Any appeal to the public in the name of Christ that rises no higher than an invitation to tranquillity must be recognized as mere humanism with a few words of Jesus thrown in to make it appear Christian.\u2026<\/p>\n
Christ calls men to carry a cross; we call them to have fun in His name. He calls them to forsake the world; we assure them that if they but accept Jesus the world is their oyster. He calls them to suffer; we call them to enjoy all the bourgeois comforts modern civilization affords. He calls them to self-abnegation and death; we call them to spread themselves like green bay trees or perchance even to become stars in a pitiful fifth-rate religious zodiac. He calls them to holiness; we call them to a cheap and tawdry happiness that would have been rejected with scorn by the least of the Stoic philosophers.<\/p>\n
Matthew 10:37\u201339; Luke 9:23\u201325; Philippians 1:29\u201330<\/p>\n
Born After Midnight,<\/i> 141.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Any appeal to the public in the name of Christ that rises no higher than an invitation to tranquillity must be recognized as mere humanism with a few words of Jesus thrown in to make it appear Christian.\u2026 Christ calls men to carry a cross; we call them to have fun in His name. He … Continue reading “EVANGELISM:
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