof the missionariesin tian by profession,and about70 million the world today are supported from claim a New Birth experience. America.One nation,where 6 percent As a Christian nation, we have a Why has God made this America the of the populationlives, supports most of responsibilityto see that all citizensof Beautiful? the Christianmissionaries worldwide. the United Statesenjoy the privileges America was built on biblical Why do we do this?We oweeverything that our Constitution guarantees- principles. We call them the Judeo- we are to our God and to our Saviour, whether or not they shareour beliefs, Christianethic, which encompasses the the lnrd JesusChrist. God would not whether they are for or against us dignity of human life, the traditional hayesome men to be saved.The Bible philosophically.That is what has made monogamousfamily, common decency, saysthat God is "not willing that any this country great. the work ethic, andthe principleof the shouldperish, but thatall shouldcome to We do not all agree politically or Abrahamiccovenant, that God said to repentance."God does not want one theologically.But we all agreethat in this Abrahamin Genesis72i3, "l will bless Russianor oneChinese or oneAmerican countrywe shouldhave the right to be- themthat blessthee, and curse him that to die andgo to hell. If we wantto be a lieve,to live, to serve,to earn, to own, curseththee." Americahas alwaysbe- blessingand to be blessedby God, we to keep,to give-becausealmighty God lieved in giving and ganting love and must evangelize the world in our intendedthat men shouldbe free. freedomsand rights to all people.We also generation. America is not perfect. We havea believein the principleof God-centered Wehave no corneron God'sbless- massivedrug problem. We abort 1.5 mil- education.When the founderssettled ing. We haveno reasonto believethat lion innocent,unborn babies every year, Jamestown,even before they erected God should bless America aboveany in defianceof God'slaw. Pornography and their homes,they constructeda building other nation.We haveno specialman- immoralityand indecencyare rampant. that wasto be their churchhouse, their date. We must continueto operateon Sinis havinga heydayin this country.But schoolhouse,and their town hall. Then biblicalprinciples. We must alwaysbless look at the entire tamilyof nationson this they built their homesand shops. the rest of the world. We must preach earth and comparethem to the United NowI don't meanthat all230 million the gospel through our churchesand States,Canada, North America.When of us over the 211-yearhistory of this sendout missionariesto evangelizethe youcompare this part of the planetwith nation havealways lived up to what we world. Only then will we remainAmerica anyother part of the world, you find that believein. But we do havea premiseof the Beautiful. no placeon earthhas been so blessed convictionand a rationaleof belief that On this 200thannivenary of our Con- of God as we. None. havetruly madethis a nationunder God. stitution,may we "higtrly resolve. . . that Weare not more deservingor more As Davidsaid in Psalm33:12, "Blessed this nation,under God, shall have a new intelligent than others. There are no is the nationwhose God is the Lord." birth of freedom-and that government reasonsin our physicalbeings that we Godhas blessed America because weare of the people,by the people,for the peo- shouldmerit all that God has givenus. a nationbuilt uponthe principlesof the ple, shallnot perishfrom the earth." I

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by Edward G. Dobson meansto say "No!" In our societywe are not accustomedto saying no. The I n the context of Luke 14:25-35, wholephilosophy that permeatesWestern I Jesus addressesthe multitudes societyis oneof "If it feelsgood-do it." I and delivers a dramatic call to Jesussays if youreally want to be His dis- becomedisciples. This wasa callto live ciple,you must say "No" to self. above the spiritual mediocrity of the Second,we mustdie to sin. "Know- massesand live a life of total commit- ing this, that our old manis crucifiedwith ment to Him. Althoughwe find ourselves him that the body of sin might be des- centuries removedfrom this incident, Vu mustchoose troyed, that henceforth we should not this challengetranscends the limitations Christover all serve sin. Likewisereckon ye alsoyour- of time and space. selvesto be deadindeed unto sin. but Whatdoes it reallymean to be a dis- relationships, alive unto God throughJesus Christ our ciple?The word translated"disciple" is Inrd. kt not sin thereforereign in your the word mathetnswhich means"a learn- mortal body,that ye shouldobey it in the er, a pupil,or an apprentice."A disciple lusts thereof" (Rom. 6:6, 11-12). is onewho hasplaced himseH under the A deadbody is incapableof movement. supervisionof a masteror teacher.The It cannothear, see, talk, smell,or walk. apprenticenot only listensto the teach- ciple you must cftoosz Him over Paulis sayingthat our old man needsto ing of his master, he also emulatesthe all humanrelationships. die. That meansthat all of the attraction lifestyle of his master. As disciples of Discipleshipis crucifixion. "And andenticement of the world meansnoth- Christwe are not only learningHis teach- whosoeverdoth not bear his cross,and ing. We are not alluredby the world. ing but also adoptingHis lifestyle. come after me, cannotbe my disciple" Discipleship isa commitment. "So Discipleship is a choice. "If any (v.27).The secondprerequisite for true likewise,whosoever he be of you that for- mancome to me, andhate not hisfather, discipleshipis as severeas the first. In sakethnot all that he hath, he cannotbe andmother, and wife, andchildren, and the previousverse Jesus told His disci- my disciple"(v. 33). The third prerequi- bretlren, and sisters,yea, and his own ples they must hate what others love. site of discipleshipis a total anduncondi- life also, he cannot be my disciple" Now in this verse He tells them to love tionalcommitment to Christ.OnJanuary (v. 16). What a stznge statement.In whatothers hate-the cross.Some peo- 12, In2, JonathanEdwards, the great order to be a true discipleof Jesusyou plespeak ofcrosses ofadversity and sick- Puritan theologianand revivalist, wrote must hate what otherslove. ness.But noneof theseideas reveals the these wordsin his diary: "I havebeen What doesJesus mean? Most com- truth of Christ's statement.The disciples beforeGod, and hare given myself, all that mentatorsinterpret it to meanthat we are knewwhat He meant.The crossspoke I am andhave, to God;so that I amnot, in to love God so intenselythat all other hu- of death-total, complete,and final death. anyrespect, my orrrn.. . . Neitherhave manloveis likehate whencomparedtoour A. W. Tozer said that this cross I any right to this body, or any of its lovefor God.However, if that is true then "standsfor the abrupt,violent end of a members-noright to this tongue,these it doesnot saymuch for humanlove. You humanbeing. The manin Romantimes hands, these feet; no right to these do not hug your wife and say, "Honey, who took up his cross and started down senses, these eyes, these ears, this I hateyou!" In facthul commandshus- the road, hadalready said good-bye to all smell, or this taste. I havegiven myself bandsto lovetheir wives "as Christalso of his friends.He wasnot comingback. clearaway and hare not retainedany thing lovedthe church,and gare himself for it" He was going out to have it ended. as my o\rm," (Eph. 5:25). We are to loveothers with The crossmade no compromise,modi- Thesewords were not written when the samekind of lovewe havefor God. fied nothing, sparednothing; it slew all JonathanEdwards was used to bring Whatdoes it meanthen to hateall the of the man, completelyand for good.It aboutthe first GreatAwakening in Ameri- aforementionedpeople? The key is found did not try to keep on good terms with ca or after he had pennedhis volumesof in Romans9:lli. "As it is written, Jacob its victim. It struck cruel and hard, and theologyor whenhe assumedthe presi- haveI loved, but Esau haveI hated." when it had finishedits work, the man dency of PrincetonCollege. They were In this chapter,Paul is dealingwith God's was no more." writtenwhen he wasa l9-year-old student. sovereignchoice of the nation Israel. The applicationof this deathprinciple May Godhelp us all to saywithJonathan That choicewas evidencedin selecting addressestwo majorareas of the life of Edwards,"I havegiven myseH clear away the youngertwin Jacobover the firstborn everyChristian. Fint, we mustdie to seH. and have not retained any thing as my son Esau.It is not ttrat Godloved Jacob "And he saidto them all, If any manwill o'trn." If we will acceptthat call to dis- and hatedEsau, becauseGod lovesall comeafter me, let him denyhimself, and cipleship,perhaps God will honor us, as people,but rather that God choseone take up his cross daily, and follow me" He did JonathanEdwards, with another overthe other.If youwant to be His dis- (I,uke9:23). The verbtranslated "deny" Great Awakening! I

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God'sexistence is greetedwith embar- How is it that America,founded and rassmentor disdain,at least by the Hedonism,or thosewho groundedin the Judeo-Christianethic, "enlightened"elite. continueto believe came to the point that our national In the precedingcentury, the greatest motto cannotbe taught-at least, with of all Britishjurists, WilliamBlackstone, in God,country, family, any degreeof conviction-in our public had written in his famous"Commen- andmorality? schools? taries" that all laws were ultimately Today,in America,the most unsafe basedon "the law of nature and of place to be is in the sanctuaryof a nature'sGod." mother'swomb. Our formeropenhearted The FirstCongress-the same Con- embracingof the poor andthe defense- gress that debatedand proposedthe The factis, we arehaving a modern, less has been replacedwith Planned First Amendment-where some civil or post-modern,identity crisis-and Parenthood'scold prescriptionof pop- libertariansfind the strict and absolute there are two basicphilosophies of life ulationcontrol, sterilization, and abortion. separationof all thingsreligious from all vying for dominanceof our law, our Euthanasia-mercykilling-of handi- thingspublic-not only retainedthe first politics, and what might be calledour cappedinfants and the agedwill follow, legislativechaplains to pray and to pro- "public philosophy." andalready is following,under the same vide spiritualcounsel, but the dayafter On one hand, there is the Judeo- "quality of life" bannerthat welcomed proposingthe FirstAmendment called on Christian worldview that begins by abortionfor convenience. PresidentWashington to proclaim"a day affirming God's existence and, as The secularizationprocess can be of publicthanksgiving and prayer, to be BenjaminFranklin put it, that "God traced through a series of Supreme observedby acknowledging,with grate- governsthe affairsof men." If we believe Courtdecisions, beginning with the 1962 ful hearts,the manyfavors of Almighty in God,and trust in God,and believe that reinterpretationof the Constitution,hold- God." He "governs the affairsof men," we ingprayer in schoolsunconstitutional. No Our secondPresident, John Adams, would be foolish to ignore the ancient matter that the First Amendmentbeing wentright to the bottomline: "Our Con- tradition, recordedin Holy Scripture, interpretedwas adopted in 1791and for stitution was madeonly for a religious regarding what He requires of His 171years had never been interpreted to and a moral people.It is wholly inade- creatures. prohibitschool or anyother publicprayer. quatefor the governmentof anyother." On the other hand there are the Indeed,Thomas Jefferson-the architect Were Thomas Jefferson (who Secularists,who do not so much of strict separationof churchand state, authored our Declarationof Indepen- denyGod's existence as they pronounce accordingto the ACLU and Peoplefor dence), William Blackstone,George it irrelevant. PostmodernSecularists the AmericanWay-was president of the Washington,John Adams-and others of think religion should be kept strictly schoolboard of the District of Columbia our FoundingFathers, who confirmtheir private-except, of course, where when the booksused to teachreading testimony-all wrong?Indeed, are our religion can be used to advancethe were the Bible and the Isaac Watts Pledge of Allegianceto "one nation goalsof Socialismor Marxism.Morals, Hymnal. underGod" andour nationalmotto ("In which are ultimately rooted in a re- The actualcase holding school prayer God We Trust") alsounconstitutional? ligiously based worldview, should unconstitutional,Engel u. Vitale,is the Are they, as groupslike the American likewisehave no bearingon our public only SupremeCourt decisionof which Civil LibertiesUnion and People for the policy. this writer is awarein whichnot a single AmericanWay say, really violations of the Are you a homosexual?Fine. No caseis citedas precedent.The reason "separationof churchand state"? problem.That's your lifestyle.Do you for that is obvious.There wasno prece- Who really is out of step with the havean unwantedor inconvenientpreg- dent,no legalor politicalfoundation-at 'American Way,"Norman [,ear andhis nancy? Fine. Have an abortion. No least not in this country.In that sense telemarketedvalueless Hedonism, or problem.That's yourchoice. God forbid the 1962 school prayer decision can those who continueto believein God, that we should impose our beliefs or country family,and morality? valueson you. continued on page 62

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by MichaelR. Smith Bream slugsout his hits, remembers Bream askingpermission to take off Baseball.Sum- when his wife, Michele,a 1983gradu- mer's sport. Next ate of Liberty, had their son, Michael to Mom and apple Robert on April 13, 1986."He's what pie, baseballis America. Every Lit- every mother wantsher son to grow tle lraguer dreamsof playingin up to be like," Karin said. "Every the majors.When Sid Bream was a wife wantsto marry someonelike Sid 12-year-oldLittle Leaguebaseball Bream." Shesaid Bream's polished player,his father knew somedayhis courtesyextends to ManagerJim son would make the maiors. Levland.who Bream refers to as In April SidneyEugene Bream,26, "Mister." Leylandcalls Bream a beganhis third yearwith the Pittsburgh popularplayer who may throw a Piratesbaseball team. This is his bat once in a great while secondyear as startingfirst basemanand becausehe is a competitor. power hitter. He finishedthe 1985 BatboyMark Hutton has a seasonwith 16home runs. For Bream, lockernext to Bream's."Be- it is a chanceto fulfill a statement fore a lot of gameshe reads he madewhen he was a sophomoreat his Bible," Hutton said. "He Liberty University.Commenting on gets mad, but he doesn't the influenceathletes have on young showit on the field. He en- people,he said,"If we couldbe a godly couragespeople." Lyndi Nace exampleto these kids, there would of the Pirates' community be a differencein the majority of our relationsoffice said Bream'seasy youngpeople." TodayBream is doing mannerendears him to everyone. his part to be an examplein a sport we need someoneto go out on an wherefame and money can comrpt men total assists,was third in the leaguein appeaftmce,we can count on Sid," with the most honorableintentions. doubles,had 77 runs batted in, and a she said. "You can tell he cares. Some see the brawnyBream only respectable.286 battingaverage in the His faith showsbecause he keeps for his naturalability as a cleanuphit- 1986season. a positiveattitude." ter and crack first baseman.A But his popularitywith the Pittsburgh Bream said that his faith was 6-foot-4-inch,218-pound left-hander club runs deeperthan the stats, im- spawnedAugust 25, 1973,during a from Mount Holly Springs,Pennsylva- pressivethough they maybe. He is also week of revivalservices. "The Holy nia, Bream led the Nationalkague in polite.Karin Kmetz, who works at Pitts- Spirit was talking to me the whole fieldingstatistics, led first basemenin burgh's Three Rivers Stadiumwhere week through,"he said. "He gnbbed 16 FundamentalistJournal

I --:rc4!rJg me enough that I couldn't say no. I MicheleBream and had no idea at that time what I was son Michaelthe nightSid hit two supposedto be." nome runs. Sid's parents, Sylvester and Jouetta, raised him and their five other children in a Christian home where interest in sports was second only to their faith. Sylvester is well- known in south central Pennsylvania for his singing group, the Gospelaires. He too could have played professional baseball, but his family disapproved of playing sports on Sunday. "In 1948 I had a contract with the Saint Louis Browns (now Baltimore Orioles), but I never signed it," the elder Bream said. "The Lord knew what was going on. If I had signed, maybe there wouldn't be a Sid today." Sid Bream said failing knees also yearsas a testingtime. Recently, hindered his father from having a while waitingfor a gameto begin, tist churchin Harmony,Pennsylvania. career as a baseballpitcher. "When Bream sat in the dugoutat Three "You havean opportunityfor he sees me out there, he sees him- RiversStadium, his longlegs crossed, alcohol,drugs, and women," Bream self," Bream said. his face unshavenin the typical wenton. "Youcan't overlook that. That "Maybe a little," his father reluc- fashionof professionalballplayers be- candefinitely make you fall quickly.It is tantly admits. fore a game.He chatted,sharing a thing where you alwayshave to An avid fisherman and bow hunter, withouthesitation his weaknessesand stay on your guard.You try to have Bream calls baseballthe best sport of his faithin God. someonekeep you accountable as much all. No doubt becausehe makes it "I was up fin the major league] as possible." look easy. Bream earned a most valu- for a little while and never played," Breamshores himself up with daily able player award in 1978 at Carlisle Breamrecalled. "Even thoughI had prayerand Bible study.He fre- High School and played in the state very goodyears with minor leaguesys- quentlyrefers to the Book of James East-WestAll-Star baseballgame in tems they continuedto sendme back for guidancein practicalliving. Bream 1979.But all 26 major teams down.I questionedGod, by all means. saidthe discussionof temptationin bypassedhim in the free-agentdraft. Why Lord? Why are Youdoing this?" Jamesreminds him of his garden."I have Bream joined the Liberty Flames Breamcompared his situationto my garden,but I haveall theseweeds. baseballteam in 1979.He hit .433 in Job's,the Biblecharacter best Yougo in and weed, and you're feeling his junior year. In 1981 he hit 4 home rememberedfor his suffering."Job realgood about yourself. Then a couple 'Why runs in a regional tournament and a questionedGod," Breamsaid. " of dayslater those weeds are right back. total of 19 for the season. Former is all this happening?'But he was Youhave to weed things out of your 'Alabama major league ace Al" consideredfaithful in the end. It was life, eventhough you know they are Worthingtoncoached Bream at by no meanseasy, but God worked it goingto be comingback." Liberty, setting an example of balanc- out. It was His perfect planningand Fansknow Bream for the favorite ing family life and professional sports. His perfecttiming. We just enjoyit now." passagehe useswhen he autographs Bream hopes to achievewith his Breamsaid major league baseball baseballsand programs. "But Godcom- young family. is hard work, more pain than mendethhis lovetoward us. in that. while In 1981the Dodgers selected glamour."It takes a lot of trust in we were yet sinners,Christ died for Bream in the second round. Bream the Lord," Breamsaid. He is quick us" (Rom.5:8). "That is a tremendous hit .327 with 47 RBIs and one home to sharethat sentimentwith sports verse that the Holy Spirit can use to run in 70 games at Vero Beach, reporters,not just thosehe knows grabthem at that point," Breamsaid. Florida. Jim Murray of the fus are Christians."Baseball players are Sid wouldlike to be known as a Angeles Times said Bream could hit a put up on a pedestalso muchthat playerwith a lovingspirit. "I try to set line drive off a machine gun. you havemany areas that can get to an example,"he said of his witness to The next year Bream hit .310 in you. Youcan be vain. Youcan look for his teammates."Hopefully, someday, I 63 games and then moved to San that pride, the praisefor yourself." will see someoneon our team cometo Antonio, where he hit .320 with 50 And temptationis great,Bream know the Lord, andat that point, it will RBIs in 70 games. Also in 1982 he said, betrayingan innocenceuncom- truly be a successfulseason." moved within the club to Albuquerque mon in a professionalathlete. Thke and bounced from there to lns money,for instance."The opportunity I Michael R. Smith is a news Angeles. He was finally traded to of moneycan very easilybe put in front reporter with YorkSunday News and Pittsburgh in September 1985. of the Lord," he said.All hislife, Bream a freelance writer in Shippensburg, Bream remembers those earlv hastithed to his localchurch. now a Bao- Pennsylvania.

