Paganism is slowly closing in on the Church, and her only response is an occasional \u201cdrive\u201d for one thing or another\u2014usually money\u2014or a noisy but timid campaign to improve the morals of the movies. Such activities amount to little more than a slight twitching of the muscles of a drowsy giant too sleepy to care. These efforts sometimes reach the headlines, but they accomplish little that is lasting, and are soon forgotten. The Church must have power; she must become formidable, a moral force to be reckoned with, if she would regain her lost position of spiritual ascendancy and make her message the revolutionizing, conquering thing it once was.<\/p>\n
Matthew 28:18\u201320; Acts 1:8; Acts 4:31\u201333; Acts 17:6<\/p>\n
Paths to Power,<\/i> 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paganism is slowly closing in on the Church, and her only response is an occasional \u201cdrive\u201d for one thing or another\u2014usually money\u2014or a noisy but timid campaign to improve the morals of the movies. Such activities amount to little more than a slight twitching of the muscles of a drowsy giant too sleepy to care. … Continue reading “CHURCH:
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