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Celebratingthe Gift of God

TheVirgin Birth

The Creatorin the Courtroom

Interviewwith Mrs,John R. Rice

Fundamentalism andthe FineArts

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Verle Ackerman Pastor,First Baptist Church ot West Hollywood Hollywood, Florida Raymond Barber Pastor, Worth Baptist Church Fon Worth. Texas CharlesBillington Pastor, Akron Baptist Temple Akron, Ohio Greg Dixon Pastor,Indianapolis Baptist Temple Indianapolis,Indiana Truman Dollar Pastor,Kansas City BaptistTemple KansasCity, Missouri W.E. Dowell Pastor.Baptist Temple Springtield,Missouri 7 Jerry Falwell Pastor,Thomas Road Baptist Church -.---- R,^ , Lynchburg,Virginia Washington,D.C. HerbertFitzpatrick Pastor.Riverdale Baptist Church UpperMarlboro, Maryland ConventionCenter HermanFrankland Pastor,Bangor Baptist Church Bangor,Maine April 11-13, 1984 Dan Gelatt Pastor,First BaptistChurch Elkhart,Indiana Billy Hamm Pastor,Mountain States Baptist Temple Denver,Colorado RaymondHancock Pastor,Pinecrest Baptist Church Morrow, Georgia A.V. Henderson Pastor,Temple Baptist Church Oetroit,Michigan HaroldHenniger Pastor,Canton Bsptist Temple Canton,Ohio Cecil Hodges "The Event ol the Centu4/' Pastor.Bible BaDtist Church Savannah,Georgia "The gneotestcnd largest convention ever to be held by DavidJeremiah Pastor,Scott MemorialBaptist Church BcrptistFundcrnentqlists," El Caion,Calitornia qnd John Rawlings This three-dcy spectoculqr filled with irspirqtionql Pastor,Landmark Baptist Temple motivcrtioncl precching crrd music is especiclly desigrned Cincinnati,Ohio Lee Roberson for fundqmentqlist postors,church stqff mernlcers,cnd Pastor.Highland Park Baptist Church Chattanooga,Tennessee lcymen cmd is open to cll believers who wqnt to crttend Tom Wallace qnd qll qbout, Pastor,Beth HavenBaptist Church see whqt Fundqmentqlism is Louisville,Kentucky Some 28 ncrtionolly known precchers will be speoking WendellZimmerman Pastor,Bible Eaptist Temple cs Bible-believing R:ndqmentalists unify their objectives in Jacksonville,Florida recching the world for Christ,A combined metropoliton choir, gospel soloists,cnd specicl groups will provide music for the convention, Be q pqrt of the excitement qs Fundqmentqlists look forwqrd with commitment of purpose ond unity in spirit, - - - n"q t*-l '84 Yes, please send me more information about the"-""t Baptist Fundamentalism"t-il'"-iion- Convention. Send me information on hotels taking reservations. Pleasecheck position in church: - Pastor - ChurchStaff - Lay Member - Other Describeinvolvement Name Church Address City State zip BusinessPhone HomePhone Returnto: BaptistFundamentalism '84 P.O. Box 9428 KansasCity, MO 64133-0228 EDITORS'NOTE STAFF

Editor, GropNcs/Desigrn, Jerry Folwell Slonhan T Alhnchron l\rTar is time of year to hristmas a very special Chris- Jon W Cooper tians everywhere.It evokeswarm feelingsin most Monoging Editor, T\T^1.^^ V^^^^, 1\Ct.!l1 1\Wl tC t Kerth Robrnson of us who rememberit as the most wonderful ex- (-rnlrzn !uvrylt v-) Qrnalot6Jllr\y'lLrury n7 perience in a child's life. However, most of our memories SeniorEditors, Dcrwn Weekly center around the festivitiesand presentsrather than the Per- Ed Dobson Photogrrophy' son of JesusChrist. !7e rememberthe tree and the toys more Ed Hrndson than the Savior who came as God's gift to a fallen world. In Coordinoting Editor, Les Schofer this issue, psychiatrist Walt Byrd presentsthe problem of Ruth McClellon Lyrut Horlborger Roben Slogle,Jr materialism and its distortion of Christmas. He arguesthat Church Editor, this is not the fault of the world, so much as it is our fault for ELmerTowns Typognophers, Sue Dnskrll being enticed by the externalsof the holiday. News Editor, Angelc Simons From a doctrinal perspective,Robert Gromacki takes a Deboroh Huff fresh look at the virgin birth of Christ as one of the central SherrBoyd Book Edilor, fundamentalsof the Christian faith. Two controversialissues Editoriql Boqrd, W DcnndBeck are handled by specialistsin the area:Don Garlock writeson Trumon Dollor, Chorrmcri "Fundamentalism and the Fine Arts," and Paul Bubar of Editoricl Assistonts, Verle Ackermon

Krrflrrrrna] \/ Llmm Word of Life struggleswith the conflict betweenthe church r\vIa } Rcrymond Bcrber youth department and the Christian school.Professor Norm Eollene R. Goodwrn Dcrvrd Jeremroh (-rnrlrr Geisler reports on the creationism controversy with the Cr rntor John Row[ngs ACLU. Music Director LindsayTerry emphasizesthe impor- Duone Word JocK Wyrtzen tance of evangelisticmusic in the church today. It is the pur- Creotive Director, WendeLI Zrmmermcn Dnl-ra# 1A/ Raaclor r pose of Fundamentalist Journal to make the articles in vv uvvrN y each issuecover a wide variety of crucial subjectsthat affect every Christian. Ve hope these will prove challengingand stimulatingto your life. As a specialfeature of this Christmas issue,we present a unique interview with Mrs. John R. fuce, widow of the late Dr. John R. Rice. \7e have also included Dr. Rice'sfamous Christmas sermon,"No Room for Jesus."We wereprivileged to spend a day with Mrs. Rice in her Murfreesboro, Ten- nessee,home. There she graciouslyshared with us many in- t sights and the ruling principles that have made her a great woman of God, an esteemedmother of six, and the dedicated wife of one of the greatestchampions of firndamentalism,Dr. John R. Rice.

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A FUNDAMENTALISTJOURNAL _i TUNDAMENTALI.ST

Volume l/Number 4 JOUPNALDecember1982 Arficles

1n u Celebrcting the Glft of God Wolt Byrd 2I The creqtor in the courtoom Normon Geisler 24 John R.Rice, A Mon sentfiom cod RobertSumner .\ f- JO Meeting SpirituolNeeds in the Black Community JosephBrown Rrndomentalism crnd the Fine Arb DonCd A Gcn'lock 38 The Role of Evongelistic Music I-rndscyTerry 49 The Jerichowott Poul Birbor

Editoriqls

Jeny Folwell Commentr U "Holy Terror"is Wholly Enorr a'\ Perspective 6 Living in o Day ol Crisis Jock Wyrtzen F\rndcnrrentclism Todcy 10 The Need lor Revivol Ed Dobsoncnd Ed Hrndson Soop Box 66 Bob Jones University on Triol lor ns Lile Potnck Buchcrron

Fecrtures

Fundamentqls inFocus 17 The Virgin Birth RobertGromcrcki 8& A 26 An Ir:terview with Mrs.John R,Rice

Thunderin the Pulpit 30 No Roomtor Jesus Sermonby John R Rlce A1 Bibte Study 4I The Twelve Questiorrsof Ctuistmos Hcrold L WrlhmnCon

SuccessfulTeoching /12 Ideas zdJ The Greotestin the Kingdom Joni DeSoeqher

News

Nebraskq Bottlegnound Drcrws 52 Nationol Attention to ReligiousFYeedom rA City StleetsBecome Highwcrys ond Hedges 57 video GomesInvode us. I just tinished reodrngyour flne qr- Addressof son: with it. I hcrve requested thot our ticle "Cfulstiqrs Under the Hcnnmer VladinirDmitrieuich Minyahoa hlcrorion order it lor the librory. I ond Sickle," rr the October issue of ul. Sugise,3 especiolly like the orticles thot were Fundcmentqlist Journal. Besides Valga chosen to be in this first rssue,I mode being on excellent journolistic EstonshayaSSR o copy ol the qrticle on poge 55, piece, I lound it to qlso be extremely SouietUnion "Procter qnd Gomble' Symbol ol informotive ond motivoting It hos Quolity qnd Not Evil," ond ploced it chollenged me to wont to com. Born:February 18, 1922 on the bulletin boord ol our church. municqte with our Christion brothers Sentencedto 5 years Our people need to know the true ond sistersin the Soviet Union. Arrested:January 21, 1981 story on thqt ssue, You lsted one oddress, thot oI Then. too. the orticles under the "For Gqlino, in your orticle. Do you hcrve LuboaMihhailoana Kosacheuich section, Your Informqtion," were o list ol qddresses for other Cfuistion Campaddress; most helpful. I shored some from the qrticles prisoners qnd/or thelr fcrnilies? II so, I p/ya 34/5 "K" otr. I0 in our church on Wednes- would be interested in hoving o g. Kozlouha429430 doy night, The book reviews were copy so we ccrn write to encouroge ChuuasluhayaASSR very well done ond I even enjoyed "Hcrve these Iolks. SoaietUnion the orticle on poge 66, We Creoted Our Own Weoker Brother?" Noncy Myers Homeaddress; (mothe) Mt. Uruon, Penrsylvonio NadezhdaVladimirouna Nevin S.Alwine, Deqn Kosacheaich Luther Rice Bible College ul. Nadezhdinshaya,24 Jocksonville. Floridq Ed, Note: g. Iaangorod prboner Follouingb a listof Christiansheld in Leningradshayaoblwt Congrotulcrtions on your first issue tlw SouietUnion. For additionaladdresses of SouietUnion ol Fundamentalist Joumal. So lor, so Chrbtianprboners and an updateas to their very goodl I believe your journol will status,contact Georgi Vins, P.0. Box 1i,88, Born:January 8, 1952 help wosh oll much ol the unjust Elhhart,Indiana 4651 5. Sentencedto 3 years mud thot hos been thrown on the of Fundomentolism. Hopetul- Arrested:January 19, 1980 bodge NiholaiYerofeyeaich Boiho ly, your journol will bring mcny Fun- Campaddras: their qnd Sergeiloanoaich Bublih domentolists out ol closets, p/ya 257/13otr. 8 help us oll to morch together, rcrther pos.Zaozerny Campaddress: p/ya thon bottle one onother. Khabaroush682318 288-288/8 p.o. SouietUnion Khairyuzouha One ol your Fundomentql Groce Ilanskyraion Brethren, Homeaddress: (uife) Krwnoyarshyhrai 663850 Dovid W Miller, Postor Valentinallinichna Boiho SouietUnion Long Beoch, Colilornio ul. Limannaya,8 Homeaddress: (mother) pos.Sheuchenho-l you your EhaterinaDementeana Just o note to thonk lor p. Krwnoselha kind note ond the scrmple copy ol 0dessa272168 0lsheushaya per. the Premiere Issue of The Rrndmen- SoaietUnion Donetshy,45 g. Rostoo-na-Donu tqlist Jowncl. The mogozine is EX. Born:February 23, 1922 Rostoushayaoblas 346000 CET.TENTin every respect, ond we genuinely Sentencedto 5 yearslabor camp and 5 years SooietUnion ore excited obout it here exile ot Jock Von lmpe Ministries. In foct, I Born:Noaember 13, 1957 previewed it to our entire stoll ot Arrested:December 29, 1980 Sentencedto 3 years devotions lost Thursdoy, ond recom- Arrested:January 19, 1980 mended thot eoch lqmilv sulcscribe, Dmitri VwilieaichMinyahou laraa lJanall Campaddress: I hove received the Pundcmten- F.rlcliccrtions Director uchr.AV26l/4 tclist Journcl, September 1982ssue, Jock Von Impe Ministnes pos. Untar Let me soy thot I reolly believe thot it Royol Ook, Michigon g. Mogadan is llrst closs. I hqve shown it to the Magdans haya o b last 68502 5 locr.:lty members here of Luther Rice I1 ol] your issues qre os good os SouietUnion ond they ore very much impressed the fllst il will be well worth the

FUNDAMENTAIISTJOURNAT money, I especiolly like the news periodiccls oround. sections,We ccn find out whct is go- Nevertheless, I telt compelled to ing on oround the world. Our news write in response to Mr. Hoberrnos's Opportunityfor mediq is o very urueliqble source. I stqtements obotd the "Sfuoud ol enjoyed every qrticle ond they ore furin," Itrere qre plenty oI recsons GraphicArts very inlormctive. Thonk youl thct the Bible-believer hqs Ior reject- Irg this "Sfuoud" os a lqke qnd notNng more thon crrrother relic Designer! Mldred M. Smith concocted by old Sotan NmseU to Amold, Kqrsos detrqct from the pre-eminence ol our CreativeServices Division greot God ond Scrvior Jesus Cfuist. Firstof cll toke q look qt I Corinthicrs of the II your lirst issue wcs on opero I Il,l4.The imcge on the "Shroud'is oI OLD-TIMEGOSPEL HOUR would shout "Brcrvo!"As o postor in q mcm with long hcir. My Scrviordid the Presbyterion Church in Americq, not hove long hoir else He lived in is taking applications I wcntyouto knowlhcrve genuinely shcmre! Secondly, God's Word scrys for a GraphicArts Designer. opprecioted this lirst copy. My two- (John 19,40)that our Lord's body wos At leastthree years yeor subscription is enclosed. I WOUI\trDin linen clothes NOT that experiencein couldn't help but notice how often one clothwcr.slqid over Him,Further- commericial/publication the vcrious cruthors quoted men ol more, the Bible scrysthqt there wcs cr fieldrequired. God oI Presbyterion persuosion,B.B. seporote nopkin obout His head Wqrlield, E.J, Young, Froncis (John2O,S-fwherecs the "Stuoud"is Schqelfer, ond, of course, J. one piece lrom heqd to toe. So Scrip- -Send resumeto- Greschom Mochen pichled on the huolly, it is clecu that this "Shroud" is Iront cover. To be sure there qre not the buriql cloth oI ourLord.lt mcry Creotiue SeruicesDirector mqny ol us todcry who continue to be q real buriql cloth but NOT ol our stond solid on those live fundomen- Lordl The Old-TimeGospel Hour tqls qnd Ieqd the bqttle, For exqm- This "Sh:oud" is onother relic-god Lynchburg, Va. 24514 ple, the leqder ol the Internotionol cleverly disgnrised to lure ottention Council on Biblicol Inencncy is FROMthe Scrvior, Jomes Montgomery Boice, o P.C,A God blessyou oll inoll you do lor postor. Himl My only concern obout this publication is that ol Trumqn Dollcr in Ns orticle, "We use illustrqtions in Timothy M Kucij, Pqstor our serrnons from the lives of John Pine City, Mnnesoto Bunyon Mortin Luther, John ond Chcules Wesley, George \Mhitefield, ond Chqrles Spurgeon.But by stond- q cuds of lellowship we observe with Just short note to scry thct I op preciqted ond ognee with your orti- our bretfuen todcry, none ol these "Hcrve men would be qlowed in our pulpits cle We Creoted Our Own or schools iI they were alive. It is Weqker Brothef.z' It wqs done in good you stronge." With thcrt I ognee. My only tcste ond were very oc. hope lor tNs much needed quolity curcne, publiccrtion is that yow editoriol There ore severcl things I policy disogneewithDl, Folwell on qnd I've will heed Dr.Dollq/s concern qnd ond not omit these men the Presby- told him so, but he I both hcrve our right to Enioythe stunning b€auty of vaulteddomed teriors I've listed qbove, ond mony our liberty in CMst. These ceilingswhile reducing qre qrects prelerence qnd energybills 30- other fundcrnentol brothersin CMst. ol not doc. 50%.Interlocking triangles bolt together to poges trine. in 2-3days and ha/e beent€sted to withstand from speoking us in the oI tremendouswind and Rrndcrnentalist Joumql We need Keep your good orticles coming, snow loads.Build qnd don't stop with just your yourown home,church, duplex, office, to heqr from qll Fundcrnentalistsnot one cnti- recreationhall, and more,at significant just Bcptists. cle on the subject,Follow up with o savings.Send for literaturefrom a leader couple more. Othershcrve not gotten in thedome industry with over 25 years of the Rrndcmentclist Joumql vetl domemanufacturing experience. Williom G PNlIips, Pqslor WriteTo: GEODESICDOilES. lNC. Indionopolis, Indiano 10290Davison Rd. Rt. 1, Bor 257C Dennis lCett.Pastor Davison,Ml Ponchatoula,LA Allison Pork, Penrsylvqnic 48423 70/154 313-653-2383 504-386-5686 I crn writing you in response to ------Gcry Hoberrnqs's orticle on Jesus' Rush me tho following mark€ditoms: resufiection. I New 56 page color booklet (25th AnniversaryEdition) with your bost First oI oll let me stcrt by saying plans. thqt qre q church Enclosodls $5.00. we Bible-believing, in- Wewelame your @mmentsand will include tr For rlght now lust s6nd me I llyer and dependent BaptistChurch. I om con- themin ourLcften to theEdltor sectionas sN@ prlc6 llst at no charg6. FJ vinced thqt the Hrndqmentclist permits- subjectto andensationu the disoe- Joumcl will be one of the best tion of the editorialstaff. t ClU,Stato, Zlp \--- J DECEMBERI9B2 7 JTPPYTALVELL COMMENTd "Holy Terroftt is Wholly Error!

healthyand positiveway. early one hundred books and However, one new book written by booklets have been published Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman,the in the last two yearson the authors ofSnapping,makes one wonder resurgenceof fi.rndamentalismand the who has snappedlTheir new book is so-called"religious right." That tells me entitled Holy Terror (Doubleday, 1982) that we are hitting the vital nerve of and carriesthe subtitle, Thz Fundamen- America's morai problems.A biased talist V/ar on America's Freedomsin presshas failed to addressthe real issues Religion,Politics and Our Piqtate Lie.)es.It with which people are struggling.The is reportedly influenced by Norman media reaction to fundamentalism Lear, who is mentioned in the should be encouraging,in that we are Acknowledgements(p. 349).Like many receiving more attention than ever books on the New Right it appearsto before. Our issuesare being discussed be a rather hurried attempt to ger the and debated in the open arena of book to the printers and make some American public life in a healthy and money off the new phenomenon. For positive way. PtrB6PECTIVE living in a Dayof Crisis b1 lack WytTen

year. In 1982,one in three American householdswas affected e are living in a day of global crisis.The whole by a crime of somesort. In this nation a burglary occursevery world is a virtual powder keg that could blow ten seconds,a rape every sevenminutes, and a murder every up any day. Argentina, Israel, Lebanon, twenty minutes. Afghanistan, and Poland are only recent remindersthat ours How can we live in a day of crisis?The apostlePaul also is a troubled world. Recently, Frank Montaby, of the Interna- lived in crisistimes, and his adviceto Timothy should be well tional PeaceResearch Institute, announced that since 1945 heededby every Christian today. In SecondTimothy 4:1,2, there has not been one single day in which the world was free Paul said:"I chargethee thereforebefore Ood, and the Lord l0far from war. Since \forld lI over eighty nations have JesusChrist, who shalljudge the quick and the dead at his ap- fought on the territory of seventy different countries. pearing and his kingdom; Preach the word, be instant in Here in the United Stateswe are in the midst of a great season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all moral crisis. We now consumemore beer and alcohol than longsuffering and doctrine." More than anything else we any nation in the world. Violent crime rose 1l percent last need to preachtfu lVord! The foundation of fundamentalism has always been the \Uord of God. lt alone is the basisof 'We our faith and practice. must read it, study it, and preachit un. til Jesuscomes! Preach the Jack Wyrtzen is director of Vord of Life Word International. Schroon Lake. New York. The ultimate goal of the ministry is the proclamation of the gospelto a lost world. Philosophy,psychology, politics, and social concern have their legitimateplace, but they can

FUNDAMENTAI]STJOURNAL example,the Footnotes(pp. 351-379) rallies,the American Board of Mission attack of Campus Crusade, The are not numbered, nor do their to the Jews, Amway Corporation, Navigators, Inter-Varsity and \Vycliffe numbers appear in the text! The dust Assembliesof God, Jim Bakker, Baptist Bible Translators is ludicrous to both jacket itself makes the rather stupen- Bible College,Robert Billings, Chester Fundamentalists and Evangelicals. dous claim that this is "a tale of two Bitterman, Bob Jones University, Pat Their judgments were formed almost cultures one fundamental, one Boone, Terry Bradshaw, Bill Bright, totaliy from secondhandsources. In re- secular - and of a declaredholy war Campus Crusade,700 Club, Christian cent teievisioninterviews they have ad- for the soul of America being wagedon Heritage College,Coalition for Decen- mitted that they spoke personally to a society that, for the most part, still cy, creationism,the "electric church," none of the leadersof the movements refusesto acknowledgethat it is being Jerry Falwell, Billy Graham, Jesse they so bitterly denounce.Their infan- attacked." \Uhile this is certainly Helms, Bunker Hunt, Inter-Varsity tile judgment of Christian organiza- adulatory of the importance of fun- Christian Fellowship,Tim LaHaye, Ed tions representsprejudiciai journalism damentalism. it hardlv takes into con- McAteer, Carl Mclntire, Moody Bible at its worst. They view the Bible as sideration Catholics, Jews, Institute, Moral Majority, National filled with "documented errors and Evangelicals,Mormons, etc., who cer- Religious Broadcasters (NRB), The contradictions" (p. 200). They view tainly would not agreethat fundamen- Navigators, Louis Palau, Howard conservative Christianity as a "cult" talism is the only religiousoption in Phillips, Ronald Reagan,John R. Rice, which causes depression, guilt, fear, America today. Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, James suicide,and mental disorders(p. 5)l It is preciselyat the point of defini- Robison, Roy Rogers,Jimmy Swaggart, Conway and Siegelmanare guilty of tion that Holy Terrorfails so miserably. Robert Schuller, Francis Schaeffer, the very thing they accuseFundamen- The authors confuse everything from Richard Viguerie, Paul Veyrick and talists of: "name-calling, glittering snake handlers and "holy rollers" to Wycliffe Bible Translatorsr generalities,and card-stacking" (p. Robert Schuller as part of the Fun- One point of their evaluation is ob- 343).Any thinking American (religious damentalist barrage.They attack: Ac- vious: they violently oppose every or otherwise)will recognizethis book celeratedChristian Education (ACE), Christian organization involved in Agape Ministries, America for Jesus evangelismof any type. Their scathing continued on page 10 never answerthe world's problemswithout the \ilord of God. the time will come when they will not endure sound Preachersneed to keep preaching at the forefront of their doctrine" (2 Tim. 4:3).\7e areliving in such a time right now. ministries. People are hungry for the \ford of God. God The averageChristian has a very weak understandingofdoc- anoints preachersand then appoints them to the task of trine. Others who know what they believedo not know why preaching the \Vord of God. The early Christians went they believe it. Fundamental Christianity is facing a great everywherepreaching the Word of God. That wasthe key to doctrinal crisis, not from liberalism, but from within. their success.They were bent on preaching...preaching... Liberalismprospers oniy wherepeople do not know doctrine. preaching! Our greatestneed within fundamentalismis to keepour doctrinal foundation strong. Take a Stand The Moral Crisis Too many churches today are nothing more than showboats.What we really need are more battleshipsto do America is in a great moral crisis.If we do not stop the battle for God. Too many preachersare mixing error with trend of moral corruption in our nation we will ceaseto be a ruth to the point that they don't know what they believe. free and powerful people. We cannot lead the free world if we Some teach the Bible but are reluctant to reprove, rebuke, cannot stabilizeour own nation. The averageAmerican is so and exhort. Some people say we ought to talk about prin- influencedby the televisionprograms and movieshe watches ciplesinstead of naming names.ln SecondTimothy 4:10-14 that he reinterprets his "theology" in light of his own im- and First Timothy 1:20, Paul says, "Demas hath forsaken morality. More than ever before, we need to uphold the me...Alexander the coppersmith did much evil . . . moral standards of the Word of God. \7e must keep Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered unto preachingand teachingthe morality of the Bible whether it is Satan." It soundsto me like he was naming namesl popular or not. \7e must continue to take a strong and 'We need to take an uncompromising stand for the lford positive stand for morality. of God, but we must do it with compassion.We must love the Severalyears ago, the late IsaacPage, ofthe China lnland sinner, while we hate his sin. However, we should remember Mission, was speakingat a Bible Conferencewhen a young that love must abound in knowledge and discernment. boy of twelve interrupted him outside the auditorium. "I've Anything lessthan that will lead to compromiseand confu- lost my Bible," the boy said. Dr. Pageasked him, "lVhat is sion. Paul only spent one month at Thessalonicaand in that your name?"The boy thought he askedwhat wasthe name of time he taught these new converts about the Trinity, the the Bible, and he replied, "Holy Bible lilustrated." D. Page Holy Spirit, the SecondComing, salvation, assurance,con- preached that night on the fact that every believer is to be a version, election, resurrection,and sanctification. living epistle.Everyone of us is vital to the plan of God. We must transiate the \ford of God into our personal lives so The Doctrinal Crisis that we live the truth if we want to changethe world. Each of In his writing to Timothy, the apostle Paul warns; "For us needs to be a "Holy Bible lllustrated." O