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by Ann Wharton Lawscouched in suchconcepts, say the reinterpreters,violate the establish- o freedomof religionin Freedom ment clauseof the Constitution,which America?Surely that could providesfor the separationof churchand neverbe! Yet in this land religion state.Jordan cited two suchcases. The of the free thereare those of first dealtwith the Hyde Amendment, who wouldban religion from publiclife, prohibitingpublic It funding of organizations not by law or edict,but throughmanipu- os enulslonea0,,t thatprovide abortions. The secondwas lation of the First Amendmentof the an attack on the criminalsodomy law. UnitedStates Constitution. If theyhave In bothcases, Lawrence said, the is- their way, the freedom o/ religion theFoundins Fathers sue at stakewas the fact that the laws guaranteedby the Constitution,through were basedin moralprinciple, which in the wisdomof our FoundingFathers, of this country essencewas the expressionof religion. would becomefreedom from religion. Therefore,opponents to the lawssought Eventhough those Founding Fathers to have them nullified. However, ''The meant to protect religion from the in- isunder siege. Lawrencesaid, courtsystems have fluenceofgovernment, the rewritersof rejectedthat line of reasonto date." todaywould reinterpret it to meanthe But Ballbelieves the mostinsidious protectionof governmentand other approachis the assumptionthat religious publicinstitutions from the influenceof regard" by those at administrative freedomis somethingless than a First religion. and/orjudicial levels. Amendmentliberty. As a result,a new Whatare the primarymethods being "Religionis not weighedas a mat- attitudecan be detectedin somecourt usedto achievethis goal? ter commandingsubstance. Yet," he decisions.In such cases, he said, Constitutionalattorney William Bentley stressed,"the First Amendmenten- "Someoneclaiming religious liberty is Ball speaksknowledgeably on the sub- shrinesfreedom of religionas a basic told that he mustprove that the govern- ject. Longbefore most political and re- freedom." mentinterest does not outweighhis re- ligiousConservatives were awareof the A secondmethod in the attackon ligiousinterest. It shiftsthe burdenof storm on the horizonfor First andFour- freedomof religion,Ball stated,is to pro0f." teenthAmendment rights, Ball was at maximizethe importanceof the publicin- Earlierin the historyof this country, the forefront, defendingindividuals and terest in conflictwith religiousclaims. the governmenthad to bearthe burden groupsfrom governmentencroachment. Suchan approachis a directdeparture of proof,showing that the publicinterest In the courseof his serviceto religious from the mannerin which caseswere clearlyoutweighed the claimfor religious liberty,he hasserved as lead counsel in treatedin the past. liberty. Today the Conservativemust 22 statesand has pled 15 casesbefore "Contraryto the old understanding show why his concernoutweighs the the United StatesSupreme Court. of whatdegree of publicinterest suffices claimof publicinterest, Ball explained. "One of theirstrategies, " Ballsays, to overridereligious liberty, now just "Then youhave to disprovethe govern- "is to questionthe realityof the religious aboutany public interest is sufficientto mentclaims. It placesan enormous bur- claim. Religionbecomes represented override religiousclaims," Ball ex- denon the religiouslitigant. It shouldbe more as an areaof whim rather thanof plained,saying that it hasbecome "the the sameas a criminalcase," he con- conviction."He explainedthat propo- downgradingof the sacredand the up- tinued."The governmentshould have nentsof the new interpretationof the gradingof the secular." to bearthe burdenof proof." First Amendmentoften present the A third areaof attack,which Jordan Even thoughthe instancescited by causeof religionto be so highlysubjec- Lawrence, attorney for Concerned Lawrencewere not given legal cre- tive that it has little relevance.The Womenfor America,finds particularly dence,Ball seesthe campagainst the resultis that casesunder consideration disturbingis the trend to classifyany freedomof religiongaining ground. He in the courts"are passedoff asthough moralprecept as religion.In essenceit seesnow in legaldiscussions and in cer- the religiousclaim was never made, or is the attemptto nullifyexisting laws that taincourts, an advancement of the idea the casesare received with a benigndis- are underpinnedby moralconcepts. that the sacredis to be givenfar less

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July/August1987 weight than secularinterest, "partly Dayton Christian Schoolsis a prime "Later the lReagan]administration becauseof the conditionof society." example."The casehad been five years camebefore the court to say it had no Ballfeels two primarycases charac- in court by the time it reachedthe caseagainst BJU. The mediaexploded. terizethe new trendagainst the freedom SupremeCourt. Two federalcourts had President Reagan was now called of religion-EEOC u. FremontChris- exhaustivelyreviewed the case.Some 'racist,' because-BJU was called 'racist'-although tian Schooland Goldman u. Weinberger. of the most importantreligious groups never in its history In the first casethe UnitedStates Court in the UnitedStates had come in on the hadanyone filed a discriminationcharge of Appealsfor the Ninth Circuit dis- side of the DaytonChristian Schools. againstit. missedthe caseout of hand,not even After this lengthyperiod, the Supreme "The administration'saction should permittinga trial on the matter of "a Courtthrew it backto the lowestlevel have ended the case, but to our very sincereand substantial claim made of the statecourts. It just avoidedthe astonishmentthe Court kept the case by a church." issue,"said Ball. alive,even appointing special counsel to In the secondcase Ball said,"The Sincethen, however, the OhioCivil argueagainst BJU's position. My own court paid only slight heedto the claim argumentsdid not prevail. The Court of an orthodoxJew that the wearingof killedthis school'stax exemptstatus on a yarmulke (skullcap)in the military the grounds that, to allow it to be servicewas a religiousact. The pointin Thereis exemptwould violate somethingcalled 'federal the casewas not whetherultimately this publicpolicy' (not foundin the shouldhave been forbidden; rather that o disturbingtrend Constitution).A very bad decision," Ball the test the court appliedwas heavily concluded. weightedon the side of the secular, Freedomof religionas envisioned by without adequate concern for the for iustices the FoundingFathers of this country is religiousinterest. " under siege on a number of judicial Is this new trend truly a violationof fronts,but thejudicialsystem is not the the intent of those early American at all levels onlyarea Christians need to watch.The leaders?Without a doubt,say Ball and legislativefront desenes guarding,as manyother Conservativeleaders. The to avoid laws affectingthe status of traditional Bill of Rightsfollowed the implementa- valuesare made. And policydecisions at tionof the NorthwestOrdinance. "The the administrativelevels of government NorthwestOrdinance is a basicdoctrine, o confrontation and the educationalprocess can have expressingthe intent of the Founding far-reachingeffects on the Conservative Fathers in respect to religion," Ball community. explained. whenFirst "We arenot anatheistic society, but The NorthwestOrdinance basically we arewell into it," Ballwarns, pointing supportedthe concept of education and Fourteenth out that the widelyembraced philosophy/ becauseit wasneeded to perpetuatethe religionof SecularHumanism is com- conceptof religionand morality. patiblewith atheism. Article 3 of that documentbegins: Amendmentissues He alsobelieves that the lax moral "Religion, morality, and knowledge, line concerningabortion, the denialof beingnecessary to the goodgovernment oreot stake, food and hydration to terminally ill and happinessof mankind, schools patients,and increasing violence in this and the meansof educationshall be countryare signsof the lackof godliness encouraged." in the Americancommunity. In otherwords, education was used RightsCommission dropped the case, Ball outlined two primary jobs for for the promotionof religionand morality, but Ballwas not happyabout that. "It Christians."The pressinghome of a so there would be good government. is over with-much to our disap- goodtest case,with expertwitnesses, "That's probablywhy it was the first pointment." to show that SecularHumanism is a provisionof the First Amendment.Ac- Balldiscussed another case handled religion, and a not-with-my-kid-you- countingfor the change,"Ball added, in a disturbingmanner by the Supreme don't stanceby religiousparents." "You couldcall it the naturalexpression Court: Bob Jones Uniuersityu. The The recentAlabama textbook case of a religionlesssociety, though it also UnitedStates of America.At first he re- decisionis a majorstep in the first direc- dependson manipulation.The whole fusedthe case,but afterconsideration, tion. In March, U.S. District Court switchis a certainviolation of the origi- when he realizedthat the university's JudgeBrevard Hand found that Secular nalintention of the FoundingFathers. " positionon race was a sincerelyheld Humanismis a religionand that 45 text- There is a disturbing trend for religiousbelief, he becameinvolved. books promotingthat religion in the justicesat all levelsto avoida confron- He recalledthe sequenceof events. Alabamaschools should be removed tation when First and Fourteenth "The universityasked us to take the from the curriculumimmediately. Ball Amendmentissues are at stakein cases. caseto the SupremeCourt after an ad- assertsthat the type of parentalre- This avoidancehas been accomplished verseruling by the U.S. Court of Ap- actionthat broughtthis caseto courtwill throughemphasis on proceduralmatters peals for the Fourth Circuit. The protectchildren and put up a roadblock, ratherthan on the substanceofthe case. SupremeCourt acceptedthe casefor preventingthe educationalsystem from Ohio Ciuil Rights Commissionu. review. "destroyingthe innocenceof children."

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--*+<414U@/ 'book-burning' A stateof Mainecase in whichthe journalisticjargon from to to explodethe new conceptthat religion departmentof educationbrought suit 'book-forcing.' Parents do have the goesto the backof the bus in favorof againstthe state'sprivate schools in an right to overseethe educationof their any publicinterest." effort to enforcelicensing of all private children,so youngstersare not forced schoolswas another significant one, Ball into the mold of the state," he maintains. I Ann Wharton is an author and said. He pointed to several lessons If we areto seemore such decisions, assistantprofessor of journalismat learnedfrom the case. andreverse the trendtoward stripping Liberty Universityin Lynchburg,Vir- First wasthe upholdingof the asser- Americansof our freedomof religionand ginia.She holds an M.S. in journalism tion that the stateshould not be the sole conscience,Ball says, "the first stepis from OhioUniversity, Athens, Ohio. supervisorofthe educationofthe state's children.Second was the issueof the primaryright of parentsin the education of theirown children. and third wasthe Preserving The whole switch Traditional Values is a certoin uiolstion WiILiamBentl.ey BalL of the original intention of the FoundingFathers.

insistencethat religiousschools must be free. They are not stateinstitutions. Another case cited by Ball as of primaryimportance in the Conservative battlefor parentsto maintaincontrol of the educationwas the 1982case of a Girard, Pennsylvania,18-year-old student.Bobby Burns refused to com- pleteassigned reading that centeredon prostitutes,obscenities, and blasphe- mies. "I can't read this," he told his teacher. "I can't report on this." He asked that the assignmentbe withdrawn. Bail statedthat the responseof the schoolsystem was, "He will readit. We Q or" considerWilliam Bentley Ball the "greatest constitutionalattorney in will determinethe educationof children l) Americatodav." in this schoolor he won't graduate." A partner in ihe firm of Ball, Skelly, Murren, and Connellin Harrisburg, Thus camemedia and ACLU atten- Pennsylvania,Ball was the recipientof the ClarenceDarrow Award in 1982and the tionto thecase, with chargesof censor- MessiahCollege Distinguished Service Award in 1985. shipand book-burning. But Bobbydidn't Whatput himon the roadto hisinvolvement with religiousliberty causes? After giveup. Ballrecalled the encouragement he finishedlaw schooland was married, in the forties,he felt that somethingwas the youth receivedfrom his father. missingin society."Things are threatenedin our world," he said. "I wantedto do " 'Bobby,if youdon't get your diploma, somethingto changeit." you'll at least haveyour honor.' " Throughouthis careerhe hasattempted to be part of the solutionto the problem The federaljudge askeda reason- that disturbedhim from the first-an Americansociety threatened by chaosand con- ablequestion. "Can't youlet himread fusion,perhaps a societydominated by totalitarianism. somethingelse?" The school board His part of the solutionhas been to fight to preservethe traditionalvalues of backeddown. the FoundingFathers expressed in the UnitedStates Constitution and its Bill of Ball says,"We haveto changethis Rights. t

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Christianity and the onstltutl0n.a,,) by RobertA. Peterson

ritish Prime Minister William Gladstonecalled it "the most wonderfulwork ever struckoff at a giventime by the brainand purpose of man." GeorgeWashington intimated that it was "a standardto whichthe wiseand honestmay repair. " It is the oldestwrit- ten constitutionstill in use, the "law of theland, " andthe President'schief duty is to upholdand defendit. For over 200 years,America's Con- stitutionhas survived the ravagesof both internaland external foes. The year 1987 marks the Bicentennialof America's continuedon page51 26 FundamentalistJournal

-++!{{!EE/ I \.___r, 7, 0 Y.E.A.R.S A Legacy to Be Treasured The Constitution

A Collection eror or alarm, let us hasten to re- ( ( A s the British Constitutionis the trace our steps and to regainthe road .6.most subtle organism which of Thoughts whichalone leads to peace,liberty, and hasproceeded from progressivehistory, from the Past safety." (First Inaugural Address, so the AmericanConstitution is the most and Present March4, 1801) wonderfirlwork ever struck off at a given -Thomas Jefferson time by the brain and purposeof man." ("Kin beyondthe Sea"; fromthe North ( ( l- od has willed that we make ( (f havenever been more struck AmericanReticw, September1878) \f this instrumentfor the peo- I. by the good sense and the -William Ewart Gladstone ple." (Signingofthe Constitution,1787) practicaljudgment of the Americansthan -Abraham ( ( Baldwin in the manner in which they elude the f n view of the Constitution, in numberlessdifficulties resulting from |. the eve of the law. there is in ( ( (}ur Constitutionis in actual their FederalConstitution. " (Democra- this country no superior, dominant,nrl- \-/ operation; everything ap- cy in America. 1835) ing class of citizens. There is no caste pearsto promisethat it will last; but in -Alexis de Tocqueville here. Our Constitutionis color-blind,and this world nothingis certain but death neitherknows nor toleratesclasses among andtaxes." (Letter to M. Leroy, 1789) ( ('T he Constitutionof the United citizens.In respectof civillaws, all citizens -Benjamin Franklin I Stateswas madenot merely are equalbefore the law. The humblest for the generationthat thenexisted, but is the peer of the most powerfr{." ( (fne preservationof the sacred for posterity-unlimited, undefined,end- Oissenting opinion, Plessya. Ferguson I. fire of liberty, andthe destiny less,perpetual posterity. " (A speechin 163U.S. 537,559 t18961) of the republicanmodel of government, the Senate,January 29, 1850) -John MarshallHarlan arejustly consideredas deeply,perhaps as -Henry Clay finallystaked, on the orperimentenffusted ( ( holdthat the Constitution ( ( II /e to the handsof the Americanpeople." T f by the mere force of numbers V V follows the flag, and de- Oirst InauguralAddress, April30, 1798) I a majority should deprive a nouncethe doctrinethat an Executiveor -George Washington minorityof anyclearly written constitu- Congress deriving their existence and tionalright, it might, in a moralpoint of their powersfrom the Constitutioncan ex- ( (E qual and exact justice to all view, justify revolution-certainly would erciselawful authority beyond it, or in vio- IJ men. of whatever state or if such a right were a vital one. This lation of it. We assert that no nationcan persuasion,religious or political;peace, country,with its institutions,belongs to long endurehalf republic and half empire, commerce,and honestfriendship with the people who inhabit it. Whenever andwe warnthe Americanpeople that im- all nations, entangling alliances with they shall grow weary of the existing perialism abroad will lead quickly and none. . . . Freedomof religion;freedom government, they can exercise their inevitably to despotism at home." of the press, and freedom of person constitutionalright of amendingit, or (DemocraticNational Convention, 1900) under the protection of the habeas their revolutionaryright to dismember -Pladorm of the DemocraticParty corpus, and trial by juries impartially or overthrow it." (First Inaugural ( ( selected. These principles form the Address,March 4, 1801) f beleve in the United States of bright constellationwhich has gone -Abraham Lincoln I. America as a Government of beforeus, andguided our stepsthrough the people,by the people, for the peo- an age of revolution and reformation. ((T he Constitutionof rhe United ple; whosejust powersare derivedfrom The wisdomof our sagesand the blood I Statesis a law for rulers and the consentofthe governed;a democracy of our heroeshave been devoted to their people,equally in war andin peace,and in a republic,a sovereignNation of many attainment.They shouldbe the creedof coverswith the shieldof its protectionall sovereignStates; a perfectUnion one and our politicaltaith, the text of civil instruc- classesof men, at all times, andunder inseparable;established upon those prin- tion, the touchstoneby whichwe try the all circumstances."(Er ParteMilligan, ciples of freedom, equality, justice and servicesof those we trust: and should 4 Wallace2, 1866) we wander from them in momentsof -David Davis nntinucd on page34

