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The answers Dr. Talbot gave in his May Question Box were good. I am just thinking about the answer to the ques tion, “ Was Cain ever saved?” The an swer and the Scripture are both to the point. I think there is one Scripture you happened to overlook. “ Woe unto them! For they went in the way of Cain” (Jude 11). Certainly, if Cain was a saved man, there wouldn’t have been a woe pronounced upon those that went his way; and, as you said, there is no evidence that he ever changed his way. I was also interested in the answer to the man who said, “ My pastor says that the doctrine of the premillennial coming of Christ to the earth is danger ous and fanatical.” Dr. Talbot said, “ Your pastor may be orthodox, funda mental, and true to the Word of God in other doctrines; if so, he is a real Christian.” . . . That used to be my position, and I am not sure yet that it is not correct, but there are some things that puzzle me. “Unbelief is the sin that damns.” Now if anyone does not believe the Word o f God, then he is guilty of unbelief. How else could you know that a man was guilty o f unbelief, except by his unbelief in the Word of God? Only the doctrine of the atone ment is set forth in the Scripture more often and more emphatically than the doctrine of the premillennial return of our Lord. How can a man say he be lieves the Bible and yet doesn’t believe the plain statements about the pre millennial coming of Christ? Now in First John 6:9-12 we have some plain statements, and one of those statements is, “ He that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son” (v. 10). Of course, verse 11 explains just what the witness is that we are to believe. I have been thinking of course of the rendering in the Revised Version. The A.V. reads, “ He believeth not God . . . because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.” Surely the record that God gave His Son is that His Son would some day return to this earth and reign for a thousand years. Well, anyway to deny the premillennial return o f the Lord in the face of all the Scripture has to say about it is mighty dangerous business. However, I have not ehanged my mind yet, and I am inclined to agree with your state ment, but I think that we ought to warn people of the danger of denying any thing that is plainly taught in the rec ord that God has given us of His Son. Louis S. B a u m a n , D.D. Pastor, First Brethren Church, Washington, D.C. (Continued on Page 24) J U L Y . 1 9 5 0
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Vol. 41
July, 1950
No. 7
CONTENTS Reader Reaction ....................................................................................... 3 Editorially Speaking ................................................................................ 4 Apostasy: The Death Rattle of Our Age, Louis S. Bauman .......... 6 Poem, Martha Snell Nicholson ................................................................ 7 A Dying Church....................................................................................... & Dr. Talbot’s Question Box............................................................ 9 “ Heaven Around the Corner” ................................................................ 19 Young People May Know the Will of God, William W. Orr ............ 12 Field Work Department Expands......................................................... IS The Trail of the French Perfume, Delnora M. Erickson ................ 14 Building Blocks for Christian Poise, Ralph B e l l .............................. 15 A Chinese Christian Pastor Under the Communists........................ 17 Acknowledge Him, Ida C. Young ........................................................... 17 The Press and The Christian World..................................................... 17 Biola Family Circle.................................................... Miscellanea .............................................................................................. 19 Sunday School Lessons, Homer A. Kent, Allison Arrowood ............ 20 Young People’s Topics, Walter L. Wilson ............................................. 25 Bible Quiz, Vernon Howard .................................................................... 27 Junior King’s Business: Jim Joins Up, Lois McKinney .................. 28 The Bible in the News, William W. Orr .............................................. 30 Book Reviews .......................................................................................... 31 Object Lessons, Elmer L. Wilder ........................................................... 33- Picture Credits: Cover: Courtesy U. S. Department of Defense, Washington, D. C. These flags and enlisted personnel represent the branches of our armed forces. Left to right, top row: WAF—Air Force; WACS—Army; WAVES—Navy; WOMEN MARINES. Bot tom: AIR FORCE; ARMY; NAVY; MARINES; pp. 10, 11—N. C. Parsons, Los Angeles, Calif. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION—"The King’s Business" is published monthly: $2.00, one year; $1.00, six months; 20 cents, single copy. Clubs of three or more at special rates. Write for details. Canadian and foreign subscriptions 25 cents extra. It requires one month for a change of address to become effective. Please send both old and new addresses. REMITTANCES—Payable in advance, should be made by bank draft, express, or post office money order payable to “ The King's Business.” Date of expiration will show plainly on outside wrapper or cover of magazine. ADVERTISING—For information, address the Advertising Manager, 558 South Hope Street, Los Angeles 17, California. MANUSCRIPTS—“ The King’s Business” cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to manuscripts mailed to us for consideration. Entered as second-class matter November 7, 1938, at the Post Office at Los Angeles, Cali fornia, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 1925, embodied in paragraph 4, section 538, P. L. and R., authorized October 1, 1918, and November 13, 1938. ADDRESS: The King’s Business, 558 So. Hope St., Los Angeles 17» California. Page Three
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