By Bob Spurlin via Bulletin Digest
Recently I enjoyed an interesting conversation with a brother and former elder in the church. We mutually agreed that our communities and society at large are becoming morally bankrupt. Many factors have contributed to such a coarsening of morals in our neighborhoods, not the least of which is a failure of Christians to reaffirm the basic principles of the Bible.
As a child of the 50s and 60s, I remember when the fundamentals of right and wrong were articulated with clarity. We see these basic truths slipping away when we fail to keep them displayed before the church, the family, and our communities. In far too many neighborhoods, and in the church, the absolute standards of right and wrong have been lowered before our very eyes.
Observe the following basic principles that need serious emphasis in our time:
(1) A belief in the existence of God;
(2) A belief in the inspiration of the Bible;
(3) A belief in the authority of the Scriptures;
(4) A revival of the home as God mandates it;
(5) A clear understanding of sin and its consequences;
(6) A belief in the undenominational nature of the church of Christ.
These are elementary, simple, and fundamental points that have been neglected far too long. We would not want to omit the fundamentals of mathematics, English, history, and science in the education of our children.
These subjects are basic and primary to the instruction of all students. Likewise, a return to the basics of the Bible will bring us to an understanding of God’s will. on inside back page…)
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These are elementary, simple, and fundamental points that have been neglected far too long. We would not want to omit the fundamentals of mathematics, English, history, and science in the education of our children.
These subjects are basic and primary to the instruction of all students. Likewise, a return to the basics of the Bible will bring us to an understanding of God’s will.
Groveland, FL