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I --:JJJJ!!IJZ Righteousness Exalts a Nation

by Richard C. Haluerson themselvesto be wise, they became fools. Intellectualand emotional degener- (( ighteousnessexalt- ation are inevitable when men refuse eth a nation:but sin God, when they are thankless. is a reproach to Next comesspiritual degeneration (v. any people." The 23). Thesewise foolswhose intellect was timeless truth of that proverb darkened because they would not (14:34)is the verdict of the record of acknowledgeGod, "changedthe glory every civilization,empire, and nation in of the uncomrptible God into an image history.Its relevancefor our timesis in- made like to comrptible man, and to disputable.In a day when spiritualand birds, andfourfooted beasts, and creep- moral structures are disintegrating, ing things." At whichpoint God lets go when the socialorder is threatenedby and socialdegeneration follows (v. 24): a narcissismbordering on anarchy,when "WhereforeGod also gave them up." A pervasiveskepticism and mistrust are whole humanityGod gave up "to un- eroding humanrelationships, no word cleannessthrough the lustsof their own of truth deservesour attention more hearts, to dishonourtheir own bodies than this. betweenthemselves." This text is not a tlreat; it is not even The ineluctableprocess continues ''changed a warning. It is simply a statementof (v. 25):They the truth of God fact. It is like saying,"The shortestdis- into a lie." (Hereis a l8O-degreespiritu- tancebetween two points is a straight al andmoral inversion: black is white, er- line." It is like saying,"Water equals ror is truth, chaos is order.) They two parts hydrogen,one part oxygen." "changedthe truth of Godinto a lie, and It is like saying, "Fire burns; cold The degeneration,disintegration, and worshippedand served the creature freezes." Thistest is a simplestatement demise of any and all people are in- more than the Creator." of principle,a law of life inherentin the evitableif righteousnessis abandoned. Now comes the terrible conse- universe,in the world, in humannature, The inevitabledestructiveness of sin quences,the perversionof personality in history. was never analyzedmore accurately (w. 26-27): "For this causeGod gave "Righteousnessexalteth a nation: than Paul's descriptionin Romans.He them up unto vile affections:for even but sin is a reproach to any people. records the vicious, downwardspiral, their womendid changethe naturaluse Theseremarkable words assert the sim- the awfulabyss into whichhumanity in- into that which is againstnature: And ple fact that spiritualand moral health is escapablysinks through sin. A descrip- likewisealso the men, leavingthe natural constructiveand beneficial, that spiritual tion of the descentbegins in chapter1, use of the woman,burned in their lust andmoral sicknessis destructive.This verse 21: "Becausethat, when they one toward another; men with men is withoutcontroversy. The declineand knew God, they glorified him not as working that which is unseemly,and fall of every great social, political, God,neither were thankful." This is the receivingin themselvesthat recompence economicorder and/or system in history root of sin-failure or refusalto worship of their error which was meet." is profoundconfumation of the truth of God. This is Secularism,the spirit op- Finally,beginning at verse 28, com- this text. This basicprinciple is work- posedto faith in God. Paul couldhave plete degeneration(note the recurring ing every dayin the life of every person written, "Godlinessexalteth a nation, cause is intellectual abandonmentof in the world. It is operativeevery day Secularismis a reproachto anypeople." God): "And evenas they did not like to in home and family life, in all the struc- The diagnosiscontinues, "When retainGod in their knowledge,God gave tures of our nation,in all of the depart- theyknew God they did not glorify Him themover to a reprobatemind. " There ments of life. Its processis inexorable as God" nor were they "thankful" to is no power on earth to stop the human despiteevery effort of sophisticatedman Him asGod. With whatresult? They "be- mindfrom becomingreprobate if we re- to rationalizeand disregard it. The fruit camevain in their imaginations,and their ject God.The mindthat will not worship of righteousliving blessesany nation. foolishheart was darkened.Professing God becomes corrupted. This is as

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I -.*!JJ-|/ magazinesand movies explicit in their portrayalof the intimaciesof sex. This is the ultimatein depravity-pandering pornographyto a culturethat eatsit up. The point Paulmakes in Romans1 is plain and indisputable:sin leads to individual and collective ruin. Sin guaranteesthe breakdownof all human socialsystems; and there is only one solutionto this breakdown,"Righteous- nessexalteth a nation." The word righteousnessin both Hebrewand Greek is a simpleword. In this day when muchdialogue is nothing more than semanticduel, people are rationalizingthe meaningof words.This is part of the perversionthat is inherent in a Godlessculture. But the word is clearin Hebrewand in Greek. It means rightness,justice, virtue. It meansto be chaste.It is implied in some of these good old-fashionedwords that even MadisonAvenue must use today when it wants to appealto somethingmore than emotion-words like quality, integrity, honesty, responsibility. lt meansto be right with God and right with your neighbor.It meanspurity in motiveas well aspropriety in method.It meansreverence for God and concern for others.It meanssquare play, truth- fulness, unselfishness,humility, kind- ness,charity. It meansChristlikeness. Unquestionably,we havebeen look- ing at a rather dismalscene, but, thank God,there canbe anotherchapter. And that chaptercan be written by you and me-that is, if we are willing to pay the price for authenticrelevance. But if we go aboutour dailyaffairs absolving our- selves of responsibility, we actually inescapableas fire's burning."God gave want to readit in books;they want it in becomea part of the problem that is them over to a reprobatemind, to do advertising.It is not enoughto do it; ravagingour nationand our world. The thosethings which are not convenient." they want to see it done; they take solutionbegins with us aspersons. Each Now you see total breakdown pleasurein it; they are entertainedby of us in his own way can becomean "Being filled with all unrighteousness it. There is nowhereelse to go! This is instrument in the hands of God for fornication,wickedness, covetousness the deadend. This buildupofdegenera- reconciliation.If we have the determi- maliciousness;full of envy, murder tion in humanpersonality, collectively nation to be Christ-managed,we will debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers andindividually, winds up (or down)to becomean influencefor righteousness backbiters,haters of God, despiteful the ultimate in depravity-vicarious right where we are. If we have the proud,boasters, inventors ofevil things enjoymentof lust, depravity,sin. Sinis courageto speakwhen we are intimi- disobedientto parents,without under entertainment! dated to silence,and if we are willing standing, covenant-breakers,without An autobiographywritten some to be silentwhen we oughtnot to speak, natural affection, implacable,un- yearsago, My Life and Louesby Frank Godwill leadus, by His grace,through merciful" (vv. 29-31). Harris, containsthe author'saccount of His Spirit. Then in verse 32, the very ultimate the 400 times he seducedwomen, giv- in humandegradation: "Who knowing ing in clear, candid,careful detail his the judgmentof God, that they which techniquefrom the beginningof the I Richard C. Halverson is chaplain commit suchthings are worthy of death, seductionto its consummation.That of the United States Senate.Adapted not onlydo the same,but havepleasure book and many more like it written by from The Timelessnessof Jesus, in them that do them." They want to former wives andlovers are availableon copyright1982 by RegalBooks. Used by seeit on the screen,on the stage;they book stands competingwith popular oermission.

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I =-+!JJ!lMl JamesUssher Championof Piety and Scholarship

by Mike Fluent youngUssher. The womenmemorized uncle,was archbishop of Armaghthrough vast portions of Scriptureand spurred 1613;and his maternalgrandfather, James A man'sdeath reveals much about his Ussher'searly commitment to the Bible. Stanyhurst,cofounded Dublin's Tiinity life.When Irish archbishopJamesUssher Born in Dublinin 1581,Ussher en- College. diedin Englandin 1656,Anglican bishops tered a family steepedin churchand civil In fact, Trinity Collegewas only in its mournedhis passing(even though Ussher duties.His fatherwas a clerkof the Irish third year whenJames Ussher enrolled sympathizedwith the Puritans)and hrlia- court of chancery;Henry Ussher,his there in 1594.He graduatedwith a B.A. mentleader Oliver Cromwell gave him a in 1597,became a fellow in 1599,and lavish funeral in WestminsterAbbey receivedan M.A. in 1601.Iater that (althoughUssher espousedthe divine sameyear he became,in order,proctor right of kings). ttTn, at Tiinity, preacherat Christ Church,and Ussher's"opponents" esteem him Gospetis not deaconand priest. Four yearslater he for his reverencefor the Scripturesand became chancellorof Saint Patrick's his piety of life. And throughouta lifetime supportedwith willfulness Cathedral,and for the next decadeand of scholarship,politics, writing, and butby patience a halfhe taughtat Tiinity, earnedhis doc- preaching,James Ussher never swayed torate, andheld severalreligious and ad- from those two passions. andobedience," ministrativepositions. In 1621he left Churchhistorians credit two blindaunts teachingto becomebishop of Meath.By with molding the spiritual fiber of the 1625he was archbishopof fumagh and

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I primate of Ireland. the controversy.And althoughUssher the With the successivepromotions and Tnrougnouta tifetime of royzlist sided with Charles I, Ussher responsibilitiesof those years, James remainedon goodterms with all parties. Ussher developedinto a foremostand scholarchip,politics, Othersfared less well. Parliamentar- sensitivescholar. prcaching, restedfuchbishop Laud for treasonand "Ussher had a high view of Scrip- writing,and beheadedhim. The sameParliament im- ture," saysJohn Woodbridge, department JamesUssher never peachedThomas Wentwortl. Despite an chairmanand professor of churchhistory appealby Ussherto CharlesI, the latter at Tiinity EvangelicalDivinity School. swayedfron his yielded to Parliamentwhich beheaded 'Hebrew "The Old Testamentwas his rcvercncefor the Wentworth.later, Charles I met the verity.' He was at the forefrontof the samefate when he lost power to Oliver scholarshipof his day.His researchwas Scripturcsand his piety Cromwelland Parliament. reflective of his knowledge of new In the early1650s, Ussher once again manuscripts,and he wasprecocious in gainednotoriety when he introducedhis terms of his ability to amass huge now famouschronology of the Bible. Into amountsof information." the eighteenthcentury the timetablewas Ussherappreciated the importanceof consideredgospel, and it becamepart of minutia.His reasoningwas close and in- the marginalnotes of the AuthorizedVer- tense,and he had a passionfor definite sion of the Bible and evenfound its way and exact knowledge.Although he ar- wasusually so judicial that he wassome- into someeditions of the CatholicDouay gued, he never was turbulent. Conse- times accusedof ftvoringthe Romanside Bible. quently,he avoidedthe rancorousenmity andof providinga distinguishedname and The chronologyassumes the Bibleis that houndedcontemporaries like William argumentfor Romanprotagonists to use accuratein its mostliteral sense. There- Ames. againstthe Reformedchurches." fore,a dayis a dayand a yearholds 365 Althoughsome label Ussher as quick But Ussherwas more than just an ad- days.Also, biblical genealogy is continu- to conciliate,the archbishopstrove for vocate.His first-ratescholarship of Saint ous. By meticulousstudy, Ussher in- amity. "The Gospel is not supported Ignatiusin 1644drew widespread praise. troducedthe 40M sc. datefor Creation. with wffilness but by patienceand obe- Ignatiuswas the first-centurybishop of The Floodoccurred 1,656 yean later.Je- dience," he once wrote to a friend. Antioch,and trzdition says he wasthe in- sus was born in 4 s.c. His amicablenature allowedhim to fant in Christ's armsin Mark 9. Emperor PerhapsUssher's chronology best in- become intimate with contemporary Tiajansentenced Ignatius to deatharound terprets his character.The work proved Englishwriters andscholars like Thomas A.D.107. But beforehis death,Ignatius painstaking,but he neverlost sight of his Badley,Robert Colton, and William Cam- wrote sevenletters to the early church. purpose.He sawthe panoramaof bibli- den.And even when Ussher disagreed, Ussher'sscholarship isolated the seven cal history while he noticedthe intercon- he seemedcapable of divorcingthe is- genuineletters from the manyforgeries nectionof separateevents. To him, the suefrom the man,as in the disputewith andinterpolations that arosethrough the generaland the particular were equally Laud and Wentworth. centuries.Those sevenletters remain important to the Christian faith. Under CharlesI, Williamlaud be- someof the most importantdocuments Moreove! his laboringwith numberswas camethe dominatingforce of the Church of the early church. notjust anacademic pursuit. He believed of England,and he eventuallysecured The yearsthat producedthe Ignatian a tight chronologywould augmentthe the positionof Archbishopof Canterbury. scholarshipalso witnessed tmgic develop- Protestantfaith in a mannersimilar to the I-audreasoned that all Englishmenmust mentsfor bothEngland and Ireland. The Catholictenet of unbrokensuccession belongto the Churchof Englandbecause Irish Rebellion of 1641 began when from the ApostolicAge. it wasthe nationalchurch. By enforcing Ussherwas on one of his manytrips to Although many would challengethe that belief, Laud antagonizedthe England.During Ussher's absence, the exactdates of the chronology,it still tes- Puritans-and Ussher. Thomas Went- insurrectiondestroyed most of his per- tifies of a thorough, exacting,first-rate worth wasa pivotalleader of Parliament sonal belongings. He never returned scholarwho championedpiety as well as who endorsedLaud's programs. Ussher, home.He declinedboth participationin erudition.His deathlater that decadesad- too, wantedconformity to the church, the WestminsterAssembly and a faculty denedall of England'swarring factions. but he shudderedat the idea of legally position at the University of Leiden in In addition to a state funeral, Oliver enforcingthat policy.Consequently, his Holland. Instead, James Ussher was Cromwellordered all of Ussher'sworks authority as archbishopdeclined when drawninto the Englishcrisis of king ver- collectedand preserved.On learningof Wentworthsupported Laud. But Ussher sus hrliament. Ussher'sdeath, one colleague wrote, "I nevergrew bitter. In fact, al2-year cor- The Houseof Stuartand Charles I ad- prayGod the lossof him is not ominous respondencedeveloped between hud vocatedthe divine right of kings to rule to us." andUssher, and although they neverfirlly over the people.But CharlesI was far agreedon fundamentalissues, they ad- from divine. During his first 4 years he mired and respectedeach other. hadthree Parliamentsand for the next 12 Occasionally,Ussher's broad- years he had none. When at last Parlia- I Mike Fluent is a free-lancewriter in mindednessled to misunderstanding. ment convenedin 1640,it was more a Dallas,Texas. Some quotes taken from When he debatedseventeenth-century seethingcaldron than a ruling body.King lames Ussher,Archbishop of Artnagh, by proponentsof Catholicism,"his method andcrown were clearlyon the defensive. R. Buick Knox (Cardiff: University of of marshallingand assessing the evidence Ussher the scholarwanted none of WalesPress. 196D.

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byJames Ussher scholasticterms, unnecessary quotations of authors,and forced rhetorical figures, ead and study the Scriptures sinceit is not fficult to makeeasy things carefully; wherein is the best appearhard, but to render hard things learningand only infallibletruth; easyis the hardestpart of a goodorator they can furnish you with the best as well as preachers. materialsfor your sermons, the only Get your hearts sincerelyaffected rules of faith and practice, the most with the thingsyou persuadeothers to powerfulmotives to persuadeand con- embrace,that so you may preachex- vincethe conscience,and the strongest perimentally,and your hearersperceive argumentsto confuteall errors, heresies, that you are in good earnest, and andschisms. Therefore, be sure let all pressnothing upon them but what may yoursennons be congruousto them;and tend to their advantage,and which to this end it is expedient that you yourself would venture your own sal- understandthem, aswell in the originals vationon. as in the translations. Studyand consider well the subjects Thkenot hastilyup other men'sopin- you intendto preachon, beforeyou come ions without due trial, nor vent your into the pulpit, and then words will own conceits,but comparethem first readily appear themselves;yet think with the analogyof faith and rules of what you are about to say beforeyou How to holiness recorded in the Scriptures, speak, avoidingall uncouth phantas- whichare the propertests of all opinions tical words or phrases;or nauseous, Find a Job and doctrines. indecent, or ridiculousexpressions, Meddle with controversiesand which will quickly bring preaching witll Puruose doubtfulpoints as little as maybe in your into contemptand makeyour sermons popularpreaching, lest you puzzleyour and personsthe subject of sport and and Meafrring hearers,or engagethem in wrangling merriment. disputations,and so hindertheir conver- Dissemblenot the truth of Godin any sion, which is the main design of case,nor complywith the lustsof men, preaching. or give anycountenance to sin by word Insistmost points tend on those that or deed. PlacementNetwork match to affect sound belief, sincerelove to But aboveall you must neverforget your skills,education God, repentancefor sin, and that may to order your own conversationas be- and experiencewith a persuadeto holinessof life; pressthese cometh the gospel, that so you may job that offersdeeper thingshome to the conscienceof your teachby exampleas well as precept, and personalsatisfaction. Callor write today! hearers,as of absolutenecessity, leav- that you mayappear a gooddivine every- TOtt FREE ing no gapfor evasion,but bindthem as where as well as in the pulpit; for a l-800426-1342 closeas maybe to their duty; andas you minister'slife andconversation is more q"E AK,HI, WA, and Canada oughtto preachsound and orthodox doc- heededthan his doctrine. call(206) 546-7330 trine, so oughtyou to deliverGod's mes- Yet after all this, take heed you be il sageas near as maybe in God'swords; not puffed up with spiritual pride of r- that is, in such as are plain and intel- your own virtues, nor with a vain con- TheCareer and Human Resource Specialists AvenueNorth I ligible,that the meanestof your auditors ceit of your parts or abilities, nor 19303Fremont ffi Seattle,Washington 98133 I mayunderstand; to whichend it is neces- yet be transportedwith the applauseof sary to back all practicalprecepts and men, nor dejectedor discouragedwith I doctrineswith apt proofsfrom the Holy the scoffsor frowns of the wickedand I Scriptures;avoiding all exotic phrases, profane. T I

I --:rr+144s/ \__---l Legacy continuedfrom fage 27 not, we canonly expectthat the stamp- or restrict activities of business, ing boot of totalitarianismwill emergeon labor, criminals,or policemen.These humanityfor which Americanpatriots Americanshores." (1987) are but minor quibbleswhen viewed sacrificedtheir lives and fortunes. I -John W. Whitehead againstthe constitutionalmonstrosity therefore believe it is my duty to my responsiblefor the extermination of countryto love it, to supportits Consti- society that would make 15 million humanlives these past 14 tution, to obeyits laws, to respectits either slavery or abortion years.As longas this most extreme con- flag, and to defend it againstall ene- legalis not a free society.As we come tradictionof humanliberty is in placein mies." (TheAmerican's Creed,adopt- to the 200thanniversary of our Consti- our Constitution,other contradictions- ed by the House of Representatives, tution,we oughtnot prideourselves that stemming from the same godless April 3, 1918) we have gotten rid of laws permitting pragmatism-are altogether likely." -William Tyler Page racialdiscrimination. We haveembraced (1987) a far worse discrimination:a legalprin- -William Bentley Ball ( ('T he Bill of Rights,contained in ciple that permits individualsto select, I the first ten amendmentsto ( ( A s we commemoratethe 200th the Constitution,is every American's ./4. anniversarvof the Constitu- guaranteeof freedom." (Memoirs,1955) "In view tion, I have often thoughtof how faith -Harry S. Truman shapedthe views of the framersof this magnificentdocument. ( ( of the Constitution, f t is the geniusof our Constitu- "Although theologianand scholar |- tion that underits shelterof John Witherspoonwas not directly in- enduringinstitutions and rooted princi- in theeye volvedwith the document'screation, his plesthere is ampleroom for the richfer- student James Madison doubtlessly tility of Americanpolitical invention." reflectedhis view of life, of the universe, (Stateof the Union Message,January of thelow, andof an omnipotent,omniscient God. 12, 1966) As Madison drafted the governing -Lyndon B. Johnson documentof the land,he hadto debate thereis in this countr^t and challengethe input of the Deist of ( (n ue to the rapidityof changein his day. His faith was not a closet LJ modern society, it is very no superior, faith but an activebelief in the power of difficultto forecastexacfly what the Con- God. stitution holds for future generations. "Today our publicofficers pledge to However, it is important to note that dominant,ruling closs be faithfulto the Constitution.I pray that freedom,as we havetraditionally known God will sendus leaderslike Madison it, is a shrinkingisland. of citizens." who understandwhat faithfulnesstruly "America is headingtoward a more meansand who havea commitmentto authoritarianform of government.This be so in both their public and private mayoccur out of necessity.As law and lives. order declines,and as the rise of ram- amongunborn human beings, whomever "This Constitutionis not yet whatit pantdrug use and the spreadof plague- they desireto kill. Worsestill, is the in- canbe aseach amendment perfects the like diseasessuch as AIDS continues, crediblefact that this freedomto kill has process of forming a more perfect the governmentwill be forced to arm- beenelevated to a constitutionalright. Union.This processis the Constitution's to-the-teethand "test the citizens(for "So we enter the third century of most valuableasset. To me, the First drugsand diseases).This, if it comes our national life with a Constitution Amendmentis the document'smost about, will be donein the nameof the darkly stainedby those entrustedwith importanttreasure for eachgeneration. generalwelfare of society. its protection.It is impossiblenow to be 'Congressshall make no law respecting "Authoritarianism,and the resultant optimistic about liberty in our future. an establishmentof religion, or pro- erosionof the Constitution,is alsoin- Lavishcelebrations of the constitutional hibiting the free exercise thereof: or evitable if the moral decline of the birthdayproceed at this hourat Philadel- abridgingthe freedomof speech,or of country continues.Freedom under the phiaand elsewhere. Would extravagan- the press, or the right of the people Constitutionrests upon a republic of zas such as these be held had our peaceablyto assemble,and to petition virtues and morality. Freedomand re- Supreme Court recently declared a the Governmentfor a redress of sponsibilitygo handin hand.Immorality 'freedom of choiceto own slavesand grievances.' breedsirresponsibility, and irresponsi- thus makelegal the completesurrender "The documentitself cannot guaran- bility will lead to a loss of freedomand of one person'slife to the controlof tee any of our sacredfreedoms. The the rise of Big Brotheror, if you like, anotherperson'? privilege of realizing those freedoms Big Sister. "I cannotfind voice to join in the rests with the ability of leadersin each "If present-day Americans really chorusof those who see suchglory in generationto adhereto the tenetsofthe desire freedom to flourish for their the Constitution'scapacity to protector documentas they seekto 'securethe posterity, then it is incumbentupon protract federalism, to preserve or blessingsof Liberty to ourselvesand our them to strike at the diseasewhich, as ignorethe separationof powers,to limit Posterity'."(1987) I said,is, at heart,a moralproblem. If or expandthe role of thejudiciary, to aid -Jerry Falwell