DECEMBER]982 Holy Tenor fanaticallyuse any and every meansto make converts;those continuedfrom page 9 who make extremeand ridiculous statementsin the name of God, etc. True Fundamentalistsmust reject and denounce - suchextremists as not representativeof biblical Christianity. for what it really is a bitter diatribe againstreligion! "We 'We cannot live as machines,"the authors say, "programmedby must be careful to say only what the Word of God says Scriptures. . . surrenderedto Christ and computers"(p. 347). and no more. Also, we must pledgeourselves to be fair and At leastone Catholic leader,Monsignor GeorgeHiggins, is accuratein the way we treat secularhumanists, in spite of reported (Charleston Daily MaiI, Sept. 28, 1982) to have their ridiculous and prejudicedtreatment of us. Millions of resigned from the People for the American \fay becauseof people freely attend our churches every week, not out of Lear's sponsorship of Holy Terror, with its cultic constraint, but becauseof their deeppersonal commit- "simplistic . . . almost fanatical abhorrence of any and all ment to Christ. Fundamentalismrepresents an ever-widening forms of religiousfundamentalism." The monsignorhas called spectrumof American society. upon theological liberals to take seriouslythe New Right's The authorskeep complaining throughout their book that concernsabout the breakdown of moral valuesin American they couldnt find anyone to interview in Lynchburg, society. Virginia. All I can say is they did not look very hard! \Ue FundamentalChristianity has alwayshad to make its own have nearly 200 teachersat Liberty Baptist College. These way. \fe did not have the financial support and endowments highly qualified faculty membershold graduatedegrees and of the main-line denominations.Therefore, we have always doctoratesfrom more than one hundred schools,including had to survive in the free marketplaceof ideas.Contrary to Cornell, Rutgers,Boston, Chicago, Purdue,Johns Hopkins, the opinion of the authors(p. 203),we have alwayshad to ap- Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, peal to the rational and volitional responseof people to U.C.L.A., Southern California, Manchester,and London. believethe gospel.It is preciselyhere that liberal Christianity Surely, one of them would have granted an interview! has failed. Thinking peopledo not want a religion basedon Sinceit is so obvious that Conway and Siegelmando not myths and fables.If the Bible is not true - throw it out! If know what firndamentalismreally is, I am personallysending Jesusis not risenfrom the dead,we have no messageof hope them a subscription to the FundanentalistJoumal! Perhaps a to give the world. Liberal Christianity is in trouble, not firsthand readingof what Fundamentalistsare saying about becauseof the rise of fundamentalism. but becauseof its themselveswill help them know who and what they are talk failure to answerman's questionsand meet his needs.ln this ing about. These authors think we Christians are duped by senseConway and Siegelmanare right. The real option is one religion. The tragedy is that they are duped - by the between supernatural Christianity and antisupernatural "religion" of secularismwhich they espousewith uncritically secularism. blind faith. Ho\ Tenor is wholly error when it comes to There is much that we who name Christ as Savior can understanding fundamental Christianity. A better title for learn from HoIl Tenor. The authors delight in citing extreme this misinformed volume would be Seanlar Sarcasm:Tlle examplesfrom the "lunatic fringe" of Christianity: those who Humanistic War on Arnerico's Freedomsin Religion, Politics, and keepsetting dates for the secondcoming of Christ; thosewho Our Priuate Lic)es! o

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o increasedwith goods and have need of situations. They provide a rainbow of Can We Have Revival Today? nothing; and knowest not that thou art hope to all Christians everywhere who wretchedand miserable,and poor, and desire to experience an gutpouring of prophets There are of doom within blind, and naked" (Rev. 3117). God's power. God haspromised: "If my the church today who say there will Secondly, notice the instruction people, which are called by my name, never be another real revival. They say given to this lukewarm church which shall humble themselves,and pray, and it is too late for America, for we are in Jesus (though grieved) still loved. "I seek my face, and turn from their the "Laodicean Church Age." God counselthee to buy of me gold tried in wicked ways; then will I hear from cannot revive an apostate church, and the fire, that thou mayestbe rich; and heaven, and will forgive their sin, and we ate in the "age of apostasy."Thus, white raiment that thou mayest be will heal their land" (2 Chron. ?:14). they rationalize away all hope for clothed, and that the shame of thy revival. Man is an unusual creature. nakednessdo not appeari and anoint The Nature of True Revival thinp eyes with eyesalve, that thou Since revival has been so long mayest see" (Rev. 3:18), The instruc- awaited by the twentieth-century lliotory hasproven Lhat thooe tion here, though symbolized, is ob- church, and since we have experienced genuine 8foup6vhich oppooedrevival in the vious. Each depictsrighteousness: gold, such a dearth of Christian pasl \refe alvayobypaooed by the righteousnessof character; white rai- commitment and life in the latter part ment, of this centuryr many people do not \rorkinSof in church. righteousness of life; eyesalve, God Hio righteousnessof vision. understand the nature of true revival. \7hat is the messageto the Laodi. Therefore, many false concepts of 'Whenever he has not seen something cean Church? "Be zealous therefore, revival exist today. Often one will drive happen and cannot seem to make it and repent" (Rev. 3119).This is always past a church advertising"revival ser- happen, he will always conclude that the messageof Christ to the unrevived vices," but the servicesare not revival "it cannot happen." This sameattitude church. Dead orthodoxy alwaysresults services at all! They are, rather, said man would never get to the moon. in lukewarm practice.Nowhere in this evangelisticservices or "Christianlife" \ilhen the astronauts landed, some still passageis this church reprimandedfor services.The tag of "revival" has been refused to believe itl heresy, but for spiritual poverty. If There are great dangers in saying there is a modern LaodiceanChurch, it Cenuinetevival io not rnere there will never be another revival. is the fundamental church with its self- enotionalism,nof is it rnere sufficient, self-righteous complacency! Throughout church history, every inLellectualism.Qevival of Cod's religious group (denomination or fac- Begin to preach righteousness and tion) who took this view ended up op- repentance to this church, and revival people musLcome lhrou6h the posing real revival when it did come. will result! This is not the liberal and oimpleand honeslpfoocriptions of History has proven that those groups apostate church, for they have no lhe Word of Cod. which opposed revival in the past were candlestick! Begin to preach that your alwaysbypassed by the working of God church is in danger of becoming the placedon many extraneousactivities of in His church, They lapsed into LaodiceanChurch. and seewhat God twentieth-century "churchianity" to apostasy! does! the point that many have often failed Also the assumption that it is too Thirdly, the attitude that revival to catch even a glimpse of genuine late for revival to come to America is cannot comein our time is contrary to heaven-sent revival. There are some based upon a false interpretation of this very statementin Ephesians:"lJn- definite qualities found in a true Revelation3:14-19. This falsepremise is to him be glory in the church by Christ revival. that the Laodicean Church is the Jesus throughout all ages, world First, reoiual comes by suipanal church of the last period of church without end. Amen" (Eph. 3:21). It is means.God has given us His \ilord not history and is, therefore,the twentieth- the purpose of God to bring glory into only as a rule of faith, but also of prac- century church. This conjecture re- the church in every age. Twentieth- tice. In the same proportion that we mains to be proven, as does the entire adhere to it, we have a right to expect "system" of identifying the seven His blessing;and in the same propor- churches of Revelation with the 6ince revivalhao been oo long tion that we depart from it, we have a "periods" of church history. avaitedby the tventieth-century reason to expect His frown. God will Notice that the Laodicean Church ehrrr,^hmanv n,=onle do nol always honor His Word (Isa. 55:11). was a specific local church in Asia understandthe naLureof true \7hen the proclamation of the gospel Minor. It was not an apostatechurch. revival. and the practice of Christian living are It still had a "candlestick," and Jesus consistently in line with the principles said of this churchl "As many as I love, of the Word of God, one can expectgen- I rebuke and chasten: be zealous century revival is a reality in the church uine revival. Such revival cannot therefore, and repent" (Rev. 3:19). In in other lands, and it can be in come by unscripturalmeans, although, fact, the description of this church America and England as well. in our day, tremendous orcitement, sounds like a lot of today's fundamental God's principles for revival are churches!"Thou sayestrI am rich, and universal to all generations and all continuedon page 40 DECEMBER]982 1l w, ,i ,,, ,? ;l * ..\fx ?,t, ,' lflt.\ a" s &w* {lt?'ttrt ft t,

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In this the lcrtter part ol the twentieth century we fqce ct Christmqs seqson wtrich will see the worship of severql "scrviors."As Christicrns we must determine to recch q personcl bolqnce thcrt communicqtes to our children qnd our society the true mecning of Ctrristmqs. t) FUNDAMEIIIALIST JOURNAL their reportedconduct. Also in Europe, the merrymaking connected with the legend of St. Nicholas began to rival the importance given to the birth of Christ as the Messiah.In fact. in 1643 the Puritans of England banned such revelry as being pagan. Simultaneous concern in Switzerland and Germany the over this "worship" of St, Nicholas sparkeda movement to return the Christmas holiday to one truly honoring the by Vak Byrd Christ Child or "Christ Kindle." Beforelong, of however, even this attempt to de- mystify Christmas had fallen prey to Since the birth the legend-makers.In Switzerland Christ nearly 2,000 years ago, the objective of the Christmas celebration Christ Kindle soon became Kris celebration of Christmas has gone then was to honor the birth of Christ, Kringle, reviving the practice of a through severalphases. Each phasehas December 25 was chosen partially benevolent figure being worshipped at seen the concept of Jesus Christ as because it coincided with a familiar Christmas, rather than the Messiah Savior progressivelymodified to con- Roman holiday, the Feastof Winter (or Himself. form to the popular opinion of the Feastof the Sun), celebratingthe vic- Other myths or legendsassociated time. First was the Messiahphase; sec- tory of light over the darkness.Even in with Christmas included use of the ond was the mysticismphase. Third this seeminglyharmless adoption of a Christmastree. This custom beganin was the mortalism (or mortal human- non-Christian custom into the celebra- the early 1600s in Germany as an ism) phase, and fourth is now the tion of Christmas, the beginnings of outgrowth of the Scandanavianprac- materialism phase. Each year at mysticismcould be seencreeping into tice ofworshipping evergreentrees dur- Christmastime the watchful Christian the celebrationof Christ's birth. i.tg winter. Evergreens were often can observe his fellow man worship- 2. The phaseof mysticismbegan in placedon the ridge polesof new houses ping any number of different "saviors," earnest during the mid-300s when for good luck, and during midwinter as mysticism,mortalism, or material- various legends began to develop these trees were decoratedwith gilded ism, while some choose to really wor- around Christmas itself. Mysticism is nuts signifying stars, apples signifying ship Christ as the Messiah. "the adoption of a legend as a viable the moon, and candles signifying the \7e will look at the progressive substitute for truth," and possibly no sun. Such festivitiesrecognized the per- developmentof the Christmas celebra- other holiday has as many legendsor manent "life force" of the evergreen tion through each of thesephases. Ve myths surrounding it. The primary tree in contrast to the barren hard- will also seekto find a balancein mak- myth involving Christmas developed woods of the season.This custom was ing the holiday seasonone which truly around the legendary St. Nicholas, easilyintegrated into the alreadygrow. honorsJesus Christ. who lived in Lycia, Turkey in the ing number of Christmas legends. 1. In the Messiahphase the objec- mid-300s.Legend has it that he was a The yule log wasoriginally an object tive of Christmas was simply to personof unusual kindness,selected to of worship for Celtic priestsknown as celebratethe birth of JesusChrist. He be a bishop when he was but a young Druids, who cut down a tree, dressedit was recognized as the Savior of all boy. His compassionfor the poor took with garlandsand flowers, and used it mankind, and the sole object of the on legendaryproportions and after his to start a sacrificialfire each year to celebration was to commemoratethat death, December6 was set asideas the celebrate the soon-to-come spring. singular event in history. The exact date to celebratehis life. In Holland, Spring symbolizedrebirth of life; using date of Jesus' birth has never been December6 becameSt. Nicholas Dav: the past year's log to start such a fire determined; it was not until A.D. 354 in Germany, St. Nicholas was referred signifiedthat life was being born again that Bishop Liberius of Rome decreed to asPelz Nichol, meaning"Nicholas in from the ashesof the past. In fact, the that December 25 be adopted as the Fur." In many European countries ashes from the yule log were often day of Nativity. Although the primary December 6 is still designatedas the spread by German farmers over their day beginningthe Christmasseason. In fields in an artempr to increasethe fer- Germany, the legend took on the tility of their croplands. Walt Byrd, M.D., is a feature of parents telling Pelz Nichol The use of mistletoe also came licensedpsychiatrist and (St. Nicholas) how well their children about as a by-productof the Celts wor- director of psychiatricservices had behaved throughout the previous shipping oak trees, so necessaryfor at Liberty Baptist College, year. Lynchburg, Virginia. The children received either warmth and light during long, German presents or switches, depending on winters. Supposedly,the mistletoewas

DECEMBER]982 13 cut from a sacrificial oak with a golden blade, and then given ly of man. The custom of sending Christmas cards, giving to the people as charms to be worn throughout the year. The presents, and undertaking humanitarian activities became idea that mistletoehas certain "charms" persiststo this day at acknowledgedas representingthe essenceof the "Christmas Christmas, requiring the individual found standing beneath spirit." Again an admirable quality displaced the deeper it to part with a kiss. recognition of Christmas. Legends around Christmas became so many and so 4. The Christmas celebration is now in the materialism preposterousthat at one point it was widely believedthat cat- phase, although mysticism and mortal humanism are still tle knelt in their stalls at midnight to worship the Christ with us. Materialismis the beliefthat what now existsis vast Child on Christmas Eve, and in Switzerlandthese animals ly more important than that which came before it, and life were even said to speak the praisesof God for short intervals. should be involved in the current acquisitionof pleasureand Nowhere, however, did the development of Christmas personaladvancement. Things becomethe object of worship, legends become more pronounced than in America. In the simply by becoming the object of pursuit. One need only look early 1800s,\Tashington lrving, in his book Knickerbocl

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Recent Denials Attitudes toward Christ today are not as severeas those of the Pharisees, but liberals still regard Him as only human. ln the popular rock opera Jesru Christ Saperscar,these words sung by "Mary Magdalene" depict the theological perspective of the com- posers:"Hets a man, he's just a man.tt ln his stormy bestseller, Hugh Schonfield confidentlv asserted: "There was nothing peculiar about the birth of Jesus.He was not God incarnate and no Virgin Mother bore him. The church in its ancient zeal fathered a myth and became bound to it as dogma" (The PassouerPIot, p. 4?.). seculartheologians who have produced logically accept one and reject the Bishop Robinson was completely a humanistic Christianitv. devoid of other. Christ is not God becauseHe 'the honest when he explained that the supernatural. was virgin born, but becauseHe was non-Christian secularist view of Jesus and is God, He had to be virgin born to Importance to Fundamentalism shades imperceptibly into the estimate obtain a real humanity. of his person in Liberal Christianity" The liberal may feel at home in a \ilhen a sinner ocercises saving (Honestto God, p. 68). Fundamentalists religion which needsno virgin birth or faith, he placeshis trust in Christ who have shouted this equation for years. physical resurrection of Christ, but the was God, but who became man in The Jesusof the liberal is neither the Fundamentalist absolutelv cannot. The order to die for the sins of men and to Jesusof the Gospelsnor the Jesusof the late John R. Rice, great evangelist and rise again for their justification. Faith in Fundamentalist. These liberals are author, claimed: "All Christianity a mere human Jesus cannot save stands or falls with the doctrine of the anyone, Virgin Birth. If had a human Robert Gromacki is Jesus Theological Statements chairman of the Bible father, then the Bible is not true" (Is Department at Cedarville lesusGod?, p. 62). To confessthe Virgin \ilhat are the theological implica- College, Cedarville, Ohio. He Birth is to confess the deitv of Christ, tions of a proper confession of the received his Th.D. from to the of Christ is Grace Theological Seminary. confess deity to con- virgin birth of JesusChrist? First, He fess the Virgin Birth. No person can existed eternally as God the Son before DECEMBERl9B2 l7 the inearnation. He was a divine Personwithin the trinitarian Prince of Peace"(Isa. 9:6). The birth of the child shows His onenessof the divine Being, equal to the Father and to the humanity, but the giving of the Son indicatesHis deity (John Spirit, 3:16).His namesdefinitely manifestHis divine essence. Second, He obtained a human nature when He entered Jeremiahasserted that the promisedMessiah-King out of Mary's womb. When conception occurred apart from human the houseof David would be calledby this name: "The Lord fertilization, the event of incarnation happened.The result is our righteousness"(fer. 235,6). Micah presentedthe paradox that JesusChrist is a theanthropic person, one person with that, although the Savior would be born in Bethlehem,His both a divine and a human nature. Humans begin to exist as "goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting" (Micah persons at conception, but He was already a Personbefore He 5:2). entered Mary's body. David himself confessed:"The Lotd [Jehovah] said unto Third, He did not surrenderHis deity at the conception. my Lord [Adonai], Sit thou at my right hand, until I make God cannot be lessthan what He is. He cannot diminish His thine enemies thy footstool" (Ps. 110:1). Concerning the essence.Subsequently, at His death and resurrection,He did Messiah,Jesus then argued: "If David then call him Lord, not cast off His humanity. how is he his son?"(Matt.72:45). The answeris obvious.The Fourth, Mary was the sourceof His human nature, but Savior had to be both divine and human. He was both the not of His divine nature. She thus is not the mother of God. Son of God and the son of David. The late J. Barton Payne, The Holy Spirit, in His overshadowingministry, prevented the respectedprofessor of Old Testament, concluded from her from passing on to her offspring a sin nature. these predictions: "Actually, the OId Testament itself so openly describesthe Messiahin terms of deity, as sometimes Old Testament Predictions to obliterate the line of demarcation between the Son of The genuine Christian rnust always base his faith and David and Yahweh God of Israel,and to produce what War, 'the practice upon the inspired, inerrant Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16). field has called coalescenceof the advent of the Messiah Both Testaments give ample testimony that the Savior had to and the advent of Jehovah'" (TlwTlwologl of tfu OllerTan- be both divine and human and that the meansof the incar- ment, p. 262). nation would be the Virgin Birth. Gospel Descriptions After Adam and Eve sinned in Eden, God pronounced this judgment upon Satan: "And I will put enmity between \fhen the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she thee and the woman, and betweenthy seedand her seed;it would conceiveand bear a son, she responded:"How shall shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Gen. this be, seeingI know not a man?" (Luke 1:34).Although she 3:15). Why was the promised Savior called her seedrather was legallymarried or betrothed to Joseph,she had not had than hisseed? Christ had a human mother, but not a human sexualintimacies with him or with any other man. She was a father. The concept of the Virgin Birth is implied in the virgin (Luke 1:27).Gabriel then answeredher by statingthat descriptivephrase "her seed."It was later revealedthat the the Holy Spirit would come upon her at the time of concep- Savior would be a physical descendantof Seth (Gen. 5:3), tion (Luke 1:35). The conception thus was miraculous, whereas the term of pregnancy and the actual delivery were natural. the remained 'WhenThroughout experience,Mary a virgin. Thebirth of the childohovs[Iio humanity,but Josephdiscovered the pregnancyof Mary, he con- the 6ivin6of the 6on indicateotlio deity. cluded that she had been unfaithful. An angel, however, dispelled his faulty conjecture with these words: "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: Shem, the son of Noah (Gen. 9:26),Abraham (Gen. 12:l-3), for that which is conceivedin her is of the Holy Ghost" Isaac (Gen. 26:4; (Gen. Rom. 9:7), Jacob 35:9-15),Judah (Matt. 1:20).Joseph, satisfied with this divine explanation, (Gen. 49:10),and David (2 Sam. 7:lZ-17). then acceptedMary, but did not have a sexualrelationship In the kingdom period, Isaiah clearly predicted that the with her until afterthe birth ofJesus(Matt. 1:25).This action divine-human Savior would be virgin born: "Behold, a virgin fulfilled the prophecy that she had to be a virgin at the time of shall conceive,and bear a son, and shall call his name Im- delivery as well as at the time of conception. manuel" (Isa.7:14). The grammarof the Hebrew text definite- The accountsin Matthew and Luke are chiefly historical, ly that the mother had to time shows be a virgin both at the but John described the incarnation in theological terms. He of conceptionand of birth. This human impossibilityis what claimed that Christ was God and that He was in eternal constituted the "sign" given by God to the house of David fellowship with God the Father (John 1:1). As the creator (lsa. 7:13,14).The human beginning of the Savior is seenby God, He came into this world historically when He "was His birth, and yet His eternal deity and person are manifested made flesh, and dwelt among us" (fohn 1:14). He became by His name. The New Testament commentary upon this what He was not before . . . He became human. The pur- prediction points absolutely to its fulfillment in the virgin poses of the incarnation were to redeem men and to reveal birth of Christ (Matt. l:22,23). Jesus the essenceof God to man flohn 1:12,18).Vhat is God like? Isaiah later reinforced the divine-human character of the A believer seesGod in JesusChrist, becauseHe is God Savior with thesewords: "For unto us a child is born, unto us manifest in the flesh (John 14:7). a son is given: and the government shall be upon his Epistolary Expositions shoulder: and his name shall be called Vonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The The liberal theologian L. Harold De\Uolf charged that

IB FUNDAMEMALISTJOURNAL "the epistles say nothing about the taught in this classic passage?Paul before and after the incarnation. Virgin Birth" (Tlre Case fm Thcology in stated: "But when the fulness of the Conclusion Liberal Perspectiue,p. 61). Vhile it is time was come, God sent forth his Son, true that the epistlesdo not record the made of a woman, made under the John F. \Talvoord, president of actual historical data of the birth ac- law" (Gal. 4:4).He wasthe Son of God Dallas Theological Seminary, wrote: counts found in Matthew and Luke, it before He was sent and before He came "The incarnation of the Lord Jesus is not true that they fail to expound the to exist as a man. He was made of a Christ is the central fact of Christiani- hypostatic union, the union of the two wotnttn, not of a man, nor by human ty. Upon it the whole superstructureof natures in Christ which is the result of parents. Christian theology depends" (Jesas the incarnation. In his er

