I Am Afraid That As Evangelicals, We

The Central Problem Is Always In The Midst Of The People Of God, Not In The Circumstances Surrounding Them.

The Command Is To Love Him, Not Just To Think About Him, Or Do Things For Him. We Are Not To Stop With A Proper Legal Relationship - For Example, To Think Of A Man As Legally Lost, Which He Is, In The Sight Of A Holy God - Without Thinking Of Him As A Person. Saying This, We Can Suddenly See That Much Evangelism Is Not Only Sub-christian, But Subhuman - Legalistic And Impersonal.

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.

Art Is A Reflection Of God's Creativity, An Evidence That We Are Made In The Image Of God.

I Am Convinced That When Nietzsche Came To Switzerland And Went Insane, It Was Not Because Of Venereal Disease, Though He Did Have This Disease. Rather, It Was Because He Understood That Insanity Was The Only Philosophic Answer If The Infinite-personal God Does Not Exist.