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-:-.:_J \a____z had to face this issue. I had rescuethem from the to find answers in the Word bondage. of God. To addressthe But most of all, I have problem, I started with my to refuseto mistrust peo- basic desire to be like Jesus, ple. The Enemy wantsto to see His mind in that parti- destroymy capacityto cular issue, and to follow His trust. And I haveto refuse examplein the way He tackled him a victory in me. I have it. I soon realizedthat to give my trust to every Jesus had a similar problem memberof the body of in Judas,one of His 12 chosen Christ,with the risk of disciples.Jesus was aware beingsold for 30 pieces that Judashad the makeupof of silver, to be crucified. a traitor. In John 6:70 He My trust will actually disclosesthis knowledgeto conquerin the Cross. His disciples: "Have not I chosenyou twelve, andone of I Joseph Tson taughtand on Monday morning, out of you is a devil?" pastoredin Romaniafor The Capacity fear, go to see their secret So how didJesus approach manyyears before being to Trust police officer in an incon- this problem?How did He exiledto the Westin 1981. spicuousplace and report treat Judas?First of all, he He is now presidentof the by JosephTson all that happenedin the never unmaskedor exposed RomanianMissionary Society church on Sunday? him to the other disciples. in Wheaton,Illinois. One of the most horrible The free world cannot Second,Jesus gave Judas hints products of the Communist comprehend the horror of that He knew what was going system is the informer of living in such a society. Can on in his mind. He was in the secret police. In a we understand the frustra- fact telling Judas that he had Sermon Communist country iike tion of a pastor who knows a problemand shouldsolve it. Outline Romania,an estinated one that one of his deaconsis Third, Jesusloved Judas to the in three people works for an informer? And the pastor end. He washed his feet in Godliness with Content- the secret police, either as knows for sure, becausethe the Upper Room and treated ment I Tim. 6:1-10 a direct employeeor as an day after the meeting of the him as a guest of honor by informer. This network of diaconate,he is alwayssum- givinghim the specialmorsel. The Frustrationof informers infiltrates the moned to the police or to Even when Judas came to Servitude(v. 1-2) whole society-all ages, all the local inspector of betray Him in the Garden of The Seductionof Success levels-the church is no religious affairs, where he is Gethsemane,Jesus called (vv. 3-5) exception.The sad and told absolutelyeverything him "friend." The divine love The Satisfactionof Christ frightening fact is that the that was discussedthe was there to the end, open (vv. 6-8) secret police have been abie previous night in the dea- toward him, inviting him, The Perilsof Wealth to blackmailpeople into cons' meeting! But, more offering to rescue him from (vv. 9-10) becoming,in most cases,un- than this, can we under- the bondageof the Enemy. willing slaves who will inform stand how being aware of So, if I want to be like on their own brothers and the inlormers developsin Jesus,how should I treat Word Study sisters.Yes, there are deacons everybody an attitude of these informers?First, I and even pastors and priests suspicionand lack of trust have to see them as vic- Eusebes. In contrast to who are broken into submit- of everybody else? tims of a vicious system Theosebes,which is a general ting to this slavery.In fact, one The capacityto trust other that has become expert in term for "worship" or in four or five church members people is one of the most corrupting people, and I "devotion to God" (in the is an informer. important ingredients in a have to pity them and have LXX, see Ex. 18:21;cf also The tragedy is that they healthysociety and also one of mercy on them. Then, I John 9:31), Eusebes are unwilling informers: they the most important traits in have to love them and show emphasizesthe idea of are frightened and broken into the makeupof a healthyper- them my love. Instead of worshipping God aright. The acceptingthis job. But they son. A society where sus- unmaskingthem as traitors, term is used in cognatelitera- are stiil believersin Jesus picion, fear, and mistrust is I have to show them that ture of "devotion" to one's Christ, people who fear God. prevalentis a sick society. they have value in my eyes parents or others. In the Who can describethe perma- What does the gospel as redeemablepeople. I New Testamentit is especially nent torment of the mind and say to such a society about have to do all I can to break used of devotionto God (Acts soul of people who go to trusting people?As pastor through to them with my 3:12; 2 Peter 1:3,6,7).It is churchon Sundayout of their of a church in Romania with love and appreciation, singled out for special em- own need and belief,and then nearly 2,000 members, I with the hope that I might phasis in 1 Timothy (cf 2:2;

'3$ I 4:7,8;6:5,6,11) where Paul There were many who said, evangelists and television series of unfinishedprojects embracesthe two principlesof Although he is young, and pastors," he says. "I be- and well-intentioned but doctrine and duty. Eusebesis although he lacks certain lieve television pastors unfulfilled ideas. seen as "keeping the faith" maturities, we can see (local church pastors who Many companyowners and "laying hold onto eternal potential in his ministry.' " preach on television)can and presidentslist persever- life." In the selection of Since those early days,his perhaps communicate more ance as the most important church leaders the former is ministry has taken him to integrity than television quality for business suc- the evidence of the latter. countlessplaces and diverse evangelistsbecause they are cess, and perseverance(or Tncontrast to wealthor suc- opportunities.Serving for investing their lives and diligence)certainly relates cess, the real evidence of many years as an evangelist, proving their credibility in to leading a productive Eusebesis that the man Lee touched thousandsof one place, not just from Christian life as well. (1 Tim. 3:1-16)or woman lives. town to town. I certainly do Paul exhorted the Gala- 'And (1 Tim. 2:I2-I5:5:1-16)of God In 1982 Richard I-ee not berate the ministry of tians, let us not be is rich in good works (1 Tim. acceptedthe call of the the evangelist. Rather, I am weary in well-doing." Then 6:11-12.18). 2000-member Rehoboth accentuating the importance he added the promise, "For Baptist Church in Atlanta, of the pastor's authority." in due seasonwe shall reap where he is senior pastor. Now 40 years old, if we faint not" (Gal. 6:9). RichardLee: Known for his vibrance in Richard [,ee already has 30 Developingdiligence in the pulpit and in person, years of ministry ex- our lives may not be easy I-ee has led his congrega- perience. We will likely hear at first. In the beginning we Telling the World tion to new dimensionsof much more about his minis- must consciouslywork at it, "There'sHope!" growth and ministry. Adding try as he continuesto lead but after a while, we will around 1,000 new members his church and tell the practiceit without thinking. At 6 years of age Richard every year, Rehoboth is now world, "There's Hope!" If we believe God, we [,ee was saved. Soon after- the second-largestBaptist have no choice but to be ward he sensed God's call Church in Georgia. I Angela E. Hunt diligent. We are responsible to preach. Before he turned Three years ago the to fulfill our obligations to 12 he was already fulfilling that church launchedan innovative Him to the best of our televisionrninistry deter- Christian Leadership ability. Sometimesthings mined to be more than "just seem beyond our reach, but another church television Diligence whatever opportunity God program." Lee states em- gives us, we must by faith phatically,"The messageof One key to a consistent believe that He will enable hope through Christ is the Christian life is diligence- us to do it. We must set essenceof our ministry. constant, careful effort. We ourselvesto the task and Now that's not a vague gen- are familiar with the tale of diligently move toward the erality; my messageis a the race between the tor- goal, patiently pursuing the messageof hope. That is toise and the hare. Thc vision God has given us. the reason we named our hare raced away from the Proverbs 10:4 says, "He program'There's Hope!' starting line leaving a trail becometh poor that dealeth We are telling the world- of dust. He ran for a while with a slack hand: but the call. "Most of my life as a hurting people in all walks and quit. He ran some hand of the diligent maketh child was spent aroundpastors of life-that in Jesus there more and quit again.The rich." Proverbs \2:24 and evangelists," l.ee ex- is true hope and meaning." tortoise trudged along states, "The hand of the plains. "Often we went from He adds, "The messageis relentlessly,never looking diligent shall bear rule: but one place to another, traveling making an impact. We are back. He wasn't fast, but the slothful shall be under to tent meetings.preaching in receiving letters from he was diligent and he won tribute." God is clearly storefronts, wherever some- hundreds who are trusting the race. promising to bless those one would let me preach. Christ. Divorcesare being Christians are often like who are diligent in their It was almost as if every night averted, problems of the hare. We become excited responsibilities."The of my childhood was spent depressiondefeated, and about a project and quickly hand of the diligent shall in church. In fact, for me to even prisoners are being begin working on it. The bear rule" suggeststhat stay home and play in the yard set free spiritually." project may be related to those who work hard and seemed somewhat unusual. Having filled the roles of the job, the church, the are faithful in their "The greatest opportun- evangelist and pastor, home, or family. Soon we responsibilitieswill be ities I had were given to me Richard l,ee has a balanced lose interest or become dis- placed in leadership by local church pastors perspectiveon the place of tracted, and we drop a ven- positions. who believedin a teenage television ministry. "We ture that may have altered God despises slotMul- preacheq when perhaps philo- need to define the differ- our entire future. Some ness. If we use the abilities sophicallythey shouldn't have. ence between television peoples'lives are but a He has given us to the

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fullest,as He expects,we A lot of peoplethink Never stoop to name- canaccomplish the things they "can't write" an effec- calling. Don't say "Mayor Church News Godwants us to do. tive letter, or give up when Moe is a jerk'l-even if he This year'sBaptist their first try is not printed. is. Attackideas, not person- Bible Fellowship Annual I Glenn Sumrall The best way to get your alities.Convince the reader Meeting will conveneat letters publishedis to write the actionyou advocate the First Baptist Churchin the kind of letter editors must be taken,then New Castle,Delaware. like to get and readerslike deploreMoe's refusalto PastorRon Adrianwill host Light to read. Here are a dozen act. Aboveall, never make the meetingSeptember a Candleor a hints to help you: any accusationagainst 21-24.Seminar topics in- Flollow the rules. anybody;any hint of clude evangelism,finance, ForestFire. . . Most papersgive guidelines possiblelibel will get music,and bus ministry. suchas "l,etters must be your letter thrown away Nearly two dozenChristian With a Letter to the under 300 words and instantly. leadersare scheduledto Editor. Our societyseems signed.Writers must give Try a "reply." Most soeak. to be rivalingthe ancient nameand address." Few editorslean over backwards Romansin degradation,yet papersaccept anonymous to publishviews opposing we havea powerfuldefen- letters;most print only their own. "Blasting" an The 12th Nationwide sive weaponavailable. The nameand city (not editorialcan be especially Bus and Children's letters to the Editor address). rewarding;controversy is Church Conference Type your letter neatly. the life of an editorialpage will be held July 27-30 t If you do not own a type- and readerslike letters that in Lynchburg,Virginia. 'em f writer, borrow one. Use a "give what for!" Specialspeakers will offer blackribbon on white Be brief. The fewer fresh insight, helpful paper,double-space, use wordsused to make a tips, and spiritualen- wide marginsand short point, the greater the couragementto assistin paragraphs,and be neat. impact.Probably the keepingyour ministry alive Work on your letter. ultimatewas a letter and well. For details Professionalwriters do not printed when Ted Kennedy contactBring ThemIn, write well, they rewrite soughtthe Democratic P.O.Box 16678, well. nomination:"Kennedy? Memphis,Tennessee Never on Monday! Chappaquiddick!" 38186-0678,(901) 346-5560. Make sure your letter does Use humor if you have not arciveon Monday, the gift; it grabsattention. becausethe volumethat Use your head-or Dr. and Mrs. Jack day is usuallyoverwhelm- your heart. If you are Van Impe recently column in your newspaper ing. l,etters arrivingTues- professionallyqualified to receivedReligion in Media's is open to the addressingof day or Wednesdayare speakon a topic,say so; Angel Award for their any problem of our society. sometimesopened first! add weight to your argu- 1986prime-time special, Readershipof this column Thrget your reader. If ment. But you don't have is high, and the letters your goal is to challenge to be an expert to often bring startling results, thosewho feel as you do to score-a letter from the as I have witnessed many standand be counted,simply heartcan be the most times in my 25 years as an speakout. But if you want movingof all. editor. to influencethe "undecided," Slug with your punch Once I noticed protests try a soft-spokenapproach. line. Your strongestpoint against the X-rated Playboy Acknowledgeboth sidesof shouldbe the final one television channel in the let- the issueand concludewith becausethat will linger ters column of a North the strongestlogic for your longestwith your reader. Carolina newspaper. Before argument. Suchis the point of this long. Playboywas sent Get attention fast. article. Your community packingin two cities. One letter writer who had must haveproblems that Many Floridians first just returnedfrom a cross- men and womencan unite Iack Van Impe Presents. . . heard about MADD, the countryauto trip began,"I to resolve,and surely the Occult Woild. The pro- organization of Mothers havealways supported hiring you care. So headfor your gram generatedan over- Against Drunk Drivers, in the mentallyhandicapped. typewriter! whelmingviewer response, letters columns. Soon after- But why hire them to provingto be the mostpower- ward, Florida's legislature designour interstates' I TledCarroll ful specialever producedby enacted its toughest-yet laws cloverleaves?" JackVan Impe Ministries. dealingwith drunk driving. t Be Sllll, qnd KnowThot He ls God

by Walter C. Kaiser,Jr. will meditateon God's righteoushelp "all Theheort of the daylong" (Ps. 7l:23,24). iblicalmeditation is not an Meditationis a functionof the heart, medilotion avenueof escapethrough which to use biblicalterminology. In Scripture the individualis swallowedup, the heart often standsfor the whole per- is the absorbed,or mingledwith the son with all its functions,especially the divine in some unspecified mind.Such meditation of the heartis stressed sheer mysticalprocess. Meditation is presented in Psalm19:14, Psalm 49:3, Proverbs 15:28, in Scriptureas an act of worshipinvolving andIsaiah 33:18. In thosepassages, enioymenl divinecommunion. It resultsin such thoughtis contrastedwith spokenspeech. spiritualrenewal and refreshmentthat the In Psalm49:3 the psalmist's"mouth shall of the believeris therebyprepared to enter into speakof wisdom,"but "understanding" the demandsof life and the world as they comesfrom "the meditationof [his]heart." presence are spreadbefore all men. Scriptural Likewise,in Psalm19:14 the psalmistcon- meditation,seen throughcareful definition trasts the "words of [his] mouth" with of the of the objects,results, and methods of the "meditationof [his] heart." In both the practice,preserves the identity, psalmsmeditation is seenas an inner living Lord dignity,and value of the reflectiveworshiper. reflectionof one's mind and spirit. Severalconsecration formulas set forth As such, biblicalmeditation is a rational the conceptas well as any formal defini- processrather than a processof self- ond the tion might. "Let the words of my mouth, abnegation.The goal of meditation,ac- and the meditationof my heart, be ac- cordingto Psalm49:3, is understanding. delighf ceptablein thy sight, O Lord, my Proverbs15:28 asserts that "the heart of strength,and my redeemer"(Ps. 19:14). the righteousstudieth [meditates]to thot comes "My meditationof him shallbe sweet:I answer:but the mouth of the wicked will be gladin the Lord" (Ps.104:34). "I pourethout evil things." If the art In prorsrng will meditatein thy precepts,and have referredto in Psalm49 and Proverbs15 respectunto thy ways" (Ps.119:15). were the emptyingof oneselfso that the Hisnome. In the Hebrew words used in these infinitecould flow throughone's being, then formulasthe idea of conversationis closely all acts of forethought,consideration, and relatedwith the conceptof communication. reflectionappearing in the Scriptures Whenthe ideasof conversationand of arewrong. But they arenot. Biblicalmedita- communionare linkedto the consecrationfor- tion is a rational,but whole-soul,experience. mulaobserved above, it is clearthat medita- It springsfrom the heart and mind of the tion is at once a reflectiveact and conver- individual.It is spontaneous,yet most sationdirected to God.Such meditation deliberate.The hard, sadevents of life bring embracesnot only the wordsof one's forth a spontaneousresponse and a mouth,but alsothe thoughtsof one'sheart. desireto be with God. Yet there are times The Scriptureis explicit aboutthe when the believermakes a deliberate times for meditation.David confidedthat decisionof the heart to enter into song, he thoughtof God when he went to bed prayer,or the worshipof God. Psalm77 and that he meditatedon the living Lord illustratesthe former, Psalm119 the latter. throughoutthe night (Ps.63:6). Such was No order of priority is assignedin the his practicewhen he was in the wilder- Scripturepassages on meditation,but ness of Judahfleeing from Saul,who was basedon the sheernumber of references, driven with a half-crazyjealousy over it would appearto be the clear contention David's greatergifts of leadership. of Scripturethat Christianmeditation has Likewise,an unnamedpsalmist sings for as its most basicobject of focus the Word joy and declaresthat his soul and tongue of God. "This bookof the law shallnot