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ORDERYOUR COPIESTODAYI Attorneys for the Defense media reported that there was a total of seventeen, and one source as many everal aspectsof the trial require as twenty-two, ACLU lawyers and comment. We shall limit our assistants who worked on the case. observations onlv to those Compared with four defenseattorneys aspects which in view of potential and their three legal assistants, the historic significanceand public reaction ACLU outnumbered the State by seem most worthy of inclusion. about three to one. The press gave much attention to Furthermore, it appears obvious the charges by certain groups that the that with this larger staff, the attorneys Attorney General, Steve Clark, and his of the ACLU had a definite legal ad- staff (Attorneys David \Tilliams, Rick vantage. And judging from the Campbell, and Callis Childs, and volumes of books and exhibits Assistants Tim Humphries, Cindy presented at the trial, it was clear that ('f)ub" English, and \7.\7. Elrod) did the ACLU legal staff had done its not do a good job of defending the law. homework. This conclusion is based on several Another interesting feature of the allegations made by attorney \Tendell ACLU attorneys was obvious R. Bird. The allegationsof poor defense thearical ability. They understood centered mainly around the following playing to the press (by bringing up ir- situations reported by the media. It was relevant but sensational matters, like allegedr (1) that Clark had refused ex- UFO's), and appealingto the Court (by pert legal help from the attorneys milking the religious background and \ilendell Bird and John \Thitehead; (2) associationsof those in favor of the that Clark's defensewas not adequately creation-evolution act). Probably most prepared; (3) that Clark was not observers(whatever side they were on) dedicated to defending the law, having would agree that the ACLU simply allegedly sold out to the ACLU as presented a more persuasivecase than evidencedby a gift of $25 to the ACLU the Attorney General. ln order to do a few weeksbefore the trial. this, however, the ACLU attorneys fu far as we can tell. none of these had to twist, distort, and even allegations is true. Before we can draw misrepresentsome things. For example, implications, let us discern the facts of by Norman Geisler they carefully concealed the un- the matter. (1) The Attorney General falsifiable nature of the general theory Steve Clark did not tum down all legal The Controversial Arkansas of evolution; they hid the scientific help from ICR. What he did Cteation -Evolution Trial nature of creation. They also suc- turn down was the attorney's request cessfully painted supporters of crea- to be the "counselsof record," which and direct communication with the at tionism as Protestant "Fundamen- means official trial attorneys. (2) Steve torneys before, during, and after the talists," though many were agnostics, Clark neither attended the ACLU trial that (1) they executedtheir duties Buddhists, Roman Catholics, function nor gave them $25. What he well. This was the unanimously ex- evangelical Protestants, and others. did was give two free lunches for the pressed opinion of all the defense In some casesr the ACLU flatly purposesof a raffle. (3) The main at- witnessesat the trial, including Duane misrepresentedthe facts. For example, torneys for the defense (and the ones Gish. (2) The Attorney General was they represented one witness as who signed the Defense brief) were penetrating in his cross-examining of teaching a "science" class at Dallas Dave \Tilliams and Rick Campbell, those ACLU witnesseshe handled. (3) Seminary, despite his clear disavowal of both of whom are evangelicalChris- There was no question in our minds this in his deposition where he said, tians. about the dedication of the defenseat- "This is a theology course." And by It is our impression,based on first- torneys, though they were far out- presenting the class in religioas an. hand observations of the entire trial numbered bv the ACLU. thropology as though it were scientific anthropology, the ACLU could make Norman Geisler is The ACLU Attorneys his five religious views about origins professorof systematic look like it contradicted the position of theology at Dallas The lead attorney for the ACLU the Arkansas creation-evolution act Theological Seminary. was Robert M. Cearley,Jr. (of Cearley, (Act 590) which lists two scientlic posi- This article was taken Gitchel, Mitchell, and Bryant, P.A., tions on each point of origins. Little Rock, Arkansas). Immediately from his book The The Judge Creator in the Courtroomwith permission following the trial, twelve ACLU at- of Mott Media, Inc., Milford, Michigan. torneys posed for the Arkansas Some have implied that the judge Democrat (December 18, 19Bl). The acceptedthe ACLU "story" becausehe DECEMBERl9B2 2\ was part of their plot. This seemsclearly false. Although the Ellwanger was "motivated by . . . (the) desireto seethe biblical judge was one of over 250 new judges installed by President version of creation taught in the public schools." He desired a Carter, and had little experiencein First Amendment matters scientificversion taught in public schools. (his legal practice had been largely devoted to insurance Third, the judge is mistaken in believing that creation and claims), he gave no evidenceof being against creationists. But flood stories are unique to Genesis.They are found in many whereasthe judge was not bigoted against creationists,he was ancient cultures, including Babylonian, Sumerian, and in our opinion overtly biased against creationism. We offer others. the following evidence for this conclusion: Fourth, the creationists' concept of a "recent earth" is not 1. The judge was a theologically liberal Methodist who did based on the genealogyof the Old Testament, but on their not believe in creationism as deftned by Act 590. scientiffc arguments for a young earth. 2. The judge is the son of an evolutionary biology teacher Fifth, the judge wrongly affirms that Mr. Ellwanger who attended every sessionof the trial. believes"both evolution and creation are religion." Ellwanger 3. The judge's theologically liberal Methodist Bishop was believesboth are scientific views. the first witness against teaching creationism. Sixth, the ruling incorrectly affirms that the improbability Some felt that this above fact alone should have dis- argument is used by creationists to support "a worldwide qualified the judge. One citizen wrote to the Arkaruas flood...and a young earth." lt was used only to show the Denacrat (December 15, 1981)sayingr need for positing a designer of life. Dear Hitor: Seventh, he incorrectly asserts that the scientific com- In tlw qeatian sciarcetrial, tlwre is d questionof rcutrality on munity does not consider the origin of life as part of the tlv. part of ludge averton. Vhen tlv Metlwdist Bislwp of Arl,an- overall theory of evolution. Spontaneous generation of life is sastestified fvr tlw ACLU,hotu couldtlwjud.ge rctbe influerced? often discussedby evolutionists as an explanation of how [fe After all, he is a Metlwdist and wrely must respect tllc lvad began in the primeval "soup.t' Metlwdist of tlw state. You can be well aswed dwt if tlw jufue Eighth, the judge falsely asserts that a defense witness were a "Fundamentalist Cltristian" tlw ACLU wwld, cr1 and testiffid that there were more than two basic scientific posi- screanL"partiality." tions on origins. What he affirmed was that there were only 4. The judge denied a motion by the defensewhich would tuto scientificviews on the various points of origin (either life have eliminated irrelevant religious opinions being included and life forms beganby chance or by a creator). What he said in the record (and thus reported by the press). was there are many religious ways to conceive of this ttcreator.tt 5. Despite nearly a week of testimony from numerous Ph.D.s in science(some of whom were evolutionists) insisting These are onty some of the more obvious mistakes. The ihat creationism is as scientific as evolution and is not based ruling as a whole badly distorts many statements crucial to on the Bible, the judge still referred to scientificcreationism as the case.Close examination would indicate that the ruling is "the biblical view of creation." His basic mind-set had never based on the pre-trial mind-set of the judge, since he been changed: evolution is to be learned in the public school, sometimes cites the witnesses' ideas from their pre'trial and creation is what you leam in Sunday school! deposition rather than from the more clearly thought-out 6. The judge's decision reveals an absolutistic naturalistic statements they later gave in court testimony. In fact the bias, as will be clearly seenin the following discussionon the judge'sopinion seemsto be basedlargely on the ACLU Brief. ruling. The Logical Fallacies The Ruling The ruling is a field day for fallacy hunters. First of all, the heart of the legal opinion is the genetic For it argues It was the almost unanimous opinion of those presenton fallacl, that since the soarce of creationism is a religious book both sides after the trial that the judge would render a (Genesis)then creationism must be religious. But as had been negative ruling. No one was greatly surprised then, on pointed out in testimony from both sides, the sowce of. a 5, 1982, when Overton predictably struck January Judge scientific theory has nothing to do with its st4tusas science. down the law and ruled it an unconstitutional violation of No one ever rejected the Kekule model of the benzene the First Amendment. We will divide our comments on this molecule or Tesia's alternating current motor becausethey ruling into several sections: factual, logical, legal, and came from vrsions, or Socrates'uietr.,because it came from a religious. prophetessl quite The Factual Errors The sowce of a scientific idea is irrelevant; it is its justifiability that counts. If one is to throw away a science There are a number of factual errors in the ruling worthy becauseits inspiration comes from the Judeo-Christian Bible, of note. First, the judge is clearly wrong in saying the term then much of early modem scienceshould be discarded since "scientific creationism" did not gain currency around 1965 Bacon, Kelvin, Newton, and others admitted their sourcewas after the publication of TIle GenesisFlood but, instead, around the biblical view of creation. This is a widely held understand- 1974 following the publication of Morris' kientific Crea- ing even by non-creationists, from Alfred N. Vhitehead to tionism. Ian Barbour. Furthermore, if a scienceis ruled illegal because Second, the judge is again wrong in asserting that Paul its source is the Bible. then much of Near Eastern ar-

22 FUNDAMENTATISTJOURNAL chaeology should be likewise pro- "religion of evolutionary humanism." modern Fundamentalism is the belief in hibited becausethe sourceand inspira. Now, so far as we know, there are no dispensationalism. The most tion for much of it came from the Bible. informed creationists who have ever widespread version of this was largely But despite the fact that this was all made creationism into a god or influenced by the Scofield Bible. Yet carefully pointed out to the judge in religion. If creation (which is a belief in this reference Bible accepts the Gap precisetestimony, he still ruled that the a religious system) is thereby religious, Theory, that there may be long bill was religion becauseits sourceis then so is evolution. geological agesin the alleged "gap" be- Genesis. Third, one notices the fallacy of em- tween the first two verses of Genesis Second, the fallacy of.misimplication plwsizingilw accidentaLThe classic ex- which is in conflict with points 5 and 6 is evident. The judge stated and implied ample of this logic is the man who in the definition of creationism. Fur' that many would draw religious im- became intoxicated whether he drank thermore, some of the earliest Fun- plications from teaching creation. But wine and water, whiskey and water, or damentalists who wrote in the famous the same also applies to evolution. For gin and water. He reasonedthat the book called The Fdndamentalists if creationism should be rejected elementof water, sinceit was common (1910-15)(such as James Orr, B.B. Var- becauseit is consistent with the beliefs to all three, was the causeof his intox. field, and G.F. Wright) were willing to of "Fundamentalists" (though it was ication. So he gaveup waterl Now the acceptmodified evolutionarypositions. never one of the stated judge has said in essencethat since all So if creationism (asdefined in Act 590) "Fundamentals"), then bvolution Fundamentalists have creationism as is not even universal among Fun- should also be rejected becauseit is one part of their religiousbelief then it must damentalists - to say nothing of essen- of the stated beliefs of Religious be the essenceof their religious belief. tial to it - then the judge erred in rejec- Humanists (indeed. it is one of their This doesnot logically follow. For what ting creationism on the grounds it was fundamental beliefs). Furthermore, is only accidentalto a system(even ifit essentiallyreligious. many scientistshave elevatedevolution is alwayspresent) is not necessarilythe Fourth, the fallacy o{ equiuocationis itself into a "god" or the equivalent.In essenceof that system. And crea- committed on the word "science."On later life, for example, Darwin referred tionism has never been declared the the "strict" definition, science is to "my deity Natural Selection" as essenceof any Fundamentalist religion. something observable,repeatable, and replacing the function of the Deity in In fact. not all Fundamentalistsbelieve falsifiable. On this view neither the creating the species.Ernest Haeckel in creationism as defined in Act 590. general theory of evolution nor deified the processof evolution. Julian Most historiansacknowledged that one creation is any sort of science.So the Huxley refers to his religion as the of the characteristics of much of continuedon page 53 The Jericho Wall Between the Christian School and the Youth Ministry bv Paul Bubar

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FUNDA]\,G\TTAUSTJOURNAL How can anyone sum up this godly damentalism has been defined. pastored for seven fruidul years, but giant's life and ministry in a few short purified, and passedon to the next others remain in positions of strong, paragraphs?Admittedly, he did more generation." vibrant leadership. for our Redeemer than a dozen or- Second, he was a paragon of 2. His dedication to bringing back dinary preachers,and left a record un- the faith! A paragon is a model or pat- old-time massevangelism. Earlier in his matched by any other man of this cen- tern of excellence,and John Rice was ministry, when massevangelism fell in- tury. exactly that. He was a model of ex. to disrepute following the Billy Sunday First, he was a protector of the cellencein his personallife. No taint - era, fuce dedicatedhis life, after an all- faith! He took seriously the exhorta. or even breath - of scandal ever night prayer meeting in his Chicago tion ofJude 3 to "earnestlycontend for marred his testimony. He praaiced as YMCA room, to restoring great the faith which was once deliveredun- well as preaclwdl evangelisticcrusades to America. He to the saints." Like John Knox and He was a pattern of excellencein his personally led blessed, city-wide other Scottish reformers who battled home life, too. He and Lloys McClure meetingsin Buffalo,Cleveland, Seattle, centuriesbefore, John Rice was"jealous Cooke Rice enjoyed a marvelous mar- Chicago, Winston-Salem, and other for the Crown Rights of King Jesus." riage not severeduntil his death, well major cities.Perhaps even more signifi- He courageouslyfought at the head of into its sixtieth year. From that sweet cant, he invited other experiencedand the battle for orthodoxy some union came six daughters, each of knowledgeablemen to join him in con- t'turned threescore years, never once dipping whom out" according to ducting how-to-do-it conferences, the bloodstainedbanner a single inch. biblical standards.When someonesug- training others in soulwinning, revival, He championed such "Crown gested,following one of his strong ser- and evangelism. Many of today's Rights of King Jesus"as His absolute mons on the home, he ought not leadersin the world's largestchurches deity, His virgin birth, His substitu- preach that way until he found out receivedtheir vision of what could be tionary death and bodily resurrection, how his own children turned out, he done - and how to do it - through plus all the other essentialsofthe faith. characteristicallyreplied, "I'm going to these conferences. He waged war on enemiesboth inside turn them out myself!"And he did! All 3. He used radio to reach the and outside the church who settledfor were cultured, educated,refined ladies multitudes. In his early ministry he anything lessthan a verbally inspired, with a burden for souls, and all married pioneered in this field, broadcasting inerrant Bible. \ilho can forget his ser. men who joined them in laboring in daily. Later, in January 1959, he mon, deliveredin responseto an infidel full-time servicefor Christ. Five are still launchedthe "Voice of Revival"broad- bishop's charge: "ls God'A Dirty ministering; the eldest, Grace, has cast, heard over ninety stations at its Bully'?" peak, many having 50,000-watt fought relentlessly the He foes of "Once transmitting power. Even today, while atheism, evolution, modernism, and in a vhilea manlike John Q he rejoices in heaven, the "Voice of worldliness.He was the avowedenemy Qice comeoalon6 and has Revival" is heard weekly, under the of the National Council, the World conviction6dLfon8 enou8h lo direction of Ron English, featuring Council, New Evangelicalism,and all dominatehim. tle otandsfor Rice'staped messages. other forms of wateringdown the truth " 4. His books and booklets won un- of God's Word. When a leading liberal 6omethin8. numbered thousandsto Christ. Before seminary wanted a record of fun- Dob Jones.8r. his death over 22,000people had writ- damentalism in this century for its ten to saythey had beensaved through research library, it requestedpermis- his literature.He pennedbest sellerson sion to microfilm every issue of the joined her beloved father in heaven. prayer, the home, the Holy Spirit, Sword of the Lord from its inception, Third, he was a propagator of heaven. and numerous other themes. judging it the most representativeof the faith! We describedhim earlier as Altogether he authored well over 200 that position. a defender of the faith, and perhaps titles, enjoying a phenomenal circula- As Jerry Falwellsaid at fuce'strium. most knew him best for the battles he tion of more than 60 million copies in phant funeral service,"For more than a waged. Yet those in close touch with 39 different languages.No wonder, in half-centuryDr. John R. Rice has been his life and ministry recognizedthis as a his biography, Man SentFrom God, he 'guardian the of the faith once very minor portion of the overall pic- is called "the rwentieth century's delivered.' More than any other man, ture. First and foremost he was a mightiest pen." That he wasl history will report that Dr. Rice pro- preacher of the glorious gospel of His greatestaccomplishment, sure- tected and guarded the prize jewels of Christ. a lover of souls for whom his ly, was the publication of the Swordof fundamentalism. Becauseof him. fun- Master died. Numbered among his the Lord, established on September outstanding accomplishments in prop- 28, 1934,while he pastored in Dallas. Robert Sumner is agating the faith, we can list the follow- Under God, he watched it grow to a editor of the Biblical ing: peak circulation exceeding 300,000 Ee..,angelist, 1. He started churchesall over the subscribers throughout the United Murfreesboro, Southwest. at least eleven in number. States and more than 100 foreisn Tennessee. Perhaps best known was the one in Dallas which he launched and then continuedon page34 DECEMBERI9B2 25 nu{ 'L:3, t' e r?: -'t{:'*.Q* t. t.

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w& Althoush she is 88 yeors old, Mrs. John R. Rice is an energetic servant of God. She still liqtesin the Mur. freesboro, Tennessee,home where shenursed Dr. JohnR. Rice the last eight months o/ his lif e, before he went to be with the Lord on December 29, 7980. Editor Ruth McCI ellan recently spent a dny with Mrs. Rice in her home, talking with her about her life with Dr. John R. Rice. Presented here is a portion of that interview, revealing the deep insight and inspiration of the woman who,for almost 60 years, stoodby the sideof one of the greatest championsof Godthe worldhas ever known.

FUNDAMENIALIST JOURNAL saved.I was not saveduntil I was 12 decided to go there to begin the steps years old. My mother taught us to love toward his goals.After graduation from R;:*:*nrlru.:'*:{am'vthe Bible and to know it and my daddy Decatur Baptist College, Dr. Rice went taught us to obey it. He taught us that on to Baylor University. Al Or. Rice and I were both reared "you cannot do wrong and get away in wonderful Christian homes. Our with it." I wasvery consciousof sin at a I l"ro How did r., you meet Dr. Rice? backgrounds are amazingly similar, and young age and wanted to be saved,but }./ - we felt that we were exactly fitted for out in the ranch country where we I was young, my goal in each other in every way. I was born on lived there was not a church for 70 AlWtt." life was to study medicine and become December 20. 1895 in North Texas miles at that time of mv life. Because I had planned to go to Den- near Gainesville,Texas. Dr. Rice was there were no cars then, it was a day's a doctor. to a state school. The day before born near Gainesville,Texas, but his journey to go to church. ton my father was to take me (o the state daddy went to Archer County and my On the night beforemy 12th birth- school,my dad and my pastor were sit- father went farther west to Haskell day, I walked out into the cold Texas on our front porch and I heard my County. I grew up out there 30 miles night air and knelt alone, asking the ting pastor "Mr. Cooke, you ought not beyond the railroad where there were Lord to saveme that yearwhen I would say, to Lloys to a stateschool. She will no doctors and no stores. lf we went be 12 yearsold. I rememberthat night send kind of man." I shopping it was a day's journey. Dr. specifically.The ranchmen had been marry the wrong that I Rice was born in Cooke County, killing hogs and putting the meat on remember smiling and thinking wasn't going to school to get married December 11, 1895.We probably were our porch roof to get cold. The Texas I going to study to be a doctor. born only 10 miles apart. My father Milky Way lit up the whole heaven and but was turned the matter of was a catileman and so was Dr. Rice's it looked like everything was ablaze.I I had already whether I would marry over to the father. His father went on trails to the was not afraid as I knelt out in the dark I knew that a woman did west when they took herds of cattle to and prayed. That summer we had a Lord because husband. It is the man who the north, to St. Louis and Chicago,to revival meeting and I was saved.One not seeka the wife and the woman waits for sell them. week later my brother and I were bap- seeks to bring the man to her. Dr. Rice grew up on his uncle's tized in a big man-madelake wherethe the Lord The next morning I found myselfon ranch in \ilest Texas near Archer City, cattle watered. to Decatur Baptist Collegein- near a little town calledDundee, Texas. Dr. Rice had four brothers and the way stead of to the state school. I never His mother died when he wasnot quite three sisters.I had four brothers. My questionedmy father. If he saidI ought 6 yearsold from a seriouscase oftuber- pa.rentshad a great influenceupon us. to go, I knew that he knew best. Vhen culosis. When John R. went to her \ile had a very happy life and never we drove up on the campusI only saw gravesidein 7967, he stood by her grave knew conflict in our home. My person, hurriedly left the ad- and said, "I'11see you again, Mother." brothers and I were not allowed to fuss one who rushed Dr. Rice's father was a preacher and with each other and we were never ministration building and 'We I didn't know then also a businessman.He never did quite allowed to call each other names. acrossthe campus. name R. Rice and give up all his businessto be a preacher. were allowed only to say those things that his was John that five yearslater we would be mar- My daddy was a deacon and a that represented gentleness and leader in the community. He was the gooqness. ried. one who started the Sunday schools out in the ranch country and the one goals wereDr. Rice's early !./ I o.r..ibe your courtship with who built a church out there. My ,R:rX" daddy and Dr. John's daddy were very foH R. Ri... close. They used to trade horses and plannedto be a col- have good fellowship together as a A: o.. Ricehad A: r,.,.. JohnR. Riceand I had then a collegepresident, preacher and a deacon. Even though lege teacher, much in common, naturally we were States Senator. and Dr. Rice and I were born so close in then a United soon friends. I was immediately im- finally, Presidentof the United States. proximity, we never met until we went pressedwith his extremepoliteness and pursued political career,it to college. Had he this we talked a great deal and wrote letters would have been a very spiritual career back and forth to each other. Our first becaus6John R. Rice knew the Lord in- conversationwas about our horses.He ! T.ll -. about your salvationex- timately. had a horse whose name was "Dick" perrences. and my horse's name was "Charlie." did Dr. go I J ! wn.* Rice to college? That first conversation was very Al or. Rice was savedwhen he was spiritual! He talked about Dick and I 9 yearsold in the First Baptist Church Ai Or. Rice tausht school when he talked about Charlie. He lpd to give up of Gainesville,Texas. The day after he was a teenager.While he was teaching Dick to go to college.He'Sold him and was saved, on his way to school, he school he decidedthat he neededmore used the money for his college ex- knelt underneath a willow tree ahd education and since Decatur Baptist penses. We never had but one un- prayed that other people would be College was only 80 miles away, he chaperoneddate in our lives.

