preacher has been talking about, or to be interested completely in all of his discussions.” A. Doubtless this individual is not alone in the feelings expressed. John 4:23-24 is the authoritative word from our Lord Christ Himself. Wor ship does not require outward trap pings. There are certain things that may be conducive to our service; however, none of them are essential. No one can approach God to worship Him spiritually except the one who has already trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour (John 14:6). If we don’t get all we should out of what a preacher is saying, it may be the fault of a difficult presentation he has given. His terms may be too hard to understand. At Talbot Theo logical Seminary, we advise our stu dents to make the message just as simple as possible. The perfect pat tern, of course, is the Lord Himself. He spoke so that all could readily understand. Then there is also the aspect of the listener’s interest. He
heard it said that the raptured saints ivill again come to the earth to rule after the time of the battle of Arma geddon. I f this is true, could you show me some Bible references?” A. It would help you if you had a Bible with the Scofield Reference Notes. There are so many passages with an eschatological meaning, that is, dealing with future events. In Revelation, 19:11 we see the pic ture of our Saviour’s second coming in glory. Verse 14 tells us about the armies which were in heaven who followed Him. This all engulfs the battle of Armageddon. The armies which come are made up of the great company of believers. They don’t have to do any battle; they don’t even have implements of war. It is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself who is going to overcome the armies of the antichrist. The redeemed saints will merely come along with Him. Chapter 20 gives us the information on His millennial reign upon the earth. We shall rule with Him. We are going to enjoy all the privileges of ruling without any of the “head aches” or responsibilities. Q. Riverside, Calif. — "Do you think home missions are now more impor tant than foreign missions, due to the many closing doors around the world?” A. We certainly do not believe for a single moment that this is true. There are doors which have closed, to be sure; however, other doors are now opening. Actually, it is not real ly correct to speak of home and for eign missions, thus dividing them, for the field is the world. Every heart without Christ, remember, is a mission field. Q. Denver, Colo. — “How should I worship God after our Sunday morn ing service? I always feel that I should have received more out of the meeting. I find myself hard- pressed to really grasp what the
Members of the Biola staff, along with officials of Family Stations, recently met together on the Campus to discuss the importance of Gospel broadcasting. From left to right are Mr. Thomas Ed Steele, director of radio for Biola; Mr. Bill Clark, general manager of KECR, San Diego; Mr. Bill Mansdoerfer, director of Family Stations, San Francisco; Mr. Roger Booth, general man ager of KBBW, San Diego; Mr. Harold Camp ing, president of Family Stations, San Francisco; Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland, Biola president; and Mr. Al Sanders, vice president of Public Rela tions for Biola.
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