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I Gover story: Chris-tians often wonder whatheaven will be like. RobertE. Coleman takes usthrough a descriptivejourney to that placewhere our faith becomessight in "The City of God."

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DEPARTMENTS

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. .r Jerry Falwell CommentsI U The God of the Second Chance

1t Fundamentals in FocusThe Battle for the ResurrectionNorman L Geisler

lDavid Livingstone, though a meagermissionary, was an explorer extraor-dinaire. His most spectacular discoverywas the beautiful Victoria Falls in Africa.

I "lf l ife for boys under those conditionswas so great, why did you change it forme?" "Did I ask to experience this'poisonous' prosperity?" "Am I supposedto feel guilty because I don't have it as'rough' as you had it?" Material prosper-ity can be good, but in "Parenting theProsoerous" we must teach the value ofspir i tual r iches.

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Eq Newsvv March for Life RallvCalls for Actionand SubstanceDoug Waymire

News CommentaryAn End to AIDS?Doug Trouten

After AllWatergate and theResurrectionDaniel R Mitchell

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in the oppressive Roman army. Hecalled into His circle a despised,

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Jesus faced the same kind of culturalbarriers. And he crossed them. He spenttime talking to a hated, ostracized Samaritanwoman. He healed the daughter of a soldier

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YOU SAID IT

I A strong publication

It is exciting to see growth! I ha.zewatched with avid interest as theFundamentali,st Journal matured intoa strong Christian publication. Yourmagazine not only deals courageouslywith difficult issues, but also offersconcrete help to those willing to heedsound advice of gifted writers.

I am most impressed with the designaspect of the magazine. The overalldesign and construction is very impor-tant in conveying the vital message ofChrist. The page layout is sensible andnot cluttered, and the choice of colorsis effective in attracting and holding thereader's attention. I am very aware ofthe fact that people will not read thatimportant message if they are not firstattracted by the design.

When the December issue was de-Iivered to me, I was impressed. I realizethat these things do not just happen;much planning and tremendous team-work by dedicated people is essential.I recognize that and appreciate the workyou folks are doing.

Dr. Falwell, you have a publicationthat represents fundamental Baptistswell and makes me very proud to be aBaptistl

Ken Amador, EditorBaptist Bible College BannerSpringfield, Missouri

I Stimulating

I felt led to begin this New Year byletting you know how much I enjoy ll.liI thought several columns in theJanuary issue were especially stimulat-ing. The Soap Box section was very in-formative and eye-opening. I ap-preciated the candor and the caliber ofcontent and writing style. I have shareda copy with my pastor.

I felt very "moved to move" by JackWyrtzen's article.

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FIL I give my copies to our churchIibrary.

Dr. Betty KupperschmidtTirlsa, Oklahoma

I Out of Place

The "Before Abortion Was Legal"feature in December, while cleverat first glance, was certainly out ofplace in your magazine. The suggestionwas that instead of "The Magnificat,"

[see Luke 1:46-55] Mary may havecontemplated abortion. Also it nevermakes plain the Virgin Birth, but ratherrelates the story to an unwed pregnantgirl of our times.

Shame on your lack of discernmentin publishing this feature.

Arden McClureWarsaw. Indiana

I Gentiles condemned?

In response to Norman L. Geisler's"Should We Legislate Morality?" heerroneously states, "Nowhere in theBible are Gentiles ever condemned fornot keeping the law of Moses."

Mr. Geisler, please read Luke 3:19which states, "But Herod the tetrarch,being reproved by him [John theBaptistl for Herodias his brother Philip'swife, and for all the evils which Herodhad done." Now tell me, was Herod aJew or Gentile?

Michael G. MorganWest Allis, Wisconsin

I Material most helpful

Thank you for the two back issuesof your Jo'urnul with articles concern-ing pornography and adolescents. Thismaterial has been most helpful in doingmy paper.

The paper is finished and now I amtrusting for an '4."

Thank you again for your kindnessin helping me. God bless you all!

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Editor's note: Janice West's touch'ingtestimony of her h'usband's death onChri.stmas Eue (see "The Night theAngek Rej oiced" -December) is auail-able in the fonn oJ' a tract, ut th,eutst of 5 cents each. Tb order, writeJanice West, Rnute 2, Bor l8l, Euirtgktn,Viroinia 24550.

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- he Book of Jonah is the wonder-ful story of a rebellious mancalled of God to a snecific task.

God told Jonah to sail to Nineveh, a cityof wicked reputation, to preach revival.But Jonah did not want to go. In deliber-ate disobedience he decided to "fleefrom the presence ofthe Lord" and sailforTbrshish. You know the consequencesof his decision. There was a storm atsea. The sailors threw him overboard. Agreat f ish swallowed him up.

After three days in the fish's belly,Jonah's regrets finally gave wayto prom-ises. In desperation he dared to strikea bargain with God. "l will sacrificeunto thee with the voice of thanksgiv-ing; I will pay that that I have vowed."

Finally spit out on dry ground, Jonahmight well have wondered what was tobecome of him. IIe had been stubborn,bitter, rebellious, self-pitying. Whatcould he expect from God now?

'And the word of the Lord came untoJonah the second time" (Jonah 3:1). Thegreat message of the Book of Jonah isnot the storm at sea. It is not Jonah'sthree-day ordeal inside the great fish.The great message of the story of Jonahis that God gave him a second chance.

We have all approached God wonder-ing if He is not weary of hearing us askforgiveness for the same thing we beggedforgiveness for yesterday, and wonder-ing how long before God throws us out!

But He is the God of unlimited for-giveness and grace. God does not dealwith us as we often deal with oneanother. God never writes anyone offwho is sincerely willing to come to Himon the merits of Christ and His work onthe Cross. He is the God of the secondchance.

Psalm 51 is the great psalm of for-giveness, written by David followingtwo major sins in his life. David hadcommitted adultery with Bathsheba,

and later murder, when he maneuveredand caused the death of her husband,Uriah, in battle. Adultery and murder.

What would you do in David's shoes?You have been caught, tried, convicted.You are about to lose everything. Whatwould you write?

Don't ever let the Devilallow you to think that

God is finished with you.You may have let God

down. but He will neverlet you down.

Acknowledging his sin, David wrote,"1 acknowledge my transgression; andmy sin is ever before me" (v. 3). He didnot blame his failure on society orheredity or povefty or his environment.He didn't blame his poor home life. TheFather accepts your tears. He is not in-terested in your excuses.

Then David cried for mercy. "Forthou desirest not sacrifice; else wouldI give it: thou delightest not in burntoffering. The sacrifices of God are abroken spirit: a broken and a contriteheart, O God, thou wilt not despise"(vv. 16-17). David said if a sacrificewould take care of his problems ofadultery and murder he would slayevery animal in the kingdom. Butsacrifice would not work. Under OldTestament Law anyone caught inadultery was stoned to death. Davidcould only throw himself completely onthe mercy and the grace of God, hisonly hope. David prayed, "Wash methroughly from mine iniquity, andcleanse me from my sin. Purge me with

hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, andI shall be whiter than snow" (vv. 2,7).

After crying out for cleansing, Davidsaid, "Cast me not away from thy pres-ence; and take not thy holy spirit fromme. Restore unto me the joy of thy salva-tion; and uphold me with thy free spirit"(vv 11-12). David's burden was that Godmight separate Himself from him.

Did you ever feel as if God had leftyou? Now, the reality of your position inChrist is that God cannot and will notleave one of His children. But spiritually,as far as your relationship and your fel-Iowship, the Lord Jesus will turn His facefrom you, and will break that commun-ion He so desires you to have with Him.

But how wonderful, after you havereally blown it, to get God's forgivenessand start all over again. And God speaksto you the second time, the tenth time,and the one hundredth time. God will re-store you to fellowship.

What happens when a backsliddenChristian gets right with God and gets hissins under the blood and gets back intofellowship with the Lord? This goodthing happens. "Then will I teach trans-gressors thy ways; and sinners shall beconverted unto thee" (v. 13).

Don't ever let the Devil allow you tothink that God is finished with you. Youmay have let God down, but IIe willnever let you down. Whatever your sit-uation, no matter how you may havefailed the Lord, remember that His for-giveness and grace are unlimited. At theheight of the storm, when the drunkensailors throw you overboard, and a greatfish swallows you up and spits you out,God is waiting on the dry land to giveyou another chance.

Acknowledge your sin before Himand ask for mercy. He will cleanse youfrom your sin, restore you to fellowshipwith HimseH, and anoint you to renewedservice for His kingdom. I

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RmsuRREcrroNhere is a Tfojan horse inside the Christian camp.A new battle has broken out, and the enemy ison the inside, not the outside. Theological

termites are eating at the foundational pillar holding upthe superstructure of Christian truth. Alarming? Buttrue.

At least two m4jor Conservative denominations nowretain on their seminary faculties professors who denythat Jesus rose from the tomb in a literal, physical body.This signals a new and crucial battle inside the Chris-tian church-the battle for the Resurrection. Fightingfor the Resurrection is not new; fighting for it insideConservative circles is.

Of course, minor differences among Christians arenot worth fighting over. Saint Augustine rightly con-cluded, "In essentials unity; in nonessentials liberty,and in all things charity." By any count the Resurrec-tion of Christ is an essential doctrine. It is one of thegreat fundamentals of the faith. Thus, its denial threat-ens the very foundations of our Evangelical faith.

The Bible declares that the Resurrection is the veryheart of the gospel (1 Cor. 15:1-4) and is even a condi-tion of salvation (Rom. 10:9). Indeed, without the Resur-rection there is no salvation, and the whole of Chris-tianity crumbles if it is not true (1 Cor. 15:12-19). Theapostle Paul insisted that if Jesus did not rise bodily

by Norman L. Geisler

from the dead, then our faith is useless;we are still in our sins; our departedloved ones are lost; the apostles are falsewitnesses; and "we are of all men mostmiserable" (1 Cor. 15:14-19). This is asobering Iist of consequences for deny-ing the physical Resurrection of Christ.In short, if Christ did not arise bodilyfrom the tomb, Christianity is false, wecannot be saved, and there is no hopefor our bodily immortality (2 Tim. 1:10).

Biblical Evidence for the PhysicalNature ofthe Resurrection. The cur-rent battle for the physical Resurrectionof Christ behooves us to examine care-fully what the Bible teaches on thisfundamental doctrine. The biblicalbasis for the historic belief in thephysical, material nature of the Resur-rection body is overwhelming.

The tomb was em,pti,ed, of His physi,-cal body. Combined with the appear-ances of the crucified Christ, the emptytomb is a strong indication of the phys-ical nature of the Resurrection body ofChrist. The angels said, "He is not here:for he is risen, as he said. Come, see theplace where the Lord lay" (Matt. 28:6).Late4 Peter entered the tomb and "seeththe linen clothes lie, and the napkin,that was about his head, not Iying withthe linen clothes, but wrapped togetherin a place by itself" (John 20:6-7).

Jezus wos touched and handl,ed.Jesus challenged Thomas, "Reachhither thy finger, and behold my hands;and reach hither thy hand, and thrustit into my side" (John 20:27). Thomasresponded, "My Lord and my God"(v. 28). Mary was clinging to Jesusafter His Resurrection when He said toher, "Touch me not; for I am not yetascended to my Father" (John 20:17).Matthew says the women "held him bythe feet, and worshipped him" (Matt.28:9). On another occasion Jesus said,"Behold my hands and my feet, that itis I myself: handle me, and see" (Luke24:39).

Jests' Rnsurrection body could beseen and, heard. Not only could Jesus'Resurrection body be touched and han-dled, it could be seen and heard. Theusual words for "see" and "recognize"with the physical senses were usedwhen speaking of Jesus' Resurrectionbody. Indeed, it had the same unmistak-able scars of His Crucifixion (John20:27). Matthew records that "whenthey sou; him, they worshipped him"(Matt. 28:17). The two disciples recog-nized Him while eating together (Luke

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24:31), perhaps from His bodi,Iy moae-menrs(cf . v. 35). Mary apparently recog-nized Jesus from the tone of His uoi,ce(John 20:15-16). Thomas eventuallyrecognized Jesus from His Crucifi,rionscors (John 20:27-28). AII the disciplessaw and heard Him over a 40-day period

If Christ did not arisebodily from the tomb,

Christianify is false, wecannot be saaed, and

there is no hope for ourbodily immortality,

during which He gave "many infallibleproofs" that He was alive (Acts 1:3, cf.4 :2 ,20) .

Occasionally Jesus was not initiallyrecognized because of the emotional(Lrfte 24:17-2I) or spiritual (Luke24:25-26) condition of the disciples.However, in every instance He waseventually clearly recognized by His ap-pearance, voice, scars, and physical abil-ities as having the same body in whichHe had died.

Jesus' Resurrection body hadfleshand borws. Jesus' Resurrection bodywas a physical body of "flesh andbones," He said emphatically, "Handleme, and see; for a spirit hath not fleshand bones, as ye see me have" (Luke24:39). Then to prove to the disciplesthat He had a real physical body, Jesusasked them for food. "Have ye here anymeat? And they gave him a piece of abroiled fish, and of an honeycomb. Andhe took it, and did eat before them" (vv.4l-43). While Paul said that corruptible"flesh and blood" cannot inherit thekingdom of God (1 Cor. 15:50), neverthe-Iess, he affirmed that Christ rose ini,nrorntpti,bl,e human flesh (sorr, Acts2:3I; I Cor. 15:42). Making no distinc-tion between Christ's incarnate stateboth before and after His Resurrection,John warned that "many deceivers areentered into the world, who confess notthat Jesus Christ is come in the flesh"(2 John 7).

Jew,s atefour ti,mes after the Resur-rection. Christ ate food on at least fouroccasions after His Resurrection.

Jesus ate dinner with the two disciples(Luke 24:30). He ate later that eveningwith the ten apostles (Luke 24:42-43).Jesus ate breakfast with the sevenapostles (John 21:12-13). Finally, He atewith the apostles just before His Ascen-sion (Acts 1:4).

Chri,st's Resurcection body hadwounds. Christ's Resurrection body hadthe physical wounds from His Crucifix-ion. Indeed, this same body ascendedinto heaven where He is still seen as "aLamb as it had been slain" (Rev. 5:6).And when Christ returns it will be "thissame Jesus, which is taken up from youinto heaven" (Acts 1:11).

Contirrui,ty betueen dcad andrezurrected body. The New Testament makesa close and repeated connection be-tween the death and Resurrection ofChrist. Paul considered it of first impor-tance that "Christ died for oursins . . . that he was buried, and that herose again the third day" (1 Cor. 15:3-4).The same connection between the phys-ical body that was buried and the onethat was resurrected is repeated else-where (see Rom. 6:3-5; Col. 2:12).

Rezurrecti,on was Jrom among thed,ead, Resunection is often described as"from (ek) the dead" (cf. Mark 9:9;Luke24:46; John2:22; Acts 3:15; Rom.4:24; I Cor. 15:12). This means thatJesus was resurrected out from amongthe dead ones, from the grave wherecorpses are buried (Acts 13:29-30). Thissame phrase is used to describe Laza-rus's being raised "from the dead"(John 12:1).

Conti,nuity between the body sownand raised. First Corinthians 15:35-44implies an identity between the physi-cal body that is buried and the one thatis resurrected. Paul compares thepreresurrection and postresurrectionstates to a seed that is sown and theplant that comes from it, which is inmaterial continuity with it. This analogystrongly suggests a physical identity be-tween the preresurrection and post-resurrection body. The text says clearlythat the body that is "sown in corrup-tion" is "raised in incorruption" (v. 42).That is, the body that is resurrected isthe same body that was sown.

Loued ones uiII be physi,cally recog-ni,zed i,n heauen. The believer's resur-rection body will be like Christ's (Phil.3:21). Thus, His Resurrection bodymust be physical, since the Bible indi-cates that we will recognize our lovedones in heaven. Paul encouages the

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The New Tbstament use of the wordbody (soma). When referring to an in-dividual human, the Greek word forphysical body (soma) is always used ofa physical body in the New Tbstament.But Paul also uses sozrzo to describe theResurrection body of Christ (1 Cor.15:42-44), thus indicating his belief thatit was a physical body.

The biblical evidence for the physi-cal, material nature of the Resurrectionbody is overwhelming. Any denial of itis unbiblical and unorthodox. We can-not accept deviation from this positionon such a fundamental doctrine.