DECEMBERl9B2 27 preaching, for Bible study and Bible preaching. I lt^. ' ^ Dr. Rice X<. Did Dr. Rice graduatefrom Baylor University? learnedabout the baptism of the Holy Spirit and about getting answersto prayer from Dr. Torrey's books, Aly.r, he graduatedfrom Baylor in 1920.Even though he was headed in the direction of becoming a collegepresi. dent, Dr. Rice often preachedduring the yearshe was pursu- ing graduating 'Waylandhis education. After from Baylor he taught at College.He becamerestless and thought it best to pursue a Master's Degree in Education, so he went to the University of Chicago. Dr. Rice wanted us to be married while he was studying at the University of Chicago but nobody would "loan him a hundred dollard'so that we could get married. (J...,., \./o'.- \Uhen were vou married? l\l Vl. were married on September 27, 1921. I had graduatedfrom Decatur Baptist Collegein 1918and goneon to Baylor. We were married the fall after I graduated-from Baylor. I believewith all my heart that the Lord led us in all our ways. I felt when I married John R. Rice that the Lord had made me especiallyfor him. From the time I knew that we cared about each other I felt that the Lord had planned my life and arrangedit all to be the helper of John R. Rice. Mrs.Rice with daughters.Joy Martin,Joanna Rice I l. ,.,,, Dr.and \./ o When did Dr. Ricefeel called into the minisrrv? (seated,l to 4 JessieSandberg, Mary Lloys Hines, Elizabeth - Handford,Grace MacMullen (standing, I to r). A! Wnit" studying at the University of Chicago, Dr. Rice would go down to the PacificGarden Mission to win souls. !./lVlnit. at the Seminary, did Dr. Rice ever envision One night he knelt by a drunkard and led him to the Lord. whatrl^ Uod would do with his lifel The man wasdirty and smelledbad, but Dr. Ricesaid, "Lord, I'd like to do this the rest of my life." And that was what you ll.l Lo.rn before Dr. Rice ever knelt with that man at rhe might saywas his call into the ministry. He volunteeredto be PacificGa.-d"., Mission, I believethat he was always aware a preacherthat night and later we realizedthat that was the that the Lord had somespecial work for him to do. He wrote samenight that I woke up at two o'clock in the morning and me a very preciousletter beforewe weremarried. In that letter prayedthat God would make R. Rice a preacher. John he mentioned the great things God could do with someone He left the University of Chicago shortly after that and who was dedicatedto Him and willing ro pay a price. He went on to Southwestern Baptist Seminary. There at the wrote that it was a greatprivilege and responsibilityto preach Seminarywe took all the sameclasses. I took Greek, Hebrew, the gospel.He even mentionedthat one day he would like to homiletics,etc. - whateverDr. Ricetook, I took. begin a publishinghouse of Christian literature.God wasgiv- ing him a vision. I l. ..,,, In our early years of ministry Dr, Rice pastored several \Jo\Uho were,someof your teachersin those days and churches.He continually preachedand held revival meetings. who were someof the great preachersyou heard in the early We went to churches,schoolhouses, and camps to conduct yearsof your ministry? revival meetings.I played the piano and he led the singing. During revivalswe would have two servicesa day and in the A! fn. sreatest teacher we had was Dr, Lee R. remaining time we'd drive all over the country winning peo- Scarborough.He was an evangelistand the presidentof the ple to the Lord. school. \7e heard Dr. GeorgeW. Truett who was recognized as the greatestpreacher of that time. He was then pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. \ile heard Billy aboutDr' Rice'sdedicating himselr Sunday in revival meetings. Later we had many great R;,f;:.*l:,:ff' preachersin our church in Dallas.Dr. Ricealways wanted the grearestmen of God to fill his pulpit. He had Dr. Ironside, Alf truly believedthat evangelismwas always in Dr. Dr. Norris, Harry Rimmer, W.B. Riley,T.T. Shields,just to Rice's heart. Even while he was a pastor, on the first sta- name a few. Dr. Rice and G.B. Vick were very close.Bob tionery he ever had printed he put "EvangelistJohn R. Rice." Joneswas in our home many times.He sat at our table in con- No matter what the cost,I felt that it was the most wonderful ferencesand we ate dinner togethermore times that we could thing in the world to be going after soulsand to be teaching ever count. Dr. R.A. Torrey was Dr. Rice's pattern for peopleto win othersro the Lord everyday. aa |UNDAMINIALIST JOURNAL The life of an evangelist'swife can as a young preachercame to the pulpit Southwestern Seminary, expecting to be the loneliestlife on earth unlessyou to protest against modernism and have that as our base.But, becauseof are close to the Lord. Most of the evolution in Baylor University; and we his strong stand againstmodernism by tragediesI have known I faced alone, saw him banned from the platform that time, he was told by leadersthere: such as the death of my mother, the without being allowedto finish his pro- "You will never have any meetingsin death of my father. Most of the test. It was after that incident that Dr. Southern Baptist churches.We will see children's specialdays were celebrated Rice began to feel he must take a that you don't." Three men called him without their father. But I would not definite stand against evolution and into the church office and told him to trade my life for any other in the world. modernism, and from that time on get away from Dr. Norris or he would God sustainedand blessedus. boldly stood for the fundamentals of be branded. Dr. Rice's reply to those the faith. three men was. "l will trust the Lord I lott did.Dr.-Rice i.r^ r conduct his and follow His leadership."And from \lo,Hgw evangellstlc meetl ngsl with that point on, although no one backed ""o''ated him, he had the backing of God and he It : He would qo to a town and set R:rx-*:*Ti' ied literally thousands to the Lord in up a tent on the iqru." or in a public revival meetings. Aln.. Rice often preachedin Dr. place. He would get a piano and a Norris' stead when br. Norris was singer and begin revival meetings.He away and spokeon his radio station. It would stay in one placeseveral months * was while Dr. Rice was in Dr. Norris' and not only get peoplesaved, but get R;Ym$$,o,,:. A:'.:J,'t:i' church that he wrote the Sunday them to readingtheir Biblesand learn- A.- school lessons, a correspondence .CL; I rememberprecisely because our ing doctrine. Then he would start a course straight through the Bible. It third daughter was three months old. church. He would leave after about took him five years to complete the That was in 1927.Dr. Norris had Dr. three months and, almost consistently, course.In all this time Dr. Norris was Rice go on his radio broadcastand give he would leave about four hundred deeply involved in the defenseof the testimony about fundamentalism and people as members of the church for Bible and Dr. Rice was with him and the drift of the major denominations which he had found a pastor and pro- helping him all the way. into modernism. vided a building. In 1930Dr. Rice conducted a great revival in Rader Tabernacle in p!vn", was the reaction of the !l!wn", year did Dr. Rice begin rla Chicago.I did not seehim for a month. leadErship in the Southern Baptist the- Su.,ordol the Lord and what It seemedfrom that time on he traveled Convention when Dr. Rice besan to prompted him to do so? all acrossthe United Statesconducting opposemodernism? revival meetings, and eventually he l\inr. Rice was always a prolific traveled the globe. His goal in life was A!4r,". Dr. Ricewent into full- writer and writing was always on his to get the gospelout as fast as he could time evangelismwe went back to mind. He knew the power of the writ- and asfar as he could. He not only con- ten message,He even wrote some ducted revivals but establisheddaily booksbefore he startedthe Swordo/ the radio broadcasts. Lord. I rememberdefinitely our conver- sationsabout what we should name the I l.,,,,, newspaper.When it was begun in 1934 Dr. Rice nor popular F

"And slle brurght forth fur firstbom son,and. unapped him in baby was to be born here in Bethlehemamong strangersand swaddling clotlvs, and laid him in a manger; becausetllere was no far away from her little Nazareth homel It would have been roomfor thetn in tlw inn" (Luke 2:7). bad enough, she doubtlessthought, ifthey could have had a nice,clean, quiet room in a private home or eventhe courtesy Mary! girl [oo, I can imagine that she was only a of of a common tavern or a hotel. But the town was full. David or nineteen It eighteen when the Baby Jesuswas born; had many other descendantswho had come, likewise, to girls young. I- Jewish married And did ever a woman register,There was no room for them in the inn. In Mary's come to the hour of travail in more distressingcircumstances? hour of travail when she slipped down into the valley of just How strangeit wasthat they must cometo Bethlehem at shadows,her bed was nothing but straw in a stable. And this time great when Mary was with child. Dd they under- when her baby was born, she herself,with trembling yet glad stand why? fingers,wrapped her Babein swaddlingclothes and laid Him God was but fulfilling \(/ord. In Micah 5:2 it waswrit- His in a manger"because there wasno room for them in the inn"! ten, "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousandsof Judah, yet out of thee shall he come Poor Joseph forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;whose goings forth And poor Joseph,tool God be praisedfor the memory of have been from of old, from everlasting." So Caesar faithful, believing,godly Joseph. For one thing he loved Mary Augustus, not knowing why, gave the decreethat "all the tenderly.Can you imaginehis broken heart when he first had world should be taxed," and the millions of the Roman Em- beencompelled to believethat shehad gone wrong, had been pire must go and register,unconscious that thereby God was untrue to him and was to have an illegitimate child? But bringing Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem that the Saviour Joseph had not acted hastily. \?ith earnest thought and might be born there and so one verseof Scripturebe fulfilled! prayer '!7omen he sought to find what to do and "was minded to put sometimeshave strange fears and forebodings her away privily" becausehe was a just man and not willing beforethe birth of a child. It is part of the cursewhich fell on to seeMary stoned as an adulteress."But while he thought womankind when the guilty pair wereput outsidethe Garden on thesethings, behold, the angelofthe Lord appearedunto of Eden. And this wasto be Marv's firstborn! Her mother was him in a dream,saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to

not at hand nor any of the godly women of the community take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceivedin who would alwaysknow just what to do in such a case.There her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shallbring forth a son, and was no physician, nor a midwife even. Oh, if only Cousin thou shalt call his name JESUS:for he shall savehis people Elizabeth could be here who had only six months before from their sins" (Matt. l:20,21). borne a child and named him Johnl Not fearing the shame of clacking tongues,Joseph took No, with her wasonly Joseph.Joseph was only a man, and Mary to his home, not doubting a moment the promise of as helplessas she. Men seemignorant and clumsy enough at God through the angel. \ilith confident high hopes he re- best, in such matters.Joseph was so kind and tender. \ilith a joicedwith Mary that shehad found favor with God and was holy restraint, he had cared for his virgin wife. But he was not to be the mother of the Saviour, the promised Messiah. \7ith in fact a husband as yet. How desperatelyalone Mary must a manly restraint, he took Mary to his home and yet "knew have felt when at first shefeared. and then sheknew. that her her not till she had brousht forth her firstbom son."

30 FUNDAMENTA]ISTJOURNAL Can you imagine the concern of Lovingly He Came No RoomAnywhere Among Men! Joseph as they plodded from house to When first learned of the There was no room for the house in Bethlehem?At last they went Jesus Baby wicked indifference and the active hate in the inn Bethlehem. to the little inn, and there again they Jesus at There of this world, it was no surprise. He was no room for Him permanently found there was no room. Josephmust knew the malice of sinful men before anywhere He have felt a little of the shame which else as wandered up and gave to live and die for this every good man of breeding feelswhen He Himself down earth for "the foxes have to these he finds himself unable to provide for them. Before the Son came holes, and the birds of the air have had his family as they need and deserve.He wicked husbandmen, already He nests; but the Son of man hath not prophets (Matt. must have e>

DECEMBER1982 na in the highest," though the very rocks would have cried His words. They begrudge Him His deity, His hold on the out had they been hushed (Mark 11:9;Luke 19:3740)! hearts of men. The race hates Him for His claims as the only They begrudged Him even an hour of prayer when He Saviour of mankind! sweat drops of blood in the Garden of Gethsemane and GREAT GOD OF MERCY,REMEMBER NOT OUR broke into it with their torches, swords and staves, to kiss NIQUITIES AGAINST US! This undone,corrupted, ini. Him with a raitor's kiss, to bind Him and lead Him away to quitous world of mankind has no room for Jesus! trial and murder (Matt. 26:47-68). Reader, have you no room for Jesus!Have you crowded They begrudged Him even His clothes in the hour of His Him out of your heart? Have you no time to serve Him, no shame and stripped Him, naked (Ps.22:18; John 19:23,24). time for His Word, no time to pray? Poor, lost your sinner, is not heart.Will convictedofyour terri. ble sin in crowding Christ out? you go to hell because Vill you go to hell becauoeyou haveno roon you have no room in your heart for the Son of Godl \Uill you in your hearLfor the 6on of God? Christgive6 spend eternity in torment becausepleasure or self-will or sin "lle in any form bars the door of your heart againstJesus? Oh! Let evedastinSlife but that believethnol is Him inl Let Him in today! Christ brings sweetpeace. You can condernnedalready. " never have peacewithout Him. He brings salvation, but there is no other name given under heaven among men whereby you must be saved. Christ gives everlasting life but "He that They begrudged even the testimony that His hanging believeth not is condemned already." body gave to the world, of their sin and His love. They "He cameunto his own, and his ournreceiued him not, But a hastened to take the body down before sunset. They had no fiwny as receiuedhim, to than gave he power to becomethc sonsof room for Jesuseven then. God, eventa themtlwt belieueon his name" flohn 1:11,12). And when He rose from the dead they begrudged Him Receive Him todayl By faith take Him as yours. Open even this proof that He wasthe Son of God. They "gavelarge your heart and with tender love take Jesusin. You will never money unto the soldiers,Saying, Say ye, His disciplescame have a real Christmaswithout Him. But if you have Him you by night, and stolehim awaywhile we slept.And if this come can laugh at poverty, you can rejoice in adversity,you can to the governor'sears, we will persuadehim, and secureyou. Iook death in the faceunafraid. Ifyou haveJesus,you have all So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and God can give a poor, rebelliousracel Take Him today. D this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day" (Matt. 28:12-15). Taken from the book I Loue Clvistmasby John R. Rice. And today men begrudgeHim His miracles, begrudgeHis Used by permissionof Sword of the Lord Publishers, virgin birth, His bodily resurrection,even the inspiration of Murfreesboro.Tennessee. Tln3r;eb anlanetotaorl iriGodSw6tk.

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JohnGraham - Ph.D. DallasTheological Seminary PurdueUniversitv Field:N.T. BiblicalStudies Field:Church Ministriss 34. EleanorM. Treece- Ph.D. 16. GarvHabermas - Ph.D. Universityof Minnesota MichiganState University Field:Missions & Cross-Cultural Field:Philosophy & APologetics Studies 17. LeeHahnlen - M.A.R. 35. C. SumnerWemp - D.Min. ConcordiaTheological Seminary Candidate Field:Church Historv Trinity Evangelical 18. HarvevHartman - Th.M. Divinity School GraceTheological Seminary Field:Church Ministries Field:O.T. BiblicalStudies 36. NealWilliams - Th.D. 19. RonaldE. Hawkins- D.Min. Candidate WestminsterTheological Seminary DallasTheological Seminary Chairman:Church Ministries Field:O.T. BiblicalStudies 20. ElmerA. Jantz- Th.M. 37. HaroldL. Willmington- D.Min. DallasTheological Seminary Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School Field:N.T. BiblicalStudies Field:Biblical Studies L John R. Rice NEW continuedfrom page 25 countrieslLiterally tens of thousandsof from preachers read it avidly - and had their ministries molded thereby. Although it is now biweekly, during his Food for the Hungry lifetime it was published weekly. God dropped the curtain on the life of John R. Rice at the closeof 1980,and the fiery evangelist stepped into eternity on December 29, at approximately 1:30a.m. His memorialservice was held at the Franklin Road BaptistChurch in HOPE Murfreesboro,Tennessee, December 30 and tributes poured in from all over. A new magazinethat will help you Sympathizers included the then reach out in love to a hungryworld, President-elect Ronald Reagan, senators,congressmen, governors, Iocal HOPE is designedto educate, civip dignitaries, and giants in the religiousfield from around the world. inform, inspireand challenge He had been a tender husband, a lov- ing father and grandfather, a faithful Christianseverywhere with a Bible preacher, a pursuer of souls, a message hope pastor to myriads of ministers, but of for a hungryworld. above all else,"a man sent from God." Perhapsthe tribute given him by his dear friend, Dr. Bob Jones,Sr., found in the Introduction of Man Sent From God, sumsup the man and his ministry For a FREE best: "Once in a while a man like John R. subscriptionto Rice comes along and has convictions strong enough to dominate him. He this quarterly standsfor something.Dr. Rice is an in- dividualist with a heart in his bosom publication, big enough to take in the whole world. mail this A man doesnot have to begfor respect. He may have to plead for sympathy couponto: and pray for friends,but this old world still tips its hat when honest, upright, fighting, uncompromisingmen of God walk down the street.Dr. Rice is God's man doing God's work in God's way at this time when multiplied thousandsof peopleare sellingthe Lord JesusChrist FOODFOR THE HUNGRY down the river simply becausethey P.O.Box E, Scottsdale,A285252 haven't enough character to stand up and be counted on the side of God." lf R. Rice had his choice, I I John I tr Yes,I needto know moreabout the problemof I perhaps he would evaluate his life in I I I worldhunger. Please send me a FREEsubscription I the chorus of a song he penned (both ! T years I to HOPEMagazine. I words and music) ago: I I I I I I In the morning, at the noontime, NAME I I And when come ev'ning shadows, I ADDRESS I I love Thee, my Jesus, I I I love Thee, my King. CITY STATE-ZP I I ! In rejoicing and in sorrow, I I PHONE-/ A2c-03 ln lightnessand burden, \\ I I love Thee, My Saviour and Lord. -----t|l D u FUNDAMEMAUSTJOURNAT by loseph Brown

here is a definite History revealsthe need for spiritual fact that the black clergy help within the of America was totally black communities of and basicallya Fun- America. Statistics show that damentalistclergy, prior a large percentageof black to about fifty yearsago. Americans are involved in crime White liberal seminaries and violence. Recent history, began brainwashingyoung the fifties and sixties,shows recruitedseminary students that the black preachersplayed when most fundamental an important part in the Civil seminariesand Bible schools Rights Era. I firmly believethat would not acceptblack students the black preachertoday, who is (to the shameof the causeof willing to pay the spiritualprice, can Christ). I believethat the violence meet the spiritual needsof the black and racial unrestof the Civil Rights Era inner cities of America. would have been offset by the admit- The spiritual needs of black com- tance of blacks to white Fundamen- munities of America can only be met held to and died in the faith once talist seminariesand Bible schools. by born-againblack clergymenwho are deliveredunto the saints. As a black Fundamentalist Baptist committed to and separatedunto the As in white America, so in black preacher,I have often been accusedby gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. communities there is a dire need for black liberalsand modernist preachers Unregenerated preachers may speak moral and ethical consecrationin the of embracingthe gospelof our enemies. eloquently and use flowery words, but pulpit. A minister standing in the holy they cannot move a community in the rostrum with an unholy lifestyle is a "Vhal - direction of the will of God. There is no great hindrance to any community, a man6ay6 he io fundamen- - substitutefor regeneration. Too long have we heard in our black Laliol,Conoervative, lvangelical io In regeneration,God dealswith the pulpits the saying, "Don't do as I do, only determinedby vhat he lives and heart; in spiritual illumination, God " but do as I say." It is time for black Pfactice6. deals with the mind. Black preachers preachersto live what they preach, to need instruction from the Vord of stand up and be counted in favor of God. A preacher uninstructed, un- godlinessand holy living. It seemsthat the biblically inconsistent taught from the Word of God, cannot There is a great need within the stand of somewho call themselvesFun- correctlylead any personor communi- black communitiesof America for mass damentalists (white preachers who ty. The only sourceof biblical illumina- evangelism. Unfortunately, the cults deify the white race,excluding and pro- tion is the Bible, God's Word. and "isms" have not been negligentin nouncing curseson blacks) has been Clergymen, who follow the teachings their evangelizing.The black American used to accuseblack Fundamentalists of modernism and secular humanism makes up a large percentageof the of treason against the black race. My are blind leadersleading their flock to cults' memberships because black answerhas alwaysbeen, "'What a man spiritual destruction. Preachers who churches have lost their zeal in says he is - Fundamentalist,Conser- scoff and laugh at a verbally inspired evangelizing the lost. Young black vative, Evangelical - is only deter- Bible are guilty of betraying the zeal ministers, over recent years, have mined by what he lives and practices." and fervor of our black forefathers who adopted the so-called"social gospel" A true Fundamentalistin the senseof without realizingthat there is only one Scripturecannot be a racist,whether a gospel, the gospel of our Lord and white racistor a black racist. D Joseph Brown Savior The one true ("PreacherBrown") ts Jesus Christ. gospel gospel, pastor of Manna Bible is not a white man's BaptistChurch, though it will save a white man or a yellow . - Baltimore,Maryland. black man, or a or brown man; A it is God's gospelfor all people.

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fi'/hroughout the history of the church many Chris. As the Roman Empire fell from world dominance becauseof tians have been at odds with the fine arts, and its decadent lifestyle, so contemporary secular society grinds .u/v sometimesfor good reason. itself into oblivion with its celebration of depravity. The excessesof the Empire of Rome and her citizens The Christian artist's role in this miasma is to declare and causedmany early Christians to rebel against all forms of art, to celebratethe life that is found in JesusChrist. \ilhether the and, like Augustine, state that since the true object of enjoy. Christian in fine arts is trying to inspire, exhort, challenge, ment is God, Christians are not to enjoy the world. This encourage,or teach, he is really engaging in a celebration, revulsion to the arts and their enjoyment has been handed joyously affirming that Jesusis Lord and that He not only down to modern man and is practiced faithfully as if it were died for our sins and conquered death; He is coming again church liturgy. Generations of Christians have offhandedly and will establishHis Kingdom on this earth. rejected the natural order of things while forgetting rhat, even Keeping the fine arts at arm's length has not produced though the world is not the primary object of our affection, good results for the church, Christian artists, or their au- we can highly esteemit as a reminder of the Creator whom diences. Some artists have attempted warmed-over art. we love supremely. This is, after all, the final objective sifting through the ruins of secular humanism, trying of all the arts and all of life. W'e cannot serve God to recover whatever battered relics they might with our hearts and serve the world, the flesh, and adapt to their supposedly redeemedpurposes. the devil with our fine arts. At the heart of the Others have abdicated their Christian perspec- issuefor Christians who engagein or are in. tive, having fallen prey to the humanistic ap- terested in the fine arts is the issuethat Paul proach to the arts in the name of Chris- raisedin Rome when he said. "And be not tianity. Still other Fundamentalists,with conformed to this world: but be ye skills and talents in the arts, have totally transformed by the renewing of your divorced themselves from creative en - mind, that ye may prove what is that deavorsbecausethey view the possibility good, and acceptable,and perfect,will of of integrating their faith and true God" (Rom. 12:2). art as hopeless. A time for a mending of the ways Fundamentalists vs. between the arts and the Fundamen- Secular Humanists talist community is past due. The ln its brief tenure, twentieth century Christian artist must givehimself to the fundamentalism has also enjoyed an discovery and fulfillment of his own uneasy alliance between itself and the Christian culture. He cannot ac- arts. And like the historic Christianity complish this if he isolateshimself from of which it is a part, fundamentalism the life that God has given for his en- has come by its ambivalencehonestly. joyment. And his role as an artist Thus, it should come as no surprise called bv God is not to enhance the art that Fundamentalists approach the fine of the humanist, or to try to drag the arts differently than do the secular secularhumanist closer to a Christian humanists.And well they should. The perspective. His role is to present the two groups play the arts ga{ne bv dif- Christian fine arts approach asa ferent sets of rules; between the two superior alternative to the world view camps there is a great gulf fixed. The of the humanist. secular humanists deny two realities, The Fundamentalist Artist guilt and grace,without which any truly Christian vision is impossible.Guilt Christ gave the Christian artist a and graceare at the baseof fundamen- frame of reference when He prayed to talism. The distinction here is impor- the Father for all Christians, "They are tant because the secular humanistic not of the world, even as I am not of culture creates increasing numbers of the world. As thou hast sent me into grotesque art formsr symptomatic of the world, even so I also sent them into our civilization's lapse into degeneracy. the world" (John 17:16,18).The Fun-

