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I read the article. I certainly do believe that God should be presented as He is, regardless of whether or not it offends the other person. But to simply leave them with a short presentation without giving them an answer to their objections, is not acceptable. How long should we perservere in conditioning the soil? How many times should we throw out seed? Should we water the crops only once and let them wither for the remainder of the summer? For some of them it is merely to cast pearls before swine. But there are many fields, and it is our responsibility to perservere and influence. We are the means of Grace. Here is an excerpt from the article you gave me: "You may reply to this: "Then what's the use of arguing and reasoning with me?" Well, there is a great deal of use in it. You see, if you are really a creature of God, you are always accessible to Him. When Lazarus was in the tomb he was still accessible to Christ who called him back to life. It is this on which true preachers depend. The prodigal [son] thought he had clean escaped from the father's influence. In reality the father controlled the "far country" to which the prodigal had gone. So it is in reasoning. True reasoning about God is such as stands upon God as upon the emplacement that alone gives meaning to any sort of human argument. And such reasoning, we have a right to expect, will be used of God to break down the one-horse chaise of human autonomy."
Even then, should we not suppress the active centers of social cancer? Should we allow the flame of the already prevalent secular humanistic thought to spread by dismissal of futility? Cancer may not always be curable, but it can be suppressed. I am not necessarily saying you HAVE to come help me, and if the answer is no, then it is no. I can accept that you may not be interested, I was just hoping that there was someone in here who shared the same passion as I.
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