My Friend Tim

I would like to pay a small tribute to a friend who has had the courage to stand up for what he believes in... Men like that are far too rare in our churches, I pray that God would grant us more of them... In his honor, I submit the following... "The type of religion which rejoices in the pious sound of traditional phrases, regardless of their meanings, or shrinks from 'controversial' matters, will never stand amid the shocks of life. In the sphere of religion, as in other spheres, the things about which men are agreed are apt to be the things that are least worth holding; the really important things are the things about which men will fight." J Gresham Machen 1923 "Christianity and Liberalism" pp.1-2

Minorities & Majorities

History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith...We need to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and His salvation, and to pray for the conversion of the unregenerate. Prayer here, if coupled with Christian efforts, is not only proper but absolutely necessary. But, while only God can convert the wicked, men have the power to control the wicked. And the means of control is a strict sense of law and order, of justice. But today the sentimentalism that parades as Christianity, instead of seeking to control and to convert the evil seeks instead to love it and subsidize it. The result is a destruction of civilization and harm to both the godly members of society as well as to the wicked who cause the destruction. Rushdoony, "The Roots of Reconstruction." pp545 & 547