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was not used as a basisfor worshipand ments hast mademe wiser than mine The mind communionwith God, and therein ap- enemies:for they are ever with me. I pearsthe difference.Nevertheless, each havemore understandingthan all my of fhe of the ethicaltests flowedout of a teachers:for thy testimoniesare my mind-setthat consideredfirst the mind meditation.I understandmore than the meditotor that wasin Christ (Phil.2:5-8). ancients,because I keep thy precepts" In the first recordedact of meditation (Ps.119:97-100). Such a personis is not in the Bible, "Isaac went out to meditate describedin James1:25 as one who in the field at eventide" only to be in- "looketh into the perfectlaw of fo be blonk. terrupted by the arrival of his bride, liberty." When he looks he does not Rebekah(Gen. 24:63). The contentor pur- forget, but acts.James says that such a It is to be pose of his meditationis not mentioned. one shall"be blessedin his deed." One could also point to Daniel 7:28, Successis also promisedto Joshua filled for althoughDaniel's thoughts so for meditatingon the law of the Lord troubledhim after he had receivedthe day and night: "then thou shalt make with the magnificentprophecy of the conquestof thy wayprosperous" Qosh. 1:8). Con- the kingdomof God over the successive sequently,the instructionis both precep- inscriptured kingdomsof men that the very color of tual and practical.In the latter caseit his skin changed,still he "kept the will prepareone for life. The man who Word matter in [his] heart." This appearsto seriouslymeditates on God's law day of God. be nothingmore than a reflectivetype and night is calledthe "blessed man" of musingand a considerateinspection in Psalm1:1, 2. Together,both theoretical of the known detailsof a matter. enlightenmentand practicalapplication Finally,one must placeMary's con- are legitimategoals and are the results templationin the samecategory. "Mary of one type of biblicalmeditation. kept all these things, and pondered There is a kind of meditationin which them in her heart" (Luke2:19). Later, one lingersin the presenceof God for when the 12-year-oldJesus startled his no other reasonthan to adore,praise, and parentswith the announcement:"Wist ye enjoythe power,presence, and Person of not that I must be aboutmy Father's the living God. Foremostamong the ex- business?"Mary again"kept all these pressionsof this sentimentis Psalm sayingsin her heart" (Luke2:49,5I). 104:34:"My meditationof him shallbe Thus the object of this type of medita- sweet: I will be glad in the Lord." tion over words is only to realizethe Suchdelight comes from the steady profoundsignificance contained in the look at the God we love and is described words. It is understoodthat only subse- by the psalmistas enoughto makeone's quent eventswill revealall the implica- soul "satisfiedas with marrowand fatness" tions containedin eachstatement. andone's "mouth to praisethee with Jesusexhorted his followersto con- joyfullips" (Ps.63:5). templatethe eventsof history and the Meditationis the sheer enjoymentof examplesit provides.In Luke 17:32, the presenceof the living l,ord and the Jesussaid, "Remember Lot's wife." So in delightthat comesin praisingHis name. 2 Timothy2:8 Pauladvised Timothy to Two celebratedexamples are: 'As the "remember that JesusChrist of the seed hart pantethafter the water brooks, so of David was raisedfrom the deadac- pantethnry soul after thee, O God. My cordingto my gospel." Here the medita- soul thirsteth for God, for the living tion is for the specificpurpose that such God: when shallI comeand appearbe- thoughtshould result in appropriateaction. fore God?" (Ps.42:1, 2). "I openedmy The best illustrationof commemora- mouth, and panted:for I longedfor thy tive meditationis givenin 1 Corinthians commandnents"(Ps. 119:131). 11:15.There, in connectionwith the cup "l€t the words of my mouth and of the lnrd's Supper,the invitationwas, the meditationof my heart, Be accept- "This do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in able in thy sight, O hrd." remembranceof me." The act of memorywas not only to be reflective, I Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., is academic but it was to be connectedwith an ap- deanand vice presidentof educationat propriateaction that was embracedin Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School, the idea of remembering. Deerfield,Illinois. Adaptedfrom Renew- Often the contemplationof the ing YourMind in a SecularWorld works of God, the law of God, and the (Chapter3, "What Is BiblicalMedita- Personof the Lord leadsto further tion?" by WalterC. Kaiser,Jr.) by John knowledge.The psalmistexults: "O C. Woodbridge,Copyright 1985. Moody how love I thy law! It is my meditation Press,Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. all the day.Thou throughthy command- Used by permission. 40 FundamentalistJournal

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by AngelaElwell Hunt out of your body and find the power within you." He led the classin this he collegestudent entered her meditativeritual for 20 minutes. first "Humanistic Leadership" Exercisesof this type are becoming class,a basicbusiness course standardprocedure in an increasing offeredby her liberalarts college. numberof publicschool physical education As the professorwelcomed his classes,college courses, and in psychiatry students,he proceededto lower the and medicine.Should Christians beware of shadesin the classroomand instructedhis this practice?Is this meditativestate studentsto "relax, get grounded,and try relatedin any way to Tianscendental to reachand unlockthe power of your Meditation?Is meditationbeneficial or evil? inner self. Feel your feet on the floor," TranscendentalMeditation was frst his voice intoned. "Feel your back against introducedto the United Statesin 1959by the chair. Tell your toes to relax. . . your MaharishiMahesh Yogi*the globe-trotting legs. . . your arms. . . your fingers.Rise Hindu monk who later tutored the Beatles.

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-ru.+lrJilh/ I \___Z Mia Farrow,and the BeachBoys. through the governmentalagencies of Proponents Maharishi taught the practice of achieving health, education,social welfare, and fulfillment through contact with a justice." cloim transcendental"Being," the basicreality The TM movementwas refashioned. of life. This. he taught, is achievedby In an article entitled "The Evolutionof meditolion meditation-blockingout thoughtsof the the TM Movement," Marcia Greene immediatereality in order to concentrate wrote, "Now peoplewere told that TM is effeclive on the transcendentpower. was a practicalmethod that would improve In 1958Maharishi announced his plan the quality of their lives. Meditationwould for reducing to spiritually regeneratethe world through providea form of deep relaxationthat TM. Knowinghow Americanslove some- would equip them for dynamicaction. slress, thing new, he wisely decidedto present They would be calmer,more energetic, his plan first in the United States.He and think more clearly,and as a result increosing believedthat if the Westernworld would wouldrealize improvements in all areasof begin to meditate,the rest of the world their lives. TM becamethe quintessential confidence, would soonfollow. By 1961Maharishi was self-helptechnique for dealingwith the holdingTM lectureson collegecampuses stressesof modernlife. TM movedfrom sleeping, and soon the StudentsInternational counterculturefringe to mainstream MeditationSociety was founded.In 1967 respectability." Maharishilectured at UCLA, Harvard, From 1S72to 1976TM promoters were coping, Yale,and Berkeley.SIMS grew to over able to obtainfederal money for SCI 10,000members and chapterswere classesin publichigh schoolsand adult ond sticking formed on campusesin every state. educationprogmms. The SpiritualCoun- The religiousfervor attachedto TM in terfeits Project, AmericansUnited for to o diet. the sixties eventuallyfaded. The Beatles Separationof Churchand State, and the and Mia Farrowlost interest. So did Coalitionfor ReligiousIntegrity filed suit, thousandsof Americanyouths. Maharishi and the U.S. District court at Newark, said, "I know that I havefailed. My New Jersey,ruled that TM and SCI were missionis over." religiousand couldnot be taught in the During the sixties Maharishihad been public schoolsystem. open about the religiousintent of TM. He The surgeof interestbehind TM describedhis teachingas "the summation beganto wane.The Maharishi'smedita- of both the practicalwisdom of integrated tion, with its mantraand initiation life advancedby the VedicRishis of an- ceremony,gave way to other types of cient India and the growth of scientific "relaxationmeditation." Many people thinkingin the present-dayWestern confusedthe two. ln MeditationWithout world." His movementwas founded"with Frills, MaureenJones Ryan states that the sole purposeof spirituallyregenerat- her meditationis not religious,but she ing the lives of all men in every part of includesa "make your own" mantra the world." chart to aid concentration.The mantra But the Maharishibegan to wise up. (in TM. a word from the ancientHindu Knowingthat TM couldnot constitu- seers that was recordedin ancientHindu tionallybe taught throughgovernment writings) is used whenevera thought agenciesin the United States,he stopped crossesyour mind. Meditation,says usingreligious terminology when defining Ryan,is an attempt to "put all thought TM. TM was renamed"The Scienceof out of your mind: you attempt to con- CreativeIntelligence" and was taughtfor centrateon nothing." The object of the first time as a credit-bearingcourse at Ryan'smeditation is total relaxation.The StanfordUniversity. object of TM is to reachnothingness on a In his book TranscendentalMeditation higher plane. Maharishiadvised: "Whenever and Proponentsof meditationclaim the whereverreligion dominates the mass practiceis effectivefor reducingstress, consciousness,transcendental deep medi- increasingself-confidence, stabilizing tation shouldbe taughtin terms of blood pressure,reducing the heart rate, religion. . . . Wheneverand wherever increasingenergy, and decreasingindi- politicsdominates the massconscious- gestion.They claim meditationwill ness, transcendentaldeep meditation help a personsleep deeper,cope better, shouldbe taughtin terms of and from the and stick to a diet. Meditationis platformof politics. . . . Wheneverand supposedto decreasemuscle tension, wherevereconomics. . - fears of the unknown,boredom, "What is suitedto the presentgenera- and to increasecreativitv. interest tion?It seemsrfor the present,that this in life, and tolerance. transcendentaldeep meditationshould be madear,ailable to the peoples.. . continuedon page48

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I _ru4!!rp Bible-believingpastors of in Egypt, when God parted meaningof the chosen the countryas to what the Red Sea, when He name, letters from each theseprinciple causes are, brought them into the parent, and answered so they can addressthem Promised Land. prayers surrounding the from the Bible in their Those memorial rock birth. When parents con- churches.When pastors piles served much the same tinue to add significant addressthese principles in purposeas today's photo spiritual events, a priceless their sermons,harmony in album or cassette recorder/ piece of heritagedevelops. marriagegoes up and player. I believe God also Children enjoy making divorcegoes down. The wants present-dayChris- their own times-to- churchis the best friend tians to build memorials and remember scrapbooks.My the familyhas. For one memories for the sake of neighbor's 7-year-old care- thing, our manual,the our future generations. fully printed. "God helped Causesof Bible,has the bestinstruc- "He hath made his won- my lost kitty find home tions on marriageand derful works to be remem- today," and pastedin a Divorce familyreiations found any- bered" (Ps. 111:4).The magazine picture of a where.We will point out psalmist's timeless words Persiankitten. Among someof theseinstructions about God encourageus to Kids need to actively Christians in future columns.If you create contemporary ver- participatein memorial- are a divorcedChristian and sions of stone altars and making.Long ago Joshua by Tim and Beuerly LaHaye wouldlike to participatein memorial markers. Here wisely directed the this survey,please write are suggestions. Israelites to pile up stones Christiancounselors us at P.O. Box 2700, o Different kinds of on Canaan'schoice riverfront were startled to read the Washington,DC books help in recalling property ]osh. 4:21-24). resultsof a recent study of 200132700. tr#, God's promisesand specific Personal involvement, the religious beliefs of kindnesses.At year'send, rather than spectator divorcedpeople indicating our pastor and his wife hire status, ensuresa more that 30 percent of those a baby-sitter for a few lasting reminder. surveyed were Conserva- Milestones hours. In a quiet restaurant . A collageusing cut-out tive Christians. and they relax while sharing words and pictures (some- Divorce is on the irr- their journals and marveling times snapshots)becomes creaseinside the church, Memories at the instancesof God's an effective and interesting even though it seemsto be incrediblelove in their lives. family project. Include bap- on the decline in the general "Remember when For an almost-born tismal certificates, memen- population.Everywhere we Grandpastepped in the child, why not start a tos of camp and family go to conductfamily semi- blueberrypie?" "Remem- Special Edition? Include the missionaryfriends-and nars or speak on family life, berwhen...?" the conversationwith pas- With our three children tors invariably turns to the grown (and eight grand- divorce increase within the children brightening our church. lives),I'm hearing"re- We have developeda member when?" questions 100-questionsurvey for frequently. divorcedChristians, to see God values remember- if we can discover the ing. Beginning in Genesis, primary causes of divorce, He instructed Noah, as testified by divorced Moses, Gideon,and David Christiansthemselves. to build altars. Jacob and They are certainlyin a bet- Samueland Joshuaalso ter position to know why piied up stones as tangible Christian marriages are reminders(an Old Testa- breaking up at such an ment visual aid) of those alarming rate. To date, no times God especially such survey has ever been blessedthe Israelites. taken. We plan to com- Joshua realized his chil- puterizeat least 5,000 dren's great-grandchildren Christiandivorcees' could easily forget God's responses,and statistically powerful love and analyzethe results. Then miraculousintervention we can alert the 110,000 when the Israelites slaved

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I --+3jJJ{4rlEl cleanand unwrinkled. seatof our emotions.If our Word, He answersour cate one basicmessage to "Wherefore.beloved. see- hearts are filled with the prayers. the youngperson: "You ing that ye look for such Lord, He will helpus con- With God's powerwe cannotdo it!" The parent things,be diligentthat ye trol thoseemotions in a canovercome any debilitat- who realizesthat failure is may be found of Him in spiritualway. ing mood! part of growth, however, peace,without spot, and Be on guard against canturn even the worst blameless"(2 Peter3:14). Satan and self. Satanat- I Muriel Larson disastersinto growth ex- Our diligencewill be of tacksus throughour minds, periences.Forgiveness, ac- great benefit to us while which in turn may then be companiedby willingnessto we awaitthe shout,the controlledby our emotional Iet the teenagertry it voiceof the archangel,and reactions.Philippians 2:5 Teaching again,is the best methodof the trump of God! says,"Let this mindbe in Your Child teachingyoung people to be So havea nicevaca- you, whichwas alsoin responsible. tion . . . but don't take a ChristJesus." Whatkind of Responsibility Personal growth. vacationfrom God. minddid Jesushave? A Parentsmust be willing to humbleone. Sucha mind A conclusion.Building let teenagersknow that they Mary Boyd Alley leavesno room for self or responsibilityand indepen- do not have all the answers Satan. denceis a processfor andcan fail sometimes. Read and memorize parentsand teenagers,but Whena teenagerrealizes God's Word. The Scrip- parentscan take some addi- that he or she is growing Managing tures give us reassurance, tionalsteps to helpthe alongsideMom and Dad, Moods comfort,and peace. They processalong. the youngperson is much increaseour faith, so we Freedom for failure. more willing to learn and Whentension mounts, stop doubtingGod. Psalm Maybe a check will bounce developas a Christian Bob stews until he finally 34:4says, "I soughtthe if the checkbookis turned person. blowshis top. His wife, Lord, andhe heardme, over to a teenageson. Or Advice. Parentswant Carol,has another way of and deliveredme from all maybea daughterwill back their childrento do well, handlingtension or personal my fears." Fear often the car into the garage andhate to see them fail. relationsproblems with her drives us into a hurtful door if she drivesalone. The result?Rather than family.She tampsdown mood. Mistakesare inevitable,and allowingteenagers to hostility and goes into Recognize that we the way a parent responds strugglethrough a tough depression.Sometimes she are God's children to these failureswill mean issueor task, the average won't speakto Bob for through Christ, and the differencein the parentwants to say, "Let days. "Tell your father therefore special. A sign teenager'sgrowth toward me do that for you." todayis washday," she on a prison chapelwall greaterresponsibility. Letting them struggle (with will instruct her oldest says,"God ain't madeno The parent who harps a watchfuleye) will lead daughtertersely. junk!" If we havereceived on the failure will communi- to that healthysense of Many peoplehave trou- JesusChrist as our Saviour, bie managingtheir moods God hasmade us new per- properly.For Christians, sonsand adopted us into , depression,discourage- His royalfamily. Sometimes ment, and angryresent- we may slip anddo wrong, q ment may stealChrist's but our Lord is always peaceand joy, adversely ready to forgive us our sins affecttheir relationships andcleanse us from all un- with family and others, and righteousness,if in repen- P hurt their testimoniesfor tancewe confessour sins. Christ. Let's lift our headsand Changingmoods and bad look up to Him. tempersmay get us into Trust in the Lord trouble,leading us to do with all our hearts 1 somethingwe ordinarily (Prov.3:5). When we truly wouldn't.We may get the trust Him, we haveHis feelingthat no one really peacethat passesall under- understandsus. So what standing(Phil. 4:7). canwe do aboutmanaging Throughthe power of His moods? grace,we cansail over the Love the Lord with rough spots without sinking all our hearts (Matt. or stayingin bad moods. 22:37. The heartis the And accordingto God's

