The Need of Our Day
This comes from a friend in Hawaii.
from the founder of the Salvation Army, William Booth, who died in 1912.
This would be apropos today: “In answer to your inquiry, I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.”
As we continue to roll into the 21st century, we face the issues born in the last. What are the chief dangers confronting us in our day? One among others certainly includes the abdication of responsiblity in the face of increasing cenralized authority in almost all domains of life: government, work, education, church. We must feel the burden of life as ours, not be shifted to higher powers and authorities. When we see reaching the lost as our responsibility, passion for the harvest will be born. When we feel the burden of an apathetic culture, we'll yearn to be visionary leaders. When we know how powerless we are to face the challenges that surround us, we'll yearn for intimacy with God.
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