?A FUNDAMENTAIISTJOURNAL damentalist artist is to be different and idolatry, worshipping the gift while de- distinct from the world and he is to use nying the Giver. Good Christian fine his art and art forms to communicate arts always lead us beyond themselves the gospel in a language that the un- and make themselves important only saved can comprehend. becausethey lead us on to what is really In days when our culture is increas- crucial in life. Perhaps the occasional ingly dependent upon the visual and rift between the church and the artists event modes, a language that com- is not only due to narrow-mindedness municates to the humanist and the on the part of parishioners; it may be Christian alike is the performing arts. lt due to the fact that some Christian art- is important that the Christian message ists try to act like their secular be put in explicit, visual terms; it must humanist neighbors, dealing in their be understood that the truth can be art forms, imitating their partial Announces faculty positions enacted much more effectively than it understanding of reality, and falling for the 1983-84 can be told. The Christian artist has prey to their guile. lt was said by a academic year. failed to the degreethat he has allowed church critic that you could "Show me secular art forms to dilute his message the songsthat a nation sings and I will Applicants must share instead of investing his creative forecast the moral future of that na- the College'scommitment energiesin discovering adequatemeans tion." The aestheticsof a people cannot to Jesus Christ and of conveying the gospel to a lost and be separated from their ethics. The Christian education. dying world. Fortunately, the decadent art forms of the humanists unregenerateman can comprehend the will manifest themselves in low ethics D Business performing arts, and the Christian for them and those artists who copy artist can use these to provide for the them. J Mathematics world an adequate frame of reference Even if technical excellence is ap- for understanding Christianity. plied to their art, it will remain de- I Physicsor Chemistry A major hurdle for Fundamentalist based. The Christian artist has little artists is the secular humanist teaching businessmimicking the art forms of his ! Nursing that man is the measure of the humanisticcounterparts; to do so is to universe, that he evolved from nothing contradict his calling, and to ignore the Z Psychology and is self-actualizing himself into in- One who called him. The Christian art- I Sociologg finite goodness. Until the Christian ist must reflect the reality of Christ in the that the community conveys truth God his life. If the art form reflectsonly J Computer Science is in control of the human situation, we personality or self-will of the artist, will not be successful in evangelizing then it makeslittle difference whom he OReligion the world. Francis A. Schaeffer puts it servesor who understands him. Art is best when he says that the humanists not reality, but Christian art must (Christianeducation) deal in truths, but "Christianity is not serve as a vehicle by which we can just a series of truths but TRUTH - move closerto reality. Z Library Science(M.L. S.) Truth about all of realiw" (A Christian For those who call themselvesprac- Journalism Manifesto,p.20). titioners of the fine arts, there is no Z higher purpose or calling than to call The Reality of Art Z Teleuisionond Rodio the attention of the massesto graphic Reality is what the fine arts are all demonstrations of how God works in Z Art about. Art, for example,is communica- the world. It is the artist's task not only tion about something. \Uorks of art to show the surfacethings or the super- D PhysicolEducation point us toward reality, broaden our ficialities of life but also to reveal the in- perspectiveabout reality, but they can- tricaciesof creatednature and the God- Ph.D. requiredfor some not contain reality. The fine arts ordained relationships which bind all positions. always direct our sight beyond the art human beings to that natural order. form. To the degree that the arts feed \Ve are called to an urgent work, on themselves and do not lead us something that the humanist and those toward reality, they become a form of who mimic him will never grasp:we are to awaken our audiencesto the Lord's Donald A. Garlock is presence,to make visible to them His chairman of the glory, and to prepare their ears to hear Division of Fine Arts at God's Good News. If we faithfully carry Liberty Baptist College, out this mission, the gap will be closed Lynchburg, Virginia. and the Christian church will honor and use the ftne arts. D DECEMBER]982 TheRole ol EvangelisticMusic by Linlsay Teny

astorsacross America cry for a musicalprogram that audience appreciation of composition and performance. is vibrant and heartwarming - a music program The music program of any church should be given as that livesas it projectsa messageof life. Never has thorough careas humanly possible.Evangelistic music can be there been such needfor musicthat movesupon the heartsof done in a way that challengesthe best musicians,and still be people as there is today: understoodand enjoyed by the entire audience. music tlwt the commonman catl graspand understand To further define evangelistic music, consider the follow- musictlwt spealcsto tlle masses ing characteristics. mu,sictllat knows no boundary It Tells a Story musicenjayed by tfu unedtcatedas well as tlw educated Many songsrelate a story or are in story form. These are tlw poor and tlrc rich, tlw htgh and the lo.u effectivebecause they are usually filled with human interest. tlv childrenand tfu aduhs, the teensand tlle grandparents Everyone Ioves a story, and stories set to music are more Evangelistic Music readily retained in the mind. Some story-songsare: "Then JesusCame," "The Strangerof Galilee," The sacred classicsare beautiful, and they "At Calvary," "The Old RuggedCross," and should have a time and placein every life; but "Christ Arose." The most effectiveof them an evangelisticchurch serviceis not the time are basedon Scriptures,as opposedto nor the place.Consider these three reasons, others with only "religiousflavor." 1. The classicstend to call attention to It Gives a Testimony the performance. All too often the real Truly someof the most blessed messageof the compositionbecomes lost songsare those that bear testimony of in great swelling chords and oft' faith in the Savior. Songsof repeatedphrases. The actual makeupof testimony have been used to bring the anthem becomesdominant. This 'glorifiies many peopleto Christ. These songs, the song and not the Savior. as all others in the services,must Every Christian musical presentation have definite sincerity. Some such should leave the audiencemore aware songsare: "A Child of the Kng," of the messageof the song than of the & 'Way," "'When I Get to the End of the excellenceof"the perfor*"'r',.., not that 1 "Saved! Savedl" "Since I Have Been both should not be favorably accepted. Redeemed,""Amazing Grace," and 2. The classicslend themselvesto a "Each Step I Take." Thesetitles indicate formal service.Formalism and evangelism that songsof testimony are favoritesof do not go hand in hand. Formalism people acrossAmerica, used of God to soothes and deadens; evangelism arouses touch hearts. and awakens. A pastor cannot expect.to arouseto positive action an audiencelulled into It Is a Prayer complacencyby the musical portion of the ser- Among the best-lovedsongs and hymns are vice. Audiences,generally speaking, do not become prayersset to music. A whole congregationcan deeply moved by the sacredclassics. pray together in song. A prayer song is alwaysad- 3. The classicsare too difficult for the ordinary church dressedto the heavenlyFather, to JesusChrist, or to the Holy choir to sing well. Since most choirs - especiallyin smaller Spirit. The music director or the pastor should occasionally churches- aremade up of relativelyuntrained singers,few of remind the congregationto think of the words asthey sing.lt them are able to master the classics.A choir should not per- must hurt the heart of God for His people to pray to Him in form music they cannot leam well. Nothing distressespastor the words of a song, hardly knowing what they ask or what and congregation more than pitiful struggles of an ill- they are saying.Polls taken acrossAmerica show high on the preparedchoir. \Uith rehearsaltime limited, it is far better to list of favoritesare prayer songs:"Rock of Ages," "Saviour, use music the singerscan Iearn rapidly and perform well. Like a ShepherdLead lJs," "l Am Thine, O Lord," "I Need They will then take personalpride in the choir and their part Thee Ev'ry Hour," and "PassMe Not, O Gentle Saviour," in the service.This is a mrur for an evangelisticatmosphere. It Teaches The classicsshould certainly be usedand appreciated,but One of the grandestuses of sacredmusic is to teach people in a special program or concert where they are presentedfor - men, women, boys and girls - the things of God. From

38 FUNDAMENIAUSTJOURNAL preschoolersin the Sunday school and Art," a song of praise, also rates high. It Assures on through life, people are taught the It Expresses Love Sacredmusic would not be complete truths of God through sacred song. without songs of assurance that help One reason songs are such good God looks on the heart, and an ex- Christians to know their salvation is teachers is that people hear them over pression of love in any form is accept- steadfast and sure, that God sees, and over again. Repetition is like able to Him. In the opinion of this knows, and cares for them. Singing in mucilagel it sealsand causesa message author, the most beautiful way to ex- - time of trial or darkness brightens any to stick in the minds of those who take press love to the Savior is in song situation, reminding that God is still part in the singing. Many a wayward usually prayer songs, although every on the throne. It is glorious to sing in person came to the Lord Christ prayer song is not necessarilya song of Jesus the midst of trouble, even as Paul and later in life because he remembered a love. Silas sang with bleeding backs. song his godly mother had sung many Consider the following songs of "The cross it standeth fast . . . " years before. He had been taught of love: "I-ead Me to Some Soul Today" Christians are helped by reminder in God through song. (a song that shows love for the lost), "O song of this truth, in times of doubt or People cannot be taught through Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go," 'Jesus trouble. Those words open the song sacred music unless the song carries a "Love Lifted Me," and Loves "Hallelujah for the Cross." Other songs definite messageor lesson. Some songs Even Me.tt ttBlessed of assuranceare: Assurance,t' with wonderful messagesneeded by Surely, a most beautiful sight to the "A Shelterin the Time of Storm." "He every person are: "There Is a Fountain Savior is a group of His people gathered Leadeth Me," and "Jesus,Saviour, Pilot Filled with Blood," "Though Your Sins together with bowed heads and sincere Me.tt Be as Scarlet," and "Calvary Covers It hearts, singing, "My Jesus,I Love Thee; Singing, or hearing a song beautiful- All." The above songs are usually sung I know Thou art mine: For Thee all the ly sung, has brought this author the by people and adults, but Sunday follies of sin I resign. My gracious greatest thrills or blessings. None has school for little tots would not be near- Redeemer,my Saviour art Thou. If ever exceeded that from hearing "The ly as effective without the songs I loved Thee, my Jesus,tis now." "little" Loveliness of Christ" sung by a blind through which children learn. singer. Music in evangelisticchurch ser- It Warns It Praises vicesis marvelous in blessingthose who Songs that warn of judgment to hear or take part as congregation or There is a distinction between come are not beautiful songs but they special singers. \Uhile church music h,ymns and gospel songs: A hymn is a need to be used occasionally, though should chiefly be geared to help reach song of praise to the heavenly Jesus, not enjoyable to sing. They do not the lost, it should also bless and Father, or the Holy Spirit. Although bless the hearts of Christians as other strengthenthe saved. many peoplelump all sacredsongs into songs,but still need to be sung. Verses Of thousands of songs in this one category - hy.^ - this is not 'Jesus of warning to those without Christ or category, a few are: Is All the technically correct. The gospel song to those living afar from God stay in Vorld to Me," "How Firm a Founda- tells a story or gives a messageof some the mind longer, perhaps, becausethey tion," "Jesus, the Very Thought of kind, and a hymn is directed to God. are usually set to a haunting melody. In Thee," and "All Things in Much is said in the Bible about Jesus." many casesthe combination of words praising God with vocal music as well and melody causesthe song to reach It Comforts as with instruments. In Colossians great heights.Songs of warning are not 3:16, Paul seemsto make a distinction Many elderly people find comfort in as numerous as others, but consider a between songs and hymns. The author songs that tell of heaven. Others, not few: "The Great Morning," believesthat the "hymns" spoken of are Judgment so elderly, find strength in such songs "Have You Counted the Cost?" songs of praise to God, while the as "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Lead "There's a Great Day Coming," and "spiritual songs" mentioned are songs Me Gently Home," "Does JesusCare?" "Ye Must Be Born Again." with a spiritual messageor testimonyor "God Understands," and "No One prayer. Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus."A world It Anticipates Many hymns of praise are evangel- filled with sorrow, heartache and toil istic in scope, such as: "Glory to His Songs of anticipation are songs would suffer a great loss without the Name," "O Come, All Ye Faithful," about heaven, Christ's return or His wonderful songs of comfort mentioned above and thousands of others. and "How Great Thou Art." Justas the eternal reign. Every Christian should continually anticipate the coming of prayer song "Rock of Ages" rates high It Prepares in polls in America, "How Great Thou Christ, when we shall be with Him. Songs about heaven should not be Life on earth is a continual prepara- Lindsay Terry is reservedfor funerals, but be used often tion. The Christian's greatest task, besides winning others to Christ, is director of music at in servicesand in daily life. The follow- preparing to eternity Northside Baptist ing songs are such songs: "Christ spend with God. Christians perhaps fail here more than Church, Charlotte, Returneth," "One Day," "Vhat If lt North Carolina. Were Today?" and "When I Get to the End of the Wav." continuedon page 47

DECEMBERl9B2 39 Revir)aI proclamation of the gospel must be accompaniedby the continuedfrom page 11 sincereand seriouslives of godly people.Their very livesrein- force the testimony of the message.They are living examples religious zeal, and interest have been produced by unscrip- of God's truth. tural doctrines and unscriptural means. The apostlePaul makesit clear in this passagethat godly, Becausereligious leadersoften face a desperatelack of fruit-bearingChristians are used by the Holy Spirit to con- spiritual power and a lack of revival,they will alwaysbe temp- vince the unbelieverof his sin. Many churches,however, are ted to substitute a mass of machinery designed to at such a point of spiritual despairthat the unsavedfeel com- psychologicallyaffect the passionsof man. \Uhen this hap- fortable and "at home" in them, Many churches revolve pens, Christianity losesits qualities of genuine repentance, around a program and personnel so worldly that the faith, holiness;it retreatsinto an emotional experience could not possiblysee God at work in their lives. and unbeliever'When where people fall, groan, and shout. Genuine revival is not one'sconversion is producedby the regenerationof mere emotionalism.nor is it mere intellectualism.Revival of the Holy Spirit, his life will automatically produce spiritual God's people must come through the simple and honest fruit (John 15:16).The nine fruits of the Spirit, listed in Gala- prescriptionsof the Word of God for their lives(1 John 3:22). tians 5:22,23,are not given as mere options for the Christian \ilhen one has proclaimedthe truth containedin the \ilord of life. They are the immediate product of a new life (2 Cor. God and practiced His teachings,he can reasonablyexpect 5:17).Jesus made it clear that some believerswould produce his ministry to be characterizedby the genuine work of the fruit "some an hundredfold, somesixtyfold, somethirtyfold" Holy Spirit. (Matt. i3:8). Notice, however,that He gavenone the choice Secondly,reoiual comeswith conoictiono/ sin. Remorse,con- of whether to produce fruit or not. No fruit? No life! trition, and confessionof sin are the resultsof the work of the \Vhen many who professto have been convertedduring a Holy Spirit. While the unsaved should sincerelybe offered "revival" meeting return to the world and to carelessand the gospel,they must understandand acceptgenuine separa- ungodly living, they give evidenceof the shallownessand tion from worldliness as the core of Christian living. A weaknessof that so-called"revival." Their conduct proves deepeningconviction of sin must first begin in the lives of that it was a revival produced by men, not by God. If the reborn Christians. \ilhen thev have surrendered their revival genuinely came from the Spirit of God, the virtues selfishnessand sinfulnessthrough confession,God will begin and gracesof Christlikenessshould adorn the lives of those who professto be converted. The fruit of vegetationis the result of plant germination. Qevival.ii it io to be .1ud6eda6 cominglrom The fruit of human reproduction is the result of marriage. God, mu6lreoult in oubotanlialand abidinAftuit Notice carefully the words of Romans 7:4, "\ilherefore, my brethren, ye also are becomedead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him to move on them (2 Chron. 7:14).The world waits to see who is raisedfrom the dead, that we should bring forth fruit whether professedChristians are really seriousabout their unto God." Union with Christ resultsin a new and fruitful relationship to the living God. life. Revival, if it is to be judged as coming from God, must Although preachingrepentance has alwaysheld an impor- result in substantialand abiding fruit. tant position in the Scriptures,it has been neglectedin our for Revival time. This neglectis the major reasonwhy believers,as well as lngredients unbelievers,have no conviction about the reality of sin. "For Jesus foresaw the church as militant, aggressive,and godly sorrow worketh repentanceto salvation" (2 Chron. alwaysattacking the gatesof hell (Matt. 16:18).He never saw 7110).Genuine revival resultsin thorough conviction when His church as a weak and defenselessorganization cowering people are truly distressedover their sin. Sorrow for sin under the threat of Satan and the ungodly world systemin precedescomplete repentance. which it had to exist. Instead,He saw the church literally at- The Word of God, with its laws and standards,must con- tacking the very gatesof hell, which would not be able to front the sinner with the reality of his offenseand the severity stand up againstthe onslaughtof the church. Today much of of God's angerwhich he deservesfor his sin. A glimpseof this this concepthas changed.Instead of genuinelysinging, "On- awful truth brings the kind of sorrow that resultsin repen- ward, Christian soldiers,marching as to war," all too often tance and salvation. we act asif we are saying;"\ilalk softly, Christian soldier,step Genuine revival will comeonly when there is genuinecon- in doubt and fear, with the cross of Jesusdragging up the viction of sin. The entertainment-orientedevangelism of the rear!" Instead of marching out of our churches with a re- twentieth century has fallen short of revival at this very newedzeal and desireto reach a world that needsthe Savior, pointl we march off to the local restaurant and fill our stomachs Thirdly, req,tiualresults in substantialand abidingfruit. In First with an excessiveamount of food. \il/ebecome sleepy, lazy, in- Corinthians 14:24,25,we read of God's ultimate form of different, and go home to our affluence,and bathe in the in- evangelismin the church: "But if all prophesy, and there differenceof materialism. come in one that believethnot, or one unlearned,he is con- C.H. Spurgeononce called his nation to a revival of: vinced of all, he is judgedof all: and thus are the secretsof his 1. Powerfulpreaching heart made manifest;and so falling down on his facehe will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth." The continuedon page42

4a FUNDAMEMALISTJOURNAL TheTwelve Questions of Christmas 'Willmington by Harold, L.

nlike the mythical song, not the gate for gladness,but ran ment. Was it Joseph's?Did it "The Twelve Davs of in and told how Peter stood belong to some stranger?Thus, to Christmas." there are before the gate. And they said spare his beloved wife all this, twelvelegitimate questions that may be unto her, thou art mad. But she Joseph did not call upon their asked concerning the scriptural events constantlv affirmed that it was relatives! which led to the birth of Christ. even so. Then said they, It is his 4. \fhv was Jesus born in a place l. Why did the angel Gabriel rebuke angel. But Peter continued which apparentlyhoused animals? Zachariasfor his question and not knocking: and when they had Becauselambs are usually born rebuke Marli for her questionl opened the door and saw him, in barns. This was God's Lamb. a. Zacharias: "Whereby shall I they were astonished" (Acts 5.\[hv did the angelsappear to the know this?For I am an old man, 12:17.16). shepherdsfirst? and my wife well stricken in Peterhad a harder time gettinginto Because what other earthly years"(Luke 1:18). that prayer meeting than getting group would better understand b. Mary: "How shall this be, seeing out of his prison house! what God had just accomplished I know not a man?"0uke 1:34). 2. \7hy did Josephand Mary wait so than these men who raised lambs Zachariashad for many years long before coming to Bethlehem? and later sold them for sacrificial been praying for a son (Luke We know both believedthe angel's purposesin the temple Qohn 1r29; 1:13),but when the announce- messageabout the Babe in Mary's 10:11). ment came he doubted God's womb and thev doubtlesswere well Note: They would eventually power to do this. \ilhen awareof the prophecyin Micah 5:2 understand that in the past the something wonderful happens which statedChrist was to be born sheep had died for the shepherd, sometimesthe most surprisedin- in Bethlehem. \(/hy did they wait but soon now the Shepherd dividual on earth is that very until the last moment to come?In planned tc die for the sheep (fohn Christian who had beenfervent- fact, one is somewhatled to believe 10:11). ly praying for it to happenl that had it not been for the decree When the shepherds heard the However, there is no reason to of CaesarAugustus they might not glad tidings they "came with haste" believe Mary had been praying have come at all. (Luke 2:16). After finding Jesus to becomethe mother of Jesus. No satisfactoryanswer has been they "made known abroad the say- A classic example of this is found by this author. lt is best to ing which wastold them...glorifu- found in the book of Acts. Peter concludethat Joseph(man of God ing and praising God for all things was in prison awaiting execution, that he was) had good reason for that thev had heard and seen." and when the Jerusalembelievers acting in the manner he did. The (Luke 2:17-20). heard of it, "prayer was made reader may desire to explore this 6. \ilhv did God use the angelsin the without ceasingof the church unto further. first place? God for him" (Acts 12:5).At God's 3. \ilhy didn't Mary and Josephstay a. Becauseangels are interested in command an angel staged a spec- with their relatives in Bethlehem? the things of salvation (1 Peter tacular jail break. Upon being set The inns of those days were rather 1112,Ex. 2520; Dan. 12:5,6; free, Peter hurried to the prayer notorious, and Joseph must have Luke 15r10iEph.3r10). tneeting to announce the good been desperateto subjecthis preg- b. Becausethey were present at the news,Note.the amusingaccount: nant wife to the sin and noise of creation o{ this world and "And when he had considered such a place. But of course they shouted for joy $ob 3B:7).It is the thing, he came to the house were even denied this. only logical,therefore, that God of Mary the mother of John, It would have been too difficult would allow them to be on hand whose surname was Mark; to explain (or to expect them to at the presentationofthe Savior where many were gathered understand) the nature of the of this world. together praying. And as Peter Virgin Birth. Every gossip in town 7. \7ho were the wise men? knocked at the door ofthe gate, doubtlessknew bv this time that It is thought that they were a damsel came to hearken, Joseph and Mary had only been perhaps a group of religious named Rhoda. And when she married six months, and there she astronomers living in the knew Peter's voice, she opened was, expecting a baby at any mo- Mesopotamian area.

