Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - Prophecy and Present-Day Events. The Rev. Robert M. Russell, D. D., LL. D. - Human Reason Versos Divine Revelation - Reason in Religion
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
Robert M. Russell 193
presented as infallible and authoritative, because "men spake from
God moved by the Holy Spirit" (2 Pet. 1:21).
In opposition to all this there is modern denial of all the funda-
mental facts of Bible revelation, and this by men ordained to the
Christian ministry and still holding pulpits in orthodox denomina-
tions. I have in mind one minister of a prominent church in one of
our leading evangelical denominations, a man who holds high place
among his ministerial brethren and often serves on prominent de-
nominational committees, and yet in somewhat recent conversation,
he denied belief in all the great fundamentals of Christianity, such as
the Inspiration of the Bible, the Deity of Jesus Christ, the Virgin
Birth of Jesus, the Reality of Christ’s miracles, the fact of His Resur-
rection, the Personality of Satan, the Reality of Hell, the New Birth
for Human Redemption, and in fact, the reality of anything beyond
the realm of naturalism. Still he passes as a spiritual leader in a
great orthodox denomination. Another clergyman professing scholar-
ship and associated with a leading evangelical denomination talks of
the possibility of modern archaeological discoveries in Palestine
which may secure for us not only the tomb of Christ, but His em-
balmed body. The resurrection of Jesus was thus denied.
Coupled with denial of the resurrection, is to be found looseness
of belief and lack of faith concerning all the great truths that are
certified to the world by the resurrection of Jesus. After a comfort-
able dinner a doctor of divinity of an evangelical denomination con-
veyed to me his conclusion on matters of religion. He said that he
rejected all authority and depended upon the results of his reason.
To him the Pentateuch was of doubtful Mosaic authorship and cer-
tainly contained many "folk-lore stories." Paul was declared to have
garbled the teachings of Jesus and to have foisted upon the world a
doctrine of the church that would have been severely condemned by
the Master. Regarding his own outlook for immortality, the com-
fortable doctor yawned and said that he was not sure concerning the
future, and did not much care; that if it pleased the great Author of
all things to snuff out his existence after ten or fifteen years more of
world life, he would register no protest, for he had had "a bully good
time" while here. Such thought and utterance is even less than
pagan. It not only betrays the numbing of the soul’s finer aspirations,
but ignores history and gives expression to twaddle just as if Jesus
Christ had never lived and had never died.
Reason in Religion
Reason has a true place in religion. Man is not asked to lay aside
his reason in becoming a Christian, but is asked to accept the revela-
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
