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Opinion|Tue, Apr. 08 2008 01:44 PM EDT

Building the Best to Survive the Test

By Dr. Tony Beam|Christian Post Guest Columnist

Without hesitation the president calls everyone together and ask, “What happened? Why didn’t you follow my instructions? Didn’t you receive my letters?” You answer, “Oh yeah, sure. We received and read all of your letters. We even bound them together into a book and some of us have memorized them. In fact, we have Letter Study every Sunday! Those letters had some incredible information!” The president asks, “But what did you do about my instructions?” The answer would be, “Do…well, nothing but we read every letter!”

The spirit of this present age seems to be a spirit of moderation when it comes to our response to the commands of Christ. But a moderate or lukewarm response to Christ will do nothing to fix our increasingly moral bankrupt culture. Building with the right materials in the right location requires listening to and obeying the words of the architect of the universe. Spiritually, physically, morally, politically, and culturally we must make sure we are building the best to survive the test.

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Dr. Tony Beam is Vice-President for Student Services and Director of the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina.

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  • Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:37 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

    Rev: 3:15-16
    I know your works, taht you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will not vomit you out of My mouth.

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