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-ruJ4rl!/ I independencethey will need occurs in the brain because FamilyBookshelf to survive in the world. of environmentalstresses, Prayer. Today's or becausethe brain is The familyduo of authorNorman Bomer andartist G. teenagers need our prayers born with the potential for CarolBomer has created an entertainingand thought- and the power of God. this type of change (depres- provokingpro-life allegory in No More Singing. The While most parents would sion that runs in families). birds are a comfortablefit of personalitiesas they battle readily agree, many spend This biochemicalchange is with the TreetopCourt in defenseof the AncientBook. A much more time yelling at in specific hormones found conciseargument against abortion and a clearvision of their teenagers, complaining in brain tissue. Soon there what happenswhen freedom is surrenderedand faith is to other parents about their may be specificblood tests dismissed.(Paideia Press Ltd., 1987,34 pp. $4.95) kids, or bemoaningtheir that will show if this change own failures ("Where did is present, making severe Deborah Huff we go wrong?") than they episodespreventable and spend in prayer for their therapy more precise. young people. The symptoms of An excerpt from By building responsibility depressionare common to No More Singing into their children's lives, other diseases.They in- by Norman Bomer parents will be taking a clude chronic or long-term giant stride toward helping depressedfeelings, a sense Inside the nest their children develop into of hopelessnessand that no couldbe seen the independentindividuals. The one cares, lack of energy, beautifulred cardinal end result will be teenagers lack of drive (including sex feather,and beside it who are advancingin maturity drive). lack of concentra- a loneblue egg. and who are increasingly tion, an inability to enjoy The shatteredremains of the other four lay among ready to face the world. one's self, and physical the twigs and weedsat the foot of the tree. symptoms such as tired- Chuckhuddled close to Janice. ;,' Adapted from But You ness, early morning The captainlooked up coldly."One egg per Don't Understandby Paul awakening,weight loss or nest," he announced."It's the law of the park." Borthwick, published (1986) gain, and vague aches and The blue jay stared at the Robinsfor anothermo- by Oliver-Nelson Books, pains. Attempted suicideis a ment, then rose to the branchwhere they were Nashvilie, Tennessee. symptom and potentiallylethal perchedtogether in fear. He looked coldly down at complicationof this disease. the nest, turned to them again,then slowly lifted his Advances in understand- wingsand disappeared. ing have led to many new Depression and effective medications that counteract the bio- The Hot 200 by Al for $2.50(quantity discount A killer diseasethat few chemicalchanges within the Menconiand Dave Hart. avarlable)from Menconr people are aware of is the brain, giving relief from the This 16-pagebooklet con- Ministries,P. O. Box 306, secondand third leadingcause symptoms of depression. tainsone-paragraph profiles Cardiff, California92007. of death in various age Usually medicationis on the most popularsecular goups. The diseaseisdepres- reserved for more severe musicartists of today, Angela Elwell Hunt and L. Diane sion. It kills by one of its patients where symptoms alongwith thosewho were Johnson,an author/illustrator team symptoms-suicide. cause an inability to func- responsiblefor shapingrock from Lynchburg, Virginia, have been The diseaseor emotional tion normally. Counselingis music(The Beatles,Elvis awarded the 1987 Lorna Balian Prize, sponsoredby Abingdon disordercalled depression almost always beneficial in Presley,etc.). Written Press of Nashville, Tennessee. is common, and it is differ- helping the patient deal from a Christianperspec- Angela is a free-lance writer ent from "being depressed." with the specific emotional tive, the informationre- and regular contributor to Everyone gets depressed issues that may have vealsthe religiousor FundamcnlalislJournal. Diane is a graphic designer for an architectural- but not everyone has depres- brought on the depression. not-so-religiousinclinatrons engineering firm. They competed sion. Getting depressedis The best prevention is of eachperson or group. with hundreds of entries to another way of identifying the early recognition of the Definitionsof rock terms receive the Lorna Balian Prize for feelings of sadness,lone- symptoms described above, are aisoincluded. their children's picture book liness, or hurt. But depres- and seekingwise counselwith A goodresource for entitled f ,1Had Long, Long Hair. According to Abingdon Children sion is an entity all by itself, a pastor, mental health parents,teachers, pastors, Editor Etta Wrlson. the winning with causes, symptoms, professional,or physicianbe- andstudents interested in entry stood out "because of its treatment, and prevention. fore the symptoms become knowingmore aboutthe imaginative identification with the New understandingof severe.Remember, anyone c:n type of peoplewho are m- common wish of a child, the careful integration of text and art, and the the way the brain works be stricken with depression. fluencingthe world-kids concludingemphasis on respect for suggeststhat depressionis especially-with their mu- a parent." a biochemica"lchange that lm Gregg Albers, M.D. sic. The Hot 200 is available

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by CandaceL. MiLler trophies of God's grace. Perhaps it is still a valid ebrews13:15 ad- descriptionas we view the monishes,"By final work of God on an in- Him thereforelet dividual who is submitted us offer the sacrifice of to FIis honing, whittling, praiseto God continually, pounding, scraping, and that is, the fruit of our lips polishingprocess. Does he giving thanks to his name." not emerge a trophy rn The psalmist reinforces comparisonto what he was this and says, "I will offer to begin with? CannotGod to thee the sacrifice of rightfully stand back and thanksgiving,and will call beam at the finished uponthe nameof the lnrd" (Ps. 116:17). childrenthan when we haveturned from product, particularly when it is the Praise and thanksgivingare natural a fresh gave" (Bayly, The Last Thing We imageof His Son wrought by His power responseswhen the believerbasks in the Talk About). The psalmist said, "lt and grace?That is His goal for us. sunshine of blessing and no turbulent is goodfor me that I havebeen afflicted; There are also some trials that we winds of trial stir him (if we are not so that I might learn thy statutes" must view as Joseph did. "Ye thought comfortable that we forget). However, (Ps. 119:Z). evil againstme; but God meant it unto when we must sift throughthe rubble of The thought comes, how does it avail good." This does not always make it a life leveled by unexpectedtesting, to to suffer these things for ought but this easier, but it gives our finite minds praise is truly an offering of sacrifice. life?Do we not intend to spendeternity an explanationon which we can meditate How can we lay aside our carnal in a heavendevoid of trials and sin?Then and realizeanother dimensionof God's responses to difficult circumstances we are broughtup short with the thought purposes in the lives of men. "Be ye and instead of the whiny, melancholy that we shallserve Him night and day in not unwise, but understanding what murmuring that issues from our lips, who knows what capacity.His glory and the will of the I-ord is" (Eph. 5:17). ^fr^- ..'. ^ ..^^.-:c.^ urrcr uP d 5dLr lllLc of praise"?we grace must be deftly shown here on Sometimesit is a matter of forgetting can sing a new song only when we earth, skillfullydisplayed for those seek- that we have prayed and asked God to realizethat these extremities are God's ing a refuge and strength. do what is necessary to obtain the nnnnrf rrniticq There used to be a well-usedphrase desiredgoal in our lives. Peter put it this God's purpose is to prosper us and referring to various individuals as way. "Beloved, think it not strangecon- not to harm us. Jeremiah 29:11-13ex- cerning the fiery trial which is to try you, plains, "For I know the thoughts that I as though some strangething happened think toward you, saith the Lord, unto you: but rqoice, inasmuchas ye are thoughtsofpeace, andnot ofevil, to give Wrm we must partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, you an expectedend. Then shallye call when his glory shall be revealed, ye may upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto siftthrough be glad also with exceedingjoy" (1 Peter me, and I will hearkenunto you. And ye therubble 4:12-7$. He continuesto the end of the shallseek me, and find me, when ye shall chapter reminding us that it is better search for me with all your heart." of a life to suffer for Christ's sake than as a We are often under pressure, and our murderer or other evil doer and to not immediate human response is to fall leveledby forget that judgment must first come to beneath the load. Yet the Word of God unexpectedtesting, the house of God. The Refiner's fire teaches us to rejoice and see God's must come upon the vessel so that it is goodness.One parent says, "How can to praiseis truly fit for the Master's use. you see God's kindnessin the deathof a child?" Another says, "I cannotexplain an offeringof sacrifice, it, but my wife and I have never been I Candace L. Miller is a free-lance more convincedof His love for us and our writer in Rapid City, South Dakota.

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-:r+rJJl!J@t I \____z Meditation continuedfrom page42 meditationwould be rewardedby "good Theobiecl success." Shoulda Christianmeditate? What should Our meditationdoes not involvean empty be the purposeor goalof a Christian'smed- Of TM mind and unguardedthoughts. We are told itation?In Psalm119:97 and 99 we read, to bring "into captivityevery thought to the "O how love I thy law! It is my medi- is to reoch obedienceof Christ." We are to guardour tationall the day.I havemore understanding thoughtsand love the lnrd with all of than all my teachers:for thy testimonies nothing ness our minds,hearts, and spirits. aremy meditation."Here we seethat Chris- Meditatorswho follow relaxationtech- tians are to meditateon the testimonies ono niquesor TM find an appropriatetime of day of God. We are not to fill our minds with to allow20 minutesfor meditation.Thev emptiness,but to concentrateon Scripture. higherplclne. dressin loose-fittingclothing, sit in a When are we to meditate?All the day. comfortableposition, and concentrateall of Any time is appropriatefor meditation. their energyon a meaninglessword. It is A spokesmanfor SpiritualCounterfeits Satan'sgreat counterfeit to a scripturalprac- Project,experts on TM, saidthat Chris- tice that Christianshave long neglected. tianmeditation is uniquelydifferent fromother Whydon't moreChristians take 20 min- meditations."We don't movedown to utes out of a busy scheduleto find a zeroin our minds;however we shouldmove privatetime just to meditateon Scripture? somethingout so that we canmove some- Many Christianscan hardlyfind time for thing in. We shouldclear our minds of Biblereading and prayer, let alonemeditation. the demandsof life, so we can concentrate But meditationis endorsedin Scripture, on Scripture.Many Christiansare too busy andthe Biblepromises wisdom and good to sit andmeditate on the thingsof the [nrd." successto thosewho practicebiblical Genesis24:63 tells us that Isaac meditation. meditatedin his field during the evening Why not take 20 minutestoday to sit hours. Paulcharged Timothy to meditate aloneand meditate?leave thoughtsabout on the thingshe hadbeen taught (1 Tim. your job and your family responsibilities 4:15).The tnrd told Joshuato meditate behindand spendsome quiet time to just on the Book of the I^awday and night. His be still, andknow that He is God. t

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I s he a major?Is he a sergeant?Or with Missionsto Militarywas not aneasy senior at the University of Delaware I is he a private?He is all three at stepfor the Sargents.John believes that whenwitnessed to on campus.One year I the same time! A private (in the livingas a missionaryon supportand by later he felt the Inrd leadinghim to join army of the Lord) first, a sergeant faithis the "acid test. Livingby faithwill the Marine Corps."I didn't wantto go, (Sargentby birth) second,and a majorin helpyou find out if Godhas really called but I hadan absoluteperfect peace about the Marine Corps Reserve/&lrd. you or not," it and the door was openedto me." JohnSargent of Alexandria,Virginia, Sargentis now sure that God has Sargentjoined the Marines during the is a militaryman who hasfound a fertile called him, and he can see how God finalyears of the VietnamWar and spent missionfield among the menand women brought him through the preparation three andone-half years on activeduty, of the armed services. necessaryfor his presenttask. He grew first at Quantico,Virginia, then at Camp ThroughMissions to Military an in- up in a military family; his father was a lrJeune in North Carolina. His old dependentBaptist mission board, the careerNavy man.John was savedas a outfit-lst Battalion. 8th Marines- Lord placedJohn and Betsy Sargent and recentlysuffered heavy casualties at the their three childrenin the Washington, t t handsofterrorists at the Beirut airport. D.C.,area to work on one of the largest When Sargent came out of the military mission fields in the country. Lirirg by taith Marinesin 1976,he spentone year as a "We are in the middleof about150,000 will helpyou find federal agent working in NavalIntelli- militarypeople," says John. "The peo- gencein Philadelphia.He did well in his ple here are the cream of the nation's out if Godhas really work, but wasmiserable. He knew God crop, practicallyhandpicked." calledyou or not." was calling him to do somethingelse. Sargentis diligentin the pursuitof his Whilein Philadelphiahe hadhis first singlegoal, "to win andtrain servicemen contactwith independentBaptists. He for JesusChrist." But agreeingto work andhis familvioined their church.and as

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I he knockedon doorswith his pastor,a t t me leadsome of the guysto the Lord," burdenfor lost peoplebegan to grow in Johnsuggested. his heart. As his spiritualburden grew, Tn, Lordmakes you "No," counteredthe soldier."I came so did his miseryon the job. faceyour fears here for help myself." In August1977 Sargent and his fam- Johnlearned that Stevehad married ily movedto Lynchburg,Virginia, so he to teachyou that a Christiangirl, gonethrough a divorce, couldattend Liberty Baptist Seminary. you turned to rock music,and now was an During those four seminaryyears, he throughHim can alcoholic.They prayed together, andJohn stayed active in the Marine Corps overcomeanything." encouragedhim to continueto come to Reserve, drilling one weekend each activitiesand Bible studies. monthand servingtwo weeksof active In the weeksthat followed, the soldier duty eachyear. He servedas command- was inconsistent.John did not see any ing officer of the LynchburgMarine outwardchange. Eventually the manwas CorpsReserve for two yearsand asked transferredto Hawaii.In a recentletter a pastor classmate,Rod Kidd, to es- For nine monthsafter his seminary to John,he wrote that he wasdoing well tablishchapel services on drill weekends. graduationhe worked a job during the andwanted to order somegospel tracts After he graduatedfrom seminary,the week andtraveled on deputationon the for hisbuddies. He hadburned all of his Marinestransferred Sargent to Washing- weekends.He becamea full-timemis- rock musictapes and quit drinking."I ton to work on the staff of the Marine sionaryon July 1, 1983,with only60 per- knowI wasn'tvery consistent,"he wrote, CorpsCommand Center. He is presenfly cent of his supportraised. He and his "but I wantyou to knowthat thoseBible assignedas an instructor at Quantico. familystepped out in faith to do the job studieswere the beginningof gettingmy- JohnSargent had heard about the un- God had calledthem to do. self back on the right track." usualand much-needed Missions to Mili- "We startedin July 1983with noth- John Sargentknows his time with tary in 1979,but he did not wantto work ing, andwe've had over 400 fellowssaved eachserviceman is limited. His overall in Washington,or to raisesupport, or to in that time. We work out of Calvary goalrests in the beliefthat servicemen haveto live by faith. "I learnedthat the Road Baptist Church, where David will get to the end of their militaryduty Lord makesyou faceyour fearsto teach Rhodenhizeris the pastor.Through the andreflect that meetingChrist was the you that throughHim you canovercome ministryof the localchurch we've seen bestthing that happened to themduring anything,"says John. men saved,baptized, and discipled." the service."We wantto reachmen to- Johnholds Bible studiesin the bar- daywho will servethe Lord tomorrow." racks,organizes weekend activities with For example,Jim Eggimann,who has the troops,and urges any and all service- been with Missionsto Military for 16 men to attend churchon Sundaysand years in Jacksonville,Florida, has won Don'tWednesdays.His work is sometimes andtrained over 40 former servicemen frustratingbecause of the natureof mili- who are now pastorsor missionariesall tary service."It's difficultto disciplefel- over the world. lowswho are beingtransferred so fast. Thoughhis ministryis prospering, m0ve!Gettingthem savedis not hard-they've Johnis notwithout his dreams. "If I had beenkicked around, they're awayfrom a milliondollars, I'd spendit in a wayto . . . untilyou tell us where you're going, so home,and they areopen to the gospel. reach as many people for Christ as I we canbe surethat the Fundamentalist "Personneland leadership positions could."One great asset to his ministry Journal goeswith you! alsochange at bases,so we haveto get wouldbe a servicemen'scenter-John is Attachaddress label from a recentissue, or to know the leadershipall over again. the onlyMissions to Military missionary printname and address exactly as shown on Sometimeswe're askedto stay off the withoutone, due to the highcost of real label. (Pleaseallow eight weeks for address change.)For Faster Service, call basebecause we are not knownto new estatein the Washingtonarea. "We've 804-847-9000,extension 2063. leaders.But throughbeing an officerfor been lookingfor a placefor a service- years, N)TE: PostOffice wiII not autonatically 14 anda militarybrat, I've found men'scenter. Our goalis to get a build- forwardThird Class mail. that, for me, workingthrough a Bible- ing wheremen can stay overnight off the believingchurch is the bestway to reach base and where we can hold Bible the militaryfor Christ.It hasbeen best studiesand teach them howto win their MAILINGLABEL OT OLD ADDRESS: for me to work from the outside in, buddies." Name (Pleaseprint) becauseof the freedomI have." One soldierwho cameto the Bible I JohnSargent is availableto sharethe Address studiesJohn was holdingon the base ministryof Missionsto Military with in- City State zip drew John's attention right away.He terestedchurches. He anda teamof his seemedto be aboutsix yearsolder than men conduct"God and Country" days NEWADDRESS: the averageprivate, and he knew most at churches,complete with a colorguard of the answersto questionsabout the whenpossible, pledges to the American Name (Pleaseprint) Bible lesson.As the meetingbroke up, and Christianflags, and a saluteto vet- Address John approachedthe soldier and in- eransand their families.For moreinfor- troducedhimself. The newcomerwas mationplease write or call Missionsto City State Zip from a southernstate and had graduated Military 6505Joyce Road, Alexandria, MAIL TO: FUNDAMENTALIST JOTIRNAL fromBible college. "Maybe you can help Virginia22310, (703) 9n-0242. SubscriberServices, Lynchburg, yA 24514

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I promote the progress of scienceand lives.Even those who did not, rose to usefularts by securingfor limitedtimes the occasionand upheldtheir highest to authorsthe exclusiveright to their idealswhen composing the Constitution. respectivewritings and discoveries." Of the men at Philadelphiain 1787, Even our spiritualproperty is protected JamesMadison later wrote, "There was by the Constitution-the First Amend- neveran assembly of men,charged with ment allows us to "own" our con- a great and obvioustrust, who were science.(In the SovietUnion and other morepure in their motives,or more ex- totalitarian societies, an individual's clusivelyand anxiously devoted to them thoughtsbelong to the State.) thanwere the membersof the Federal So strongwas the Bible'sinfluence Conventionof.7787." du4"o on the Constitutionthat God'sname is BenFranklin was a Deist, but a Con- ffi %rr mentionedas a matterof course.The servative one who accepted biblical $t" Constitutioncloses with thesewords: "Done in Conventionby unanimouscon- sent of the Statespresent, the seven- Althoush teenth day of Septemberin the year of our Lord one thousandseven hundred andeighty-seven." On the surface,this the Constitution reference to God may seem insignificant-merelya conventionthat is still in practicetoday. A little histori- nowherementions calbackground reveals otherwise. First, the Framersof the Constitutionweighed bibli c al Chri stianity, ,"w everysentence, every word. If they had not wantedto mentionGod, they would not havedone so. In Liberalcircles in it beorsthe marks Europethe calendar-whichis basedon the birth of Christ, andthe centralityof His cominginto the world-was under of Prowidence viciousattack. In fact,when the French Revolution broke out, the leaders in its prohibitions, abolishedthe Christian calendar and madeup their own, with 1789as Year Enjoy the dra One-the year the FrenchRevolution pron,isions, ot good tood. began.Because the FoundingFathers did not sharethe Enlightenmentview of the radicalthinkers in Europe,they had and centrolidess. no qualmsabout putting God's name in the Constitution.To the French Humanists,God was a stumblingblock; morality-if not for himself, at least to our FoundingFathers, He was the for the good of society. Thomas Author of our liberties. Jefferson, another Deist, was not Theseare just a few of the waysin at the Convention.But evenJefferson which the Constitutionreflects biblical was not as radicalas has been sup- principles.That the Constitutionwas so posed. Certainly he did not claim influencedshould not surpriseus. First, to be a born-againChristian, but his IIIRI ITRII the generationof 1787 was one that actions reveal that even he could knew God.Nearly everyone at leastac- not escape the Christian climate of knowledgedHis existenceand a Chris- opinionin which he lived. Even though tian moralcode. To put it simply,when he pressedfor the Act of ReligiousFree- the wicked sinnedin L787, they trem- dom in Virginiain 1777, he wrote and bled quite a bit more than they do sponsoredsubscription lists for the sup- today.Second, nearly all of the Found- port of the clergy who were to be cut ing Fathers professedto be orthodox off from Statesupport. True, Jefferson Christians.As ProfessorM. E. Bradford editedthe New Testament,taking out hasshown inAWorthy Company,52 of all the miracles,but it was the Bible he Norman B. Rohrer, Director I CHRISTIAT{IVRITERS GUILD the 55 signersof the Constitutionmay edited,not the Koran.He felt that the ih The Write House, Suite 6 I asapplied fL Hume, Calilornia 93528 havebeen orthodox Christians. Public- teachingsof Christ-especially I I ly, almost all acknowledgedwhat we to society-were sublime,but he could li Scndno me your FREE Stertor Kit. Show m. how to dovslopdovslor my writing t.lont .nd how to soll. I would call the "fundamentalsof the not accept their divine origin, just I T T- faith." Privately,many lived exemplary as he could not accept the deity t l- Ai L_--r J:gl

