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Christians, Of All People, Should Not Be Destroyers. We Should Treat Nature With An Overwhelming Respect. We May Cut Down A Tree To Build A House, Or To Make A Fire To Keep The Family Warm. But We Should Not Cut Down The Tree Just To Cut Down The Tree. We May, If Necessary, Bark The Cork Tree In Order To Have The Use Of The Bark. But What We Should Not Do Is To Bark The Tree Simply For The Sake Of Doing So, And Let It Dry And Stand There A Dead Skeleton In The Wind. To Do So Is Not To Treat The Tree With Integrity.

Reformation Is A Return To The Sound Doctrine Of The Bible. Revival Is The Practice Of That Sound Doctrine Under The Power Of The Holy Spirit.

There Is A Sad Myth Going Around Today - The Myth Of Neutrality. According To This Myth, The Secular World Gives Every Point Of View An Equal Chance To Be Heard. And It Works Fairly Well - Unless You Are A Christian.

It Is Not Enough For The Church To Be Engaged With The State In Healing Social Ills, Though This Is Important At Times. But When The World Can Turn Around And See A Group Of God's People Exhibiting Substantial Healing In The Area Of Human Relationships In Their Present Life, Then The World Will Take Notice. Each Group Of Christians Is, As It Were, A Pilot Plant, Showing That Something Can Be Done In The Present Situation, If Only We Begin In The Right Way.

This Is Not An Age In Which To Be A Soft Christian.