The Importance of the PhysicalNature of the Resurrection. Does itreally make any difference whetherJesus rose in a material body or in animmaterial one? As long as we believethat Christ conquered death, isn't thatenough? Actually, the significance of thephysical Resurrection of Christ is far-reaching, and the implications of itsdenial are fundamental to orthodoxChristianity.

The problem of Creati.on Godcreated a material world and pro-nouncedit "verygood" (Gen. 1:31). Butsin brought decay and death (Gen. 2:17;Rom. 5:12). The whole of materialcreation was subjected to bondage be-cause of man's sin (Rom. 8:18-22).However, through redemption, decayand death will be reversed. For "thecreature itself also shall be deliveredfrom the bondage of corruption" (v. 21).That is, God will reverse the curse onmaterial creation by a material resurrec-tion. Anything less than the resurrec-tion of the material body would notrestore God's perfect creation ofmankind as a material creation.

The problun of saluation. The NewTestament teaches that belief in thebodily Resurrection of Christ is a con-dition for salvation (Rom. 10:9-10). It ispart of the essence of the gospel itself(1 Cor. 15:1-5). But the New Testamentunderstanding of "body" (somn) was ofa literal, physical body. Hence, a denialof the physical bodily Resurrection ofChrist undercuts the very gospel itself.

The problem of immortality. IfChrist did not rise in the same physical

body in which He was crucified, wehave no hope that we will be victoriousover physical death either. Only throughthe physical Resurrection of Christ canthe believer triumphantly proclaim, "Odeath, where is thy sting? O grave,where is thy victory?" (1 Cor. 15:55).

By any count theResurrection of Christ

is an essential doctrine.The whole of

Christianity crumblesif it is not tnrc,

The problem of dnception No onecan look squarely at the gospel recordof Christ's post-Resurrection appear-ances and deny that Jesus tried to con-vince the skeptical disciples that He hada real physical body. He showed themHis hands and feet, and invited them totouch Him (Luke 24:39). He ate in theirpresence (Luke 24:41- 43). He challengedThomas to touch His wounds and be-lieve (John 20:27).

If Jesus' Resurrection body wasreally only an immaterial body, then Hewas knowin$y misleading His disciples.That is, He was intentionally Ieadingthem to believe what He knew was nottrue. In short, if Jesus' Resurrectionbody was not a literal, physical body, Hewas lying.

The problnm of the Incarnntion. Thedenial of the material nature of theResurrection body is a serious doctrinalerror. John speaks to it when he warnsagainst those who deny that "JesusChrist is come in the flesh" (1 John 4:2,cf. 2 John 7). The use of the perfecttense implies that Christ came in theflesh and still remains (after His Resur-rection) in the flesh. Hence, denyingChrist had a material body either beforeor after His Resurrection is a denial ofthe full humanity of Christ.

Th,e problem of aerificati,orz. If Christdid not rise in the same physical bodythat was placed in the tomb, the Resur-rection loses its value as a proof of Hisclaim to be God (John 8:58; 10:30). Forthe Resurrection cannot verify Jesus'claim to be God unless He was resur-rected in the body in which He was

crucified. That body was a literal,physical body. Hence, unless Jesus rosein a material body there is no way toverify His Resurrection. It loses itsapologetic value.

Not only did Jesus present HisResurrection as the proof of His claims(Matt. 12:40), but for the apostles HisResurrection appearances were "manyinfallible proofs" (Acts 1:3). Whenpresenting the claims of Christ, theyused the fact of His bodily Resurrectionas the basis of their argument over andover again (see Acts 2:22-36; 4:2, l0;13:32-41; 17 :l-4, 22-31). Paul concludedthat God "hath given assurance unto allmen in that he hath raised him from thedead" (Acts 17:31). Resurrection in animmaterial body is no proof that Christconquered the death of His materialbody (see 1 Cor. 15:54-56). In brief, animmaterial Resurrection body is notevidentially different from no Resurrec-tion body at all.

All or Not At All. Any denial of thephysical bodily Resurrection of Christ isa serious matter. Denial within Conser-vative Christian circles is even moreserious. This is particularly true whenthe traditional term "bodily Resurrec-tion" is used to affirm that view. For"bodily" has always meant a physical,material body. After all, spiritualmeans immaterial, and physical meansmaterial. Therefore, to speak in thissense of a spiritual or immaterial bodyis nonsense. Either Christ rose in Hissame material body or He did not riseat all. As the poet John Updike put it:

"Mohe no mistahe; if He rose at all

it was as His body,

if the cells' dissolution did not

reDerse, the molecules

rehnit, the amino acids rehindle,

the Church will fall."

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(John 15:13) .On the night before Christ's death,

the Jews celebrated the Passoverand ate the Passover meal. As thedisc ip les gathered wi th Jesus Hewashed their feet to teach them hu-mility (John 13:1-20). When they ateHe announced His betrayal and madeHis last appeal to Judas Iscariot,who would betray Him (John 13:21-29).That n ight Jesus in t roduced theordinance of the Lord's Supper (Luke22:17-20) and gave them the UpperRoom Discourse (John 14-16), whichcontained the embryonic teachingsof the church age, including a lifeof love, fruitfulness, yet persecution.Right to the end Jesus was involved intraining the TWelve.

Jesus Ieft the Upper Room andwalked with His disciples as a group forthe last time. They headed for theMount of Ol ives. Af ter t ravel ingtogether for over three years, the grouphad already begun to break up. Judashad gone to arrange for the soldiers toarrest Jesus. Those who remained madetheir way to a favorite spot of prayer.Perhaps seeing the vines climbing theside of the building prompted Jesus tosay, "l am the true vine" (John 15:1)and He taught His disciples about theabiding life. Recognizing the sorrowthey would soon experience, He told Hisdisciples He was going to send the"Comforter" (John 16). Together theyarrived in the garden to pray.

Jesus prayed for the events He wouldsoon be experiencing, for the accom-plishment of the will of God in His life,for His disciples, and for those whowould someday become His disciples. Heprayed for those of us today who seekto live for Him in our society. Finally, Heprayed for Himself. He understood the

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Tmn SrvrN [nsrWoRDS oF Cmn[STThe last words a person speaks before dying reveal what is important

to him. Christ spoke seven times from the cross, These seven last wordsof Christ reflect His divine-human nature, His love for the world, and thepurpose for which He came-our salvation.

Forgiveness. ''Father, forgtve them; for they know not what they do"(Luke 23:34). This prayer included forgiveness for the soldiers who hurtHim, for the Jews who tried Him, for Pilate who condemned Him, forthe disciple who forsook Him, and for the world that ignored Him.

Acceptance. One of the thieves being crucified with Jesus realizedhe was also spiritually condemned. Though he had earlier mocked Christ,he now asked for forgiveness. Jesus responded, "Tbday shalt thou be withme in paradise" (Luke 23:43). God is bound by His nature to punishevery sin, but in contrast He is also bound by His nature to forgive allwho repent and call for forgiveness.

Human Responsibility. As He hung on the cross, Jesus saw His motherstanding by the apostle John. Thrning to them, "He saith unto his mothe4Woman, behold thy son!" (John 19:26). The firstborn was responsible forthe parents' care. Since Jesus had lived a sinless life, in death He wouldnot forget to honor His mother (Exod. 20:12).

Separation. God cannot look on sin. When the sin of the world wasplaced on Christ, the heavenly Father could not look on His Son. Fulfill-ing prophecy, Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsakenme?" (Ps. 22:1). Death does not mean to cease to exist. Death means "toseparate," and in this cry Jesus revealed that He was experiencing theconsequence of sin-separation from God. At that moment Jesus dealtwith the sins of the world and was alienated from God.

Suffering. "I thirst" (John 19:28). Jesus' cry of thirst reflects thatHe was not supernaturally exempt from suffering. Some assume thatJesus did not suffer to the Iimit of physical endurance because He wasGod. Yet Jesus probably suffered more intense pain because He was nota hardened sinner, but a perfect human. Most Bible scholars believeJesus cried for something to drink so He would have strength to makeHis victorious benediction.

Victory. "It is finished" (John 19:30). Christ had accomplished salva-tion for the human race! He had bruised the head of the Serpent (Gen.3:15). He had demonstrated the love of God (John 3:16). He had satisfiedthe demands of God's holiness (Rom. 5:8). Jesus had fulfilled the Old lbsta-ment prediction of a coming Messiah. The suffering of the past six hourswas over. He had become the final sacrifice for sin. Symbolically, the veilin the temple was rent from top to bottom (from God to man) whenJesus cried, "It is finished."

Completion. The final word from the cross was a prayer of benedic-tion. 'And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, intothy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up theghost" (Luke 23:46). Jesus had completed what He had begun to do. AsChrist died He committed His spirit to God. As a result of the death ofChrist, we can approach God with confidence that He is approachable.As Jesus committed His death to God, so we can commit our lives to Him.

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any relevance where Christ is Lord of all. Whatever isnot reflective of this reality would be totally out of placein His kingdom of perfect love. Joyous song simplyaccents the harmonic union of creation with the gloryof God.

The New Jerusalem. The sound of singing in-creased, John Bunyan writes inThe Pilgrim's Progress,as Christian and Hopeful entered the land of Beulah,beyond the Valley of the Shadow of Death. When theireyes finally beheld the city of God, such was its beautythat they fell sick with happiness, crying out becauseof their pangs, "If you see my Beloved, tell Him I amsick with love." So glorious was the city, reflected in thebrilliant sunlight of the cloudless day, that they couldnot as yet with open face look upon it, but had to usean instrument made for the purpose.

John the apostle probably has something of thissame feeling as the vision of the church, now marriedto the Lamb, comes to its conclusion. He sees "a newheaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and thefirst earth were passed away; and there was no moresea" (Rev. 2l : I ; cf . Isa. 65:17; Mark 13:31; 2 Peter 3:12).It is not the annihilation of the old cosmos, but itstransfiguration*resolving the universe into its basicsubstance, splitting its atoms, freeing its elements from

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Into this glorified atmosphereappears "the holy city, the newJerusalem, coming down from Godout of heaven, prepared as a brideadorned for her husband" (Rev.2l:2).The divine nature of holinesscharacterizes the habitation ofGod's elect. No one who is uncleancan enter this home of the saints(Rev. 21:8; 22:15). That it is calleda city, a community of shareddependence and responsibility,reflects the corporate nature of thechurch. Prefigured by the holy cityof David, where "great is the Lord,and greatly to be praised" (R. 48:1),the New Jerusalem will never bemarred by deceit nor disrupted bydisunity.

God with Us. John's gaze is stillfixed on the city when he hearssomeone speaking out of thethrone. "Behold, the tabernacle ofGod is with men, and he will dwellwith them, and they shall be hispeople" (Rev. 21:3). The announce-ment recalls a promise madethrough Moses. "I will set my taber-nacle among you, and my soul shallnot abhor you. And I will walkamong you, and will be your God,and ye shall be my people" (Lev.26:II-12). John picks up thisfamiliar association in his gospel."The Word was made flesh, anddwelt among us, (and we beheld hisglory, the glory as of the only begot-ten of the Father,) full of grace andtruth" (John 1:14). When he usesthe analogy again in the Revelation,he is affirming that Emmanuel hascome to abide with His peopleforever.

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tears from the eyes of His own (Rev.2I:4). AII the sufferings will begone; "sorrow and sighing will fleeaway" (Isa.35:10). Recall, too, thatjust prior to this new creation thechurch has witnessed the last judg-ment and final separation of those

Joyous song simplyaccents the harmonic

union of creationtnith the glory of God.Nothing in heaaen caneaer cause a tremor

not trusting in the Lamb (Rev.20:11-15). The trauma of that ex-perience can only be imagined-seeing people who were loved onearth assigned to the lake of fire.Our comfort is in knowing that Godwill erase the sadness of that part-ing from the memories of His peo-ple. Every aching heart is healed inthe balm of Gilead.

So far above our present earthlyexperience is the glorified state,that like the character of God, it canbest be conceived in negatives. Tbthink that there will be no moredeath! The last enemy of the soulhas been banished; the grave haslost its sting (cf. Isa. 25:8; I Cor.15:54). Neither shall there be anymore mourning, nor crying, norpain, "for the former things arepassed away" (Rev. 21:4). AII theagonizing effects of sin are goneforever. There is not even asemblance of the raging sea. Thatbarrier to the Promised Land andemblem of the world's evil order haspassed away (Rev. 21:1). Nothing inheaven can ever cause a tremor inthe everlasting song.

The Beauty of the City. AsJohn takes a closer look at thebridal-bedecked city, he observesthat it is resplendent with "theglory of God" (Rev. 21:9-11), anallusion to the all-encompassingdivine Presence (cf. Ezek. 43:5). Itbrings to mind Isaiah's promise,

'Arise, shine; for thy light is come,and the glory of the Lord is risenamong you" (Isa. 60:1; cf. vv. 2, 19).The brilliant light issuing from thesaints is likened to the radiance ofcrystal-clearjaspe4 a beautiful hueassociated with the nature of God(Rev. 4:3).

The same precious stone makesup the wall encompassing the glori-ous Presence. Measuring 144 cubits,or 72 yards, it conveys a sense ofsecurity for those within (Rev.2l:I2, L7 , 18). Though the size of thewall is not large compared to theheight of the city, still it is too highto scale, making access possible onlythrough the proper entrances. Themultiple number of 12 speaks of theheavenly communion of God's peo-ple. This is further reflected by thefoundations of the wall, which areinlaid with jewels that roughlyparallel the 12 gems in the breast-plate of the high priest (Rev.2I:19-20; cf. Exod. 28:L7-20).

In the wall are 12 gates, eachcomposed of a single pearl (Rev.2l:12, 21), expressive of the en-trance into the kingdom throughthe redeeming blood of Christ. Thegates are arranged in three groups,separately open to the east, thenorth, the south, and the west, forthe gospel reaches to all people andnations; and the gates will never beclosed (Rev. 2l:12-13, 25). Stationedat the gates are 12 sentinel angels,the ministering servants of God.Written on the gates are the namesof the 12 tribes of the sons of Israel,the heirs of the covenant (Rev.2l:I2; cf. Ezek. 48:30-34). Inscribedon the foundation stones of the wallare the names of the 12 apostles ofthe Lamb, underscoring the faithand mission of the church (Rev.2l:14). By engraving the names ofthe tribes and the apostles upon thecity's structure, God again bringsinto beautiful focus the unity of Hiswork throughout history.

Careful attention is given to thefact that the city lies four-square,"the length and the breadth andthe height of it are equal" (Rev.21:16), doubtless an allusion to thecube-like architecture of the Holy ofHolies (1 Kings 6:20). Yet in contrastto the small cubicle of the earth's

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take a hard look at the idea when their childrenbecome teenagers.

Is it correct to think of our children as gifts fromGod? Or perhaps parents are really gifts to their chil-dren. What about Bible passages like "Lo, children arean heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the wombis his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mightyman; so are children of the youth. Happy is the manthat hath his quiver full of them" (R. 127:3-5).

Granted, trying to figure out who the gifts are inthe family could get a little confusing. Maybe it wouldhelp to recognize that there are many kinds of gifts,many kinds of children, and many kinds of parents.

Think of gifts as being in one of two categories, con-sumable and nonconsumable. Consumable $fts aredesigned to be used up by the one who receives them. That new bicycle, the box of cook-ies from Grandma, the new sweater many moms make children buy with Christmas money.These are gifts we expect to use up.

Children are not consumable gifts. Children are gifts from God given in the expectationthat parents will preserve and develop them. Children are gifts in the same sense that afamily heirloom is a gift. You know, the one up on your mantle that no one is allowed totouch and may only look at with permission. Children are gifts in the sense that savingsbonds are gifts, designed to be kept safe for years and years, growing little by little, waitingto come to maturity.

Children are nonconsumable gifts, designed specifically to bless parents, but not tobe used up by parents. Children are gifts that must not be used up by physical or sexualabuse, ne$ect, exploitation, or an early and unnecessary death. Children are not to beused up by parents who draw their strength and love from them, rather than givingstrength and love to them. Children are not to be used by parents who want to be childrenagain, and have someone take care of them and love them, someone to serye as a bufferbetween parent and the outside world. Children are nonconsumable gifts from God.

