Why Is The Church Not Growing As It Should?

By Lanny Parish

All problems that we are confronted with spiritually, I believe the New Testament reveals their solution, directly or in principle (2 Pet. 1:3). The statement which is the title to this article is no exception! I know of no one who will deny that the church of Christ is not growing (as it should). There must be a reason or reasons. I believe the New Testament reveals at least two of these which I present for your consideration:

The first is preachers. Over the past few years, I have observed the “work” habits of a number of brothers in Christ who are receiving “full-time” wages and are presumed to be doing “full-time” work as ministers of the gospel of Christ. But, in many instances I have noticed first hand (and have also been told of others), that some preachers who are supposed to be “full-time” are not performing their duties “full-time” (2 Tim. 4:5).

When preachers accept “full-time” wages it is expected and required that the “laborer be worthy of his hire.” Yet, many preachers in this category (“full-time”) spend few hours per week in diligent study of God’s Word which is evidenced in their class teaching and their sermons. One can not teach what he does not know – and he cannot know what he has not learned (2 Tim. 2:15). Perhaps this is one reason preachers are no bolder than they are in their preaching and personal work; their faith and conviction has not matured as a result of not properly utilizing their time (1 Tim. 4:13,15,16).

Some preachers abuse their “full-time” status by spending too much time on the golf course, fishing, drinking coffee, just plain gossiping, too much time away from the local work for whatever reason, etc. There is no way that I know that any person in any endeavor, spiritual or secular, can do an effective job unless he is diligent, devoted and consistent in his efforts. Preachers are no exception (2 Tim. 4:2)! How many nonmembers have we as preachers talked within the past year? How do we know it won’t do any good? How many denominational preachers have we as preachers tried to discuss the Bible with? How do we know it won’t do any good? Have we met everyone in our neighborhood? How many “liberal-minded” brethren have we tried to study with? Preacher brothers, we need to ask ourselves these questions and consider our answers!

When preachers assume the responsibility of “full-time” work, they do so by choice and, therefore, incur the weight and privilege of the obligations of a minister outlined in the New Testament which is primarily to preach the gospel! Preachers of all people, know these things and brethren should know them and require the same as God’s Word does.

If all preachers will “put their hands to the plow” (Lk. 9:62) and earnestly and diligently “fulfill thy ministry” we will see the church grow as it should! God’s Word hasn’t lost any of its power (Rom. 1:16)! I thank God for those brethren who are faithfully and diligently discharging their duty as a gospel preacher and I pray that the rest will begin. So, preachers who are not fulfilling their ministry as the New Testament reveals is one reason the church is not growing as it should. (I’ll not address the obvious and understood fact that preachers deserve and are expected to take time off to relax and enjoy wholesome recreation just like anyone else.)

The second reason the New Testament reveals that the church is not growing as it should is members. It is easy for us all to get the “pass-the-buck” syndrome (Gen. 3:12-13) when things are not progressing as we think they should. We need to possess the honest, honorable character of “the-buck-stops-here” and take the initiative to perform accordingly.

It seems to be the programmed nature of some members to want to blame the preacher for the church not growing as it should, and for some preachers to reciprocate with the favor of blaming the members. Surely, brethren we realize, even if both sides are wrong – that two wrongs don’t make a right (Gal. 6:7)!

I am acutely aware, having preached “full-time” for a number of years, that some members feel it is their duty to bemoan not only preachers and other members but, the work in general. Also, I have experienced the same with preachers (Acts 10:34; Rom. 14:12).

Members who are not happy and grateful for the privilege of being who they are and what they are (God’s child) seldom radiate the blessedness they are missing. And as result, those they come in contact with perceive their’disposition and attitude and have no intention of being permanently associated with such, which can mean they won’t even consider the church (Matt. 5:16).

When folks see members of the church of Christ conduct the affairs of their life in an un-Christ like manner and are unfaithful and don’t “practice-what-they-preach,” is it any wonder the church of Christ is not growing as it should? I hope you and I will consider and realize that there is no “passing-the-buck” before our Lord.

