rom Us:
One of the great evils in modern Christianity is the fact that debt is as great a problem within the church as without. We hope this issue will be used by the Lord as an encouragement to some of you to love and good works — in this case, getting out of debt slavery.
Some of you will have noticed our format has changed slightly. We are now keeping each column limited to one page. This is to make the columns more readable and digestable for you, as well as making them easier to reproduce on a copy machine if you want to spread one of them around. It goes without saying that such reproductions have our permission, blessing, and enthusiastic encouragement.
Because we are convinced that true revival must be undergirded with a thorough-going doctrinal reformation, we are pleased to let you know about a new publication (a quarterly journal) that promises to be truly edifying. It is called Reformation and Revival, and the address is PO Box 88216, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. The subscription cost is $16.00.
From You:
Thank you, so much, for the "Agenda" — continues blessing all of us with good reading. Thank you for honesty and strength in controversial or delicate subjects.
Thanks for the work involved in getting Credenda/Agenda out. It's good for my spiritual health!
I read with eagerness and excitement the first issue of Credenda/Agenda that I have received. The articles are very enlightening and edifying. I especially enjoyed the "Studies in Hebrews."
In the last two issues of Credenda/Agenda, some mention was made of "Roman Catholic sacramentalism" as if in some way Catholicism was not Christian. There is much confusion about Catholicism especially among Fundamentalists and Evangelicals. Somehow the confusion is based on poor sources and/or age-old animosity for one another . . .
Editor's reply: Please accept our assurance that we bear no animosity toward individual Catholics, and our
recognition that there are individual Catholics who are among the elect. We do believe, however, that any Catholic who is saved
is saved in spite of the theology of the Church, and not on account of it. But in any critique that we make of Catholicism, we
do want it to be obvious to all that we bear no malice at all.
Your articles in Credenda/Agenda are so well done that I am guilty of sharing them with others. Now several of the others want their own copies. Please add the following to your mailing list . . .
I just received my second edition and have appreciated the articles very much. I found the letters to the editor in this one very interesting and I am curious about some references to Chris Schlect's articles on youth ministry . . . I would really like to read what Mr. Schlect had to say — is it possible to get a reprint of the articles?
Editor's reply: We do have a limited number of back issues, which we send to any who request it. If an article is out of print, we will send a xerox copy of the article.
[In response to Terry Morin's last Historia column] . . . and Romans 9, which requires a much longer response certainly does not teach that God hates all those not in Christ. God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, Ez. 18 & 33, and God's will is frequently rejected, Luke 7:30.
Terry Morin replies: Quite right. Romans 9:13 was quoted only to support the thesis that God redemptively loved Jacob and reprobatively hated Esau. Reference was made to Prov. 6:16-19 to support the limited assertion that God hates, as abominations, those persons who lie or sow discord among brothers. God does not respect the wall of separation we have constructed between the lie and the liar — He hates them both. It is time we yielded to His right to do so.