But there are other kinds of family gifts, the consumable ones. Farents axe gfts given byGod to children and are designed to be used in the gfowth and development of those

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"Kids tod have it made! When I wasyoung I walked to school. Thetrip was uphill both ways-twomiles in and three coming

back-through snow or rain or when the temperature was 90 in the shade. I startedbefore daybreak, after doing famrly chores for two hours. . . "

When we reach the backside of 35 we tend to glorify our past and cast our characterin glowing terms. Then we decry the ease of life for today's youth. But frankly, mostof us are more prosperous than our parents were. Weyearn for "the good old days," but readily admit that"the past remembers better than it lived."

Whm I was a bog (yes, my kids hate those words,too), ice cream in any form or flavor was a specialtreat. My kids, on the other hand, prefer Breyers,Baskin-Robbins. or Tbxas Gold if it is available. 'And

by the way, make that a sugar cone!" Now I preferBreyers in a sugar cone, too, unless lbxas Gold is avail-able. As a child I occasionally saw color television inthe city department store or at a wealthy friend'shouse. Now my kids feel abused when they can't findour VCR's wireless remote control device. An im-proved standard of living is a reality for most families.

So what? My options and opportunities as a boy also dwarfed my father's. At leastthat is what he always told me. After hearing one of his lectures on life "when I wasa boy," I used to ask myself these questions. "If life for boys under those conditionswas so gteat, why did you change it for me?" "Did I ask to experience this 'poisonous'

prosperitf " 'Am I supposed to feel guilty because I don't have it as 'rough' as you hadit?" These were legitimate questions for me then, and they are legitimate for my sonnow. They demand an answer. We work hard to give our kids added conveniences, andthen we work hard to make them feel guilty for e4joying them. That's not right. Occa-sionally sharing the hardships of past generations is valuable. But let's resist the temp-tation to dump a load of guilt on our kids about the prosperity we provide for them.

But this comfortable life grows increasin$y complex. Paradoxically, the same teenwho e4ioys an easier life also faces a harder one. Personal stress replaces physical sweat.The sea of prosperity engulfing today's youth is polluted with the devastating debrisof accelerated sexuality, drugs, and teenage suicide, Sorting through and overcomingthese problems requires deeply rooted spiritual values and strong character traits. Chil-dren with shallow valueg selfish goals, and insensitive spirits will not survive spiritually.

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Parenting through prosperity is ourresponsibility. We gave our children "thethings we never had," and that can begood. It can demonstrate love and dedi-cation to family. But material prosperityis no substitute for spiritual riches.Spiritual gifts are costly and never "onsale." There are no clearance prices oncharacter and discipline. Shortcuts andsimple solutions usually fail. Convictionsgrow slowly, reluctantly, and sometimespainfully. A Christian parent mustdemonstrate a dynamic personal rela-tiorship with Jesus Chdst. What a youngperson sees in reality overshadows whathe hears theologically. We can best pre-vent character drop-out in our childrenby guarding against character drop-outin our own lives.

Through guidance and by example,we can teach many important charactertraits to our children in the normal regi-men of life. By diligently designing newand effective ways to teach eternalvalues we can provide them with thespiritual depth of character they need tosurvive the prosperous life we also pro-vide for them.

The joy of sacrificial giving to theLord's work is one value easily lost in thepresence of prosperity. I regularly sawmy parents give beyond what was com-fortable for them. I don't know how fre-quently my children see me givesacrificially to God's kingdom. Proverbs3:9 tells us to honor the Lord with our"substance." We normally give to Godfrom our surplus, but He desires our sub-stance. There is a difference. Have yourchildren ever seen you give to the Lord'swork to the point where your Iifestylewas altered because of your giving? I'mafraid my children see little of that. Yoursprobably don't either.

Trusting God to provide is anothervalue we ne$ect in the midst of plenty.The Bible says, "My God shall supply allyour need" (Phil, 4:19). Our kids seejobsprovide, but do they ever see Godprovide? We recognize that God providesthe job, but I'm afraid our young peo-ple see God as Provider only for theneedy. "Poor people need God, but mydad's got a good job!" When was the lasttime you prayed down a special provi-sion from God, one you could have pur-chased but you chose to ask God to pro-vide? By allowing God to provide in aunique way, we give our children theopportunity to witness Him at work.

Work has intrinsic value and pro-duces satisfaction. Technology has

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sucked the sweat out of most chores.Prosperous young people need to learnthat hard work builds character andemotional satisfaction. The Bible says'"The sleep of a labouring man is sweet"(Eccl. 5:12). God made us that way. Hardlabor is nearly a lost activity among the

Material Wospefity isno substitute forspiritual riches,Spiritual gifts arc costly,There arc no clearancepfices on characterand discipline,

young. Our children must see that hardwork pays off, but they also must learnthat not all hard work pays off now.Some work pays off slowly in the intan-gible currency of character development.

In this day when 16-year-olds canthumb their noses at four dollars an hour,we must show them that work has intrin-sic value. Work does not always producemoney. Work produces discipline, dili-gence, and service. Kids who measurevalue only monetarily will rarely con-sider full-time Christian service uls an op-tion. We must transmit to our childrenthat most work has value in itself.

Service is a disappearing diamond.Prosperous people pay for servicesrather than perform them, My 5-year-olddid not rea\ze we could actually washa car by hand at home. Tb him, washingthe car meant driving it through somehuge mechanical contraption. I neverhad time to do it by hand. The same istrue for garbage collection service. Mykids did not know we could collect anddispose of our own garbage. While welived in the city and paid city taxes, theythought this was a free service offeredby government to all humanity. I am notboycotting car washes or garbage collec-tion services. I am simply illustrating howeasily our kids develop a pay-to-have-it-done mentality.

We must not lose sight of the valueof servanthood. Our children have no vi-sion of service because many parentshave blurred vision. Children rarely seeus serving others. We reluctantly volun-

teer at church or in the communitY.Remember the Lord's statement, "Who-soever would be chief among You, lethim be your servant" (Matt. 20:27).Thevalue of Christlike servanthood can beeasily lost in parenting the prosperous.Parents must exemplify and promote ser-vanthood as a valuable Christian virtue.

Prosperity promotes things overpeople. Christianity teaches the oppo-site. Our culture emphasizes thirrys. Per-sonal possessions outrank personalrelationships in most people's priorities.Tblk to young people and you will findthat luxury cars, expensive clothes, anda fat paycheck are the important goals.Establishing Christian families, churches,or mission endeavors are incidental, atbest. This is mainly our fault as parents.Tbchnology delivers a host of marvelousthings to our doors. We enjoy and unfor-tunately even adore these things. But wemust reemphasize people and relation-ships with our children, rather than thethrill of accumulating possessions.

Develop a monthly family gatheringwith another family. Enlarge the circleof friendships. Encourage sensitivity topeople who hurt and have special needs.Visit a rest home or a children's hospi-tal. Do it on your own, as a family. Don'twait for the church. It is your job as aparent. Make it fun.

Jesus came to seek, save, and servepeople-not things. He spent none of Histime accumulating possessions. He hadno time for trivial pursuits. His missioninvolved people. We cannot follow in Hissteps unless we do the same.

Sacrificial giving must continue.God's Word commands it, and His minis-try depends on it. We must recognize andseek God's provision for our families.Work must become a valuable activityagain, not merely a vehicle to earnmoney. Up with servanthood. Let's beeager about serving others at church andin the community. Things must not out-bid people in purchasing our time andenergy. AII of these values are at par-ticular risk during prosperity, as the"good life" unwittingly replaces thegodly life. Parenting through prosperi-ty requires special effort and discern-ment. Only constant diligence canpreserve eternal values. May God helpus to be victorious, for our children andthe kingdom of God.

I Larry L. Kiser is administrator ofSouthside Christian School in Green-ville, South Carolina.

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Missionary Explorer. He Opened the Heart of Africa.

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plorer who traveled widelyin south central Africa acentury ago. We may evenhave laughed over the storyof the meeting of the Ameri-can newspaper repor terHenry Morton Stanley, of theNew York Hera\d, with anailing Livingstone near theend of his life. So surprisedthat he had actually foundthe person he had beensearching for that he was ata Ioss for words, and couldonly say, "Dr. Livingstone, Ipresume."

Recent biographies ofLivingstone have diminishedthe image of the faultless,bold, courageous hero whoreturned to Engand in 1856from his first trip to Africato the cheers of thousandswho saw him as the embodi-ment of all Britain's ideals.They portray him as a mandriven by the desire for per-sonal recognition as the firstEuropean to have explored large parts ofAfrica.

Tim Jeal, author of a highly critical1973 biography of Livingstone, wrote,"Sometimes it is hard not to be chilledby his resilience and almost inhumanperseverance." Even when sick with thefever of malaria, he would drive himselfand his African attendants on throughswamps and rain to reach a goal thatwould have daunted even a healthy man.

Livingstone was born into urbanpoverty in the small suburb of Blantyre,southeast of Glasgow, on March 19, 1813.He was reared with six brothers and

sisters in one room on the top floor ofa tenement building. When he was 10 heworked 14 hours a day at a cotton mill.

Not more than 10 to 15 percent of thechildren in such working-class Scottishhomes could even read or write. Bysheer determination and perseverance,however, Livingstone went to schoolafter work, taught himself Latin, andstudied Hebrew, Greek, theology, andmedicine at the University of Glasgowand related schools.

When his father left the Church ofScotland to join a stricter independentcongregation, David did too.

Hearing an appeal for medicalmissionaries, the young man applied to

Though ordaineda medicalmissionary in7840, DavidLivingstone'sdriving desire wasto discover andopen up inroadsto the heart ofAfrica for thebenefit of futuremissionaryendeavors. March75 marks the148th anniversaryof his first arrivalin Africa.

the London MissionarySociety and was ordainedon November 20, 1840. ByMarch 15, 1841, he arrivedin Cape TLrwn, South Africa,after a three-month trip.Not long afte4 he landed at

Port Elizabeth, 450 miles to the east.Incredible as it may now seem,

Livingstone traveled to Kuruman, a mis-sion station over 500 miles north of PortElizabeth, and was told to wait for thearrival of Robert Moffat, its senior mis-sionary who was in England at the time.Moffat did not arrive until late 1844,three and a half years later, and thedirectors of the mission had left no in-structions as to what Livingstone was todo!

Livingstone's shortcomings as a tradi-tional missionary and his conclusion thatGod wanted him to become an explorer,to work "beyond every other man's lineof things," date from his struggles

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during this time.Moffat, the most respected mission-

ary in southern Africa, had spoken$owin$y of the 20 yean he spent creat-ing Kuruman. Livingstone was crushedby the reality of the situation-a nativecongregation of about 350, only 40 ofwhom were actual converts! Missionarypublications had painted glowing pic-tures of conversions, and nothing of theproblems missionaries faced in trying toreach people whose culture they under-stood badly at best.

In addition, Livingstone faced aproblem that sti l l plagues missionarywork-he found it hard to get alongwith other missionaries.

Early Explorations. Before Moffatarrived Livingstone went north withanother missionary and by 1842 hadalready gone farther north than anyother known white man. Thus beganthe first of four major expeditions.

In 1844 he was mauled by a lion atMabotsa, where he had hoped to starthis own mission station. Shortly afterMoffat arrived at Kuruman, Livingstonemarried his daughter Mary. Theirs was

not to be a happy marriage for her. Shestuck with David for seven years, evencrossing the dangerous Kalahari desert(in what is now Botswana) with him andthree young children when she waspregnant with a daughter they laterlost. She returned to Scotland in 1852,

By sheer determinationand perseverance

Livingstone went toschool after work, taughthimself Latin, and studiedHebrew, Greek, theology,

and medicine.

lived in poverty with the children, andmoved from place to place. Later in lifeshe became an alcoholic. She died ofmalaria at the age of 41 in a last effortto be with her husband on one of hisexpeditions.

Quarreling with his fellow mis-

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sionary at Mabotsa, Livingstone decidedto go 40 miles north to Chonuane at theinvitation of Sechele, a tribal chief whowas to become Livingstone's only "con-veft" to Christianity. Sechele had osten-sibly dismissed all five of his wives, thefirst so he could be baptized. SomewhatIater one of the dismissed wives wasdiscovered to be pregnant by him. Thisso discouraged Livingstone that he felthe was a failure as a missionary. Hebecame convinced that God wanted himto open up the interior of Africa toprepare the way for missionaries andtrade. He felt this would be the only wayAfricans would be convinced of thesuperiority of Christianity and acceptChrist.

The Cross-Africa Expedition.Livingstone's greatest achievement wasto be the first white man to cross southcentral Africa-or so he thought, untilit was later learned that the Portugueseslave trader Silva Porto had made thejourney a few years earlier.

After leaving Sechele he made threetrips north between 1849 and 1851 toLinyanti near the Zambezi River at thepoint where present-day Botswana,Zambia, and Namibia come together.Linyanti was the home of the Makololopeople.

To redeem himself for having failedas a conventional missionary Living-stone felt he had to find a route to makethe interior accessible to future mission-aries and tradem and put an end to slavetrade.

I{e decided to seek a route to theAtlantic coast, and headed northwest-ward. Between November 11, 1853, andMay 31, 1854, Livingstone and his smallpatty of Makololo assistants covered overa thousand miles after a strenuous trekthat would have killed many men. Whenhe arrived in Luanda on the west coastof Angola he was close to death. Thereis a three-week gap in his journal dur-ing which he seems to have been tooweak to write anything.

The moment his health permitted,Livingstone decided to head east acrossthe whole continent! He now knew thatan easy west-coast passage to the in-terior was impossible. He also hadpromised Sekeletu, the Mokololo chief,that he would return his men. But mostimpoftant, Livingstone was determinedto be the first white man to crossAfrica, and he was determined to findan east-coast alternative route into theheart of Africa.

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On September 20, 1854, he leftLuanda to reach Linyanti nearly a yearlater. Sekeletu was glad to see Living-stone and equipped him for his east-coast journey. His most spectaculardiscovery on this journey was the water-fall the people called "the smoke that

His African servantsfound him dead

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thunders," but which Livingstoneproudly named Victoria Falls, afterhis queen. The group reached Quili-mane in Mozambique on May 20, 1856,and Livingstone sai led home toEngland and a hero's welcome onDecember 9.

The London Missionary Societydid not know what to do with theirunconventional missionary. He certainlyhelped them raise funds, but he wasnot doing missionary work as theyunderstood it. During his stay inEngland Livingstone wrote a bookabout his experiences, Missi,onaryTrauels and Rnsearches i,n SouthAfrica, which became a best-seller. TheRoyal Geographical Society, which hadwelcomed his reports from Africa, andpublished accounts of his travels in thenation's newspapers, arranged to gethim an appointment as British Consulat Quilimane for the East Coast andcommander of an expedition for ex-ploring eastern and central Africawith the goal of extinguishing slavetrade in the area. Livingstone thusleft the mission.

The Zambezi Expedition. LeavingBritain for Quilimane on March 12,1858, with six Europeans and a paddlesteamer called the "Ma-Robert" (inhonor of Mrs. Livingstone, mother

of their son Robert), Livingstonewas better equipped than he had everbeen.

The steamer was not suitable for theZambezi and ignited tensions that wereready to explode. Livingstone fired halfhis European team and abandoned theZambezi for the Shire and RovumaRivers, without succeeding in finding anappropriate British entry into centralsouthern Africa. His wife and leadingmembers of a Universities' Mission toCentral Africa died because they wereunable to get out of a malaria-infestedpart of Africa.

The British government recalled theexpedition as a failure in 1863. Living-stone sold the "Lady Nyassa" in Bom-bay, India, which he had purchasedwith his own money to replace thedefective "Ma-Robert." In spite of hisfailure to accomplish the assigned task,he did amass a valuable body of scien-t i f ic knowledge, and present-dayMalawi grew out of his expedition.

Expedition to Find the Source ofthe Nile. After two years in BritainLivingstone arrived in Africa for the lasttime on January 28, 1866. Setting outfrom the Rovuma River on the borderbetween Mozambique and what isnow Tbnzania, he explored Lake Nyasaand Lake Thnganyika. The theft ofhis medicine chest would have led tohis death, had not Stanley of theHerald found him and given him foodand medicine for his illness.

Stanley pled with him to leaveAfr ica, but Liv ingstone refused,obsessed by his desire to find the Nile'ssource. His African servants found himdead kneeling by his bedside in prayeron May 1, 1873. They buried his heartin Africa and carried his body for ninemonths to the coast, where it wasshipped to England and buried in West-minster Abbey after a grand Victorianfuneral.

