A MESSAGE History repeats itself. Fifty years ago w i t h i n creasing frequency unfamil iar voices were beginning to be heard within Christian churches and denominational gatherings. These voices were raised in denial of the full authority of the Scrip- t ur e s, in questioning the authenticity of the Virgin birth of Jesus Christ and in proclaiming the documentary theory of the Pentateuch, the late date of the writing of the book of Daniel, the dutero-Isaiah hypothosis, and all the other destruc tive theories propounded by the higher critics of both the Old and the New Testaments.
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In the field of science, the theory of evolution had gained quite widespread acceptance. All of these ideas were comparatively new and rather startling, but they seemed quite acceptable, especially to those ministers who either did not have or had lost an awareness of the deep significance of the great foundation doctrines of the Word of God. And because of this lack of spiritual conviction and discernment, many men among the clergy accepted these theological vagaries and began to proclaim them from their pulpits. These man-made, Bible-denying notions became crystal lized into what is now known as "modernism." The popular thing of that day was to proclaim oneself a "modernist," thus giving the impression of being right up-to-date in one's thinking and cognizant of the discovery of the very latest truth. Modernism began as a very sly, subtle form of unbelief. A minister would begin by raising doubt about some relatively unimportant portion of Scripture. When the shock of that passed away, he would then put a question mark over another more significant point of Scripture. By use of repetition, persuasion, ridicule of Bible-believing Christians, and by representing himself as refined, cul tured, and charming, the faithless pastor would then proceed to "brain-wash" his parishioners until they came to the point of believing that he could do or say no wrong. Denominational leaders of this stripe sought to estab lish the same aura around themselves. When anyone dared to take exception to what they said, immediately the cry of "Persecution!," "Heresy hunting!" and similar epithets went up. The issues became confused in the welter of per secution complexes that were created by the modernists themselves and in their own behalf. Many churches were lost to the cause of Christ and were led into the abysmal depths of blatant modernism because their pastors would not allow the issues to be decided on their own merits but, instead, kept the arguments on a personality level, thus making sure that they would have the support of their undis cerning friends and parishioners. Of course, modernism did not show itself in all of its hideousness right at the first; it posed, as it were, as an angel of light. The process of emerging into full view was slow, subtle, and satanic. The generation of Chris tians fifty years ago would have been shocked beyond words had they been able to look ahead and see just where these attractive new ideas were leading them and their churches. (continued on page 6)
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