DECEMBER1982 4) 8. How did thev associatethe star with Christ? There are severalpossibilities. ln the fourteenth century, B.C., a prophet from their areanamed Balaamhad ComingNexo Issue spoken of his star (Num. 74 17). They also had the writings of Daniel, who had been prime minister of both in the Babylon and Persia some six centuries before Christ. Daniel, of course,wrote much about the SecondComing. 9. \7hy did they come? Furdonlentoliltlournol Thesemen weredoubtless acquainted with the various religionsof the East and knew the emptinessof them all. Sub stttutlotrotl Atutenpnt It would seemthey followed this star to find peaceand purposefor their lives. cftu lJf,lraibnof *xEdreotbn 10.\ilhen did thev arrive in Bethlehem? It was perhaps not until some two years after the Slotr4.htel, of the Inttr,centt angelsannounced His birth to the shepherds.He is re- ferredto as"the youngchild" (Matt. 2:9,11, 13, 14) and is nobert l(ctchm not a tiny babe at this time. lVhen Herod later attempted to destroy this unknown Babe,he had all children in the years (Matt. Z:16). Bethlehemarea two and under slain Christ, His virgin birth, His vicariousatonement for sin, and 11.How many wisemen came? His literal second coming. However, we have severely There is absolutelyno evidencethat there werethree. neglectedthe doctrine of repentance.In every great revival group from On the contrary, the may have numbered era there was alwaysa strong emphasison repentance. two to severalhundred or more. prayer 12.Was the star a regular star? 3. Feruent Perhapsit was a specihlheavenly light createdby God Someone has said that nothing of eternal consequence for this specificpurpose and not someremote fiery globe happensapart from prayer.During the famousWelsh Revival (1904-05)more than 100,000people were converted within of gas a million light yearsremoved from our earth. D five months. Evan Roberts, used so greatly of God during that revival, had prayedfor revival daily for thirteen years.In Reuiual the modern church we have substitutedprograms for prayer. God will only move in revival power when His peoplemove continuedfrom page40 Him through revival prayer. 2. Old-fashioneddoctrine 4. Personalgodliness 3. Fervent prayer One cannot serveGod and the world at the sametime. 4. Personalgodliness God demandsthat we be holy "in all manner of conversa- 5. Domestic (familv) devotions tion." That meansli/e. Separationfrom the world and separa- 6. Genuine love tion unto God is imperative if we are to experiencegenuine The opportunity for revival is before us if we will heed the revival. call. 5. Domestic(famib) devotions 1. Powerfulpreaching In an ageof soaringdivorce rates and fracturedfamilies, we One of the visibledeficiencies of the church today is that of need a revival of family devotions. The priorities of many Spirit-anointed biblical preaching. First, there must be a Christians leave little time for their family. The church will revival of Christ-centeredpreaching. The death, burial, and never grow beyond the stability of the familieswithin it. resurrectionof Christ must be the core of the gospelmessage. 6. Genuineloc)e Those who proclaim the Word of God often preach on Christ reminded His disciplesthat this quality would be variousside issues which never cometo the centralmessage of the distinguishingfeature of all Christians.The church today the gospel - the Person of JesusChrist. These preaching is a loose aggregateof polarizedgroups and subgroupswho tangents may include extremeemphasis upon the Bible and often appearin direct competition with eachother. May God science, the dispensations,Bible prophecy, future events, baptizeus with His divine love until all the world recognizes preaching against liberalism, communism, and so forth. us as His disciples. These issueshave a valid place in the total preachingof the The only erasof church history that can really be studied gospel, but when they become the major thrust of the with satisfactionare those periods when the church was in minister'ssermon, he has lost the gospelmessage itself. revival. The highlightsof the Christian church are its revival 'lfhen 2. Old-f ashioneddoctrine movements. we stop patting ourselveson the back, as Revival is the result of the convicting ministry of the Holy if we alone are righteous and faithful, and we begin to see Spirit through the distinctive doctrines of the revival ourselvesas God seesus, we will have revival.'Wehave fought preachers. There is depth and power in this type of the enemyeffectively. Let us stop fighting with the "friends of preaching.As Fundamentalists,we have been faithful to the the gospel" and pray for the manifestation of God's glory historic doctrinesof the inspiration of Scripture,the deity of within the true church. O 42 FUNDAMEMAIISTJOURNAL 6UCCE66[ULTEACHING IDEA6 TheGreatesr in the Kingdom by lani Dehcglwr

he late John R. Rice, re- nowned author and evan. gelist, was also the father of ,,Mrs. six daughters. He once said, Rice and I didn't wait to see how our girls would turn out, we turned them out!" Perhapsyou know of families whose children and grandchildren are becoming champions for God. These champions are no accident; for in the Chris- tian life, champions are made, not born. Yet, we often hear, "'!fe've done the best we could, I hope the children will turn out." Inevitably, many of thesechildren do not "turn out." Vhat makes the difference, then, between success and failure? Paul Meier. in Christian Child Rearing and personalitt Deuelopment,implies where most stories of failure and success begin: Many psychiatristsestimate on the basisof ilwir satdies tlwt approximately 85 perient of the aduh personality is already formed by the time dte indtqttdrnl ls six ^tearsold.. How a baby'sparents train him or fur during tlwse aucial first six lears will dcter- mine lww tlwt indiqtidrnl will enjoy and su,cceedin life during dw otfur seuentJor eighty years.God lws giuen w pareits a tr emendausr es p onsibility . The Bible recognizesthe importance ofchildren. Supposethat you had been ,,'Who there the day Jesuswas asked. is the greatestin the kingdom ofheaven?" \7ould His answer have surprised you? Jesuscalled a little child unto Him. A little child, humble and believing, He gi_d, is the greatest lives. prophet in the kingdom The Isaiah, inspired by drama, interest and activity centers, 18). the Matt. Holy Spirit wrote: "\fhomshall he and snacks (with a little thought, \7e parents teach and teachers mav be knowledge? and whom shall he snacks are a great teaching tool). wasting an important make to and never-to-be- understand doctrine? them Mothers and dads can certainlv use regained time in young that our children's are weaned from the milk. and these methods at home. But what drawn from (Isa. the breasts" 28:9). about your church? Is your little one Jani DeSaegher rs You can teach your children being taught to love or hate church? knowledge direaar of Beginnet and doctrine. Start with the Vhat does your church offer children? basics 'We Chil.dren'sMinisrnes and remember that repetition is don't haphazardly operate the the atThornas Road key to learning.Make leaining fun, choir, the ladies fellowship, the youth interesting, Baptist Chwch, and within the child,s at- department, the church camp, or the Lyruhbwg, Virginia. tention span. Use stories, songs,crafts, games, contests, Scripture memory, continuedon page 47 DECEMBER1982 43 becamethe central core of the Old to include the truth in all the The Word of Truth Testament,so the Easterevent, the theories and adequatefor a con- by Dale Moody death and resurrection of Jesus structivetheology in dialoguewith Eerdmans,1981, 628 pp., Christ, became the heart of the the sacredwritings of other world $24.95 New Testament" (p,5). Thus, the religions,...philosophy,and... truth of Scripture, as extrapolated modernscienco" @. 47!., Reviewedby DanielR. Mitchell, in theology,is to be determinedand Against all this, the biblicist associate professor of Theological understoodaccording to the degree might well ask such mundaneques- Studiesat LibertyBaptist College, to which the data cohere with the tionsas: Who then was Adam?The Lynchburg,Virginia. centralthemes * namely,the Ex- answer?Well, that all dependson odus and the resurrection, whetheryou aretalking about "(1) The specific value of biblical the lndividualAdam in the J source texts may vary according to the of Genesis4, (21 Representative Years ago people were either degree to which they contribute to Adam in the JE sourceof Genesis creationist or evolutionist, these themes. As Moody puts it: 2:4b-3:24:...or (3) Collective socialistic or democratic, conser- "No one really believes 1, 2 Adam in the P source of Genesis vative or liberal. Today we have Chroniclesstand on the level with 1:1-2:4a" (p.200). Supposewe evolutionary creationism, social- 1, 2 Corinthians.Esther hardly limit the questionto his "lndividual istic democracy,and now, in Dale holds the place of Ephesiansin Adam." Hewould thenreply: "The Moody, "critical conservatism." Christianfaith. Not even the Old first memberof this Adam family, J His book promisesto be an exam- Testamentas a whole can be put Adam, is clearlya man...with a ple of how to hold firmly to the on the level with the New" (p.3). wife named Eve" libidl. However, authority and inspiration of ths Presumably,the "historical por- this "does not removethe f act that Bible while casting it into the mold tions" are lessconsequential to the Adam is a man among many" of modern science and biblical essentialmessage of the Biblethan (p.201).Moody comesto this con- criticism. the more "spiritual portions." clusionbecause he can't otherwise As a Bible scholar, Dr. Moody figure out how Caingot his wife! has unquestionablecredentials. What about Eden?Moody tells With a Ph.D, from Oxford, he has us that Edenis the symbol of "the servedfor many years as Professor TFIEWORD state of unbroken fellowship be- of ChristianTheology at Southern OFTRUTH tween Godand man" (p.187).lt is Baptist Theological Seminary in a projectionof the eschatological Louisville,Ky. The presentvolume state of man. We need not bother is an excellentsummary of both the ourselveswith questions of time depth and breadth of his scholar- and place.Eden is only a metaphor ship. lt is also a comprehensive for heaven. statement of the so-called New Then again,Moody hasalready Evangelicalstance. told us that what really matters is "A Christian theology," says what contributes to the central Moody, "is an effort to think themes of Exodus and Easter. coherentlyabout the basic beliefs Perhapsit will be more helpfulif we that create a community of faith @DALETVIOODY ask about more "spiritual" matters aroundthe personof JesusChrist" pertainingto faith. How about the (p.1). To accomplishthis task he incarnationof Christ (cf. 1 John aims for the center, which is the 4:1,2l.?Moody follows the process Bible. However, in order to think ln this contextit is not reallyim- theologianNorman Pittenger, when "coherently" about the Bible,it is portant for Moody to adopt any he assertsthat "he will have no necessaryto aim for fts center. "As particulartheory of inspiration.He part in the argument that the the mighty acts of God associated points out that "A biblicalview of presenceof God in Jesus was of a with the Exodus from Egypt inspirationmust be broad enough different kind from the incarnation

M FUNDAMEMAUSTJOURNAL of God in creation,the church, and nium, Moody warns against con- parties to the litigation, at the the Christian.The differenceis one fusing "dispensational pre- beginningof ChapterTwo, and a of degree rather than kind" millennialism"with "historicalpre- summaryof the testimonyof each (p.425). God is "the great cosmic millennialism."I would like to warn witness in ChaptersFour through Loverwho lured Jesuson to do his the reader not to confuse this Seven. The elevenappendices are will in every word and deed so that "critical conservative" Baptist valuablesources of original infor- Jesus can be calledthe incarnation theologianwith "historical Baptist mationregarding key problemssur- of God in a man" libidl. faith." The Word of Truth still roundingthe trial; viz, defenseat- What about the substitutionary stands,but do not alwaysexpect to torneys' handlingof the trial (Ap- atonement? Moody asserts that find it in The Word of Truth. pendices 1,2,6,7l,, media bias "propitiation,. . has no placein any and/orChristian media indifference New Testamentinterpretation. lt is (Appendices 3,4,5,111, and cfearfy a pagan idea" lp.377l. general topics concerning the What is the significance of The Creator in the Courtroom evolution-creationmodels (Appen- Calvary? Christ died to show us by Norman L. Geisler dices8,9,1O). '1982, God's love, and accordingly,com- Mott Media, 242 pp., The author appearedto have pel us to obedience and f aith. $5.95 three overridingconcerns. First, he Moody complains that the only emphasizesthat the defense at- peoplewho subscribedto hisviews Reviewedby RalphD. Mawdsley, torneys on behalf of the State of have been heretics {such as professorof ChristianDay School Arkansas "executed their duties Socinus).He goes on to applaud Administrationat LibertyBaptist wefl" (p. 22l., in comparisonwith the more positivestrides of modern College,Lynchburg, Virginia. the much-publicizedcriticisms of theology in revivingit. their defensefrom certain sources What about eternal security? mentionedin the book. However, As a Baptist, one would surely ex- sincethe authoris a legallayman, it pect Moody to affirm this. Instead, Dr. Geisler has furnished a would seem that his conclusion he follows the Anglican scholar valuable research instrument for would have been significantly l. Howard Marshall,and his much- the vast majority of the American strengthenedhad he used quota- maligned Baptist friend, Robert public who were not able to view tions on a number of occasions Shank, to assert a conditional the Arkansas Creation-Evolution from the question-answerformat of salvation.What he does to muster trialfirsthand, and whose only infor- the trial transcript to illustrate support for this from Baptist and mationabout the trial was through defense-attorney eff ectiveness. Calvinisticsources can only be con- biasedmedia. The book contains strued a misrepresentationof the copies of a number of original evidence. documents, especially the Bal- Moody's book is to be faultedat anced TreatmentAct of Arkansas the core. Truth is not merely that (Chapter One), the Louisiana which is coherent (and therefore Creation-EvolutionAct (Appendix subject to the observer).Truth is Nine),and Judge Overton's opinion that which correspondsto the reali- (ChapterEight), that should be of ty of God and His creationand is, assistanceto thosewho would nor- therefore, objective in nature). In mally not have access to a law Moody's view God's revelationis library. In addition,the book con- dialogue.With this,we emphatical- tains copies of items f rom ly disagree. Revelation is God newspapers,magazines, and news speakingto man. As it pertainsto releases interspersed throughout Scripture, it is absolutely unique ChaptersFour through Seven and and partakesof inerrancyin all of most of the eleven appendicesto its parts. the book, that serve to reinforce Since Moody is led to distrust the author's conclusionsregarding the factual data of the Bible mediabias and appallingChristian (becausehe cannot squareit with ignoranceof, and indifferenceto, A second significant point the modern mind), he is also led the trial proceedings.The author's developedthroughout the book is astray in his understandingof the incisiveanalysis of the errors,fac- the general bias of most of the spiritual matters. Jesus asked tors, and implicationsof the trialin press.More distressing,the author Nicodemus,"lf I have told you the second half of ChapterTwo is notes,was not only the absenceof earthly things and ye believenot, worth the purchaseof the book. Christianmedia at the entire trial how shall ye believe if I tell you Apart from the above content, but the almosttotal relianceby the heavenlythings?" (John3:12)- the book is largely a summary of Christianmedia upon the accounts In his chapter on the Millen- the author's impressionsof key of the antagonisticsecular media.

DECEMBERl9B2 This theme of media bias pervades Schaeffertakes the positive side of think of terrible sinners and the book. The author's strategy in the Ten Commandments' negative backsliddenChristians who usethe dispersing accounts of media assertions,to providea framework Lord's name in cursing. Lifelines coverage throughout the book for fulfilledliving, answeringthe points out that we use the Lord's ratherthan centralizingthem in one basic questionsof life: Who am l? name in vain when we say some- chapter succeeds in keeping the what will fulfill me? thing like, "The Lord told me that problem beforethe reader,but does you were to give this, or do this at times interfere with smooth particularthing, or say this, etc." readability. On page eighty-eight, in Finally,it was made manifestly referenceto the FourthCommand- clearthat the quality of witnesses, ment, Schaeffertells us, "lt does both in credentialsand testimony not matter here whether God's content, on behalf of the Balanced creation was six twenty-four-hour Trsatment Act (chapters 6 and 7) days; the thing that mattersis that more than equalledthe quality of God has said that He made the witnesses opposing the Act earth in six days. The seventhday, (chapters 4 and 5). One cannot or one seventh of the same length help but relate the author's sum- of time, He,the Creator,. , . rested mariesof the witnesses'testimony from creating all that He had to Judge Overton's opinion and created." realize how thoroughly the The discussion of the Fifth TheTen philosophy/religionof evolutionhas Commandrnent$forToday Commandment("Honor thy',f61hs1 permeated our legal system, EdithSchaeffer and mother") deals with some Regardlesswhether one acceptsor thought-provokingquestions. Do rejects creation science we have adult childrenneed to obey their moved perceptibly further down After statingher intent in the In- parents?ls it all right for a son or the road towarda closedsociety as troduction, Schaefferproceeds to daughter to follow the Lord's a result of this kind of decision, expoundon each of the Ten Com- leadingin oppositionto parents? where even the merediscussion of mandments, one per chapter, In ln relation to the Sixth Com- competingideas cannot be required each chapter she gives the reader mandment, discussions of abor- for all students.The next step, and the biblical setting of the com- tion, infanticide,capital punish- this cpuld be the situationat least mandment,the common pitfallsin ment, and war are included.Com- in Arkansas,would be for a Stateor failing to uphold it today, and the mandmenteight deals with proper- its agenciesto declarewhich ideas meansto practicallykeep this law ty ownership, stealing from God, cannot be discussedat all in the and therebyfulfill the individual. fulfillingresponsibilities, and deal- classroom. As any Edith Schaefferreader ing fairly. This reviewerfound the book to would guess, the highlightscome Schaeffer's previous works, be helpful and informative. The as she singlesout the practicalities from L'Abri (1969) to the Tapastry author has focused upon several of fulfillingthe law. Her positiveat- (1981), certainlyhave continuity majorconcerns and has succeeded titude, sensitivity, and down-to- andLifelines adds to that structure, in presentinghis casein a convinc- earth illustrationsmake this book Her ideasand basicphilosophy are ing manner. worthwhile. In providing biblical unchanged,yet shedoes not repeat roots and proofsfor her cause,the herself in this book which has a author quotes extensively from slightly different flavor than scripture - perhapstoo extensive- previous ones. lt is not "heart- Lifelines ly. In this 213-page book she warming" as some have labeled bV Edith Schaeffer quotes 143 passages,besides ad- others of her works, Lifelines is CrosswayBooks, 1982, 213 pp., ditionalverses and references.The " nitty-gritty, this-is-the.truth- ; $9.95 readability is often affected by the whether-you-like-it-or-not.' multitudeof passageswhich break Lifelines would make an ex- Reviewed by Naomi Wray, a free- in frequently, cellentguide f or any Biblestudy - lancewriter from Lynchburg, Mrs. Schaefferbrings new in- individual,church, or home.group. Virginia. sights to each of the Command- Its practicalapplications and cur- ments. Most Christiansseem to be rent topics are relevantfor today's stuck in a rut of seeingonly one or individual seeking the key to a two applicationsto eachcommand- fulfilling life. This reviewerheartily The subtitle of this work, The ment. For example,when we think recommends the book for the Ten Commandments for Today, of the ThirdCommandment {"Thou pastor or layperson not content best explains the nature of the shalt not take the nameof the Lord with stale answers to yesterday's book"As the bookjacket says,Mrs. thy God in vain"), we automatically questions. 46 FUNDAMENTALISTJOURNAL EuangelisticMusic such songsas "O Happy Day," "Thank pleasure slwuld be to bring chil"drento the continuedfrom page 39 You, Jesus,tt or "Count Your Saviorearly in life with ilte greatestloue Blessings." storyer)er told - "Jesw Christ died for us in any other way. Not only is there a American people have been blessed on tlle crossof Caktary, was buried and lack ofpreparation for heaven, but also as no others on the face of the earth. rose ogain" (EvangeliTingToday's Child, a lack of preparation for serving God How thankful God's people in America vol, 8, No. 3, 1981). here on earth. A few songs to prepare ought to be! Songs of gratitude should The Bible clearly tells parents that Christians for the work of God or for a be a regular part of church services. teachinglittle children is not optional. home in heaven are: "Where He Lcads It is a command: It Strengthens "And these words, Me," "Break Thou the Bread of Life," which I command thee this day, shall "Faith Is the Victory," "I Surrender In these days, and in days that lie be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach All," and "More Like the Master." ahead, Christians can find strength in them diligently unto thy children, and singing songs that call attention to the It Gives an Invitation shalt talk of them when thou sittest in strength that God gives. Hundreds, thine house,and when thou walkestbv The invitation is the most impor- perhaps even thousands, of songs do the way, and when thou liest down, tant time in evangelistic services.The this, including: "Dare to Be a Daniel," and when thou risestup" (Deut. 6:6,7). songs have been sung, Scriptures read, "Deeper and 'World," Deeper," "If I Gained the Pray for the salvationof your children. announcements made, prayer offered, "In Times Like These." The Lord Jesusplaced the highest and the sermon delivered.The time of Evangelistic music does all of these value on a child. If we, in our homes invitation has come, when men are in- things and more. Considered collec- and churcheswould be like Jesus,we, vited to come and make a public con- tively or individually, they are what the too, must realize that a child is the fessionoffaith in the LordJesus.Songs people of America need. Since this is "greatestin the kingdom." 'Just used at this time are: As I Am" true, it behoovesevery church to make (probably the most popular invitation its music program evangelistic. songever written), "Softly and Tender- "Andbe notdrunk with wine,wlvrein Littlc Ones ly," "Jesus,I Come," "\fhy Do You is ercess;but be filled with the Spirit; fuid a preciouslittle \ilait?" and others. Speaking to Joursellres in psalnu and ladlie If any song in the serviceis to be lrymrc and spiritunl songs, singing and" To hk fatlwr one fine day sung with sincerity and full realization making melody in ywr lvart to the Lqrd" "May I ame and trust in Jesus of its words, it is the song of invitation. (Eph.5:18,19.) o Let Him wash my sinaway?" Lives literally hang in the balance as "Oh, my son,lou are too little God moves upon hearts. People hear Wait until you oldzr grow Kingdom 'tis the inviting song and often do as it Bigger folk, truc, da need Him, bids. continuedfrom page43 Little onesare safe, you know. preachingservices - then why, when it It Exhorts comesto the "greatestin the kingdom," Said tlw fatlwr to hx laddie One of the most famousof all hymn do we allow our little children to be As a storm was comingon storiesis that behind "Stand Up, Stand herded into rooms with little more Are tlw slwepall safely slwhered Up for Jesus,"a song of exhortation. than babysitting offered? Safe within tlw foW; my son? This song was born in a time of revival, The traditional alternativehas been AII tlw big onesare, my fatlrcr. when Dudley Tyng lay dying after a to have children sit in the preaching But tlw lanrbs, I let tlwm go horrible accident. He exhorted the servicefor an hour or more at a time. For I did not think it maered young men who had worked with him They must be very still and quiet and Little onesare safe, you know. to "Stand up for Jesus."Out of this will be taken out for a spankingif they tragedywas born "Stand Up, Stand Up disturb. But how about cooperating Oh my brotlwr, Oh my sisrer for Jesus."Another wonderful song of with the Creator? He is the one who Hantewe too nade this mistake exhortation, "We're Marching to madethem to be inquisitiveand wiggly; Little hcarts that nout are trusting Zionr" commands, "Come, we that He gave them their capacity for short May be hardened, then, too late. love the Lord." Accompanied by the attention. "Ere tlw evil dayscome nigh them martial rhythm, it grips the hearts of Parents,we have a necessaryrole in Let tlie. children comc to me people and moves them toward God. our children's spiritual development. And forbid them not" said Jesus, Similar songs are "Onward, Christian Let's train our little children to love "For of suchmy fold slwll be." Soldiers," "Tell It to Jesus,"and "Go coming to church. Let it be the most Tell It on the Mountain." fun that they have all week. Lillian Gaslev If we parentsare to changea nation, It Expresses Gratitude we must reach our children. k is impor- If God's people have any fault more tant thol we sing songso/ the loue of our O 1951,1979by Child Evangelism apparent than others, it is Sauioras we rock the child to sleep.We Fellowship lnc. SaluationSongs /or ungratefulness. Gratitude may be shouldteach the differencebetween right Children #4. All rights reserved. taught through congregational use of and wrong when we discipline. Our Used bv permission. !

DECEMBERI9B2 Q€f Alnterc)iew continuedfrom Page29 l.rl ! rurn"ugh he was away much of the time, what could beEid about Dr. Rice'squality time with his children? copies.I truly believe,as the one who was closestto Dr. Rice, A: or. Rice was a greatfather. I truly believethat he was that the title he has been given was absolutelytrue and in- the greatest father who ever lived. He always dicativeof his life, "The Twentieth Century's Mightiest Pen." stressedthe importance of family devotions and we never missed.It wasour customto pray and readthe Bible together. I 1.,, As a family we read it completelythrough many, many times. !f o How many children did you and Dr. Rice have? '- Dr. Rice would read two versesand we would go around the table, each of us readingtwo verses,until we had read three Al W. had six wonderful girls who all married men in or four chapters. \7e would memorize precious verses Christian service.Our first girl, Grace,was born in 7922,and together and all pray and talk about our problemstogether. our sixth girl, Sarah was born in 1937.We were blessed Joy, At those times the children were free to ask any questions. with a wonderful family. Grace wasborn 13months after Dr. '!7e taught them many precioustruths during those hours of Rice and I were married and Dr. Rice was so delightedwith family devotions. herl Later he said, "That day I becamea man. I knew that I 'lVhen Dr. Rice loved each one of our babiesdearly. we was responsiblefor the soul of that little one." And from that brought Grace home from the hospital it was he who gave day forward he started to train her in the ways of the Lord. her her first bath. I was too scaredto bathe her, but he got out the little bathtub and bathed that new baby without a W:':' How did you deal with the problem of traveling and qualm. The first night he took careof her all night. The next ralslnga tamlly! morning I got up and there were 12 diapers hanging on a string. He had changedher diapers 12 times that first night. A!l traveled almost continually with Dr. Rice until our During the yearsas we wererearing our children Dr. Rice had third-born was six months old. At that time I had joined Dr. a policy that he would never bring work home from the of- Rice for a meeting and in the middle of the night Libby fice.He spenttime with eachone of the girls.He playedmany wanted a drink. I got up to give her a drink and Dr. Ricewas sportswith them. He taught them to play everything - golf, not do it himself. bowling, tennis, softball, skating. Dinner at our home was apologeticbecause he was so tired and did 'Whatever That night, as we talked, Dr. Rice said,"Honey, I can't live if alwayslike a great big party. it was that we talked you don't take care of the babies,because I can't bear that about, we werealways very excitedand happy to be together. and the burden of revival meetings." \ile agreedthat night, And Christmas was like a revival at our home. and I made a commitment in my heart that I would take care of the babies,so that Dr. Rice would be freeto do the tremen- *n", is your philosophyof discipliningchildren? dous amount of work that God had placedupon his heart. I Q: vowed that night that I would never hinder him in his work A: O.. Rice taught me that obedienceis not obedienceif it of revival. That commitment was made in 1927. play Although I continued to travel with Dr. Rice and the continuedon page51 piano and do personalwork, I knew then that the day would comewhen we must put the children in schooland my traveling days would be over. That came in 1931when our oldest HERE'SHELP FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS child, Grace, was eight yearsold. A SYSTEMATICPHONICS MANUAL '\Vhen Dr. Rice left for his first meetingafter that decision, TEACHJOHNNY HOW TO READ I watched him drive away and I thought that my heart was with breaking.I wanted to be with him everyminute, helping him. *Successful My every thought, my every prayer was for him. The Lord LiteracyPrimer Children laid a precious verse on my heart then that I have never *HAPPYTEACHERS forgotten.It is the promiseof Psalm16:11, "Thou wilt show .DelightedParents me the path of life: in thy presenceis fulnessof joy; at thy right hand there are pleasuresfor evermore."I did not think PACKET515.OO it was humanly possiblefor me to be away from Dr. Rice.To lnexpensive,Com plete, start with, we wereexpecting another baby. \ile had four and HowTo Toach Any Child Guaranteed wereexpecting another, and God spoketo my heart and said, TO "l will show you how to raise the children, and I will help Read,Write and Spell Discounted In LossThan l{ino Months you." It was never easyfrom that point on, but I alwayshad QuantityPrices great peace.The Bible, God's Word, has been my great com- For4 Years- A BetterMethod fort. I hold the Bible dearto my heart and often hold it in my of TeachingReading arms closeto my heart. My husband and I had the sameiove write or Phone for it. Many times I have seenDr. Rice go to sleepwith the Bi- TheLiteracy Press, Inc., 280 Pine St. D.F. ble in his arms. In the daysafter that parting I found that the Madison,Ga. 30650 Phone 404-3424062 Lord did everything He promisedto do.