Though no Ionger seen as a greatmissionary, David Livingstone did openup the heart of Africa to future mission-aries, so that today the Protestantchurches of the region are among thestrongest in the world.

I Leslie R. Keylock is associate pro-fessor of Bible and theology atMoody Bible Institute in Chicago, anddirector of Moody Write-to-PublishConference.

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Dr. H. L. WillmingtonVi,ce Pre sident, Li.bert a Uni uersitufli rector. Intemational Bi ble C en.ter

I Epigrams On Successolf you want a place in the sun, you

have to expect some blisters. -Rototor

oThe secret of success is to do thecommon things uncommonly well.

-fohn D. Rockefeller, |r.

oSuccess is getting what you want outof life without violating the rights ofothers.

oThe measure of success is notwhether you have a tough problem to dealwith, but whether it's the same problemyou had last year.

!Gospel In MiniatureLuther bal led fohn 3:16 " the heart of

the Bib le- the Gospel in min iature." I t 'sso s imple a chi ld can understand i t : yet i tcondenses the deep and marvelous truthsof redemption into these few pungentwords:

"Cod" The greatest Lover"So loved" The greatest degree"The world" . .. . . The greatest number"Tha t He 8ave " . . . . . . The g rea tes t ac t"His only begotten Son". . The greatest

"That whosoever" The greatest invita-t ion

"Be l ieve th" . . . . The grea tes t s imp l ic i t y" ln Him" . . The greatest Person"Should not perish" The greatest

deliverance"But" . . The greatest dif ference"Have" . The greatest certainty"Everlast ing Life" The greatesl

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f ttow Each Apostle DiedAll of the apostles were insulted by the

enemies of their Master. They were cal ledto seal their doctrines with their bloodand nobly did they bear the tr ial .

Matthew suffered martyrdom by beingslain with a sword at a distant ci ty ofEthiopia.

Mark exp i red a t A lexandr ia , a f te rbeing cruelly dragged through the streetsof that ci ty.

Luke was hanged upon an ol ive tree inthe classic land of Greece.

f ohn was put in a caldron of boi l ing oi l ,but escaped death in a miraculous man-ner. and was afterward banished to Pat-mos.

Peter was crucif ied at Rome with hishead downward.

fames, the Griater, was beheaded atf erusalem,

fames, the Less, was thrown from alofty pinnacle of the temple, and thenbeaten to death with a ful ler 's club.

Bartholomew was f layed al ive.Andrew was bound to a cross, whence

he preached to his persecutors unti l hedied.

Thomas was run through the bodywith a lance at Coromandel in the EastIndies.

fude was shot to death with arrows.Matthias was f irst stoned and then

beheaded.Barnabas of the Genti les was stoned to

death at Salonica.Paul, after various tortures and per-

secutions, was at length beheaded atRome by the Emperor Nero.

Such was the fate of the apostles,according to tradit ional statements.

-Christion Index

I From Kimball To GrahamA Sunday School teacher, a Mr. Kim-

ball, in 1858 led a Boston shoe clerk togive his life to Christ. The clerk, DwightL, Moody, became an evangelist and inEngland in 1879 awakened evangelisticzeal in the heart of Frederick B. Meyer,pastor of a small church.

F. B. Meyer, preaching on an Americancollege campus, brought to Christ a stu-dent named f. Wilbur Chapman. Chapmanengaged in YMCA work employed aformer baseball player Billy Sunday, to doevangelistic work.

Sunday held a revival in Charlotte,North Carolina. A group of local menwere so enthusiaStic afterward that theyplanned another campaign, bringing Mor-decai Hamm to town to preach.

In the rcvival, a young man namedBilly Graham heard the gospel andyielded his life to Christ.

Billy Graham . , . (fne story goes onand on).

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O The Wortd Of OilThe Arab world occupies B% of the

globe, yet possesses nearly two-thirds ofthe world's total known supply of oil. Theworld's proven oil reserves are given asfollows:

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I Famous People (1)PLATO wrcte the firgt eentence of hie

famoug Republic nine different waysbefore he was gatisfied. Cicero practicedspeaking before friends every day forthirty years to perfect hie elocution.NOAH WEBSTER labored 30 yeare writ-ing hio Diltionory, crcssing the Atlantictwice to gather material.

MILTON rose at 4:00 A.M. everydayin order to have enough hours for hisPorodise Lost GIBBON spent 26 years onhis Decline ond FoIl of tlre Romon Emfire.BRYANT rewrote one of his poeticmaeterpieces gg times before publication,and it became a classic.

f Emperor On Electric Chair

The Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopiaused an electric chair as his royal thronefor many years. How come? tiuring thelate 1890s, the Emperor was told oi thenew method of executing criminals in theUnited States by electrocution. So heordered three electric chairs from theStates. But alas, he forgot that electricityhad not yet been introduced into hiscountry. To save his investment, heappropriate the same as his roval chair.

f Standard Equipment On ponyExpressThe pony express was a thrilling part

of early American history. It ran from St.foseph, Missouri, to Sacramento,.Califor-nia-a.distance of 1,900 miles. The tripwas made in ten days. Forty men, eachriding 50 miles a day, dashed along thetrail on 500 of the best horses the Westcould provide.

To conserve weight, clothing was verylight, saddles were extremely small andthin, and no weapons were carried. Thehorses themselves wore small shoes ornone at all. The mail pouches were flatand very conservative in size. Letters hadto be written on thln paper, and postagewas $5.00 an ounce (a tremendous sumthose days).

Yet, each rider carried a full-sizedBible!

f HymnsAnd Heart1. We sing "Sweet Hour of Proyer,' andare content with S-10 minutes a dav.2. We sing Onward Christion Soldiers"and wait to be drafted into His service.3. We sing "O f or o Thousond Tongues toSing" and don't use the one we have.4.. We sing "There Sholl be Showers olBlessing" but do not comg when it rains.5. We sing "Blest Be the Tie Thot Bindsand let the least little offense sever it.6. We sing "Serve the Lord lVith G,lod-ness" and gripe about all we have to do.7. We sing "I Love to Te.ll the Story" andnever mention it at all.8. We sing "We're Marching to Zion" butfail to march to worship or church school.

! Epigrams On PerseveranceaThere aren't any hard-and-fast rules

for getting ahead in the world-just hardones.

oYou don't have to lie awake nights tosucceed. fust stay awake days.

-Healthways

oThere is no poverty that can overtakediligence. -fapanese proverb

aBy perseverance the snail reachedthe Ark. -Spurgeon

otiumph is just umph added to try.

I Perfect Attendance RecordsWho holds the world record for perfect

Sunday School attendance?First there was Mrs. Harry C. Morgan

of Greene Street Presbyterian Church,Augusta, Georgia, who reached her 45thyear of perfect Sunday School attendancein 1959-a total of 2340 consecutive Sun-dayol

Then there is Miss Jennie C. Powers ofPhiladelphia, Pa., who attended withoutabsence for 56 yearr and four months-atotal of 2938 Sundays.

But according to Guinness Book ofEecords, it is Roland E. Daab of Columbia.Illinois who beats the record. On May 23,1976, he attended his 3,000th consecutiveSunday School session-an unbrokenperiod of over 57 yeam.

I Watching 13,0fi) DeathsBy the time the average child is 15

years old he will have witnessed the vio-lent destruction of more than 13,000human beings on television. It has beenthought that they don't watch violent andsexy TV programs aired after g o'clock atnight, but psychologists have done studieson how late children watch TV. Theyhave found that after 10:30 P.M. there aresome five million children under the ageof rz sti l l waiching television. Is it anywonder that violence is breaking out inthe public schools?

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foh one of the New HobddeB, inSouth Pacific, ir the lonely grove ol

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It so hsppened that his grsndms livad100 mil€s froln homo..nd the trlps togrartdma's were alwayr terrlble, Bul oncoanived, he would lrke off his shoca sndroam around the beautiful country,crandme would bake lbe tno3t deliciouscake and alwaye eay "yes." For trt|o totbrec weoh be would tf,orouglrly anloyhlr rley et jredmetr. until it wrr 6mo toretunr.

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}l78 Ecrsttful On Wmng SldaA litlle city Sitl was in tho counlry for

the firEt timo and 8aw lhe nlght rky."Oh, mother, lf hedven ls so bcautiful

on lhe wrong cide. what must it be like onlhe riSht sidel"

2l8ll OnlyOncsljbAwryli$e nlersu!€ distance by time. We lre

ipl to s6y th{t a ccrtaln place ls ro rnanyhours fmm us. lf il ia o hundred m:llee ofi,

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Aud ftnding il immorttlitylOl pelping fmm stotm and

Tampest to sn unbmken cAlmiOl wakiq up-

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21E2 NoOthcr Song Bul ChrlrtThe beloved hymn "Ovar the Sunst

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"We would lika 16 ute it," the appmv-iq publisber ssid afler Slancing ovet it,'but we hava on€ lillle Buggestion, Canyou trle out thle refer€trcs to lefin rndenlerge r llltle mole on h6aveD?"

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2183 Epoellnj0lHcevceCharles E. Fuller once announced thal

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Having received no letters from any-one for years past, I suppose it wouldbe a work of superrogation [szc] toapologize to anyone for not having writ-ten answers. But I may tell you that mypacket of letters from Luanda, writtenin great weakness from dysentery andfever, went to the bottom of the sea inthe Mail Packet "Forerunner" near theIsland of Madeira, and after reachingSekeletu's I had but a short time allowedfor correspondence, in consequence ofthe Arab who was to carry letters toAngola being about to start immediately.

I am now going down the noble rivercalled Zambezi, and hope in a short timeto reach the coast, and I thank God forpreserving my life where so many havefallen, and enabling me to do somethingwhich I trust will turn out for the trueand permanent welfare of Africa. Whenthe door was shut in the South I said andwrote, "I shall open up another part orperish." Some of you Scotch cannybawbee-for-the-conversion-of-the-worldpeople, and some grumbling En$ishfolks too, think I knew not what I wasabout. But I guess there have been butfew who have resolved to sacrifice theirlives & knew not for what. I thank myHeavenly guide who enabled me topersevere till success crowned my ef-forts. I purposed to open up a way froma healthy locality to either coast. I havedone that, and now have the prospect ofwater carriage to within 10 or 20 of theMakololo; and if we can make the pas-sage in during a healthy time of the year,we have the prospect of planting Christ'sgospel in a healthy locality, whencethough our heads be low in the dust itwill radiate to people far more numerousthan all you Scotch together, over well-peopled territories, we hope, Iarger thanEurope. Was this a small matter?

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have all been accustomed to look rever-ently when a poor fellow turned up thewhite of his eyes and said, "Who is suffi-cient for these things?" forgetting thatthe apostle who used the phrase [2 Cor.2:161 had the care of all the churches oflower Asia on his shoulders, while thosewho make use of it after him havecharges which require a compoundmicroscope to discover them. The con-version of a soul is infinitely importantto the person ltimself, but not to theworld, or kingdom of Christ, the glory ofwhich is his chief desire and ought to beours. We ought to feel identified withhim in his wishes, his purposes, his aims.If attending to the conversion of soulshad been his all in all important object,then his own ministry was a failure. Butwho can estimate the value of what hedid towards this end and towards thefuture $ory of His Father notwithstand-ing? Morrison in China plodding atvocabularies we can now see did morefor the $ory of God than the wholebatch of the ministry in En$and andScotland together. I pray God to prosperthe work of my hands. Let thy kingdomcome, thy will be done on earth as it isdone in Heaven. . . .

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children, not necessarily used up mindyou. There is life after children. Isn'tthere?

Parents are given by God to the chil-dren He has created, children with spe-cial needs and requirements, childrenwho need just a certain kind of parentto meet their needs, parents who willIove them no matter what.

But parents are designed to be con-sumable gifts to the family, gifts whose

purpose in life is to be used as much asneeded in the task of raising God's chil-dren. Parents have been preparedthrough many years of living to receivechildren. Parents have had experiencesand training that make them just rightfor one particular child God has justcreated and who now needs a home.

Farents are gifts to their children, butpaxents areto be consumable gifts like thebicycle, used to its best purpose, the waymoms and dads feel at the end of a busyday of being parents, knowing within

themselves that they have done a goodjob.

This passage also gives us the idea ofchildren as arrows in the hand of amighty man. What are we supposed to dowith these arrows God has given us? Keepthem for ornaments, like the stuffed fishon the den wall? No. Arrows are designedto be used. They are to be kept in thequiver until the time is right and thensent out to penetrate the world in God'sservice. These arrows, these children, arenot to be held back from the purpose Godhas for them, whether mission field,music ministry church-involved layper-son, or anything else God might have forthem. Parents are not to keep these ar-rows for themselves, They belong to God.

If we want to please God with the ar-rows He has placed in our quive4 whatdo we do to get the arrows read14 Wewant our arrows to be straight, bothmoraily and doctrinally. An arrow warpedby immorality or twisted by bad teach-ing wi[ not reach its mark, and may eventurn and injure the sender.

We also want our anows to be sharn.as polished as the two-edged sword of theSpirit, the Word of God. Our arrows mustbe Bible-trained and Bible-ready, suffici-ently sharp to penetrate the worlddeeplyenough to avoid being dislodged whenthe world becomes uncomfortable withthe message written on the arrow andtries to shake it off.

Our arrows must be made with onlythe best feathers to guide their flight.Feathers wet with the sin of the world orsoiled from mixing with the earth will notguide the arrow properly. Farents are thefeathers on God's arrows, and whileparental sin will not keep children fromserving God, clean feathers offer the ar-row maximum usefulness.

Arrows. Gifts. This is the language Godused to convey His thinking about chil-dren. The Bible is God's Word, and Chris-tians know that words are never wastedor mistaken when penned under theguidance of the Holy Spirit. Tbke Godseriously when He speaks of the gift ofchildren and the gift of parents, andjustas seriously when He speaks of empty-ing your quiver at a sin-sick and needyworld, desperate for the saving messagewritten on each arrow.

I David R. Miller is associate professorof psychology at Liberty University andchild adolescent courselor at the LUCounseling Center in Lynchburg Virginia.

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Last Novembe4 for thefirst time in over 35 years,our family faced death.Even though my motherwas 8l years old, we werenot really ready for it.I should have been. I'veconducted over 350 funerals.But that did not prepare mefor the loss of the mostimportant percon in the finttwo decades of my life.

Fortunately, my motherhelped us, not only byintroducing us to the LordJesus early in life and bygiving us an example of howa natural workaholic servesHim, but she had gone tothe funeral director, withoutour knowledge, and madeall her own arrangements.She picked out the under-taker, the cemetery lot, theclothes she was to be buriedin, and even picked out herown casket.

Her selection of a casketwas a typical indication ofwhere her values were-shepicked out the cheapestthing the undertaker had. Infact, I was a little embar-rassed with it and wantedto pay the difference forsomething "more respect-able." But she would havenone of it! Her written in-structions expressly stated,"Don't let my family try toupgrade to a better modell"

Since we knew she wasup in "that great cloud ofwitnesses," watching to seeif we carried out herinstructions, we decided toobey orders-just the wayshe always taught us to.

Reflecting on what shetaught us, I could not helpbut think of what a greatsoulwinner she had alwaysbeen. She was also 100percent goal-oriented. Fewpeople today would work ina factory to support threechildren after losing a hus-band, then spend nine yearsattending night classes atBible school, so they couldqualify to spend 25 yeats asa Child Evangelism director!

Tbday I meet people allover the world who weretouched by my mother's life.In fact, she led a woman toChrist at a Bible class shetaught just two weeks be-fore she died. And whenshe slipped out, both hernurse and doctor cried-notto mention her children,grandchildren, and geat-grandchildren. Each one willalways remember thatMargaret LaHaye's onepulsating desire in life wasto serve Jesus Christ.

The last thing she saidto me on this earth was,"Son, pray that God willuse me to win at least onemore soul before he callsme home." And He did!While counseling a pregnantgirl on a crises hot line,that Sl-year-old gandmotherled a l7-year-old unwedgirl to Jesus, and helped tosave one more unborn babyfrom the holocaust ofaboftion.

