that is opposed to all o f the moral and spiritual standards found in the Word o f God and proclaimed by the great denominations throughout their history. (At least these great scriptural truths have been proclaimed by the denominations until this present generation o f church leaders came into power.) N ow the “ situational morality” practically has taken over the attention o f our denominational leaders. According to these individuals there are no moral standards or guides necessary. The only guide is the situation that exists at the moment and anything is allow able as long as there is mutual consent on the part o f participating individuals. The doctrinal defection o f the former Bishop James A. Pike is too well known to need repetition. Among other blasphemous utterances, he has said, " I ’ve jettisoned the Trinity, the virgin birth and the incarnation.” He has openly repudiated every car dinal doctrine found in the Word o f God. He has established his own religious beliefs, ridiculing on numerous occasions everything that Christians have held near and dear to their hearts through out the past generations. Yet he is welcomed in pulpits o f all too many o f our Protestant churches and he was an honored speaker at this great Christian Education Congress. Apparently not a voice was raised in protest against his appearance or against what he had to say. It may be debatable whether the N.C.C. leadership is actually made up o f card carrying Communists, but it must be noted that surely the hard-core Communists, not only in Russia but around the world, are rejoicing daily over the pronouncements o f the N.C.C. and the trends which the National Council is propagating throughout its member denominations. The saddest groups who themselves are Bible-believing Christians, are loath to raise a unit ed voice o f protest against the terrible inroads o f unbelief which have crept into their churches. Now and then an isolated voice is raised in protest against this nefarious condition and less fre quently there is a concerted but rather feeble effort on the part o f a group o f laymen to purge their denomination o f this con dition. But the leadership is presently so firmly entrenched that it is well-nigh impossible for anyone to do anything about it. Sometime ago a liberal church leader is quoted as having said, "The great majority o f laymen in our church is still fundamental in his beliefs but his loyalty to a denominational name will guar antee our success.” There have been many worthwhile results o f the denomina tional activities within Protestantism, but we would dare to sug gest that in this generation the ties connected with a denomina tional name can become a great handicap in one’s spiritual life and testimony. Thank God for all o f the independent churches which have sprung up in recent years and are continuing to spring up throughout the land. The work in these churches is being carried on by sound ministers o f the Gospel and faithful laymen who are finding that the Holy Spirit is operating in a very (Continued on p. 46)
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