--:rJjul!JI@/ I \----l of Christ. As brilliant as he was, he preservationof the liberties,and the is to lastanother 200 years, we needa couldnot seethe fallacyof this kind of promotionof peaceand prosperity of the spiritualrevival. Individual Christians can reasoning. country." help by working for the election Finally, Christianprinciples found In summingup Witherspoon'sin- of godly magistrates,by governing their way into the Constitutionthrough fluenceon Madison,the eminentchurch their own lives accordingto the dic- the efforts of the man known today as historian James Smylie has written: tates of Scripture, and by teaching the "Fatherof the Constitution," James "Without preachinga sermonand yet others about the true nature of the Madison. A graduate of Christian relyingupon his theologicalorientation, Constitution.Ultimately, however, schools,Madison had studied in college Madisontranslated the viewsof Wither- we need a spiritual revival like underthe greatCalvinist educator, John spoon on the nature of man into a America's First and Second Great Witherspoon.So muchdid he respect politicalinstrument. " Thus,if Madison Awakenings. Witherspoon'steaching that he stayed wasthe Fatherof the Constitution,John JohnWitherspoon put it this way: onat Princetonafter earning his B.A. to Witherspoonmight very well be con- "A good Constitutionmay hold the sidered its "Grandfather." As to rotten materialstogether for a time, but Witherspoon'sChristianity, there beyonda certainpitch, even the best The FoundingFothers can be little doubt. While in Scotland Constitutionwill prove ineffectual,and he wrote a whole book on how to be slaverymust ensue. " The UnitedStates born again, A Practical Treatise on has a goodConstitution-the best the wontedto protect Regeneration. worldhas ever seen. But it canbe made Just as the Constitutionwas pro- to work againonly if we turn backto the ducedby a Christiansociety, so it was Godand Bible which made it possiblein religion designedto functionwithin a Christian the first place. culture. It did not create fundamental goq)ernment. values,but bothdepended upon and af- lrom firmed those that flowed from biblical Christianity.The UnitedStates Consti- I Robert A. Peterson. a historian. tutiondepends not on the forceof arms, educator.and author. is headmasterof take graduatestudies in theologyand asdoes that of the SovietUnion, but on The Pilgrim Academyin Egg Harbor Hebrew.Among other things,Wither- the moralityof its citizenry.Thus, if it City, NewJersey. spoontaught Madison that man's evil naturerequired a separationof powersin government.As Witherspoonput it inhis lecture notes, "Every good form of We are pleasedto announcethe release governmentmust be complex,so that M of the first two book in an excellent oneprinciple may check the other.'' As newseries dealing with Christianliving issues.The first two titles anexample, Witherspoon cited the (un- areauthored by DonAnderson. Don hasbeen active in Christian written) British Constitution,in which work for overthirry years. the kingcould make war but Parliament couldcontrol the pursestrings. Although Madisondoubtless read about separation of powersand checksand balancesin Montesquie'sSpiit of theLaws,hewas probablymore directly influencedby Witherspoonand his versionof these concepts. Whenit cametime to form a new D'on Arndo'aan government,Madison more than anyone else made sure that the concepts of separationof powers and checks and balancespermeated the Constitu- ABRAHAM: DELAY IS NOT DENIAL tion. After Madison completedhis Usingexamples from Abraham's life, the authorprovides biblical answers work on the Constitution,Witherspoon to the dilemmasand temptations we face while learning to waiton the conferredan honorarydoctorate upon Lord. ISBN000-2 Paper$6.95 him and voted in favor of the Consti- ECCLESIASTES:THE MID.LIFE CRISIS tutionat the NewJersey State Conven- Thisstudy on Ecclesiastesvividly presents Solomon as a manin the tion, wherehe was a delegate.Ashbel throesof a midJifecrisis. The bookprovides biblical answers to the Green, Witherspoon's earliest traumaof middlescencethat so manyare experiencing in today'sworld. biographer,said that the old Doctor ISBN001-0 Paper$7.95 approved of the new Constitution " as embracing principles, and IFIUDIZEAUX carryinginto effectmeasures, which he lggrBROIHEnS hadlong advocated, as essentialto the P.O.Box 277 Neptune,NJ 07754 207-7744144

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I _:rIJJJ444UB responsesin the reader.Understanding pensatedfor the injusticeor losshe has scholarlyterms? Charles Swindolldoes the issuesof childsexual abuse is essen- endured. just that by explainingbasic theology in an tial for parents;professionals, such as DanielVan Ness presentsfascinating interestingmanner. His approachappeals physicians,teachers, counselors, law- ideasfor prisonand justice reform. Based to "the truck driver, the athlete, the yers,and law-enforcement officers; and on biblical principles, he points out waitress,the highschool student, the per- otherswith the potentialof dealingwith that the idea of restitution is sorely sonin the militaryservice, the homemaker sexualabuse. (Crossway Books, 1987, neededin this country andclearly shows with a housefiilof kids at her feet, the 150pp., $6.95) Gregg Albers, M.D. how the idea can work to benefit both businessperson whose world is practical, societyand the criminal.The bookis ideal earthy,tough and relentless." for a groupstudy. Discussion questions are His theologicalpresentation is not in- CRIMEAND ITS VICTIMS presentedfor eachchapter. tendedto be exlnustive,but merelyan ap- by Daniel W. Van Ness VanNess is currently the director of petner for the reader's further personal JusticeFellowship, part of ChuckColson's study.Swindoll covers 10 major doctrinal DanielVan Ness has seencrime from Prison Fellowship ministries. Because categoriesconsidered the foundationof the two differentangles: as a lawyer and as crime toucheseach of us, directly or in- Christianfuith. At the end of eachchap- a victim.His eyeswere opened when his direcfly,every concernedChristian ought ter he givesthe opportunityto applybib- home was burglarized, and Van Ness to be familiar with the conceptsin this licaltheologl in a practicalnxmner. He also learned"nothing is privatefrom someone book. (InterVarsityPress, 1986, 240 pp., includes a glossary of major doctrinal who wants to break in. That is the kind $7.95softcover) Angela E. Hunt terms and a Scriptureand subjectindex of world we live in." beneficialto furttrer personalresearch. Who can make senseof the criminal GROWINGDEEP IN THE Every Christianwho desires to grow justicesystem in our country?Few crimi- CHRISTIANLIFE in the faith shouldstart at the roots- nalsare ever caught. Even fewer stand tri- by Charles R. Swindoll understandingwhat he believes and al. Our prisonsare overcrouded, and often why. Yourfaith will experiencea growth releasedinmates find that prisonserved Wouldn'tit be nice to sit down and spurt after reading this book. simplyas a "schoolof crime." Rarelydoes listen to a theologianexplain biblical doc- (MultnomahPress, 1986, 431 pp., $14.95) a victimfeel he hasbeen adeouatelv com- trine without the use of intimidating, Martha Harper

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I --:JJ:g:!44, studentsas he introduced upon Meese the honorary us, "You know manytimes doctorate of humanities, in as Africanswe think that recognition of his distin- Jesusis just for Africans guished service to the only. I want to introduce President of the United you to a groupof Ameri- States, in world affairs and canswho loveJesus also. domestic public policy, and Many timeswe thinkJesus in the U.S. judicialsystem. is just for the elderly. Liberty Baptist Theolog- Theseare youngpeople ical Seminaryconferred the who are in love with Jesus honorary doctor of divinity Christ.Many times we degree upon A. T. thinkJesus is just for the Humphries, a nationally uneducated.These are known educator, choral universitystudents who conductor, and gospel love Jesuswith all their singer. heart.I ask you to listento After the graduation what they haveto say." ceremony, Guillermin And theydid. announcedthe presenta- tion of the first David I Vernon Brewer is DeMoss Award in memory A PersonalAccount Liberty University'svice of David, who died last '87 presidentfor student year in a tragic automobile of Africa affairs. accident. David would have graduatedwith this year's While directing an LU student missionarytrip to East class.The award, pre- Africa our team wept much over the people's poverty and Attorney sented to a graduatewho hunger. One in three people in Uganda already has the had demonstrateda genuine AIDS virus and faces death in the next five years. General depth of personal spiri- Psalm126:6, "He that goeth forth and weepeth,bear- EdwinMeese tuality, enthusiasm,com- ing precious seed, shall doubtless come again rejoicing, mitment, active involve- bringing his sheaveswith him." We are rejoicing. Eighty- Speaksat ment in student cross- two students and faculty arrived back from three intensive cultural ministry, and a '87. weeks of Africa We saw 7,929 African young people Commencementsincere desire for world pray to receive Christ as their personal Saviour. Our evangelization,was given to Liberty students led each of them to Christ one-on-one, On May 4 Attorney Timothy Evans, who was praying with them individually.It wasn't a mass hand- GeneralEdwin Meese III born and raised in Brazil raising. Our young championsblossomed under adverse deliveredthe commence- where his family served as circumstancesand were bold in their witnessing. ment addressto 782 gradu- missionaries. In high schools we ministered to 120,000 students. We ates,including Macel and Five new members of personally distributed 75,000 tracts and Bibles. We also the LU board of trustees handed out 30,000 Jesus First pins. The African Christians were also announced: wore them as a badge of honor. Edward Dobson, pastor of Working side by side with the UgandanChristians and Calvary Church in Grand PRO missions our students constructed the Wakisi Baptist Rapids, Michigan; Truman Church. Dr. Gregg Albers set up a medicalrelief clinic Dollar, pastor of Temple where he treated more than 100 patients each day for Baptist Church in Redford, malaria, gastrointestinaldisorders, and other diseases. Michigan; Jack Dinsbeer, A basketballteam played exhibition games and pre- pastor of University sented the Word of God in public schools, leading Baptist Church in Jack- hundreds to Christ. Our team ministered in the leading sonville, Florida: universities and saw revival among the Christiansas they George Sweet, LU alumnus were encouraged. and pastor of Atlantic We met with the prime minister and many government JonathanFalwell. Meese ShoresBaptist Church in officials.The day before we arrived the currency of reiterated the purpose of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Uganda was devaluedand prices soared as merchants the Constitution and the and David Rhodenhizer, attempted to make up for their loss of profit. It was a role of religion in the LU alumnusand pastor of time of great economic instability, a very strategic time to United States. Calvary Road Baptist be there. A. Pierre Guillermin, Church in Alexandria, One African principal of a public school told his president of LU. conferred Virginia.

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I ---:sf]!!!/ Attaining dren's campingministry. Looking the Liberty Godparent Camp Hydaway on Liberty Ministry-a prototype for Excellencein Mountain has replaced Back...1982 similarministries-will in- facilities lost when cludea tour of the present Athletics Treasure Island was sweot Fundamentalist home.A new Godparent Former Flame Bill away by floodwaters in Celebrates Home on Liberty Mountain Kagey has signed as a free November1985. Programs rn- Journal is in the planningstages. agent placekicker for the cludeKids-O-Rama Day Fifth Anniversary In additionto the Dallas Cowboys. He re- Camp for childrenentering speakers,music, and work- ported for mini-camp on gradesK-5 through the third With the publicationof shops,over 80 businesses May 13. In 1984 Kagey set grade, Camp Adventure for this issue, the Fundamen- will displaytheir materials Liberty's record for the boys and girls entering talist lournal completesits to help make your ministry grades four through seven, fifth year of serviceto more effective. !.'' and overnight camp for chil- Christianreaders. Born out dren ages 8 to 12. At the of a burdento maintainour I new location campers enjoy Christianheritage in a a beautiful mountain view, a changingsociety, the Calendar spring-fed lake, hiking Journalhas a readershipof trails, fishing areas, ponies, over 100,000. July and paddle boats. S-Dr. Falwellspeaks at Each week Kids-O- MorningsideBaptist Rama Day Camp will Super Churchin celebrate one of our major Valdosta,Georgia holidays, such as Christmas Conference 20-Dr. Falwellspeaks at in July, ThanksgivingWeek, Grand Hotel longest field goal in a game and Easter Week. The chil- ls Back ConuentionCenter when he booted a S3-yard dren will participatein in- in Pigeon Forge, field goal against Georgia door and outdoor games, Brisk morningsand Tennessee Southern. sports, nature crafts, and goldenfoliage will welcome 22-Dr. Falwellspeaks at Senior defensive back field trips. you to SuperConference North ValleyBaptist Mark Mathis from Marietta, Camp Adventure fea- VIII October19-22. Church in Redding, Georgia, signed as a free tures a variety of programs ThomasRoad Baptist Califurnia agent cornerback for the to interest returning day or 26-29-Bring ThemIn Bus Saint Louis Cardinals.He overnight campers. The & Children'sChurch led Liberty in squad in- Olympian Program is for Conferenceat TRBC terceptions (three), and competitors. Children will 30-Dr. Falwellspeaks at pass deflections (eight) this divide into four teams and Presbyteian past year. Mathis was also enjoy a basketballtourna- Euangelistic named to the American ment, competition in water- Fellowshipat Football CoachesAssocia- front skills. crafts. WesternCarolina tion Kodak Division I A11- Scripture memorization,and Uniuersity,Asheuille, America team. the crazy Liberty Bowl-a North Carolina Senior defensive back camp-widequiz show Wayne Haddix from Middle- where campers earn ton, Tennessee, signed as awards for what they know! August a free agent cornerback for The Ranger Program Churchand related min- 2-Dr. Falwellspeaks at the New York Giants. He provides camp-outson the istries, in the rolling hills of Trinity Baptist played in the Senior Bowl peaks of Liberty Mountain, Virginia,invite you to Churchin in Mobile, Alabama, last skating, bowling, and other experienceour conference Chattanooga, vear. activities for campers who potpourri-11 facetsof local Tennessee are back for a second week churchministry with over 6-Dr. Falwellspeaks at or more. 100workshops. No matter High StreetBaptist Summer For computer enthusiasts which area of ministry you Church in Sping- there's Adventure Tech Com- enjoy-from babiesto field, Missouri puter Camp. Children will be senioradults-you will 26-Liberty Uniuersity taught to use 8- and 16-bit receivea spiritualboost and classesbegin for Kids computers. They'll learn to take home fresh and excit- 3l-September3- write, create graphic and ing ideasto implementin Josh McDowell ThomasRoad Baptist musicalmasterpieces, and your church. speaksat Liberty Churchis back in the chil- other fun technology. A specialemphasis on Uniuersity

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ow young is too children.For example,the young?That ques- 1987Virginia legislature re- tion is usually vived 1986 legislativeat- asked about voting and tempts to promote early drinking ages.Another to childhoodeducation. addto the list is schoolen- Suchpossibilities raise tranceage. There is agrow- an ominous foreboding ing trend towardmandatory amongAmerican Conser- educationfor children as vatives. They object to youngas 3 yearsold. state-controllededucation The issue is hot and that exposes children to controversialwith family- Raymondand DorothyMoore programs designed and oriented Conservatives executedby the school who opposethe moveto interferewith to ensure uniaersal availabilityto boardsand falls in line with the overall earlychildhood education received in the 4-year-oldsin the city.In fact,the Com- schoolingof the child. home. missionsuggests a four-yearphase-in Whateverthe proposalfor accom- Noneof them,however, argue against progrzlm,first in neighborhoodsthat have plishingthe purpose,the result is the the positiveeffect prescribedprograms the highesteducational risks. same:children are weanedfrom the in- can have on disadvantagedchildren, Marjorie McAlister, director of the fluenceof their parentsat an earlierage. whether they are from the ghettos, Early ChildhoodEducation Unit of the That very principle bothers some sufferfrom somephysical or emotional New York Public Schools,does not authorities.Others are alsoconcerned impairment,or havehome situations that anticipatea compulsoryfour-year-old with what they classifyas the flawed require outsidenurturing. programin the foreseeablefuture. "It research and logic upon which the Evenhome schooladvocates Raymond won't happenin my lifetime,"she said. premisefor sucheducational programs andDorothy Moore of the Hewitt Foun- Nonetheless,the phase-inprogram of rest. dationhave no problemswith suchpro- the New York City schoolscould put PhyllisSchlafly of EagleForum is one grams.However, the Moores contend sucha structurein placeby 1990. such critic. 'Absolutelyno replicable that thosesituations include only 20 to And New YorkCity is not alonein its evidenceshows that puttingchildren in 25 percentofall preschoolchildren. Even researchinto the possibilityfor earlier schoolat an earlier age makesthem for these,the Mooressuggest the learn- entrancerequirements for the nation's brighter or better able to achieve ing environmentshould be as similaras academicallyor better able to socialize possibleto a homesituation. positively with their peers as they Nor do Couservativesobject to the l^ movealong in school,"she wrote in the variousprivate preschool programs that lt hildren are February 1986 issue of. The PIryUh parentsmay select for their childrenif SchlaflyReport. theywish. The problemcomes when the weanedfrom the Shecontinued: "The evidenceindi- idea is pushedfor all childrenof a par- influenceof their catesthat it saddlestots with burnout, ticular age from all backgrounds.For stress,and frustrations that inhibitlater example,New York City MayorEdward parentsat an earlier learning." Koch'sEarly ChildhoodEducation Com- Focuson the Family'sJames Dobson missionmade its positiverecommenda- age.That very sharesthis point of view. tion for ECE in the report TakeA Giant principlebothers As a matterof fact,Benjamin Bloom, Step:An Equal Start in EducationFor who propagatedthe concept of the All New York City Four-Year-Olds. someauthorities. earlylearning program Head Start in the The first of 10recommendations sug- sixties,changed his positionin 1980. gestspublic-supported early childhood In the sixties he concludedthat educationprograms should be extended l7-year-oldsgain 50 percent of their

