A Letter: The Emergent in need of Detergent Church!

By Brock Lawley

The world is for all of us not only what it is- it is what we believe it to be. I have begun to see clearly the wide gulf between our modern attitudes about truth and truth itself. Our forefathers saw clearly what many now refuse to see. Sin, the devil constitute one force; God and righteousness the other. These forces are forever opposed in grave irreconcilable hostility. Humanity, because of our nature is caught in the middle. Evil is bent on destroying us; the gospel of Christ seeks to save. Human beings must choose sides. Neutrality is not an option!

This fight is real and deadly and lasts as long as life itself. Believers once looked forward to heaven as a lying down of the spiritual sword to enjoy a peace not afford them in life. Old hymns and sermons had a trace of homesickness. This view of the world is unquestionably scriptural.

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