August 1, 2014 Dear Friend, Nancy Pearcey’s book, Total Truth, brought into focus something you really need to understand. She observed that a common weakness of evangelism is starting with redemption. Pastors and evangelists end every sermon with an altar call to bring sinners home. You’ve seen the sign along the road that say, “Jesus Saves.” You may have even heard Billy Graham cry out, “Christ is the answer.” But one might ask: “What is the question.” Just what do those statements really mean? Christian evangelism seems to be all bound up in their own jargon. Nothing that will be said here and nothing Ms Pearcey says should diminish the importance of redemption in the least. That said, she advanced a kind of framework for a world view composed of three elements: Creation, The Fall, Redemption. Evangelism starts with redemption. It’s true, especially among evangelicals. Her argument is that the place evangelism should start is not with redemption. It should start with creation. For without this truth at the foundation, nothing else means anything. Unless you believe in Creation, the idea of a fall is meaningless, and so is redemption. Man is just a terrible accident that the universe would have been better off without. Except, without creation, there is no better or worse. Oddly enough, this country and its system of government started with creation. “We do hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men were created equal and were endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” If these rights are not unalienable, if they are not given by divine right, then where do they come from? Did we create these rights on our own? Did they arise from a European philosophy? Do they depend on majority rule? And what if the majority changes its mind? Oh, well, we have the Supreme Court and our Constitution, don’t we? The Supreme Count recently overturned years of jurisprudence and fundamental right. And the Court has even cited precedents from other countries. Do you really believe our Constitution will always provide a barrier against the loss of our rights? How much evil has been done because it was expedient? Congress, our entire political system is driven by expediency, what will work and what won’t work. And now the courts that are beyond our reach are becoming the great expediters, the arbiters of what is best for us, the people. Don’t just sit back and say, “That’s too bad.” Man was created to be the ultimate winner You were Born to Win! Contact us at 1-888-242-5344 to order this FREE CD today titled “The Starting Point” or click here to listen now. It will vastly add to your understanding.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:37:20 +0000
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