May / June 1998

GOODBYE, AND ALL THAT

"For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." --the apostle Paul

"For in fact what is man in nature? A Nothing in comparison with the Infinite, an All in comparison with the Nothing, a mean between nothing and everything."--Blaise Pascal

Letters

The Children's Crusade

THE THEOLOGY OF A GODLESS CONSTITUTION

Pluralism at Its Finest

For 10 years, This Alabama School Official Documented and Kept a List of De Kalb County's First Amendment Violations. He Finally Had His Day in Court, and Just About Everyone-From the Governor on Down-Is Angry.

In last week's ruling in the Chandler case, Judge Ira DeMent threatened to hold in contempt of court all teachers and students in Alabama who offer public prayer to God while at school or even near a school. The judge specifically said "no exception" would be made during a "perceived crisis or exigent circumstances." This means that in times of national emergency, such as when President Reagan was shot and wounded in 1980, this judge will fine or even put in jail any teacher who stops class to pray for the life of the president. When a young football player is seriously injured at practice or at a game, this judge will fine or put in jail any coach who leads the team in prayer for the injured player.

When Christians Shout Against What They Know Not

Sidebar to "Immaculate Misconceptions"

"MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD"

The kingdom of God comes not with outward show. The gospel of the grace of God, with its spirit of self-abnegation, can never be in harmony with the spirit of the world. The two principles are antagonistic. "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14).

Tennessee Legislators Pass A Bill Protecting Freedoms Students Already Have

A Christian Scientist Defends "Spiritual Healing"