.44 FUNDAMEMAL]ST JOURNAL TheJmisho Wall Betweenthe Christian School and the Youth Ministry ,"lru:o;

Statistics of growth in the Christian school movement change so quickly that anything in print is out of date. In ten years the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) group has expanded to over 4,500 schools in the USA, plus 500 in foreign countries. Their literature statesthat "a new school opens in America every seven hours." One of the greatest factors in the successof a Christian academy is its definite nature. To be an instructional organization, it cannot be a disorganized,daily happen- ing, teaching vague concepts. Consider some of the deftnite elements that contribute to the success of the Christian academy. A. A Definite Qrnlified Sl.;o;ff. A school cannot be a'school without a qualified staff. Usually the qualification of a teacher is dictated by the state, the church, or the school board. Often, at least a bachelor of arts or bachelor of sciencedegree is required. There are usually at least two qualified teachersand an administrator (or principal), in addition to several parent-helpers.There is no question about who is the teacher. There is no question about teacher qualifications. The existenceof a school dcnwndsa staff. B. A Definite Philosoplry.A philosophy is a compilatien of principles, absolutes,or beliefs which direct decisions. Every school needssuch a definite philosophy of operation. In programs such as ACE or the Pensacolasystem, that philosophy is largely already determined. This is a great assetto a local church or school board. Before their school is even under way, the pastor, administrator, faculty, parents - and in many cases,even the students - know where they are going and how they will get there in their educational process.C. A Definite Cw- rianlum. All Christian academieshave a deftnite curriculum. lt is basic to the educational process.No school would dare to operate by "doing its own thing." Qualified curriculum by qualified writers must be used in every case.D. A Definite Chainof-C-ontntand.The Chris- tian school almost always has a definite chain-of-command. For the church-operated school, the pastor is the head. The school administrator (principal) is responsible to the pastor; teachersare responsible to the administrator, helpers are responsible to the teachers, etc. In regularly scheduled meetings with the administrator and pastor, questions of policy can be resolved for the teachers. Every faculty member or helper has been informed exactly what his or her role is to be. In some casesthe administrator prepares a job description and performance standard for each. Teachers make weekly lesson plans in advance. The chain-of- command is a very definite thing in the life of the Christian school. It is a quality that makes the school function smoothly and successfully.In education, there is usually authority along with responsibility. E. Definite &ldget. The budget in the new Christian school becomesa major concern to church leaders. It is a real, definite thing - the basis for planning and achievingrealistic goals. A carefullyplanned budget is fundamental to running any organization. In Jesus'discourse about discipleship (Luke 1428-30), He said: "For which of you, intend- ing to build a tower, sitteth not down ffrst, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying,This man began to build, and was not able to finish." F. Definite C.om- munication. Proper staff communication is probably a n6 DECEMBER1982 neglected area in many Christian organizations. However, Why Has the Youth Ministry Been Swallowed Up? the Christian school has communication built into its lood How doesthe youth ministry allow itself to be swallowed structurei daily staffprayer meetings,weekly faculty meetings, up? lt becomeslazy at first, the leadership losesits vision and etc. then losesits drive and energy. The youth lose their soulwin- In many Christian schools, communication lines are open ning zeal and the ffre that comes from seeing souls won to between school and parents as well: weekly written com- Christ. It surrenders, and the church allows the Christian munication between the administrator and parents, quarterly school to become the youth ministry. teacher-parent conferences,monthly parents' nights. This is One can readily seewhy the Christian school movement to the credit ofthe Christian school system and a real factor has become a success.Its every area is definite and stable, in its success. with a qualified staff and definite philosophy, curriculum, chain-of-command, a budget, and communication. In con- What About the Youth Pastor? trast, jrut about anything has been acceptable in the youth Out of necessity, the Christian school has definite staff, ministry. The structure of the youth ministry has not been philosophy, curriculum, chain-of-command, budgeting, and definite and its foundation has not been solid. Activity pro- communication. Meanwhile, what is happeningto the youth grams to attract youth have substituted for spiritual basics. pastor or director? Three crucial things too often happen: The program has become a one-man vaudeville show, where 1. He is filled with resentmentand frustration becausehe the youth sit and watch, to the exclusion of helping them cannot seem to communicate with his senior pastor. develop godly skills to prepare them for fruitful adult yearsof 2. Most of his youth group are now students in the Chris- service.Consequently, these youthful "sitters" and "wadch- tian school, so busy and "programmed" they have little time ers"become critical and cynical and want a "better show" the for him. He feels cut off, rejected, unnecessaryand, worst of next week. Youth leaders who go the "Christian vaudeville" all, a failure.So. . . route back themselvesinto their own trap of having to top 3. He accepts the suggestedjob offer in the Christian the previous week'sperformance. school. By now he has adoptedthe attitude, "If you cant lick Christian collegeshave been preparing Christian school 'em, 'em!" join He reasonsthat most of the kids from his teachersand administrators for more than a quarter of a cen- youth ministry are in the school,so maybehe can have some tury. There has been no master designto develop Christian contact there with them. And he getsinto the teachingfield. educators,but they have been well-educatedin Christian col- Thus the youth pastor, insteadofbeing an associateofthe legesacross America. They know what they want to do and administrator, has become his subordinate. ln the eyesof the are prepared to do it. Most of them have majored in some youth, he is just a part of the Christian school machinery. particular field of education,with a philosophy of education The "drumbeat" to which he marches must be the school's and a systemof implementation.Now, their time has come. and not the youth ministry's. He begins to see himself as a Contrast thesemen and women in the averagechurch with second-ratecitizen. the averageyouth worker, and you are not comparing apples The youth pastor, desperateto remain a "somebody" in with apples. These teachers stand far above the average the eyesof his kids, may resort to tactics,which, if done out- worker in the entire church. side a controlled, predetermined manner, type him as a The very existenceof a Christian school in a local church "happy-goJucky" clown instead of a spiritual leader. puts the spotlight on the youth ministry, becausethe same By now the same youth ministry that helped spawn the youth in the youth ministry are in the school.They look at Christian school - a ministry once bulging with kids, alive their teacberand know he or she is sharp.Thev look at their with enthusiasm, and vibrant with new converts - is unprepar"d(in too many cases)youth worker, and they know outflanked, overrun, outspent, and left in the dust. The the differencel youth have switched their loyalty to the school. They have \fhen the Christian school comesinto existencein a com- virtually, stopped reaching out to the unconverted kids ofthat munity or church, the youth ministry must shapeup or the communlty. kids will ship out! No longer can the pastor be satisfied with How did this happen?By the designof a greedy,power- "Nervous Nellie" or "Weak \Yillie" ministering to his youth, hungry school administrator?ln my opinion, an emphaticnol or his youth ministry will be swallowed up by his Christian The Clvistian sclwolmouenent is not to blome. \U.hat has hap- school. pened has come by dcfau,lton the part of leadership, usually Let's take the samedefinite areasthat make the Christian an uninformed pastor and,/or an unprepared, untaught school succeedand show their lack in the youth ministry. youth pastor. But let us not be too hard on them either.The Christian school movementis too new to have an established A. ,\n Indefiniteor Unqualified Staff track record. For many yearsmost youth ministries have had no specific staff. Pastordhave allowed almost anyone to work with their youth. \7hen a church has hired a youth pastor, he has too often been a young man barely two or three years older than Paul Bubar is international director of the kids, with little or no experience. Word of Life Clubs, headquarteredin Schroon Lake, New York. B. No Definite Philosoplq Neither the oastor nor the vouth Dastor has ever taken

50 FIJNDAN{EMAUSTJOURNAL time to develop definite principles and three dollars a weekfor? Those kids are wall, it will take careful consideration, convictions that will influence their only going to grow up, get married, and much prayer for God's wisdom, clear decisions and the direction of their move out of town anyhow!" Yet in the insight, and then bold action if the ministry. If they have determined very next deacons' meeting, that youth ministry is to be saved. D them, they have never written them church leader recommended the down. church spendmore than $10,000to put The next issue of the Fwtdamentalist A definite philosophy seemsimpor- carpeting throughout their sanctuary! Journal will carry Part 2 of The Jericho tant when dealing with school educa- Budgeting shows where values are Wall. tion, but we become vague and non- placed. committal about a definite philosophy The Christian school budget often QE A in the youth ministry. Having no exceedsthe youth budget thirty to one. continuedfrom page 48 philosophy of youth work is like driv- This shows where our values, vision, is not instant obedience. First we ing an automobile without knowing and heartsare. trained our children to obey and then the rules ofthe road, Beforeyou go far, F. No Delinite Communication a secondprinciple we observedin our you will doubtlesshave an accident.At Vhen a church or group is small, home was that our children were not best,you will not arrive at the intended communicationis simple,but the larger allowed to fret and cry and pout. destination. Leading a youth ministry a church becomes,the more frequent Soon after they were born our without a definite philosophy resultsin and organized communication must children were taught what the word a "leadershipaccident." Certainly, you become.This is especiallytrue of youth "No" meant. \7e started training will never achieve your intended ministries. them immediatelyafter birth and Dr. ministry goals. One youth pastor recently ex- Rice believed in spanking. I also C. N o Clear-a.rtChain-of -Com,mand plained: "The only timesmy pastor has spanked;ifone ofthe children needed In many cases,all the youth pastor ever talked with me eyeball-to-eyeball, a spanking, I did it myself. I did not has been told by the pastor is, "You're with no one but the two of us around. Iike to spank my children, but I knew responsibleto me." Though this should was the week I was hired, and now, a that to do wrong gets one in trouble be enough for him to understand where year later, on the day I resigned,"What and I was afraid for them to do the authority lies, it rarely is, More a tragedy! He should have said, wrong, so I spankedthem to protect communication on the chain-of- "Pastor, I'm frustrated about a few them. Children needto know what is command is needed. things, and I need to talk to you alone. expectedof them. They like a code of D. No Definite Cwriculum May I go with you tomorrow?\7e could conduct. They like to know that it Curriculum in the Christian school talk as we ride." doesnot pay to do wrong. You do not is a largepart of its success.What about Too often, the pastor has so many have to beat children, but you must youth work curriculum? \7e allow demandson his time that, as long as no make them understand. There are almost anything to passfor curriculum. parentscomplain, he is totally unaware times when you must whip them hard It doesn't have to have any system, of the youth pastor'sneed. Many times enough to let them know that what direction, or plan. It doesn't even have a pastor doesnt understand youth at they have done is very wrong. But to have much doctrine. lt merelyhas to all and doesn't know what to say to the you get most of that settled in their say something biblical each week. \7e youth pastor, so he avoids him. first six years. After that you don't somehow assign the youth work cur- The same elements that make have to spank them very much. Only riculum to the "leading of the Spirit" Christian schoolssuccessful are missing two of our girls were whipped after that often degenerates to the leader in most youth ministries and cause they were teenagers and as far as I scrounging through some Christian them to fail. know none of our teenagers ever periodical to on Sunday afternoon find Can the Problem Be Solved? rebelledagainst us. something biblical to say to the kids. Dr. Rice and I felt it was our Churches will purchase youth cur- Can this huge wall dividing the responsibilityto be in charge of our riculum through an advertisement in a youth ministry from the school be girls until they were married, and so Christian magazine,with no assurance demolished like the wall surrounding we were. \ilhen our oldest was ready the writers are even sound in their doc- jericho? To the children of Israel,con- for college,our entire family moved to '!ilheaton, trine. quering the wall in Joshua6 appeared Illinois, so that she could E. No Definite Bulget hopeless.But God wanted the Jericho attend lfheaton College. In fact, all In contrast to the school budget or wall down. In God's power, under six of our girls graduated from 'Wheaton. other budgets,how much money is set GeneralJoshua, it came down. And all but two of them asidefor the.church's youth ministry? I believe that the Jericho wall be- have their Master's. That area is usually the most nebulous tween youth ministry and Christian area of the church's budgeting pro- school must be brought down, so they each other. \flithout is your view of women gram. Many financial committees or can complement Q:*nq deacon boards gripe over spending question the problem can be solved. worKlng tooay, money on the "kids." The chairman of But, like any widespread,complicated one deacon board grunted, "Three problem, it will not be solved in a dollars a week? \ilhat do they need week's time. Like the biblical lericho continuedon page 56

DECEMBER]982 5t Nevs NebraskaBattleground Draws National attentionto ReligiousFreedom JJ l\T ebraskahas become a battlegroundfor reli- Among those removed were Rev. Phil Schmidt, Sileven's assistantpastor; Dr. Greg Dixon, pastor of Indianapolis(ln- I \ B::'-ff'l:ili:,'.1':Jil::l;,Ti'xi:diana)Baptist Temple; Rev. H. EdwardRowe, executive direc- Moral Majority. He was referring to the morning that 123 tor of Coral Ridge Ministries of Fort Lauderdale,Florida; preachersand laymen who, while kneeling in prayer, were Rev. Richard Moore of Lewiston, Idaho; and numerous carried out of the Faith Baptist Church of Louisville, membersof the Faith Baptist Church. Nebraska, by armed police, and to the 21 other Christian As the doors were padlocked,Roy Thompson, who was schoolsin that statethat are facingpossible closure from the acting as principal in Sileven's absence,instituted alter- State Department of Education. native plans for the children to continue to meet for classon National attention was directed to the Louisville com- a bus and in the Silevenhome. munity of 1,200people as the Faith BaptistChurch fought for its right to operate a Christian school without state licen- "Thebattle lines are dra\ilnon the lirst sure. The pre-dawn prayer serviceon Monday, October 18, Amendmentvhich permitototal religiouo followed an allnight meetingwhich had begun after Sunday flreedom." services.The pastorsand church membershad joined in support of PastorEverett Sileven,who was in jail for operatinga The battle over Faith Christian School which now has church school, and to protest court orders to padlock the classesfor 21 students,has been under way for eight years. church after worship servicesas the means to close the The culmination of the fight came in October when Sileven school. from his prison cell againrefused to allow the starero pressure Shortly before 6:00 a.m., CassCounty Sheriff Fred Tesch him into obtaining a licensefor the church school which led 12 state police cars and 5 Cass County sheriff cars into would require the hiring of state-certifiedteachers. Louisville to padlock Faith Baptist Church and Faith Chris- Judge Raymond J. Case of Cass County District Court tian School. had ordered the church closed and padlocked, except for "Sheriff Tesch and the state police forcibly removed the Sunday and \Tednesdayservices. Sheriffs deputieshad been praying preachersfrom the school," said Godwin. "One by orderedto stand guard inside the church school during what one, the police removed the pastorsfrom the building; some would have been schoolhours to prevent the classesfrom be- weredragged bodily and thrown on the front walkway of the ing held. church. Sheriff Tesch said that he had been preparedto use Following the removal of the preacherson October 18, tear gasto remove the pastorsfrom the church if necessary." more than 800preachers and studentsfrom Christian schools convergedon the tiny Nebraska town on Wednesday,Oc- tober 20. The supporterscame from \Tashington, Indiana, Idaho, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Kansas, Oklahoma, Loui- siana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee,Pennsylvania, and lowa. Judge Raymond Case suspended the padlocking pro. cedures,to avoid a repeatof the Monday morning scene.He concededthat the county did not havethe staffto enforcethe injunction and suggestedalternative methods be sought to enforcethe law. Attention in the case reached past the Nebraska governor's office. PresidentReagan, who was scheduledto speakin nearby Omaha, receiveda messageabout the school crisis, and through a spokesman,encouraged a settlement that would permit Pastor Sileven to be releasedfrom jail. Becauseof pressurefrom these pastors and others from around the nation, Pastor Sileven, whose jail sentenceran through December 15, was temporarily releasedon Friday, October 22, despiteobjections from Sheriff Tesch and Cass Countv Attornev Ron Moravec. FUNDAMENTAUSTJOURNAL An agreementwas reachedwhereby School also faces licensing threats by Pastor Sileven would not operate the the state of Nebraska. Faith Christian School for 30 days or A statewidemedia blitz, using radio through the end of the specialsession and television commercialsand half- [Utne@w of the Nebraska legislature,which ever pagenewspaper advertisements in state comesfirst. He will finish his jail term newspapers, was used to inform CHURCHFURIIITURE unless an agreement can be reached Nebraskansabout the issueof religious PetG with Nebraska state officials over the freedom. PulPit"s Chairs licensingof the church school. The Louisville, Nebraska, incident CuslTion6 "The battle lines are drawn on the is the first act of civil disobedienceby Reqovation5 First Amendment which permits total FundamentalistChristians to protect Liglgt Fixture5 ' Pew'r Corylort religious freedom, said Godwin. "The religious freedom. Ron Godwin said, Clyt4ccl Furqiture Christian school issue is a constitu- "'Whateverthe outcomein Nebraska,it Etai\ed qlasswiqdou6, cl)esi tional one. The stategovetnment is not will set the precedent to base future Cust om I 41e r i or ga6 permitted to dictate how a church decisions on state interference with schoolis to operateor what it teaches." religious matters. That's why it is so There are 22 FundamentalistChris- vital that we speakup now." A Tradition of tian schoolsin operationin Nebraska. While intermediate victories have Fine Quality Each facessimilar regulationsfrom the been won for the Christian schools, Since 1945 Nebraska State Department of Educa- members of Nebraskansfor Religious tion, "The battle will now move to the Freedomwere seeking help from outgo- legislatureand the courtroom. Unless ing Governor Charles Thone to have the law is changed, it appears that legislationplaced on the agendafor the other church schools will also be specialsession of the state'slegislature. padlocked and police and sheriffs Governor-electBob Kerrey has already deputieswill again be used to forcibly stated that he would veto any church removepastors, teachers, parents, and school legislationbrought before him. studentsfrom churches,"said Godwin. A coalition of pastors, called Harry Covert @ Nebraskansfor ReligiousFreedom, has Box4l57 LYNCHBURG.VIRGINIA 24502 beenorganized by Rev. Carl Godwin of CallToll Free 1-800-446-0945 Lincoln, whose Park West Christian ln VirginiaCall Collect 1-804-239-2671 Creator in the Courtroom logically obvious disjunction, Overton and State but was designed to continued 23 from Page insistedthat there could be more than guarantee"religious neutrality" on the judge apparently applied a "broad" two theories about origins. The judge part of the Statetoward religion by op- definition to evolution (which calls for ignored the obvious fact that things posing the "establishment" of any a model which can make certain either began by chance or else by religion over others. The First Amend- testablepredictions). However, on this design - a fact that even evolutionists ment reads: "CongressslwllTnake no law definition, creation is just as much a acknowledged. respectingen establislLmentof religion, or scienceas is evolution, At anv rate. an prohibiting the free exercisetltereof ." And equivocation occurs with the word The Legal Implications in the famous Everson case (1947), "evolution," since on the broad defini Supreme Court Justice Black stated tion of evolution as a fact or happen- There are serious legal questions that this means"neither a statenor the ing, evolution is not falsifiable.Only on raisedby the judge'sruling. The debate Federal Government can set up a the narrow definition of evolution as a turns on two different interpretations church." And neither can it "passlaws means can evolution be falsified. But of what the First Amendment means. which aid one religion...or preferone Act 590 deals with evolution in the One view is that it entails a wall of religion over another." broad sense,and in this senseit is no separationbetween Church and State. Now if the First Amendment is real- more falsifiablein the strict rendering This view is clearly reflected in judge ly an anti

