It seems to me that these supposed discussions and dialogues on religion that we have on the television and radio are generally nothing but sheer entertainment. Equal time is given to the unbeliever as to the believer, and there is the cut and thrust of debate and jocularity and fun. The programme is so arranged that the subject cannot be dealt with in depth. I protest that the matter with which we are concerned is so desperately serious and vital and urgent that we should never allow it to be approached in this way. I can give a very good and sound reason for that in the form of a comparison. Any one of us might develop or be suddenly stricken with a very serious illness. Not only are you in great pain and running a temperature but you are feeling desperately ill. Your doctor takes a most serious view of your case and calls in another and a higher opinion. Would anyone like to put up the suggestion that in such a condition, in such a state, that what you would really like is a discussion and a debate concerning the rival possibilities; a discussion conducted in a light-hearted manner with one proposition put up and criticised and valuated, and then another, and so on? All of us would resent that. We would point out that our life is in jeopardy, that this is no time for debate and discussion and levity and light-heartedness. In that state and condition we look for certainty, for serious dealing, for hope, and the possibility of being cured, and of being put right. If that is the case with regard to physical health and well-being how much more so should it be the case when we are discussing the ills and diseases of the soul and a mans eternity? - Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers, p.59, Zondervan Books.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 01:13:32 +0000
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