One of the primary areas where division has occurred in the church in the past 50 years is in regard to the church’s obligations in benevolence. Some fail to make a distinction between what God obligates the individual Christian to do, and what he obligates Christians, collectively working in a local congregation, to do.
Though many churches are organizing and participating in Christmas plays, cantatas, Nativity scenes, parties, etc., here at West Side we are not. The reason is simple. If there is a divine connection between the holiday and the birth of Christ, we should be able to turn in our New Testaments and find it. We cannot.
The book, Tuesdays With Morrie is an interesting book, detailing the professor’s last few months of life. I wish that I could say the book was a comforting read, but it was not. Because Morrie and his student never discussed the most important thing (eternity), the book left me feeling only sad.
Contrast the unreasoning speculations of the atheistic evolutionist with the beautiful words of the Psalmist, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard” (Psalm 19:1-3). It is not unreasonable to believe that God exists and that He designed the universe. Amazingly, even the scientists are beginning to figure it out!