Even though she leftalmost no eartNy posses-sions (she had wisely sentthem on ahead of her).she left each of us richesbeyond measure, both inthis life and in the oneto come. I

A Strong Handant this

quarter,Tbrri? You

can have it ifyou can get it." Tbrri's bigbrothe4 Ttrny, held out aquarter on the palm of hishand. Tbrri hesitated, know-ing how her brother lovedto tease, but Tbny just stoodsmiling at her. Slowly shewalked toward him. Whenshe was close, she made asudden, quick lunge for hishand. But just that quickly,Tbny's fist closed over thequarter, and the battle was on.

With a lot of laughingand squealing, Tbrri tried toopen TLrny's fist. "l got twofingers up," she panted in$ee. "l'll get it yet!" But amoment later, Tbny's fingeruwere down again. The quarterwas as secure as ever.

Finally Mother intervened.

"That's enough," she said."You know you might as wellglve up, Tbrri. Tbny's a lot big-ger and stronger than you."She turned to her son andadded, "You shouldn't alwaysbe teasing your sister."

"lbasing hefl" Tbnyslapped his forehead in mockdismay. "l'm not teasing her.I'm just giving her an objectlesson like any good brothershould do."

"Oh yeah?" asked Tbrri."Tbll me about it."

"Well, I heard you learn-ing your Sunday schoolmemory verse, see? The oneabout nobody being able topluck us out of the Fbther'shand," explained Ttrny. "So Ijust gave you a demonstra-tion of what a safe place ahand can be."

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stronger than you, Terri, andGod is much stronger thananybody or anything. Youcouldn't force Tony's handopen, but, of course, thereare lots of people who could.But nobody-not even Satan-is strong enough to open God'shand." She smiled at Tony."Good job, Son."

"Well, now, that's better."Tony grinned at his sister.'And just to show you what agood guy I am, you can evenkeep this quafter!"

How about you? As aChristian, aren't you glad thatGod holds you securely in Hishand? You may get discour-aged over things that happen,but God loves you and holdsyou. You are His. You may-and should-feel sad whenyou disobey, l ie. or sin inany way. Satan may tell youthat God cannot love youanymore. But He does. Hestill holds you. You arestill His. As you ask Hisforgiveness for what youhave done, thank Him for

loving youand keepingyou safely inHis hand.

To memor-ize: "No manis able topluck themout of myFather'shand" (John10:29) .

I Adaptedfrom TheOne YearBook ofFamiIyDeuiictn-s bvChildren'sBible Hour.A11 rightsreserved.Used bypermissionof TJtndaleHousePublisherc,copyright1988.

o Christianparents need

to be concernedAbout consistency at home,with their children, day byday? Does parental con-sistency really makea difference?Do our chil-dren noticewhat wedo, asthey seemso busywith their iown worldand theirown concerns?Do they noticeif we are inconsistent in the way t --'?--

we live? And ifthey notice, do they care?

What does the Bible sayabout the importance ofbeing a consistent Christianparent? The closest biblicalidea to consistency iscontained in the idea of"ways" as used in theEn$ish Bible.

Ways. Not a very bigword sitting by itself on thepage. But ways is translatedfrom an Old Testamentword meaning "a course inlife, the mode of one'sactions."

In I Kings 8:39 we find,"Then hear thou in heaventhy dwelling place, andforgive, and do, and give toevery man according to basz'ayg whose heart thouknowest." The Holy Spiritled the human transcriberof this passage to tell usthat we will be judgedaccording to "the course inour lives, the mode of ouractions."

The prophet Ezekielwarned in a similar vein. "Ithe Lord have spoken it: it

shall come to pass, and Iwill do it; I will not goback, neither will I spare,neither will I repent;according to thy ways, andaccording to thy doings,

shall they judge thee,saith the Lord God"

(Ezek.24:14).And in the

mode of action is thepathway we cut for ourchildren through theovergrown brush of a sinfulworld.

We want our ways to bea clear and straight path forour children to followthrough the wilderness. Butthe path can be clear andstraight only if our lives areconsistent and predictable,with an end point thechildren would want toreach.

Whoever said childrenIearn to be parents by beingchildren really knew whathe was talking about.Absolutely nothing teachesas well as having anexample to follow.

Children are resilientcreatures, able to stand upto many kinds of stress andproblems, often with lessreaction than their parents.They will find a way to dealwith an abusive father or aclinging mother. But theywill not find a way to dealwith a parent who isinconsistent-kind one day,harsh the next, drunk oneday, sober the next.

Yes, God can heal theeffects of bad parenting,and often does, but thescars remain, maybe to thatthird and fourth generation

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l*;*t""t"-ll;*lwas wrong with poking funat the "weird" lady in theelevator, in the privacy ofmy friends' company? Itwasn't every day I sawsomeone wearing only oneearring and one eyebrow.(Punk rock had notemerged yet.)

What was wrong withcracking a joke to my sisterabout the lady at the busstop wearing a bright floraldress, a hat, and "wouldyou believe it: tennis shoesand bobby socks?"

Why should my friend'sfeelings be hurt because Ipinched my nose shutwhile I passed around herhot hors d'oeuvres: Whatdid she expect when sheserved broiled oysters oncrackers?

Or what about theneighbor lady who plantedflowers in the oddestfashion-one petunia, onesunflower, one begonia, onegeranium-all in a circle?Most of the neighbors sawthe humor in the comment,"Why don't you let MrsJohnson help you plantyour flowers this year?"

Of course, none of uswould have ever said any-thing to Mrs. Johnson. Wehad no intention of hurtingher; we only thought hercurious and funny.

But an experience withmy youngest sister jarredme into realizing thatIaughter should not be atthe expense of someoneelse.

"Now that is what I call

an outfit," I said to mysister as I pointed to the lit-tle old lady at the bus stop."Tennis shoes, bobby socks,and a hat. Remind me tolook for that one in thedesigner section."

My sister's head whirledtoward me. Her look ofdisbelief was not over thefact that an old lady woretennis shoes with her dressand hat. No. She could notbelieve that her oldestsister, the one she soadmired, would make funof an old woman and mostprobably a poor one. TheIook I saw in her eyes saidthings to me I did not wantto hear about myself, thingsI would not soonforget.

we hear so much about. Godwould much rather haveus understand that the courceof our l ives as parents iswhat matters, not so muchwhether we might have saida critical word at the break-fast table this morning orignored a good piece of home-work from the child lastnight. Our consistency makesthe difference.

Consistency in disciplineincludes recognizing the needto be flexible while firm, andto make allowances for differ-ent ages within the family.Marital consistency is alsocritical. The sense of Momand Dad's good marriagemakes the children feelsecure. And consistency inchurch behavior through theavoidance of "church-hopping" every few years isimportant. It teaches thegreat significance of serviceto God through the localchurch.

Through our consistentChristian living within thefamily, we not only teach ourchildren how to be childrenand teenagers, but how to beadults with a family, andmiddle-aged with grown chil-dren, and grandparents, too.Our "course of life and modeof action," our "well-troddenroad," will end when weteachour children how to dieChristian.

I David R. MiIIer

Editor's note: We apo\ogi,zefor an omission i,n ourJatruury Fumi,Ly Liui,ng sec-tion. The article, "PLan YourTi,me or Someone Else Wi,lL"M. 40 41) was actually byRaxann Dagget as to\d toPatrici.a Martin. Daggett isa highly mccessful moti.ua-tiorm,I speaker who hss re-ceiued a gouernar's a,ppoi,nt-ment to the Minnesota OlJiceof Volunteer Serlices.

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She made me wonderabout the woman in theelevator with one earringand one eyebrow Who wasI to judge her? What if shewere emotionally disturbedor sadly addicted to drugs?Should laughter be my reac-tion to her? Should Iremember to tell my friendsall about her? Or should Iremember to pray for herinstead?

And my friend whoserved oysters on crackers?Should I, her closest friend,who knew cooking to beher Achilles' heel, use thesituation just to get alaugh?

And Mrs. Johnson, whobent over her flowers,planting them tenderly?

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Was a circle of fluffyimpatiens any more pleas-ing to God than hercircle of color and variety?Did God care that herflower garden did notquite fit into the neighbor-hood "norm" for flowergardens?

No. I had a feeling Godmight have liked hers best.

Even though my outfitsmatched and my flowersbrought a compliment ortwo, on the inside I musthave looked like a veritableclown to God.

How laughable I must

have been with one eye-brow wrinkled in judgment,a pair of tennis shoesclashing with my crooked,self-hung halo, and a heartfull of dandelions andthistles.

Yet I heard no laughtercoming from heaven, no

wisecracks: I felt onlythe loving arms of myFather as He tried to teachme compassion.

I Terry Helwig. Reprintedfrom lTorgiue,l[q Lord, IGoofed.r Copyright 1 986,Broadman Press.

does not nourish him enoughto last through the day.How can you help yourchild feed himself atchurch? By devel-oping the habitof asking andanswering thetypical newsarticle ques-tions of who,where, why,what:

Who wastoday's les-son about?

Where is it in the Bible?Why is this lesson im-

portant?What would Godwant you to

remember?Discuss with

your childwhat avisitingreporterwouldwrite abouthis classsession.Repetition

of this check-up procedurewill cement the questionsin your child's mind. Soonhe will ask them himself.

Read God's Word andpray. Help your child fit adai ly qrr ie t t ime into h isschedule, right along withdrum lessons and LittleLeague. Today's time-conscious child can startwith a l0- to l5-minuteperiod to read God's Word,memorize a verse, and pray.

What should he read?Begin with a child-sizedevotional booklet. Ad-vance to reading throughan entire Bible book, a few

verses each day. To feedhimself as he reads,your child should ask:

What does this say?What does this

mean?What is God

saying to me?If he writes the

answers in asmall notebook

Developing an Appetitefor God's Word

e must helpour Chris-

tian childrendevelop an appetite forGod's Word. It would bewonderful if your childcould recognize his needfor spiritual food as clearlyas his craving for a sand-wich. How convenient if hecould chart his spiritualgrowth in strikes and hitsand home runs. Childrenneed hints on how torecognize their progress inmeasuring up to the com-mand in 2 Peter 3:18."Grow in grace, andin the knowledgeof our Lord andSaviour, JesusChrist." Considerinstructing themin the followingfour areas.

Go to church fand Sundayschool. Oftenthe Sundayschool Iessonyour childhears

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he will not waste time bymerely glancing over theScripture while his mind ismaking great plays at firstbase. God says, "Giveattendance to reading"(1 Tim. 4:13) .

What should hememorize? A verse assignedto him, one that has spokento his heart, or part of apassage that he works onover a longer period of time.

How long should hepray? A friend of minechallenged the children sheteaches to begin by borrowingtheir mom's timer, setting itfor 3 minutes, and talkingto God during that time.One boy reported hismother's t imer could not beset for less than 10 minutes.He decided to spend thatmuch time praying. Somechildren liked the idea sowell they asked for theirown timers for Christmas.

The discipline of aregular feeding from God'sWord causes steadyspiritual growth.

Obey God throughoutthe day. Read carefullyI John 2:3. 'And herebywe do know that we knowhim, if we keep hiscommandments." Your childis also feeding himselfwhen he listens to God'svoice-in the last inning,when he has dropped theball, and his opponents arescoring the winning run.Instead of becoming angryhe calls on God for strengthto be a good sport. Heobeys God's commands topray and trust.

Belonging to God mustmake a difference in yourchild's daily walk. Ask yourchild, "What do yo:u knowGod wants you to do?""How did God help youobey Him this week?" Givehim time to praise God forthe way He worked in himto do His wil l (see Phil. 2:13).

Gather a pile of picturesshowing children in everydaysituations. For familydevotions, use the picturesto discuss a variety ofquestions with your child.

How could God help youin this place?

Pretend this is you. Whatcould you pray?

What does God say youshould (or should not) do inthis situation?

What verse helps youknow what to do when voufeel this way?

This activity helps yourchild see how lessons applyto the world outside thewalls of the church. Herecognizes how God guideshim throughout the week.

Watch for ways towitness. A child often enjoyssharing his faith. Thedictionary says "witness"means "one who furnishesevidence." Encourage yourchild to express evidencenot only about his salvationbut also of Christ's work inhis life. He can tell othershow God answered hisprayer, what he is learningfrom God's Word, how Godhelped him stop watching aTV program, how God gavehim courage to congratulatethe winner in a contest hewanted to win himself.When anyone speaks up,telling how God is at work inhis life, he encourages others.

Your child can rememberthese four areas if you teachhim the following acrostic:

Go to church and Sundayschool.

Read God's Word and pray.Obey God throughout

the week.Watch for ways to witness.Establish your child in

these disciplines of theChristian life, and he willcontinue to grow, even whenhe is on his own.

I sdty A. Middleton

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TEN MISTAKESPARENTS MAKEWITH TEENAGERSby Jay Kesler

Adolescence is the most dangeroustime of life for teens ond their parents!Teenagers and young adults, more thanany other age group, are likely to fallvictim to suicide, automobile accidents,

mental or emotion-al problems, unwedpregnancy, arrest,drug and alcoholaddiction, and mostIikely any otherproblems except abroken hip.

Jay Kesler writesto Christian parentsinhopes of minimiz-

ing the turmoil of the teen years on bothparents and teens. TbnMistakes ParenLsMuke utith Tbenagers is filled with con-crete, practical, non-preachy sugges-tions on how to avoid making mistakesin teen-rearing. The chapter listing is avirtual summary of the problems coun-selors deal with when working withChristian families-consistency, admit-ting errors in judgment, honesty,nest-empty ing. major ing on minorproblems, communication, unwantedfriends, sexual concerns, divorce, andmore.

A recent survey asked people of allages to identify their most and Ieastplea^sant time of life. Childhood was bestfor most, and adolescence was leastpleasant. The second least favorablyremembered time of life was spentparenting teenagers. Ten MistukesParen.ts Make utith Tbenagers wllldiminish the too-frequent turmoilconnected with parenting adolescents.Jay Kesler's book should prove invalu-able to parents, counselors, youthpastors, and everyone serious aboutaccepting the challenge of raisingstraight teens in a crooked world.(Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 142 pp., $14.95)David R. Miller

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THE GOSPELACCORDING TO JESUSby John MacArthur, Jr.

With this timely work, John Mac-Arthur seeks to fill a glaring need inAmerican Christianity to address theproblem of "easy believism" or "a formof Christ that does not call for commit-ment." Perhaps if he overstates his caseat times he can be forgiven. He not onlypoints out the gaping holes in much thatnow goes under the name proclamation,but, much more, gives careful expositionof the clear message of Jesus whoasked, "Why call ye me Lord, Lord, anddo not the things which I say?" and said,"lf any man come to me and hate nothis father, and mother . . . and his ownIife also, he cannot be my disciple. Andwhosoever doth not bear his cross,and come after me, cannot be mydisciple."

The importance of this book is twofold.In the clarification of the nature of thegospel message, church proclamation canagain become fully biblical, and thethrongs claiming a "born-again" exper-ience but without change of life in

obedience toward God might be shakenand brought to a truly saving knowledgeof Christ.

While this reviewer cannot claim toagree with all in this book, the primarymessage is basically right on target.(Zondervan Books, 253 pp., $14.95)John D. Morrison

GOME BACK, BARBARAby C. John Miller andBarbara Mi l ler Ju l ian i

"Charity [ove] suffereth long, and iskind . . . is not easily provoked, thinkethno evil. . . . Charity never faileth" (1 Cor.13:4-8). Come Back, Barbara is themodern version of the "Prodigal Son,"and a true story of 1 Corinthians 13 be-ing practiced in day-to-day living.

When Barbara announced at the ageof 18 that she would no longer ac-cept the rules and morals of her motherand father she broke her parents'heafts. Her father, John, shares withthe reader his anguish of heart andpersonal struggles over an eight-yearperiod, reminding us that we cannotask God to forgive a son or daughterwhile our own spirit is filled withmemories of many wrongs done to us.

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When our children experiment,they are not necessarily rebellingagainst our values. Usually they arejust trying to get all the facts, by trialand error, before they draw their line.

This frequently happens with thematter of churchgoing. It is not at allunusual for teenagers to suggest thatthe church they've grown up in isboring, old-fashioned, or stodgy. Thisdoesn't mean they're rejecting thefaith of their fathers and mothers;they just want to explore what others

believe and make comparisons.Whi le adolescents are ex-

perimenting, however, while they'reexamining the options, parents mustcut them some slack and honor thispersonal search for values and con-victions. Decisions made after thiskind of testing are often much morevalid than those beliefs assumedwithout question. And parents whoallow their children to express them-selves, even to be critical of thefamily, will see less reactionary rebel-Iion than those parents who arealways defensive and condemnatorytrying to force their children into amold.

