Apostasy Must Be Called What It Is,

I Have Come To The Conclusion That None Of Us In Our Generation Feels As Guilty About Sin As We Should Or As Our Forefathers Did.

The Purpose Of Apologetics Is Not Just To Win An Argument Or A Discussion, But That People With Whom We Are In Contact May Become Christians And Then Live Under The Lordship Of Christ In The Whole Spectrum Of Life.

God's Word Will Never Pass Away, But Looking Back To The Old Testament And Since The Time Of Christ, With Tears We Must Say That Because Of Lack Of Fortitude And Faithfulness On The Part Of God's People, God's Word Has Many Times Been Allowed To Be Bent, To Conform To The Surrounding, Passing, Changing Culture Of That Moment Rather Than To Stand As The Inerrant Word Of God Judging The Form Of The World Spirit And The Surrounding Culture Of That Moment. In The Name Of The Lord Jesus Christ, May Our Children And Grandchildren Not Say That Such Can Be Said About Us.

The Ancients Were Afraid That If They Went To The End Of The Earth They Would Fall Off And Be Consumed By Dragons. But Once We Understand That Christianity Is True To What Is There, True To The Ultimate Environment - The Infinite, Personal God Who Is Really There - Then Our Minds Are Freed. We Can Pursue Any Question And Can Be Sure That We Will Not Fall Off The End Of The Earth.

In Face Of This Modern Nihilism, Christians Are Often Lacking In Courage. We Tend To Give The Impression That We Will Hold On To The Outward Forms Whatever Happens, Even If God Really Is Not There. But The Opposite Ought To Be True Of Us, So That People Can See That We Demand The Truth Of What Is There And That We Are Not Dealing Merely With Platitudes. In Other Words, It Should Be Understood That We Take This Question Of Truth And Personality So Seriously That If God Were Not There We Would Be Among The First Of Those Who Had The Courage To Step Out Of The Queue.