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[Mike Abendroth]

"Men today do not perhaps burn the Bible, nor does the Roman Catholic Church
any longer put it on the [forbidden] index, as it once did. But men destroy
it in the form of exegesis; they destroy it in the way they deal with it.
They destroy it by not reading it as written in normal literary form, by
ignoring historical-grammatical exegesis, by changing the Bible's own
perspective of itself as propositional revelation in space and time, in
history, by saying only the 'spiritual' portions of the Bible have authority
for us."

"I would say to you who call yourselves Bible-believing Christians, if you
see the Word of God diminished as it is in our day and are not moved to
tears and indignation, I wonder if you have any comprehension of the day in
which we live. If we as Bible-believing Christians can see God's Word, God's
verbalilzed, propositional communication, treated as it is so often treated
and are not filled with sorrow and do not cry out, 'But don't you realize
the end thereof?'-I wonder: do we love His Word? If we fight our philosophic
battles, our artistic battles, our scientific battles, our battles in
literature, our battles in drama, without emotional involvement, do we
really love God? How can we do it without being moved as Jeremiah was moved?
How can we speak of judgment and yet not stand like the weeping prophet with
tears?

-Taken from The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer, Vol. 4, Death in the
City, pp. 244-245

 

Thanks.

 

Charis,

 

Mike Abendroth

 

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2 Tim 1:2b  "Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our
Lord."

 

"The typical modern Christian breastplate is a little paper bib.  Absolutely
useless!  It's made up of a system, or a method, or a program... 10 to 12
sessions with a counselor.  That's not what you need.  What you need is
about 10 or 12 hours in the presence of God until you sort out the unholy
characteristics in your life and get right with Him." John MacArthur, The
Believer's Armor, Study Notes. Eph. 6:10-24, pg. 33.

 

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