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TRAII{ING UP TODDLERS(Al{D E]{JOY|NG tTllby Karen Hull

Excerpted from the more completeworkThn Mommy Book, this book offerscommon-sense advice gathered from in-terviewing 49 mothers (raising 113children!).

I54 STEPS TO REVITALIZEYOUR SUI{DAY SCHOOTby Elmer Towns

Elmer Towns has done it againl Ofthe more than 40 practical and helpfulbooks penned by this prolific author,this will be one of the most popular.Towns speaks all over the world on Sun-day school and church growth. For

We must look at self and have the rightrelationship with the Lord before wecan reach others. Barbara also sharesfrom her perspective the journeythrough "riotous living" to God'svictory in her life.

Come Back, Barbara portraysthe honest, open feelings of a fatherand daughter, offering help for othersin similar circumstances. God can do theimpossible when we "learn to stay outof the way and to put our lives athis disposal to be used in waysoften contrary to our own instincts"(p. 150). (Zondervan, 169 pp., $7.95)P. Donaldson

As the author points out, "Chancesare you'll never see 'rearing toddlers'written up in a glossy magazine as oneof the top ten careers for today'sambitious woman." Yet molding ahuman life-especially in the image ofGod-is the most challenging and re-warding profession of aIL

This excellent book for experiencedand first-time mothers challenges us tobe creative and consistent in disciplin-ing our children. It offers help and hope.T.t-rck one in with a shower gift for themother-to-be! (Zondervan, 63 pp.,$2.95) Connie Schofer

several years he has conducted a semi-nar that is the basis for this book. He hasgiven these 154 steps to over 200 au-diences with over 50,000 individuals inattendance. Those who have heard him,and especially those who have not, willwant to read the book.

Towns organizes the 154 steps into 12chapters that cover most of the impor-tant areas of Sunday school administra-tion, including attitudes, purposes,teachers, administration, promotions,and more. The steps and their explana-tions offer practical help for pastors andIay Sunday school members. Some aretreated in two or three lines, some intwo or three pages.

154 Steps to Reuitali.ze Your SundaySchoo| is not a rehashing of old Sundayschool principles. Its illustrations andapplications are up-to-date. A valuableaddition to the Sunday school worker'slibrary. (Victor Books, 167 pp., $6.50)Frank Schmitt

ENCYCTOPEDTA OF 7,700ILLUSTRATIONSby Paul Lee Tan

Books of illustrations often fail fortwo reasons: the illustrations are dated,"canned," or otherwise unusable; andthe incomplete indexing system makesthe material difficult or inefficientto retrieve. Paul Lee Tbn has workedhard to overcome both of theseobstacles.

Based on the author's own file, thisbook of 7,700 illustrations contains agreat deal of valuable material for theaverage teacher and preacher. While, in-evitably, a certain percentage will notbe useful to any given reader, and anumber of the entries suffer from be-ing overly personal or undocumented,this tome (3-1/2 inches thick) is atreasure house of illustrations for thosewho must speak often.

The retrieval system of the book isespecially good. The items are catego-rized under 400 topical headings witheach illustration listed by title. Near theback of the volume is a still moredetailed general index and also aScripture index.

Despite the reservations one mustalways have regarding such works, thisone can be confidently recommended.(Assurance Press, 2,032 pp., $39.95)A.D. Litfin

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rphis series of children's booksI presents classic stories of

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TO SUNDAY'S DAWNChrist died. For the

disciples and Mary Fridayand the tomb spelleddespair and hopelessness.

been there several years,shivering through coldwinters and swelteringthrough stifling summers.

His wife had died.Neighbors and ateenage girl tookcare of his twochildren.

His blind daugh-ter and infant sontoddled three milesa day to bring himfood and scratchpaper. Frequentlythe jailer forbidJohn to even speakto his children. Heached to hold themin his arms. Friday'sgloom settled onhis heavy heart.Hope seemed impos-sible. His faithwas all he had left.On scraps of paperand bottle topsBunyan scratchedout Pi,Igrim'sProgress and 60other major books.

John Bunyan's "Friday"lasted 12 years, but it setthe stage for "Sunday" inEngland.

Religious freedomcould not be forbiddento the nation that read thewritings of jailed JohnBunyan. His release wasdemanded. Bunyan'sIiterary perspectives onGod broke ecclesiasticalbonds that held him andother Christians captivein England. Sundaydawned.

Nate Saint was born ata time when missionarieswere not being replacedon foreign fields. Denom-

inations seemed uncon-cerned about souls beyondthe setting sun. Chris-tianity was confined toEnglish-speaking cultureswith access to the KingJames Bible. Heathen tribesfaced "Friday" everymorning. No men cared fortheir souls.

But Nate Saint did.He chose to spend"Friday" with theAmazon's cannibalisticAuca Indians. They wereheadhunters, superstitious,warlike, unpredictable-feared by the toughesto f m e n . . . e x c e p t b yNate Saint and his mis-sionary friends.

After months of futileattempts to make contact,they seemed about toestablish a positiverelationship. With excitedhearts the missionaries

watched the group ofnaked warriors cautiouslvapproach. Nate hadwaited years for thismoment.

The burning in his heartsuddenly burst intoagonizing pain as anarrow pierced his chest.

As "Friday" faded,newspapers and radiocommentators broadcastedthe death of Nate Saintand his friends. Thousandsof young people respondedby reporting for dutyon mission fields. Somewent to the very tribe thathad killed Nate.

The man who killedNate Saint became aChristian and led manytribesmen to Christ. NateSaint's Friday becameSunday's dawn forhundreds of AucaIndians.

Life seemed cruel . . .but Sunday dawned! Thetomb opened! Life heldhope again.

Throughout historyChristians have facedadversity, hardship,handicaps, and seeminglyhopeless circumstances.Horizons appear beyondreach. Effort looksfutile. Tomorrow is bleak.Sunday is often a longway off. The despairof Friday can weighheavy-except for thosewho look for Sunday'sdawn.

John Bunyan satin a lonely jail. He had

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Learning How to Dig intothe Word of God

A poor, hardworking farmer owned a hard and rocky tractof land. Toiling year in and year out, he could hardly growenough grain to support his family. Before he died he be-queathed his land to his son. One day as the young man tilled

fr"the field he noticed a substance $ittering in the _/UlfF

rkr#tltu'*$i1"1Tix""nifr;fffH11,ffigreat wealth. fh" futh"r owned the same 16\-property, but he died in poverty, while his son,as a result of digging into the same ground,amassed a fortune.

Like the piece of land the farmer owned, theBible is a treasure of infinite value. David wroteconcerning the Scriptures, "More to be desired are they than gold,yea, than much fine gold" (Ps. 19:10).

Though the average Christian has several copies of the Word of God, both in thefamiliar King James Version and in one or two of the newer translations, he seldomspends time in search of the fabulous spiritual wealth at his disposal. He has untoldriches locked within the pages of his Bible, but like the poor farmer he Iives as a spiri-tual pauper. He has little idea how to extract the treasures it contains. But, thankGod, it is gloriously possible for us to get into this wonderful Book and dig out itsprecious truths.

As we consider ways to dig into the Word of God we shall concentrate on the firstfour verses of 2 Kings 5. The tools you need are simple and relatively inexpensive:a copy of the King James Version with marginal references, preferably with cross refer-ences; a modern translation of the Bible, such as the New American Standard Versionor the New International Version (avoid a paraphrased Bible as this does not getyou close enough to the meaning of the original text); an unabridged concordance suchas Young's or Strong's; an up-to-date Bible dictionary or Bible encyclopedia; and a goodBible atlas.

There are seven basic rules for learning how to dig into the Word of God.Read the passage in its entirety in a new translation as well as in the King

James Version. As you read the passage, do it:Contirruously, that is, read it in one sitting. The portion we have selected for this

study is so short it will be no problem for you to read through the text without stopping.Rnpeatedly. Read it over and over again. You may be amazed at how much you missed

when you read the portion the first time.Ind,epend,ently. Read the passage itself, not using anyone else's notes or comments on

the text. Too many of God's people read commentaries on the Bible instead of digginginto the Scriptures by themselves. Thus they become commentary students insteadof Bible students.

Prayerfully. The psalmist prayed, "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrousthings out of thy law" (Ps. 119:18). As we come to our study of the Scriptures with thesame attitude of prayerful dependence for enlightenment, we can count on the Spirit ofGod to reveal blessed things out of God's holy Word.

Medi,tatiuely. This implies deep, thoughtful concentration on the portion you have read.Following the instructions just given, go over 2 Kings 5:1-4 by yourself. A wealth of

spiritual truth is wrapped up in these verses. If you carry out these suggestions you willbe on your way to discovering "wondrous things" out of this portion of divine revelation.

I James Braga, Next month, learn more about "How to Dig into the Word of God."

Joni Eareckson was 17,active, vibrant, optimisticabout her future. Whileswimming she dived into ashallow pool and injuredher back.

"Friday" left herparalyzed from the neckdown. Would a hospitalbed be her home for therest of her life? Twiceshe attempted suicide."Friday" seemed unbear-able for the teenagegirl until a visitor per-suaded her to studythe Bible and seekdirection from the Lord.

Joni had been a goodartist, but immobilizedhands refused to transfermental images to paper.She became despondent.God was the focus ofhitterness and frustration.Why couldn't she benormal, Iike everyone else?Every night was a"Friday" nightmare.

But a friend showedher a bit of "Sunday" byadmonishing her, "Thepast is dead, Joni. You'realive." She saw a glimmerof hope and enteredcollege to develop com-munication skil ls. Shebegan to draw again byholding a pen in her teeth.Her wheelchair wasawkward and embarrass-ing, but her picturesand testimony began toattract people. Her smileradiated an inner peaceas she began to seelhat God had a special"Sunday" message toconvey through her"Friday" condition.

Perhaps the gloom ofFriday has settled onyou. Keep using the scrapsof paper. Keep your faith.Keep the paintbrush inyour teeth. Sunday isdawning!

I Ranald E. Johnson

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^Uen fUlfnef Pastora,ng a'n lh,e Heart o/sauannah,Three, four, maybe five,

intercessors in a prayerroom adjacent lo the mainauditorium prayed duringevery service for eightyears. About 250 peoplepray for five minutes at7:14 every morning and7:14 every night. "That anda 24-hour prayer ministrywere a real key to thegrowth of our church," saysLen Tirrner, former pastorof First Baptist Church ofMerritt Island, Florida. Thechurch had more than2,000 professions of faithduring Tlrner's eight-yearpastorate there. (The "7:14Prayer CIub" was based on2 Chron. 7:14. Memberscommitted to pray twicedaily and were sent aprayer list from their pastoreach week.)

In 1987 Ttrrner acceptedthe pastorate of a "tem-porarily smaller" church of3,300 members, CalvaryBaptist Temple in Savan-nah, Georgia. He toldthem, "l want to beginwith a prayer ministry

because I be-Iieve that isthe key to any-thing we do."

How did GodIead him there?

"In a mostunusual way,"Tirrner sayswith a chuckle."When Calvary'spastor of 25 years retired,they came to Merritt Islandand asked me to considerbeing their pastor. I couldnot at that time [andanother man pastored thechurch for 18 months], butI kept close tabs on thechurch and had an unusualinterest in it. Then whenthey were without a pastorin March 1987, I recom-mended one of my friendsto them. They called andasked riee if I wouldreconsider it. I had notcontemplated that at all. Itwas quite a shock to me. Itold them that I would talkwith them, but I keptfeeling all along that Godwould close the door. I

thought, 'God

wants to useme to helpthem find theman they needto be theirpastor-leader.'But the more Ibegan to dealwith them, themore God began

to give me a vision and amandate for the churchand for the city ofSavannah."

T[rner says, "Calvaryhas been the best-keptsecret of Savannah for along time." He is trying tochange that through televi-sion, billboards, and directmail. Sunday services aretelevised and 30-secondtelevision spots are airedthree times a day on twonetworks, during prime-time. Seven billboardsaround the city project adifferent emphasis eachmonth. Material is mailedto newcomers and to every-one wi th in the three z incodes adjacent to the

church. T\rrner hopes toform a telephone brigade tomake follow-up calls tothese people.

Saved in 1956 when hewas 9, at age 15 T[rnerknew God was calling himto preach. But having anegative view of preachersand wanting a career inathletics, he ran fromGod's call. Then at age18 he committed his life toChrist at a college chapelservice. He now says, "Myonly desire and aspirationin life is to be a faithfulpreacher of the Word ofGod. If I had but onemessage to preach, I 'dpreach 'Jesus Christ isLord.' That is what life rsall about. He's calledSaviour 24 times in theBible. He's called Lord433 times."

Len and his wife, Pansy,have three children: StacyDawn, age 16; Kevin Blake,age 14; and Ashley Lynn,age 9.

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CHURGH NEWSKoreaBBCTbkes aGiant

Step. Korea Baptist Bible Col-lege recently constructed theG.B. Vick Memorial Buildingon its 40-acre campus inIchon. The $500,000 complexwill serve as a training centerfor Koreans preparing forthe pastorate and missionaryservice.

Temple Baptist Church ofDetroit, Michigan, pastoredby Vick for nearly fourdecades, took a great part inproviding funds for the newbuilding with total gifts of

$200,000. The Korea BBFraised more than $194,000,with most of the remaining

the beginning of thesemester this month.

I Cary Monqco

Missions note. Johnand Carnella Masson,missionaries in Japan,report that the field iswhite unto harvest.According to research doneby the National Broad-casting Company, 36percent of the Japaneseconsider themselves aspotential seekers or in-quirers into Christianity.When praying for missions,remember Japan and thosewho labor for Christ in thatcountry.

funds coming fromcapital on hand.Only $15,000 of thetotal cost wasreceived throughloans.

According to cur-rent president DanielWooseang Kim, thecollege has an en-rollment of 45 stu-dents with 70 stu-dents expected at The new G.B. Vick Memorial Bui lding.

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wrath of the cup of judgment He wasto drink in death. "O my Father, if it bepossible, let this cup pass from me:nevertheless not as I will, but as thouwilt" (Matt. 26:39, cf . vv. 42,44). WhenHe finished He woke His disciples towitness His arrest.

As the soldiers and religious leadersaccompanied Judas to the garden,Jesus was waiting. Knowing what washappening, He called Judas "Friend"(Matt. 26:50). He was taken with force,though He offered no resistance. Hisonly act was to heal a servant's ear,which had been cut off by one of Hisdisciples (John 18:1-12). Jesus wil l inglysubmitted to those He knew had cometo kill Him. He was about His Father'sbusiness.

The night was filled with mock trialsto humiliate the Son of God. He ap-peared before the high priest, who hadjudged Him guilty before He was ar-rested. He was tried before the Sanhe-drin (the ruling body of the Jews thathad arranged His arrest). Pilate, the

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Roman military leader, questionedJesus in another trial and sent Him toHerod to be tried again the followingmorning. Herod interrogated Jesus andreturned Him to Pilate.

A Roman court of law found Jesusinnocent, but the mob cried out for theirown judgment and method of punish-ment. "Crucify him, Crucify him."

Roman soldiers had learned from thePhoenicians a very sadistic and painfulway of executing criminals. EveryRoman subject abhorred crucifixion.The very word cross repulsed anyonewho had ever witnessed this event.

Crucifixion usually began with abeating. A whip with bits of metal,bone, or stone at the end of each thongslashed the back of the convicted manas it wrapped around him. His fleshripped as the lash was raised, only to belowered in another cutting blow Manyvictims fainted from the pain.

The condemned man then had to''bear his cross." He was paraded to theplace of execution. A wooden shingleinscribed with his offense hung abouthis neck. Later the shingle was nailed

to his cross above him, proclaiming hishorrendous crime. Jesus' crime waspublished in three languages and read,..JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OFTHE JEWS" (John 19:19, cf. Matt.27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38) .

Tb ensure a long and agonizingdeath, a man was fastened to his crossin such a way that he had to push hisbody up to breath. Jesus had to raise Hisbody up to grasp for every breath of air,scraping His open lash wounds on therough wood of the cross. The Romansknew their craft. They could execute aman and let him suffer for as long asnine days before he died.