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I --:lrJJ{4tLEll mature intelligenceby the time they are childrenoften establisha negativeself- themselveswith information so they 3 or 4 yearsof age.From this findinghe image.William Glasser, author of Scftools can confrontthe issue as it movesinto encouragedearly enrollmentof children withoutFailure andReality Therafy,has their communities-as it most surely in school because that rapid mental found forced competition may equal will. developmentwould be better fosteredin failureand feelings of inadequacyeven in Informationon early childhoodedu- a school-orientedprogram. childrenwho enteredthe programswith cationtrends and programsis available HeadStart, andother programsthat a good seH-image. from the Hewitt ResearchFoundation, followed,concentrated primarily on lan- All this results in shattered self- P.O. Box 9, Washougal, Washington guage,reading, and arithmetic skills with confidence,destroyed motivations, and 98761.Other organizationsinterested in pre- and post-testing. The results a problemof identity with failurein the the controversyare Eagle Forum, Box showedpositive gains by underprivileged future. 618,Alton, Illinois 62002,and Focus on childrenin at least one or more of the The argumentsare complex, the the Family, P.O. Box 500, Arcadia, areasin which they had been trained. research voluminous,but people in- California91006. But further studiesshowed that muchof terestedin the welfareof childrenand the the advantagewas undetectable as little preservationof the fumilyunit shor:ldarm I Ann Wharton as six monthslater. However,the New YorkCommission on Early ChildhoodEducation cites in- formationstating that such testingwas premature,that testingyears later shows A Cup of Poisonin the a more positive rate of retention and benefitfrom the programs. But Bloomreversed himself on such Nameof Humanity early schoolingin 1980,stating that the homeis the best environmentfor early o a loved one a favor. Slip him cansAgainst Human Suffering, in Glen- educationand that parentsare the best a cup of poison. Two groups dale,California. It is directedby Robert teachers. are fighting for the right to do L. Risley,who watchedhis terminally ill Woventhroughout all the pros and just that as they seeklegislative approval wife die of cancer.He determinedto fight cons of the issue are the physical, of activeeuthanasia. That law wouldal- for activeeuthanasia after her death. emotional, social, and intellectual low lovedones, friends, and medical per- In a fund-raisingletter Risley urged developmentalfactors of the children sonnel to help terminally ill patients supportfor the organization'sHuman and themselves.And reams of studiesare commit suicide. DignifiedDeath Act. That bill is being alailableto promote each side of the One is the lns Angeles Hemlock promotedthis year in two forms: one for issue. Society, organizedin the late 1970sby a changein the constitution of the state Socializationis a highlycontroversial EnglishmanDerek Humphry,who ac- of California,the secondas a bill for the factorin this debate.Those favoring ECE knowledgesthat he helpedhis terminally U.S. Congress.In fact, the Henrlock believethat earlyexposure to peerspro- ill wife commit suicide by giving her Society has contributed $50,000 to motespositive social development. poison-lacedcoffee. AAHS to help underwrite the campaign. Opponentscontend otherwise. One "I havenever felt a twingeof guilt," The aimin Californiais to amendthe conclusionis that a child exposedtoo Humphrysaid in an April 1985article in constitutionto allowterminally ill people earlyand too oftento his peersbecomes the YorkDaily Ruord. As atheistshe and to chooseto die. A successin California peer dependentand unable to think his wife were not troubledby the reli- will openthe door to crusadesin other for himself. In a 1966 study Buehler, giousimplications of the act, the article states. Patterson,and Furness learned that chil- reported. Justifyingthe bill, Risleywrote in the dren want to act like big kids, but they Humphry came to this country in letter: "Our act appliesonly to the ter- do not imitate the better traits of their 1978,three years after his wife died and minallyill. And it givesthem-and only peers. months after his book Jean's Waywas them-the legal right to obtain a physi- In addition, Dale Farren of the publishedin England. cian's aid to a voluntary,humane, and Universityof North Carolinahas pointed He movedto Californiato work as a dignifiedend to their suffering." out that recent researchon day care journalist,and subsequentlyturned all Supportfor the action comesfrom gives "a tragic picture of the negative his attentionto his neworganization. He pollsthat showincreased acceptance of socializationthat takes place in an en- also servedon the boardof Americans the conceptof activeeuthanasia. A 1985 vironmentconsisting of groupsof young Against Human Suffering. Harris Surveyshowed that 85 percentof children." In the York Daily Record article the nationalsample believed "a patient He foundchildren in suchsettings are Humphryoutlined his short- and long- with a terminaldisease ought to be able involvedin 15 times more acts of nega- rangegoals: "My short-termgoal is to to tell his doctorto let him die rather than tive aggressionthan the child caredfor help peopleinterested in euthanasiato to extend his life when no cure is in in the home. die well. My long-termgoal is to change sight." In lllzl only 62 percentsupported And Albert Bandura, Stanford the law on assistedsuicide so that a the concept. University,found children are negatively dying person can legally ask for help in Hollandis a major model for tlose influencedby peer-levelmanners, habits, death." who promoteactive euthanasia. Although speech,dress, rivalry, and ridicule. The second group is a lobbying to dateeuthanasia is not officiallysanc- In this early school setting young organof the HemlockSociety, Ameri- tioned,physicians there are reportedto

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--:+i+44!lJlJl I \*__Z participate in from 5,000 to 8,000 Universityin April in a conferenceby that Nationaland InternationalAspects." euthanasiacases each year. name.It's purposewas to "examinethe Anothersource of informationis the There are few prosecutions,and the legal,medical, and ettrical issues involved." HumanLife Centerin Steubenville.Ohio. I2-year sentences handed down are Paperspresented at that conference which stronglyopposes euthanasia. usuallysuspended if the doctorcan show are slatedfor publicationtn Issuesin La.w The trend continueswith endlessde- that a competentpatient requested the & Medicine, P.O. Box 1586, Terre bate over the difference,if any,between doctor's aid, the National Riqht to Life Haute, Indiana47808-1586. activeand passive euthanasia, the debate News reported in May. Still anotherconference was held in overthe statusof denyingfood andwater Although the political coalition of May, this one in SanFrancisco. It was to the terminallyill patient,and the "slip- PrimeMinister RuudLubber refused to in conjunctionwith the AmericanAssoci- peryslope" theory that aninch is the same legalszeeuthanasia earlier this year,it did ationof Suicidologyand the International as a mile in such a controversialmatter. promiseto composeguidelines for phy- Associationfor SuicidePrevention. The siciansin "extreme cases" so the risks tooic was "Suicideand Cultural Values: I Ann Wharton of prosecutionare lower. The descent down the "slippery slope" has reachedthe point that the Values continuedfrom page14 further reformingto free them from the Dutch Health Councilrecommended in crusadermentality. The trip acrossthe March that the Dutch cabinet adjust properlybe calledradical, even though AtlanticOcean did much to freeAmerica euthanasiaguidelines in order to allow todaythe radicalhas becomeaccepted from illusionsof religiousgnndeur. terminallyill childrenunder the ageof 16 as commonplace.The samecan be said The Constitutionof the UnitedStates to request doctor-assistedsuicide aboutsubsequent court decisionsrein- is, to me, the greatesthuman document without parental consent, the News terpretingthe fundamentallaw govern- in existenceattesting to man'sstrengths reported. ing abortion,pornography, and religious andweaknesses. Its systemsofguaran- expressionof variouskinds in the public teesand controls demonstrate a balanced t t schools. view of power, religion, and people. This is what NormanLear quaintly Manynations have copied that document goat 'American M, bng-term calls the Way." Millions of hopingto builda greatnation. They soon is to change Americans-I suspectan overwhelming discoverthat the documentdoes not majority-think otherwise,preferring the producereality. Reality producedthe thelaw wisdomof our FoundingFathers. document. on assistedsuicide AlexanderSolzhenitsyn put it so well If America is truly the greatest in his acclaimedTempleton Address in nation in the world it is becausethe so thata dyingperson 1983: "Through decades of gradual realityof our greatnessmakes it so.Sing- canlegally ask erosion,the meaningof life in the West ing it, sayingit, or wishingit, will not hasceased to be seenas anythingmore make it so. When truth meets reality, 'pursuit for helpin death." lofty thanthe of happiness.'. . . freedom is produced. When truth The West is slipping toward the dominatesreality, greatness is achieved. abyss. . . losing more and more of its Whentruth survivesand spreads, great- religious essence as it thoughtlessly nessis maintainedin an atmosphereof yieldls] up its younger generationto freedom. atheism." Godhelp us ascitizens, pastors, lead- In this country today, the media But, goodremains good and evil re- ers, andpoliticians to resist the tempta- report from time to time on casesin mains evil, however many Madison tion to see ourselvesas a great nation which a family memberhas assistedin Avenueadvertising campaigns may be if reality and truth are not on our side. the suicide of a loved one or actually purchasedto comrinceus to the contrzry. Dare we use God's nameto justify our resortedto murder. Solzhenitsynis absolutelycorrect. If we desireto preservea greatnessnot based Articles on how to commitsuicide ap- do not stop yielding up our younger on reality andtruth? Dare we use politics pear.The HemlockSociety advertises a generationto atheism-and soon- to achievewhat only truth canproduce? "how-to" bookon voluntaryeuthanasia, freedom and prosperity as we have Shouldwe justify our own desiresas if Izt Me Die Before I Wake,written by knownit in Americawill be no more. tiey wereGod's desires? Shall we do evil Humphry.Shortly after publicationthe to be good? booksold at the rate of 5,000copies per I Carl Horn is presidentof the North The loss of greatness is not in- month. To date 70,000have been sold. CarolinaCouncil and state director of evitableas somebelieve. Truth knowsno The debateis held throughconfer- The FreedomCouncil. He is an attorney, time limit. We limit our greatness encesas well. For example,the Hem- author,and political consultant. Reprinted becausewe forget the truth and stop lock Society held its Third National ftom The Newsand Obseruer,Raleigh, affectingreality with the truth. Voluntary EuthanasiaConference, A North Carolina,February 6, 1986. If we forgetthe paththat ledus here, Humaneand Dignified Death, in Septem- the walk to the future will be difficult ber of last year in Washington.The indeed. fourth conferenceis slatedfor April 7-9, Soapbox continuedfrom page19 1988,in San Francisco. I Bud McCord, former missionaryto 'Assisting The implicationsof the greatadvances in church/staterela- Brazil, is now copastorof First Baptist Suicides"was also discussed at Stanford tionsborn out of the Reformationneeded Churchin West Hollywood,Florida.

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I --:{+J{4U@/ - election as board president would attorney Joseph Secola, Mahoney is FundamentalistCollege Chief aggravatethe deep divisionsbetween suing Minor, Brooks, and NOW "to Elected to Head Conservativesand Moderates in the showpro-abortionists they can't get away SBC Home Missions denomination. with using million-dollar lawsuits to But boardmember O. F. Hawkinsof harasstheir opposition,"Secola said. ATLANTA (RNS)-A staunch Fort lauderdale, Florida, immediately SouthernBaptist Conservativeelected sprangto l.ewis'sdefense against those as the new chief executiveof the Bap- who would "insinuatethat this is a rail- - tist Home Mission Board after a roadjob." Hawkinsdeclared that kwis's Schuller Ownership rancorousmeeting April 10, said no selectionby the searchcommittee was of Crystal Cathedral "nothing short of a miracle" that Called "Dangerous Precedent" wouldbring greatbenefits to the Home MissionBoard. GARDEN GROVE,Calif. (RNS)- Robert Schuller, host of television's "Hour of Power," received permis- sion late last year to transfer owner- NOW Sued for $10 Million shipof the $32million Crystal Cathedral property from the churchcongregation A Bristol, Connecticut,pastor is to his independentministry organization. suing the National Organizationfor The OrangeCounty Register reported Womenfor $10million. PatrickMahoney, onApril 23 thatat Schuller'srequest, the who headsthe proJifegroup Celebrate congregation'sboard of dkectorsvoted Life, is suingNOW over allegedefforts late last year to let Robert Schuller to suppresshis constitutionalrights. Ministries take ownership of the The suit stemsfrom a 1985effort by property.The ministry groupwill lease Mahoneyto gain a public referendum the facilitiesback to the congregationfor Larry Lewis,new chief executiveof the Bap- against abortion. On August 12, 99 years at $1 a year. tist Home MissionBoard. Mahoney convincedthe Bristol City The 10,000-membercongregation, Councilto placeon the November5 bal- which is part of the New York- employee should be hired for that lot a referendumasking the question, basedReformed Church in America,was agencywho doesnot hold a Fundamen- "Should the SupremeCourt decision not told of the decision until recent talist view of the Bible. regardingabortion be overturned?" weeks. The Atlanta-basedboard, the third Thoughthe referendumwas defeated Oneboard member said Schuller told largestagency in the 14.6million-member (39 percentin favor,48 percentagainst, the boardhe wantsto use the property convention,employs a staffof about300 and13 percent undecided), Mahoney was as collatenl to buildan internationaltrain- peopleand directsa force of 3,637mis- later suedby LauraMinol who claimed ing center for ministers.The training sionaries,the largestsuch denomina- the pastorused the politicalprocess to centermay cost as muchas $20 million. tional network of missionariesin the infringeher right to havean abortion. HermanRidder, head of the churchboard UnitedStates. GayleBrooks of ConnecticutNOW and a minister on staff at the church, Larry kwis, president of a small announcedher supportof the lawsuitand said the congregationwas not told of Fundamentalistcollege in Missouri,was held a pressconference, saying the suit the decisionbecause board members electedpresident of the boardby a vote wasneeded in orderto stopsimilar abor- did not think it warranted an official of 52-15after a short but bitter debate tion referendumsthroughout the nation. announcement. in whichone member warned the board, A district court dismissedthe lawsuit, Riddersaid board members "didn't "Youdon't wantthat manto headup one sayingthat since the referendumwas see any real difference between a of the most valuableagencies of the defeated it could not have infringed 99-year renewablelease" and actual SouthernBaptist Convention." Minor's abortionrights andthat evenif ownership of the property. Wayne Declaringthat he wouldvote against it passed,"It is preposterousto assume Antworth, communicationsdirector Lewis,board member Marvin L. Prude that it would have influenced the for the denomination,said he thinks of Birmingham,Alabama, said the board SupremeCourt." the transfer of church property to had been "betrayed" by the eight- Pastor Mahoneyresponded to the an organizationthat is not a part of membersearch committee that recom- victory by announcinga lawsuitof his the ReformedChurch in America"sets mendedLewis. He warnedthat lrwis's own. Joined by Rutherford Institute a dangerousprecedent."

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I --:++!rrlJJl \_--l- calleralso warned him not to reopenhis shop. Soviet Newspaper Calls Unapproved Church-Schools Franklin,who for severalyears has for Intolerance Toward Baptists Under Fire in Nebraska,Again printeda[ I€gal DefenseFund materials, An officialnewspaper of the Soviet Earlier this year, the NebraskaState saidone target of the arsonistswas a dis- Union is callingfor greater intolerance Board of Educationannounced that it play of Creation magazineson the toward a Baptist sect that has settled wouldbegin increased supervision of un- bulletinboard in the receptionist'sarea nearthe Estoniancity of Valga,Reuters approvedchurch- and home-schools. But of the shop. newsservice has reported. that decision was put on hold until "It wasalmost like they took a blow- The Estonian youth newspaper the attorneygeneral decides whether cur- torch andburned each magazine individu- ''Yet MolodyozhEstonii criticizeda largegroup rent law permits such intrusive state ally," Franklinsaid. they didn't even of unofficialBaptists who are bringingup measures. touch a copyingmachine right below the their childrento respectGod and not the The issue of unapprovedchurch- bulletinboard." Soviet state. andhome-schools has been a fiery sub- WendellBird, lead counselfor the "We look at things realisticallyand ject in Nebraskafor morethan a decade. Fund,called the act "Outrageous!It's in- understandthat for the adult members In the early eighties,for example,some conceivablethat anyonewould stoop so of the sect, reeducationis alreadypoint- citizens were jailed for sendingtheir low." less," the newspapersaid. "For this childrento unapprovedchurch-schools. Former State Senator Bill Keith, reason,our maintask must be to create In one case state officials padlocked Fundpresident, called the act "a vicious, in the city an atmosphereof intolerance the doors of a church to prevent the cowardlydeed done in the dark of night to the lawlessnesswhich they commit so school from holding meetings in its to hidetheir evil." Keith wasthe author unceremoniously,dragging children into basement. of the CreationScience law in lnuisiana the religiousswamp." In 1984,however, the Nebraskalegis- which mandatesteaching the scientific Reuters reported that the Baptist lature passeda law allowingparents to evidencesfor Creationwherever evolu- sect cameunder fire becausethe Bap- educatetheir childrenat homeor to send tionismis taught.The law,challenged by tist childrenrefused to join Communist them to anunapproved school if a state- the ACLU, is now before the U. S. youth organizations,and their only approvedschool would "violate sincerely SupremeCourt. ambitionwas to work asnight watchmen held religiousbeliefs." Keith alsonoted that there hasbeen so they could avoidthe collectivelife. But the peace that followed was very little interest in the arsonamong recently placed in jeopardy when the secularnews media. board of educationannounced that it "If it weresomeone burning an abor- wouldbegin to requirequarterly on-site tion clinic or porno shop, the news visits by county superintendents. mediawould be screamingtheir heads Home-and church-school advocates off," Keith said. "But creationists?Who quicklyclaimed the order wouldviolate cares?It's very, very sad." their constitutionalrights. Meanwhile,the ShreveportPolice De- As a result, board presidentMax partmentis continuingthe investigation. Larsensaid the boardwill wait until the attorneygeneral's office rules on the le- galityof the order beforeputting it into effect. Three Lutheran Bodies Join Forces to Form Evangelical LutheranChurch In America PutWalt Rumminger's 25 yearsof - experienceto workfor you.Call Teamwayfor: Anticreationist Arsonists COLUMBUS,Ohio (RNS)-Partak- ChurchBuildtngs, Chrtsttart Set Fire to Print Shop ing in a joint communionservice, heads Schoo/s,Famrly Lite Cetlters. of three Lutheran organizationsdrama- PI a n n i ng, Desig n t n g, Const r uct i ort and FinanctalConsulttrtg. SHREVEPORXIa.-Anticreationist tized the minglingof their traditionsto Froma simpleexpansion to a multi- arsonistsset fire to a Shreveport,Inui- form the 5.3million-member Evangelical milliondollar worship center, our siana,printing company at I a.m. on May LutheranChurch in America. teamconcept lets you buildyour churchyour way and pocketthe 23 andlater told policethey burnedthe The merger,which followsfour years savings.We promisenever to exceed companybuilding becausethe owner of formal negotiations,brings together your establishedbudget. Call for a printed materials for the Creation congregationsofthe LutheranChurch in freebrochure and consultation. ScienceLegal DefenseFund. America,the AmericanLutheran Church, ShreveportPolice Detective Beau and the Associationof EvangelicalLu- Roberts said the police department theranChurches. The new body,which receivedan anonymouscall from a man officiallybegins operations January 1, will who saidhe burnedthe print shopbe- haveits main officesin Chicago. causethe owner was stronglyinvolved It will be the nation'sfourth-largest ChurchDesigners & Builders in the CreationScience movement. Protestantdenomination, after Southern 406 StatePark Road Bill Franklin,owner of F & F Printers, Baptists(14.3 million), United Methodists Greenville,SC 29609 which had some $200,000in damage (9.2 million), and the NationalBaptist Cafl or Write Today!18031 242-5464 from the fire, said an anonvmous ConventionUSA (5.5 million).

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