'to ocusingon the command go into all the tinents. They don't realizeit's also in the big cities. My world' makesthe'highways and hedges'seem burden is for the city." insignificant," said Wilson Green, coor- Beforethe inner-cityministry began,Mahairas came to dinator of the Thomas Road BaptistChurch ministryto the Lynchburg to sharehis burden for urban dwellerswith Jerry inner city. "Yet we know we must do both." Falwell.Mahairas explained that, being "raisedin the inner Greenheads a ten-weeksummer missions campaign to the city myselfand havingspent part of my life in a streetgang, I inner citiesof New York, Los Angeles,Philadelphia, Detroit, know the pressuresand temptationsof life here. And I know and \Tashington,D.C. the difficultyoutsiders have in reachingpeople plagued by In its third year,the programtook studentsfrom Liberty poverty,mistrust, loneliness, and fear. BaptistCollege and Seminaryto work in conjunctionwith "Thesestudents brought somethinguniquely freshto lives local churches,by ministeringto the spiritualneeds of the in our community.They got beyondcircumstances to reach community through street preaching,evangelism, Sunday hearts and save souls," he continued, referringto the 35 school,follow-up, and other avenues. youngpeople who workedin his church and in anotherlocal Green said,"Most of the studentsare pastoralmajors or church. Mahairas'schurch in inner New York has hosteda studyingfor fulltime work in a local church. In addition to team for the last three summers."l know their experience sharing the gospel,they are gainingvaluable experience in here built a foundation for their future ministry. I'm looking ministeringdirectly to peoplein the inner city. forward to next summer." "God callspeople to servein differentplaces. I think we've Rev. Nathel Tait, of the Souls Outreach Baptist Church emphasizedsuburban or country churchesand foreignmis- in \Tashington,D.C., said, "'!7e can't stop nowl If we do, sions, while completelyoverlooking millions of people in we'll lose the inner city." In speakingof relationsbetween metropolitanareas." many blacks and whites in the nation's Capital, he credited The Rev. Tom Mahairas, of the Manhattan Bible the team of fifteen studentswith building a bridge. "A lot of Church, echoedthe samesentiments, saying, "The public is blackswere misled, but togetherwe've seen how we can learn basically ignorant of what is going on in the inner cities. from each other." Other nationalitieshave come to our land and have settledin In Detroit, a 35-member team worked in five urban the cities.Most peoplethink the missionfield is on other con- churches.Rev. Bernard McCarty, pastor of the Gilead Bap- tist Church in Taylor and sponsor of In Detroit, Steve Lizzio witnessed church, as Dr. Hill encouragedthis ar- the Detroit team, said, "To see these greatdifferences between the inner city rangement to build uniry among young people working on the streersis and places where people have ex- church and team membersand to helo wonderful. They went into homes, periencedthe work of the Holy Spirit. the studentlaborers know the peoplein dusted furniture, painted fences, and "There'sno love, no love at all in many the community. did whatever they could to help people areasof the inner city." Over 1,050 decisionsfor salvation and encouragethem to find Jesus.They From his experiencein New York, cameduring the summermissions pro- helped us teach, helped us visit on the Bruce Knight said, "God is able to use gram. Plans are being made now for bus routes, and just did everything us if we're willing to go. God's Word next summer'sprogram, which will in- imaginable to advance the kingdom. can change lives. It's not hopeless. cludemore follow-upand discipleship. These young people gave us a real After graduation, I plan to start a boost. \7e were going to teach them, church in the inner city." Jim Harman and they taught us...they taught us Dave Klase said he will go back how to love." somedayto Philadelphiato begin a new Dr. E. V. Hill's Mt. Zion Baptist church. "l'm burdened about the false Church in Los Angeles hosted 28 valuesyoung men and women have ac- students this summer. The associate cepted, particularly about each other. pastor,Rev. Bill Seitz,said, "It's untold The media has mis-trained them and what the final impact will be from this we need to get them into Bible ministry. Christian young people gave knowledge so they can know God's up their summer to work in this eternal truths about themselves." ministry and, in so doing, they dis- Greg Couser, who worked in Los pelled a lot of myths, such as blacks Angeles over the summer, exclaimed, could only witness to blacks, and "Peopleneed to seethe real picture in whites only to whites, and that conser- the greater Los Angeles area, par- vative groups couldn't be effectiveto ticularly in Hollywood. The media non-conservatives." showsthe glamour of that city but fails In Philadelphia,35 studentsworked to show what happens to most of the with five different churches from the young hopefuls who come there from base church of Cedar Grove. Pastor all over the country, who are forced to Paul Parr, of the Cedar Grove Baptist becomeprostitutes, work in cheappor- Church, said, "This summer ministry no movies, or get hooked on terrible must become a full-year ministry. vices. The ultimate picture from Follow-up is absolutely essential,and Hollywood is not glamour, but human that's why Irm planning a winter con- degradation." ference here among the churches that SteveGardner said, "Our Capital is participated in the project. They must. not beyond help. Prejudicesneed to be becomeserious about the overall effort, broken down and we need to be the This whole program is too important to ones to take the initiative." be taken lightly. No two summerswilf In Philadelphia, New York, and 'Washington, be alike; therefore, we must keep a -wherestudents lived in the manual, get organized, and plan all churches they worked. The year.tt Detroit team divided, some living in The summer's work left life-chang- churches and others living in private ing impressionson the students and homes. In Los Angeles, all the team coordinators. members lived wtth families from the QA A and to her father and to the Lord. And I just wanted to keep continuedfrom page 51 her. At first I did not understand.I kept thinking that the Lord would make her well any moment. I wasvery well aware AlP.rro.rally, I wish a woman never had to leave her that nothing is impossiblewith Him. The doctor saidthat she babies until they are six years old. BecauseI believe that (and would only live four to six months. I could not believethat! this is not my idea only, but the idea of educatorsand scien- But God brought preciouspromises in Scriptureto my mind tists as well) the characters of children are formed in the first and I knew and could finally pray that whateverhappened, if six years of their lives. These are the yearswhen their per. it was for the honor and glory and praiseof God, I could let sonality is formed. A mother can put a lot of Bible in them in my children suffer.The Lord speaksto those who love Him, those first six years.Dr. Rice and I prayed with our children think about Him, and love His \ilord. In thosedays I clung to and taught them much and we believedthat in the first six the verse,"'When thou goest,it shall lead thee; when thou yearsof their lives they were trained rather than neglected.I sleepest,it shall keep thee." It was the \ford that kept me in believethat after children start to schoo]a woman can work, those days. if that must be the case.Personally, I never had time. I wasso \ilhen Dr. Rice wassick in the last eight months of his life, wrapped up in my family, taking care of my husband and I would lie down and for hours I would think and quote that children, that I could not possiblyhave had time to work out- verse, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be side our home. afraid." l could lie down in peacebecause I had the promise, "When thou sleepestit shall keep thee." Grace went to be I l.-,, !/ o I ell me about someof the talents the Lord gaveyour with the Lord 10 months after Dr. Rice died. dau-ghters.lr and how you developedthose talents. I l'-,r r \-1 o I ell me about l)r. Rice'sprayer life. A: !7e made sure that our girls were affordedthe opportunity to take music lessons.I supervisedtheir practicing.\ile Ai nr. Rice always taught that we as Christians are to '!7e alwayshad two pianos in our home while our girls weregrow- pray without ceasing. are to pray about everything,at all ing up; we had an accordion,two violins, and many other in- times.That is what Dr. Rice practiced.I knew his prayer life struments. intimately. I believe he even prayed in his sleep. When he Today they all play the piano; they all sing special would be dressingto go to bed or dressingin the morning or numbers and lead choirs. They are all teachersat Christian just walking around the house, hundreds of thousands of schools.All of our girls are authors. They learnedthis from times I have heard him say, "Jesus,help me; Jesus,help me." example.That was a way of life for them. !ile madeit a priori- I rememberan incident when we were at the church in ty to help them developtheir talents and give them the op- Dallas.It wasduring the Depressionand Dr. Ricewas respon- portunity to pursue their interests. siblefor raisingmoney to build a church building. Every day he would pray for the neededbricks for the next day. They reactionwhen Grace heard that she would be deliveredand that day'swork would be done. And R;X* HJ:i. the next night he would pray for bricks and they would get bricks the following day. One night he fell asleepwhile pray- for That night in the middle of the night I became AlG."..'s illnesswas a great shock to us. We had never ing bricks. it important to wake him up. known great illnessin our family.ln 1979Dr. Rice and I had very sick, so sick that I thought pray yes he and im- just comeback from a trip to the Holy Land and werein New I askedhim to for me. He said would, pray for bricks. I laughedso hard that York. About midnight the telephone rang. The phone was mediatelyhe beganto perfectly The knew his near Dr. Rice and he answeredit. I could hear Grace'ssweet pretty soon I found myself well. Lord me becausethe Lord voice saying,"I want to tell you first; the doctors say I have heart and I believethe Lord touched 'We burden upon his heart about his work. cancer and may not live." Our firstborn. sat there for a knew the heavy while and neither one of us said a thing. \fe just sat there. I t.- Neither one of us cried. After a while I said,"Is it going to be \-/ o I ell me about Dr. Rice'sillness. all right?" Dr. Rice answered,"Yes, it's going to be all right." I did not understand then. I was in a state of shock. Al eU""t two and a half yearsbefore he passedaway Dr. \(e made our plans to go home the next day, and Dr. Rice Rice suffereda heart attack. For the next two and a halfyears could not even seeGrace because he had to keephis schedule he required oxygen at times. He had to sleepin a reclining of meetings.I went to join her. She had alreadygone to the chair becausehe could not breathelying down. Even though hospital when I got there. I went and sat with her for a few he was quite ill, he still went out in meetings,where he had to hours before surgery. As I sat in that room with Grace, I be provided with a reclining chair in order to sleepat night. repeatedone verseover and over again, "Be not afraid, only He continued, as much as possible,to hold conferenceson believe." revival and soulwinning.Dr. Rice never complained.He was I went on for a year, it seemed,crying and praying con- continually h"ppy. Everything was all right. stantly. I wanted to keepGrace. She was so wonderful in her The last two yearsof his life he completedtwo major pro- - ministry, so wonderfirl in her writing, so wonderful in her jects a large Bible storybook and the RiceReference Bible teaching women. I wanted to keep her. She was such a that was published by Thomas Nelson Publishers.Many wonderful daughter. She wrote such beautiful things to me continuedon page 64

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\zls. Pac-Man.The famous duo can be found on a pinball game and a Satur- day morning television cartoon series. Other highly rated cartoon-typegames include Frogger, Dig-Dug, Donkey Kong, and Kangaroo. Popular war games include Zaxxon, Tron, Robotron, Galaga,and Stargate. The video crazeis praisedby some as bringing the dawn of the computer age becausemany of the home computer units are capable of more than game playing. A child who becomes familiar with the computer through game playing will probably be better trained to handle a computer as an ideo creatures that blink, homes, which is twice the number for adult. A half dozen teenagers are bleep, and blow up have 1981. Atari, Intellivision, Activision, alreadywriting computer programsfor replacedcheckers and chess Radio Shack, the Commodore Vic 20, major companies, as forms of competitive entertain- and Odyssey are among the brand Some familiesfigure the video into ment. From the corner market to the name home computers and entertain- their weekly budget, setting limits on shoppingmalls, video gamesentertain ment centers. AdttertisingAge reports how much can be spent for entertain- youngsters while "mom shops," and that cartridges compatible in various ment. Others spend more than they businessmenon their lunch breaks. systemswill reach 70 million units of should while some buy the home ver- Game rooms will be an $8.7 billion salesfor this year.At an averagecost of sionsin an attempt to savemoney. But, business in 1982, according to Play $25 per cartridgeand no lessthan $100 other familiesban the video vice com- Meter's managing editor, Laura per computer unit, the home video pletely. Braddock. The averagegame room has game business will easily reach the 40.8 pieces of equipment "which in- $2 billion level for 1982. cludesvideo, pinball, pool tables,etc." Video Victimized Video Varmints Video accountsfor 80 percent of gross The PIay Meter quotes one satirical collectionswhich, said Braddock,is the Pac-Man has been credited with editorialistwho said, "Games are trou- reason "last year, 56 percent of the revolutionizingthe video games.Before ble with a capitalT that rhymeswith V gamesin an arcadewere video and this this bright yellow creature ran across and that stands for Video." Critics of year, they make up 77 percent." screens. the male-oriented arcades the video machines say they lead to Depending on complexity, video featuredgames ranging from gun fights eyestrain, violent behavior, empty gamescost an averageof$2,500 but the to galacticshowdowns to racecars. Pac. wallets, and antisocial development. paybackis rapid. Braddock saysGallup Man's simple screen which pits the Like the introduction of automobiles, polls estimate the averageteenage video player againstfour monstersattracted a bicycles, skateboards, and the hula player spends $2 per day. "107eGel this new arcademarket. "More women and hoop, video gamesface vehement op- could be an exaggeration, as some of younger kids came in, learned video position with somepeople calling them those interviewed could have been skills, and moved on to other more a "commie plot" to take over the minds bragging,"she added. complex machines,"said Wally Major, of youth, and "Satan'stool of the 80s," And videos aren't just for the ar- co-owner of two video arcades in Malaysia,Indonesia, Singapore, and cadesanymore. Home video gamescan Lynchburg, Virginia. the Philippinesthought the gameshad be found in one out of six American Pac-Man,the smileyface of the 80s, such undesirable effects on children, homes. AdvertisingAge estimates show appears on glasses,T-shirts, sheets, they had them banned altogether. A that in 1982 the computerizedenter- stuffed dolls, bumper stickers, and a Marshfield, Massachusetts, town tainment centers will be in 14 million record.The queenof the video villageis meetingpulled the plug on commercial

DECEMBERI9B2 57 video by banning its use. PIayMeter said, "Older residents Now, X-rated "adults-only" gamesare being introduced feared the gamesmight lead to rowdinessand drug dealing for use in home videos. AdvertisingAge says$4 million will be and some parents objected to the time and money their spent to market the "hot and heavy" new games. These children sDenton videos," cassetteshave beenpackaged in a manner that regularvideo- game software retailers will find acceptablefor their store shelves. Links to criminal gamblingsurface with video card games Dolice in Deo Moines,Iona, reported thal at such as Double Up and Draw Poker. A few arcadespromote big payoffs with these games. Payoffs are illegal in nongam- leaof1OO burglarieo by 40 youthscould be bling states. PIay Meter reports that Kansashas outlawed the connectedvith the oaleof stolen Aoods to card gamesaltogether, whether or not payoffsare part of the supportvideo habrls video deal. Thomas Road BaptistChurch Youth PastorDave Adams, who holds master's degreesin education and counseling- relatedstudies, said "My concern in any instance- whether it be sports,TV, music,or video gamesis when the kids are Even Play Meter contradicts its information regarding allowedto escapeand tune out reality. It's important for kids video's impact on teenage behavior. On one page the to learn to interact with their familiesand friendsand not just magazinesaid, "There is no evidenceto suggestthat there is these machines.Video games,like other forms of entertain- any correlation betweenpetty theft and the opening of video ment, must be kept in balance. game centers." On another page it said that police in Des "Video gamesare not wrong in and of themselves,but the Moines, lowa, reported that at least 100 burglaries by 40 overuseof the gamesto the neglectof other things is certainly youths could be connectedwith the sale of stolen goods to wrong," Adams continued. "When young peoplestart being support video habits. spectatorsand not participators in their family life, their SergeantRobert Rote of the Des Moines policeyouth divi- spiritual life, their school life, or their social life, then sion confirmed thesefigures and said,"Two l3-year-oldseven somethinghas gotten out of perspective.It's easyfor us adults admitted their reason for stealingwas to get money for the to criticizethings we don't understand.And it's alwaysmuch game room. In a 30-day period, one of them went through easierfor us to preach unconditionally againstsome things, $900 in games.The other one played away $350.In this case, insteadof teachingtemperance. Young peopleneed to know the father madethe boy apologizeand make arrangementsfor temperance,and we can use video to teach them,tt restitution with the neighborsfrom whom he had stolen.lWe He saidfurther, "Through the media and our own projec- also think game rooms contribute to truancy. But I don't tions, we seeyoung peopleas dope freaks,sex fiends, and ar- think there's anything morally wrong with gamesfor the cadeaddicts. This is the extreme.Most young peoplewant to most part. It's a great releasefor the kids and can be great do what is right. But we know children will lead themselvesif competitive fun," adults don't do the job. That's why you seeso many young Des Moines, like the majority of U.S. cities, has liberal people congregatingaround video rooms for hours. That's laws concerning game room location, size,and setup. Com- why you hear the statisticsabout alcohol, drugs,petty crime, munities are beginning to insist on specificrestrictions, like and so on." locating the arcades in business districts and away from schools,restricting loiterersboth inside and outside, requir- Video Values ing plate glasswindows for the front to allow police easy Corporations and charitableorganizations are using video visibility to the inside, a specificfloor spaceand setup of gamesor themesas promotional tools. While somechurches gamesto lessenhidden activitiessuch as drug trading and no denouncethe "video demons,"others use kids' interestin the alcohol, drugs, drinks, or food on the premises. gamesas a way to reach them. According to Adams, who heads up a 1,300-member A formof destructionserveo a6 a baoiofor moot youth department, "Videos gives us a great opportunity to reach young peoplefor Christ. Like other activitiesfor nr lhe anmnrrie; Jesus nyitwlLrlh ulLrlvleither the ulrL nlaveryruirvl vr Lrlv !vrrrHuuu our youth group, an evening of video games is always charactersmeet-ins certaln doom. centered around a time of Bible study. Of course, the en- vironment needsto be controlled. either in a vouth centeror in a clean family entertainment center." Before taking a Part of the parental complaint centers on the actual group to a game room, Adams screensthe location for the games.While pinball gamesmay be coveredwith suggestive proper atmospherewith no smoking or drinking, the right photographs,some video gameshave lessthan ideal themes. type of music, and the right graphics on the sides of the A form of destruction servesas a basisfor most with either machines. "If the pinball gameshave suggestivegraphics, I the player or the computer charactersmeeting certain doom. look for another placewhere the kids can have fun and where Deathtrap, which has the playerrunning down pedestriansto I feel their parentswould approve." get points, and Stop Thief, which has the player escaping Major has built his operations to meet this criterion. from the police, are among those that do not encourage "Every new gamethat we bring in is the type of gameanyone 'We've positive behavior. can enjoy. evensent one pinball machineback because

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the Baltic states. NRB Celebrates40 Years of Religious Radio,TV Discussingthe successesand weaknessesof the atheistic educationalformat, council membersconcluded that univer- Broadcaster Billy Graham, television speaker James sity guidelineswere not beingfollowed. A mandatecalling for Robison and theologian Carl Henry have acceptedinvita- all students in all departmentsto attend 15 to 24 hours of tions to addressthe 1983 annual convention of National atheisticeducation each semesterwas issued."The Founda- Religious Broadcasters,January 30 - February 2, 1983 in tion of Atheism," has long beenmandatory for students.The ]Jfashington,D.C. courseincludes a specialexam. National ReligiousBroadcasters is an associationof ap- As far back as 1964the Soviet educationalsvstem made proximately 1,000organizations engaged in the production of atheisticeducation compulsory. At first medicine,education, religiousprograms for radio and televisionand the operation agriculture,library scienceand other technical field students of religious radio, television and cable stations. NRB had to enroll. In 1971the program grew and the book Sien- organizationsare responsible for more than 75 percentof the tific Atheismwas introduced. (13 August 1982) nation's religious broadcasting and are active in religious broadcastingaround the world. Evangelical Educator Says that Foes of "For our 40th anniversary,we hope to have the honor of Secular Humanism Endanger Thought once againwelcoming President Reagan," said NRB executive director Ben Armstrong. "There will be a great senseof lll. (RNS) - The new presidentof the na- history, but evenmore appropriately,a greatsense ofexpecta- WHEATON, most prominent evangelicalschool, \ilheaton College tion about the decadesahead. kaders from allied fieldssuch tion's in lllinois, warned in his inauguraladdress that the publicized aspublishing, music, films, home video, church outreachand Christiansagainst "secular humanism...may education, will join religiousbroadcasters at the convention battle of some a suspicionof all human thought." Dr. to formulate a comprehensivestrategy for communicatingthe soon encourage J. Gospel." Richard Chase, a noted evangelical educator, stressed, he not aim to relax the Christian stan- A highlight of the 1983convention will be the origination however, that does dards of the college whose best-known graduate is Billy of a WL Clab telecast,Monday evening,January 31. Hosted Graham. by Jim Bakker, the TV specialwill be transmitted around the world by satellite and will feature prominent religious ftgures and recording artists. Three Lutheran Bodies Agree to Merge bv 1987 Registration information is available from the NRB Registrar,Morristown, NJ 07960,or (201) 575-4000. Three major Lutheran denominations have voted to merge. At simultaneous conventions in three cities the Soviet Teachers Told to Produce Militant Atheists American Lutheran Church, Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and Lutheran Church in America en- ZURICH, Switzerland(E\YNS) - University and college dorsed a proposal to form a 5.5 million-member body that professorsin the Soviet Union have been handed a new will be the third largestProtestant denomination in the coun- decree:"Make vour studentsmilitant atheists!" try. The new body will not include the 2.9 million-member Recognizing a lack of general interest and major flaws in Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, which declined to take atheistic teaching, the Soviet Council of the Ministry of part in the unity discussions.When it is establishedin 1987, University and Technical Institutions issued a strongly- the new church will be exceeded in size in Protestant worded reprimand. An increasein the amount of time given denominations only by the 13.6 million-member Southern to and the emphasisupon the atheisticline promoted by the Baptist Convention and the 9.6 million-member United 26th Party Congress of the Soviet Communist Party was Methodist Church. ordered, the Swissnews agencyFaith in the Second \Vorld reports. University graduates,the council said, often "have no Laws of United Methodist Church atheistic convictions and cannot offer scientific answers to Permit Ordination of Gavs religiouspreachers." Not mentioned,but implied, is the effect of the current religiousrevival which is particularlyevident in The judicial commissionof the United Methodist Church

60 FUNDAMENTALISTJOURNAL has ruled that there is nothing in the ed the Bla-Print and helped form a Fun- formal laws of the church which pro- Billy Graham Accepts Invitations damentalists Hall of Fame. He had hibit the ordination of homosexualsin- from Two East European been associatedthrough the yearswith to the ministry. With certain factions Countries the San Francisco Baptist Theological pressing inside the church for gays to CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) - Seminary and at one time served as its ordained, the be ruling was not an ap- Evangelist Billy Graham has accepted chairman of the board and president. proval pro- by church leadersfor sucha invitations to visit East Germany and cedure. According to JamesRobb of Czechoslovakia.In a statement,he said Lester Roloff, evangelist and the MagaTine, Good News the church he will be in the German Democratic founder of the Corpus Christi homes judicial commission has said that Republicfrom Oct. 15to 25, and plans for young people in crisis, died church law may be changedat the next November Z in a plane crash which to visit "several cities, historical sites, constitutional writing in 1984. Cur- four passengers. and social institutions in various parts killed other The rently, the social laws of the UMC in- 68-year-old recognized for of the country." The visit to Roloff was dicatethat the practiceof homosexuali- his ability to "reach the unreachable" Czechoslovakiawill begin Oct. 29,Mr. ty is not compatible with Christian using a Bible-basedprogram to change Graham said, adding that details of teaching. Robb and other conser- lives involved in drugs, alcohol, crime, that trip are still being worked out. In vatives within the UMC will be prostitution, promiscuity and other announcing his plans, Mr. Graham fighting for specific legislation to ex- problems. In his victorious eight-year commented,"I hope as a result of my clude homosexrlals from the pulpit. battle with the state of Texas, Roloff visit there will be better understanding The church has been loosing member- receivedmedia attention and was brief- between the peoples of those two ship in the last few years to conser- ly imprisonedfor his refusalto obtain a nations and our own nation, and that vative churches or churches with a statelicense for his RebekahHome for the causeof international peacewill be strongerposition on biblical authority. Girls and Anchor Home for Boys. In promoted." addition, he conductedevangelistic services and aired a daily radio broadcast CongressAsks President to nationwide. Church Membership Falls Behind Designate Bible Year Population Gains WASHINGTON (RNS) WHEr.lID9TORS Congress has adopted a resolution THINK asking President Reagan to designate RLM,THEY (RNS) - NE\Y YORK A new study 1983 the Year of the Bible. ill NK Cfi R 5f,AN Cl N EJv1A. bv an ecumenicalcoalition shows that Commemorative legislation such as HAVETHEM ALLI the American population grew three this requires 30 signatures from the WE times faster than church membershio Senate and a majority, 218, from the in the last decade.Doctors William M. Housebefore it can be considered.The Newman and PeterL. Halvorson of the resolution affirms the Bible as the University of Connecticut said that \flord of God and its importance as an while the population increasedat a rate influenceon civil governmenr.Quoting of 11.5percent between 1971 and 1980, PresidentAndrew Jackson'sdescription religious adherence increased by only of the Bible as "the rock on which our 4.1 percerrt. The trend significantly Republic rests," the resolution adds reversed the past pattern. The that "the history of our Nation clearly ORDERNOW researcherspointed out that church illustratesthe value of voluntarily ap. OSEOUR membership outpaced population plying the teachingsof Scripture in the TOLL FREEUNES! growth between 1952 and 1971. lives of individuals, families and Churches then had a 46 percent societies,"and assertsthat "renewing growth rate compared with 35 percent our knowledge of and faith in God 1-800-523-6648 for the population. through Holy Scripture can strengthen (tNPA) 1-EOO-492-20O3 us as a Nation and a people." CIIRISTIAN CIFIEIUIA,ro. The study confirmed earlier reports showing that many major mainline Deaths Protestant denominations lost Please send FIEE catalog of Christian adherents in 1971-80, while other G.Archer Weniger, former Films dept. FJ "middling" churches (conservative president of the Fundamentalist Baptist Church churches,non mainline churches,and Fellowship and pastor of San Addtw church fellowships) gained members. Francisco'sFoothill Baptist Church for citv - strtr - ao - Another group, including Catholics, 40 years, died September6 at age67. l'Lmc remained stable. Weniger publisheda weekly paper call-

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