The soldiers who came to breakJesus' legs found Him already lifeless.A spear thrust into His side producedblood and water. A friend of Jesus wasgranted permission to bury the body inhis tomb. Jesus was anointed withspices and placed in the borrowed tomb.But three days Iater that tomb wasempty, for Christ had conquered sin anddeath for all who would accept Hissacrifice.

The message of the gospel is that"Christ died for our sins according tothe scriptures; and that he was buried,and that he rose again the third day ac-cording to the scriptures" (1 Cor.15:3-4). That fact of history may becomea part of our personal experience in the-ology as we trust Christ as our Saviour.

Companies often offer special giftswith the purchase of their products.Usually a gift offer is for a limited time.Anyone who desires the gift of eternalIife must realize that it is a limited-timeoffer. It ends at our death or whenChrist returns.

God does not want to punish anyone."For God sent not his Son into the worldto condemn the world; but that theworld through him might be saved"(John 3:17). God makes this limited-timeoffer available to all. If you do notreceive Christ, you cannot hold Godresponsible for sending you to hell. Ifyou do not accept His offer because youprocrastinate or are negligent, you areguilty ofactive rejection. You choose notto believe. Some are guilty of passiverejection. Certainly a loving God doesnot want to send you to hell, but neitherwill He take you to heaven against yourwil l.

I Elmer L. Towns is dean of the B. R.Lakin School of Religion, LibertyUniversity, Lynchburg, Virginia.

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YouthQuest Singers, agroup of 14 Liberty Uni-versity students, minister toteenagers through publichigh school assemblies,church concerts, and youthrallies. Their main emphasisis to revive local churchyouth groups.

These talented youngpeople reach youth throughmusic, comedy, and drama.The team travels the EastCoast from Georgia to NewJersey three out of fourweekends a month.

The YouthQuest Singersminister to the youngpeople of one church foran entire weekend. Teammembers give concerts,have pizza parties, and stayin the homes of the youthin the host church. Thisenables YouthQuestmembers to build one-on-one relationships with theteens.

Paul Randlett is in hissecond year with Youth-Quest. He says being in thegroup has helped him stayon track spiritually by be-ing accountable to theyouth and tohis teammates.

Working with peopletheir own age allowsYouthQuest members torelate to the teens' dailylives. But it can befrightening as well. "Thisis when we learn to justrely on the Lord," saysJennifer Miller, thegroup's youngest member.Jennifer is studying tobe a teacher, and Youth-Quest provides heropportunities tocounsel others. "Not onlvis YouthQuest a goodexperience, but it is alot of fun as well," shesays.

The YouthQuest Singerswill participate in YouthEmphasis Week at LUApril2-7 . The purpose ofthis week, sponsored bythe Center for YouthMinistry at Liberty, is toincrease the awarenessof the student body tothe need for profes-sional youth workers in thefields of pastoring,counseling, education,cross-cultural ministries,and so forth.

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back on Garry Sims's headproclaimed in large block-style print, 'TESUS NEVERFAILS.''

An ex-convict fromAlabama, Garry told me,"I keep thinking I'll writeup my life's story someday,but I hate to tell peoplehow stupid I was. It'sembarrassing." He saysthere are a lot of peopledoing what he did for solong. "Walking stupid,talking stupid, and actingstupid." But looking atnewspaper clippings abouthis arrest he said, "Itdoesn't seem like it hap-pened. That was anotherperson." Indeed, theoffenses that put himbehind bars for two anda half years of a l2-yearsentence were committedby the old Garry Sims,before he was born againwhile in jail.

"The people I ranwith-four of us-dealt inhot merchandise or any-thing we could make a

dollar at. I made a lot ofmoney, but I woke up injail-and I don't knowwhere the money went. Itwas God's doing. Mymother prayed for me. Sheprayed me into jail and sheprayed me out of jail.That's the only reason Ican see for why, out of thefour of us who rantogether, I am where I amtoday and the others arewhere they are today. Thatand the fact that my wifewaited for me, which isunusual. Everyone wastelling her to leave me.Even social servicesadvised her to divorce mebecause she could drawmore welfare than if shestuck by me."

In jail, about eightmonths after he was saved,Garry learned that Jesusnever fails. He had beenconvicted by the state ofAlabama on possession ofstolen property, and by thefederal government inMemphis, Tbnnessee, forpassing counterfeit money.

While serving his time hewas charged in Georgiawith armed robbery by aman he says he never met."I had no chance to beatthe armed robbery charge.I was offered a 25-yearplea bargain that everyonetried to talk me intoaccepting. I knew I'd onlyserve about six years if Itook the plea bargain, butif it went to trial I'd besure to get life. I prayedabout it, and I'd readenough in the Bible that Isaid,'lf I plead guilty I'll belying, so I can't do it.' "

Miraculously, Garry wasreleased from jail in twodays. He says, "I've learnedthat if I do what God tellsme to do without lookingat the circumstances, He'llwork everything out."

Garry had been out ofjail almost two years whenthe Lord impressed him togo to school. After prayer-fully looking at severalschools with his wife,Thnya, and their daughter,they moved to Lynchburg,Virginia, to take biblicalstudies at Liberty Uni-versity. He thought that

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was the only reason fortheir move. But God hadother plans.

During the Sims family'sfirst Wednesday-nightservice at Thomas RoadBaptist Church, PastorJerry Falwell asked EdMartin, founder of HopeAglow Ministries, to lead inprayer. Ed and his wife,Alfreda, had an outreachof personal ministry withinprisons and had startedprison ministries in severalforeign countries. ThroughHope Aglow they not onlyworked one-on-one withprisoners and their families,but they distributed, freeof charge, Iiterature, amovie about Ed's life, anda Bible course written byAlfreda. Before bowing inprayer that night, Ed gavea call for workers to helpin this Lynchburg-basedprison ministry. One of theeight men who respondedwas Garry Sims. He knewnothing about Hope Aglow,but he recognized thewhite-haired man who hadvisited Draper prison inAlabama.

Garry worked for twoyears with Ed and Alfreda,who says, "We saw inGarry an organizedperson." Ed adds, "Garry isvery persistent. . . and hehas a heart for theprisoner"-two requisitesfor prison workers. Ed andAlfreda Martin groomedGarry to take the reins ofHope Aglow, the prisonministry they had giventheir life to for more than22 years. But again, Godhad other plans.

From the beginning, therelationship between HopeAglow Ministries andThomas Road BaptistChurch had been so inter-twined that as Ed says,"You couldn't tell whereone began and the other

left off." Hope Aglowhandled all of the prison-related correspondence thatpoured into Dr. Falwell'sministries as a result of his"Old-Time Gospel Hour"broadcasts, and providedLiberty University studentswith a prison ministry wherethey could gain experience.In return, the Thomas Roadministries contributedfinancially to Hope Aglowand provided Bibles andstudy aids for Hope Aglow todistribute to prisoners.

As both ministries grewover the years the Martinsfound, "We were practicallyhostages to the correspon-dence and the follow-up. . . .We needed to travel more toget into prisons, and . . . I feltit would be good for Jerry tohave an in-house prison min-istry at Thomas Road." Inmid-1986 the Lord laid it onEd Martin's heart to suggestthis to Dr. Falwell.

As a result Liberty PrisonOutreach began its ministryon January 1, 1987. Fouryears and two months afterleaving prison. Garry L.Sims became "the director ofa prison ministry for oneof the largest churches inAmerica. Things just don'thappen like that," he says."lt was clearly God's doing."

Where are the other threeof four who ran their "busi-ness" together in theSoutheast? Garry says, "Oneis dead and in hell, unless heaccepted Christ when hepulled his car to the side ofthe road and died of a bleed-ing ulcer. One is doing 55years in Alabama. One is ondeath row."

We never mentioned hisbaseball cap. But aftertalkingwith Garry Sims I am con-vinced it bears his personaltestimony, "JESUS NEVERFAILS.' '

Kav Ravsor

Each spring residents ofClearwater, Florida, bracethemselves for the onslaughtof college students headingto the beach for spring break.This year, however, as inthe past two years, over 100college students will arriveon the beach with more ontheir minds than sun andfun. Their one purpose willbe to share the gospelof Jesus Christ.

Last year 110 students,60 of them from Liberty Uni-versity, presented the gospel1,039 times and recorded104 salvat ion decis ions in s ixdays. These decisions werefollowed up on the beach andin the weeks ahead. Localchurch members visited newChristians from the Clear-water area. The names of stu-dents visiting from other col-leges were forwarded toeither a Baptist student groupon their campus or a localoffice of Campus Crusadefor Christ.

The originator of CBA isBob Miller, an associate pas-tor at the First Baptist Churchof Indian Rocks in Largo,Florida. "We wanted topresent the gospel to collegestudents who came to our

area," he says. "We alsowanted to assist LibertyUniversity in a spring breakhome missions project to trainstudents to share the gospel.Another important reasonbehind the program is theopportunity to allow ourchurch to have a part in anevangelistic outreach. Ourlocal church people havegained a new perspective onevangelism. They've learnedthey do not have to go outand share the gospel, butthey can be a vital part by

opening their homes, provid-ing meals or transportation,and by praying for thestudents."

Over 250 church peopleparticipated in the program,and Miller says many of themreported the highlight washearing daily results from thestudents. "Our familiesprayed with the studentsevery day before they wentout," Miller explains, "andheard about the many deci-sions each night."

Unseasonably cool weatherand rain restrained manybeachgoers during the 1988spring break. Miller is prayingfor good weather for theweek of March 11-18. His Io-cal college-age young peopleare ready to hit the beaches,and the students from theLiberty University Youth In-ternship Department areready to join them. On Clear-water Beach this spring, astudent could get much morethan a good suntan. He couldfind a new life.,

Anaela E. Hunt

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ASHINGT'ON-Nearly 70,000pro-life supporters unitedJanuary 24 to participate

in the l6th annual March for Life mark-ing the anniversary of the landmarkSupreme Court decision legalizingabortion.

Addressing the crowd by telephone-loudspeaker hookup, President GeorgeBush called abortion-on-demand an'American tragedy," and said, 'Afteryears of sober and serious reflection onthe issue, I think the Supreme Court'sdecision in Rne u. Wad,e was wrong andshould be overturned.

"I think America needs a human lifeamendment, and I think when it comesto abortion, there is a better way, theway of adoption-the way of life.

"I promise you that the Presidenthears you now and stands with you in

a cause that must be won. God bless youall, and God bless life."

The President's brief address fol-Iowed a meeting between l5 proJifeleaders and Vice President Dan Quayle,who also assured the group of the in-coming administration's support fortheir cause.

Bush's position on abortion hasbecome steadily more Conservative overthe past I0 years. In a 1988 debate withDemocrat ic president ial nomineeMichael Dukakis, Bush affirmed his pro-life stance, saying he became a staunchsupporter of the antiabortion movementapproximately two years earlier.

Still, some pro-life leaders expressedcautious optimism. "Bush has repeatedlymade his commitment to the unborn.Now is the time to produce," SenatorJesse Helms said prior to the march.

March for Life Executive DirectorNellie Gray expressed a similar attitude,telling the crowd that the Bush adminis-tration must not only use "wonderfulwords," but also provide "pro-life actionof substance to carry out those words."

Emphasizing the theme "The Pro-Life Job Is Ours," Gray told the anti-abortion demonstrators they must unitein order to see legislation outlawingabortion passed. 'And we at the Marchfor Life expect all honorable people atthe Court, at the White House, and atthe Congress to save all the babies," shesaid, referring to the gtoup's support fora Paramount Human Life Amendmentthat declares human life to begin atconception and prohibits abortionwithout exception.

Other proposed congressional amend-ments are somewhat milder, banning

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abortion except in specific cases.In his speech, President Bush did not

specify which version of a human lifeamendment he favored. During his 1988presidential campaign, however, hevoiced opposition to all abortion exceptin the case of pregnancy through rapeor incest or if the mother's life isendangered.

Senator Gordon Humphrey also ad-dressed the crowd, pledging his con-tinued support for a constitutionalamendment to overturn Rne u. Wade."There is no greater cruelty than thekilling of the babies that is going onacross this country," he said. "But I'moptimistic because I believe GeorgeBush's change of heart is sincere. I be-lieve he is as solidly pro-life as heclaims."

Humphrey also shared his belief thatthe Supreme Court will soon overturnRne u. Wad,e. "That day is coming," hesaid. "I can feel it. I can hear it. Victoryis coming."

Representative Chris Smith tolddemonstrators that the injustice, illogic,and cruelty of Rae u. Wade is just nowbecoming apparent. "In light of thepending Missouri case, it would seemthat even the High Court itself under-stands the evil unleashed bv its 1973

decision. Only now is America discover-ing the hideous particulars of abortion."

"The pending Missouri case" Smithreferred to involves an invalidated Mis-souri antiabortion law that the SupremeCourt agreed in mid-January to review.The law declares human life to begin at

o'I think when it comesto abortion, there is

a better way,the way of adoption-

the way of life."- George Bush

conception and also bans the use ofpublic facilities for any abortion notnecessary to save the mother's life.Furthermore, it prohibits the use of tax-payer money for encouraging or coun-seling women to have abortions andrequires doctors planning to performabortions on older fetuses to first deter-mine whether they are capable of sur-viving outside the womb.

The law was invalidated in July 1988by an appeals court. However, at the

Justice Department's request, theSupreme Court has agreed to review theIower court ruling. Pro-life leaders seethat as a potential springboard for over-turning Rne u. Wade. Arguments in thecase will be heard this spring, with a de-cision expected by July.

Leaders of the proJife movement seethis as an indication of better things tocome. "l think we might finally see theright to set a proJife course given backto each individual state," Representa-tive Barbara Vucanovich said at thenoontime rally on the Ellipse, a grassyarea across from the White House.

After the opening rally, marchersproceeded along Constitution Avenue tothe Supreme Court and on to theCapitol, where they were encouraged tolobby their congressmen for a humanlife amendment.

Leading the procession of pro-lifeadvocates were marchers bearing 16white coffins-one for each year sincethe historic 1973 decision. Each coffinlisted the approximate number of abor-tions performed that year.

U.S. Capitol Police reported no vio-lence or arrests in connection with themarch.

I Doug Waymire

Communion will be direct. We shallsee His face (Rev. 22:4).

This life in the glorious presenceof God, constantly sustained by Hisever-present Spirit, is depicted by asparkling, pure river of water pro-ceeding out of the throne. God issometimes described as "the foun-tain of l iving waters" (Jer. 2:13; cf.Ps. 36:9), welling up into eternal life(John 4:14). The waters in heavennourish 12 trees of life along thebanks of the stream. They bear per-petual fruit to bring healing, immor-tality, and growth to the nations t )(Rev. 22:1-2; c f . Gen. 2:9; Ezek. y47:I2). The saints will continuallypartake of this life-giving fruit, in-dicating again that they are alwaysdependent on divine grace. Wenever get a hint that life comes asthe result of human accomplishment-it ever flows out of God.

In the strength He gives, "hisservants shall serve him" (Rev.22:3\ . There is no id leness inheaven. All people according totheir gifts will always minister to

City conti,nued from page 22

sanctuary, the New Jerusalem mea-sures 12,000 furlongs on each side,the equivalent of about 1,500miles, or 2,250,000 square miles.This computes to more than threethousand million cubit miles in thewhole, an immensity of fantasticproportions. There is surely roomfor everyone. When we consider thedimensions of the city as an infinitemultiple of the number 12, with themeasurement in furlongs on all 12edges being 144,000, we can seehow everything symbolically magni-fies the perfection of God's provi-sion for His bride.

Intensifying the immaculatesplendor is the "pure gold, Iike untoclear glass" of which the city ismade (Rev. 21:18). Even the streetsare "pure gold, as it were transpar-ent glass" (Rev. 1:21). Nothingabout it can hinder the transfusionof the glory of God. Gold, pearls,and precious jewels are among themost valuable substances known,

conveying a feeling of indescribableaffluence and costliness. The trea-sures of this world heaped togetherpale into nothing by comparison.

Faith Becomes Sight. Evenmore striking is the absence of atemple in the city. The physicalsymbol of God's dwelling has beenreplaced by the spiritual reality it-self. "For the Lord God Almightyand the Lamb are the temple of it"(Rev. 2l:22). The time has comewhen all who worship God do so inspirit and truth (see John 4:23).

Moreover, "The city had no needof the sun, neither of the moon, toshine in it" (Rev. 2l:23: cf .21:25).Secondary means of light are super-fluous, "for the glory of the Lorddid lighten it, and the Lamb is thelight thereof" (Rev. 2I:23; cf .22:5).'And the nations of them which aresaved shall walk in the light of it:and the kings of the earth do bringtheir glory and honour into it" (Rev.2 l ' . 24,26) . What we now see onlythrough a glass in shadows we willthen see in the full light of day.

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the glory of the Lord. In token ofthe character of Him whom theyserve, "his name shall be in theirforeheads" (Rev. 22:4). And in thelight of His countenance, as joint-heirs with the King, "they shallreign for ever and ever" (Rev. 22:5).

All Invited. "He that over-cometh shall inherit all things,"declares the 'Alpha and Omega, thebeginning and the end." Adding,'And I will be his God, and he shallbe my son" (Rev. 2l:6-7). Thepromise catches up the blessingsheld out to the seven churches. "Tohim that overcometh will l give toeat of the tree of life, which is in themidst of the paradise of God" (Rev.2:7). "He that overcometh shall notbe hurt of the second death" (Rev.2:11). "To him that overcometh willI give. . . a white stone, and in thestone a new name written, whichno man knoweth saving he thatreceiveth it" (Rev. 2:17). 'And hethat overcometh, and keepeth myworks unto the end, to him will Igive power over the nations . . . andI will give him the morning star"(Rev. 2:26-28). "He that over-cometh, the same shall be clothedin white raiment. . . .I will confesshis name before my Father, and be-fore his angels" (Rev. 3:5). "He thatovercometh. . .I will write uponhim the name of my God, and thename of the city of my God, whichis the new Jerusalem" (Rev. 3:12)."To him that overcometh will Igrant to sit with me in my throne,even as I also overcame, and am satdown with my Father in his throne"(Rev. 3:21).

All these blessings belong to theinhabitants of the Holy City. But un-til then there is a battle to fight, anenemy to defeat, a world system ofevil to overcome. Believers must ex-ercise their faith in undaunted obe-dience to the Word of God. Theblessed are those who keep Hiscommandments, "that they mayhave right to the tree of life, andmay enter in through the gates intothe city" (Rev. 22:14).

The invitation is to all. Godwants no one to miss it. And sincesalvation has already been procuredthrough the blood of Christ, He says,"I will give unto him that is athirstof the fountain of the water of lifefreely" (Rev. 21:6). So "the spirit

and the bride say, Come. And lethim that heareth say, Come. And lethim that is athirst come. And who-soever will, let him take the waterof life freely" (Rev. 22:17).

The Journey Ended. "By faithAbraham, when he was called to go

It really does notmahe any differencewltere ue go as longas ue are togetlteri

for wltere He is,tltere is lteaaen.

out to a place which he shouldafter receive for an inheritance,obeyed; and he went out, not know-ing whither he went. By faith hesojourned in the land of promise, asin a strange country, dwelling intabernacles with Isaac and Jacob,the heirs with him of the samepromise: for he looked for a citywhich hath foundations, whosebuilder and maker is God" (Heb.11:8-10).

That is the way it is with every-one who has obeyed the voice fromabove. Once we have been called togo "out," we know that we cannever be satisfied to stay in the oldcountry. God has something betterfor us. It really does not make anydifference where we go as long aswe are together, for where He is,there is hedven. Following Him wehave pefect peace. Our part issimply to trust and obey. In this pil-grimage of faith we are content tolive as aliens in this world, "as in astrange country" for we have beenspoiled by the vision of anotherworld, "a city which hath founda-tions, whose builder and maker isGod."

The vision gets brighter as wenear the other shore, though therewill be obstacles to overcome untilthe very end. In his inimitable wayBunyan observed that as Christianand Hopeful approached the celes-tial city, they saw a river betweenthem and the gate. Finding nobridge over the water, they started

wading across. But Christian's faithbegan to falteq and he cried outto his friend, "I sink in deepwater; the billows go over myhead." Hopeful, however, sup-ported by the Word of God,answered, "Be of good cheer,my brother, I feel the bottom andit is good." Then, looking ahead,he exclaimed, "I see the gate! I seethe gate! And men standing by toreceive us." Encouraged by thisassurance, Christian, too, restedupon the promise, whereupon hefound ground to stand, and sooncrossed over the river.

They were met on the otherside by some of the shining host,who compassed them around onevery side, forming an escort to theKing. As they entered through thegates, the celestial choirs filledheaven with melodious music.There was singing and shoutingand the sounding of trumpets.And all the bells of the city rangwith joy.

With this homecoming growingcloser for every pilgrim, let us notbe disobedient to the heavenlyvision. Soon the journey will beover. Each step we take brings usnearer to the Father's house whenthe gates open wide and thefamiliar voice is heard. "WeIl done.thou good and fai thful ser-vant. . . enter thou into the joyof thy lord." As the trumpets soundand the bells of the city ring,we shall join the resplendent throngaround the throne, and sing thepraise of Him who is worthy,our loving Saviour and Lord,until time shall wane and be nomore.

Christians live in this reality.Though our bodies are still held bythe earth, our spirits can soar withthe angels in the city of God. Therewe are at home. In the inner sanc-tuary of our beings, we are alreadybeginning to know something ofthat worship in which the King ofheaven dwells. And the singinggrows sweeter with the years.

I Robert E. Coleman is director ofthe School of World Mission andEvangelism, Thinity Evangelical Di-vinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.Based on his book Songs of Heauen(Revell, 1980).

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Supreme Gourt Agrees toHear Abortlon Gase

WASHINGTON-TheSupreme Court agreedin January to review acontroversial Missouriabortion case thatsome antiabortionistsbelieve may be used

to overturn the landmark 1973 Rne a.Wadn decision legalizing abortion.

In the case accepted for review, Mis-souri Attorney General William L. Web-ster seeks to reinstate several parts ofan invalidated Missouri law that, amongother things, says human life begins atconception.

The law also banned abortions inpublicly funded facilities and disallowedthe use of public funds to counsel wom-en to have an abortion. Furthermore,the law required women to undergo aspecial test to determine whether or nota fetus believed to be more than 20weeks old could survive outside thewomb.

In a lower court ruling invalidatingthe law, Chief Judge Donald P. Lay ofthe 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appealswrote that "Missouri was erecting anobstacle in the path of women seekingfull and uncensored medical adviceabout alternatives to childbirth."

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Sult Ghallenges Removal ofBibles from Denver Publlc Schools

(RNS)-ConcernedWomen for Americahas filed a lawsuitagainst a Denverschool district and anelementary schoolprincipal for removing

Bible storybooks and a Bible from twoschool libraries and telling a teacher tohide a Bible he sometimes keeps on hisdesk. The federal court suit charges that

Katileen Madigan, principal of BerkeleyGardens Elementary School, orderedfifth-grade teacher Ken Roberts toremove "The Bible in Pictures" and"The Story of Jesus" from his20O-volume classroom library solelybecause of their religious content, andthat the principal told Roberts to hidea Bible that he sometimes read to him-self during a silent reading period in theclassroom, although she never objectedto any other books the teacher keeps onhis desk.

Eternity Magazine CeasedPublishing wlth January Issue

(RNS)-Eterni,ty, a Philadelphia-based Evangelical monthly magazine,ended almost four decades of publish-ing with its January 1989 issue.

Founded in 1950 by the late Pres-byterian pastor Donald Grey Barnhouse,Eternityhasbeen published since its in-ception by Evangelical Ministries, Inc.Its sister ministry, the weekly "BibleStudy Hour" radio broadcast, willcontinue operating with James M. Boiceas speaker.

The magazine was acquired lastspring by the Foundation for ChristianLiving, which was organized by NormanVincent Peale in 1940,

'A shortfall in advertising revenue,weak circulation growth, and decliningrenewal rates contributed to the deci-sion to cease publication," Eterni,ty said.in an announcement of the decision. Itsaid the EMI board voted November 29to reject the option to regain financial

control of the magazine and that thevote "followed an extensive search tolocate another publishing group thatmight continue the magazine,"

Virginia Southern BaptistsSend Ghallengeto Gonservatives

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (RNS)-Virginia's feisty Moderates in theSouthern Baptist Convention have puttheir more Conservative brethren onnotice that they will continue to fightthe spread of Fundamentalism in thecountry's largest Protestant denomi-nation.

Delegates to the recent annualVirginia meeting of Southern Baptiststurned out in record numbers to warnFundamentalists that unless they giveModerates more voice in running thedenomination, Virginia's Southern Bap-tists will resort to their one remainingweapon: money.

The delegates, or "messengers,"warned that unless the SouthernBaptist Convention provides "moredirect communication, accountability,and flexibility regarding matters ofconscience," Virginia Baptists willreconsider their funding of SBCministries.

Moderates-called "Liberals" by theFundamentalists-gave up substantialground at last summer's mammothdenominational convention. But Vir-ginia remains a solidly Moderate outpostin a conflict that has taken on the toneof a holy war.

The denomination's Fundamentalistscling to the inerrancy of the Bible as theonly legitimate view. They haveachieved their 10-year goal of puttingtheir camp in control of most SouthernBaptist national agencies.

FYom the point of view of Moderates,the Conservative offensive is a threat tothe cherished Southern Baptist princi-ples of freedom of thought and expres-sion and local church autonomv.

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ews ltem: 'A New York Judgerejected a request by d,octorsthat AIDS be classi,fi,ed, as a

communi,cable, serually transmi,tted,disease. The d,esi.gnation would ltauepermitted offi,cials to quarantinn AIDSpati,ents and contact thei,r serual part-ners" (USA Today, Nou. 17, 1988).

You don't have to worry about AIDS.It's no longer communicable. Somejudge in New York decided that youjustcan't catch AIDS. So relax, pour your-self a nice glass of milk, and turn yourattention to more pressing issues, suchas who will star in "Gilligan's Island:The Next Generation."

Still worried? Well, you must besmarter than this judge. Of course, that'snot saying much. The way I have itfigured, most rocks are smarter thanthis judge.

How did this bizarre decision comeabout? It's merely the logical end of tworunaway societal trends: public socialeducation and judicial activism.

You've probably noticed that socialeducation is now the answer for all ofsociety's problems. Form a panel to findthe solution to a problem, and they'llalmost certainly recommend publiceducation. Our society sees educationas a panacea for all social woes, despitethe lack of hard evidence linking drugeducation to a decline in drug abuse, orsex education to a decline in teenagesexual activity.

Some problems can be solvedthrough educat ion. Developmentworkers in the Third World have per-formed near-miracles with public healthprograms stressing sanitary habits. ButAIDS is not going to be licked througheducation alone, particularly through

the kind of education we're dishing outin the United States. If you've been ex-posed to 'AIDS education" you knowthat the message isn't something thatwould actually work, like "Save sex formarriage." It's usually "Use condoms,"or "Don't discriminate against AIDS

The judiciary has alwaysfavored its own socialagenda over the realworld. And whatts ontoday's social agenda?

The AIDS virus, it wouldappear, has civil rights

all its own.

carriers." AIDS educational advertisingstopsjust short of saying you can't catchAIDS from AIDS carriers. It took a NewYork judge to do that.

From a judicial standpoint, there'snothing too surprising in this decision.Sure, it flies in the face of reality, butour nation's courts stopped paying at-tention to reality a long time ago. Fromthe Dred Scolt decision of 1857, in whichthe Supreme Court ruled that black peo-ple aren't really people, to the Rae u.Wade decision of 1973, in which theCourt ruled that unborn babies aren'treally babies, the judiciary has alwaysfavored its own social agenda over thereal world.

And what's on today's social agenda?Civil rights for AIDS carriers. Whendoctors wanted to implement the same

sensible public health measures forAIDS that they would for othercommunicable sexually transmitteddiseases, the judiciary just said no. TheAIDS virus, it would appear, has civilrights all its own.

Faced with laws that allow certainrestrictions of civil rights to haltthe spread of deadly communicablediseases, this judge decided to simplydeclare that AIDS is not communicable.Given public education that says it'salmost impossible to catch AIDS, andthe current practice allowing courtsto ignore reality when making theirrulings, a decision like this was in-evitable. AIDS isn't communicable. Caseclosed.

If this kind of reasoning reallyworked, it could solve a lot of problems.We could feed the hungry masses byteaching them that they're not hungry.We could solve our energy problems byhaving ajudge declare that cold is warmand night is day, thus eliminating ourneed for heat and light.

But this kind of reasoning doesn'twork. It might in the short-run.But starving people who've been toldthey're not hungry will still die with-out food. No judge's decree can keepit from getting dark at night and coldin the winter, And AIDS is still acommunicable, sexually transmitteddisease.

What's the explanation for thisabsurd court decision? It's simple:the inmates are driving the asylumbus. Hang on tight; it's going to be abumpy ride.

I Doug Tlouten, Tfu;in Ci.ti.es Chri.s-fian. Reprinted by permission.

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it and I always will."The person who spoke these words

had carefully studied the evidence forthe Resurrection and realized, as anyhonest person must, that unless hewould be willing to change his mind, hishonest skepticism would have to giveway to prejudicial unbelief. He knew, ashistory shows, that the very earliesttestimonies to the miracles and bodilyResurrection of Jesus are the most in-flexible and precise. These stories werenot fabricated by later Christians whoexaggerated earlier accounts in order tomake their Saviour appear to be greaterthan He really was.

This determined skeptic also knewthat at an even deeper level theevidence for the Resurrection of Jesuswas most convincing. If Jesus did notreally rise from the dead, the most log-ical explanation is that the apostles con-spiredtogetherto promote alie-a sortof"Passover PIot." But isthis reasonable?

In a recent book Charles Colsonchronicles how futile it was to try tohold their conspiracy together againstthe simple pressures of embarrassmentor prison.

His story is instructive as we attemptto evaluate renewed allegations that thestory of the Resurrection was concoctedby Jesus and the disciples in an effortto cover up the truth. How likely is itthat 12 men would or, indeed, could plotsuch a deception and actually pull it off?

Watergate was witness to how brit-tle a cover-up can be. The most clever

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schemes balance precipitously over thetreacherous fault lines of defectivecharacter. The slightest tremor can setoff shock waves to reduce their liesto rubble.

Colson tells how the conspiracyultimately came unraveled. "Think ofwhat was at stake," he testifies. "Think

Because of intellectualbrowbeating, we continue

to refuse the mostprecious gift ever

offered to mankind-the erucified, buried,and risen Son of God,Jesus Christ the Lord.

of the power at our fingertips. Think ofthe privileges. Yet after just a fewweeks, the natural human instinct forself-preservation was so overwhelmingthat the conspirators, one by one,deserted their leader, walked away fromtheir cause and turned their backs onthe power, prestige and privileges."

The apostles had far more to losethan position and privilege. Their veryIives were at stake. In time they wouldall die for their commitment to theresurrected Christ.

If Christ was a fake, what would begained by perpetuating His lie? Conceiv-ably, some could be seduced to go alongwith the plan, hoping to convince thecrowds to follow Christ. Perhaps a mili-tary engagement would follow There

was an outside chance they could expelthe Romans. But when their story wasmet with skepticism and further dis-belief, what reason was left to continuetheir charade?

Colson continues, "Thke it from onewho was inside the Watergate web look-ing out, who saw firsthand how vulner-able a cover-up is. Nothing less than awitness as awesome as the resurrectedChrist could have caused those men tomaintain to their dying whispers thatJesus is alive and Lord." The weight ofthe evidence shows that the apostleswere telling the truth. Jesus really isrisen from the dead. He is who He saidHe was. He is the Saviour of the world.

In spite of such evidence, why thenwould a person still insist, "I refuse toaccept it, and I always will." The answeris fairly simple. Approval is far moreimportant to most of us than beingright. Scorn is usually more persuasivethan the truth. The skeptic says, "Deadbodies do not come back to life. Anyonewho thinks otherwise is either ignorantor deluded." And so, because of intellec-tual browbeating, we continue to refusethe most precious gift ever offered tomankind-the crucified, buried, andrisen Son of God, Jesus Christ the Lord.The question is not whether Jesus couldhave risen from the dead, but whetherHe actually did. The evidence showsHe did.

If we will listen to reason for just amoment, we will understand that thestory of Jesus is true. But then we willbe faced with a decision-whether it isbetter to be accepted by Him or by thescornful crowd. Jesus said, "Ye shallknow the truth. and the truth shall

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