These two classes of people – preachers and members – are two of the determining factors in whether the church grows as it should! You and I are one or the other or both! My prayer is that we each realize our individual role in life as God’s child and will conduct ourselves accordingly so the result will be the church growing as it should.

Guardian of Truth XXXII: 6, pp. 161, 183
March 17, 1988

Lessons Learned From The Twelve Spies

By Ken Weliever

After the children of Israel were freed from Egyptian bondage and delivered from Pharaoh’s army, they began their journey toward Mt. Sinai. In the wilderness God provided food, water and protection. When they arrived at Sinai, they received the law that would govern them as a nation and the pattern for the tabernacle regulating their worship. After being numbered and organized, they were now ready to enter the land of promise.

However, it seems that the people originated the idea to search the land (Deut. 1:20-23). God agreed to it and told them to “spy out the land” and see how the people lived, how strong they were, and what the land looked like. After forty days, the spies returned and admitted Canaan was a wonderful land, but expressed doubt they could conquer these strong people. Two of the spies, Caleb and Joshua, objected and said, “we are well able” to take the land. However, the majority prevailed and Israel wandered in the wilderness another 38 years while an entire generation died.

This account from Numbers 13 and 14 should be very familiar to most readers. But the question is: What do we learn from it? Concerning the problems of Israel Paul wrote: “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples; and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Cor. 10:11). Regarding our approach to studying the Old Testament Paul also penned: “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4). So what example is set for us in this account? What admonitions do we receive? What lessons do we learn from the twelve spies?

Two Attitudes

The outlook of the ten spies was not very bright. Their report was one of gloom. They could only see the problems instead of the possibilities, the giants instead of God and defeat instead of victory. The inspired writer called it “an evil report” (13:32). Their attitude could certainly be called negative.

On the other hand, Caleb and Joshua, were very optimistic. Their report was one of hope. They saw the possibilities instead of the problems, God instead of giants, and victory instead of defeat. God said Caleb “had a different spirit” (14:24). Yes, it was different from the ten spies because it was positive instead of negative.

Today, in the world and in the church, we still have these two groups of people. Some can see the good in people, opportunities to spread the gospel and the disposition that says “we are able.” While there are others who can only see the bad in people, the flaw in any idea and say “we are not able.”

Traits of the Ten Spies

Let us look a little closer into this negative attitude of the ten spies and see what traits composed their character.

(1) Doubt. They said, “We are not able” (13:31). Doubt caused them to question their resources to take the land, as well as their God who was leading them.

(2) Self-depreciation. “We are in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight” (13:33). They saw themselves as teeny, tiny, little grasshoppers about to be squashed by the big, bad giants.

(3) Fear. Joshua indicates in 14:9 that they were afraid. Fear naturally follows doubt and self-depreciation. Fear then will paralyze one and keep him from acting.

(4) Critical spirit. When people become negative and inactive, they turn to criticizing others who want to move forward. The whole congregation was influenced by these terrible ten to murmur and complain against God’s leaders, Moses and Aaron (14:1-2).

(5) Rebellion. The preceding attitudes contributed to the spirit of rebellion against God. They said, “Let us make a captain and return to Egypt” (14:4). Can you imagine being on the brink of the promised land, and then wanting to return to the land of slavery?

(6) Ingratitude. Implied is also a spirit that was not thankful for their blessings. They failed to appreciate all that God had done for them in the two years after leaving Egypt.

(7) Unbelief. All of these negative traits can be summed up in one word – unbelief. The writer of Hebrews 3:18-19 says that unbelief kept them from entering Canaan.

Brethren, doesn’t it scare you to death to look at this list and see so many of these negatives in the church today attitudes that hold us back, that divide our ranks, that cause us to wander in the wilderness of sin and keep us from entering the land of promise. Several years ago James P. Needham wrote a very fine article that described negativism this way: “There is no place in the Christian’s life for negativism, yet this is the persistent attitude of many. It constantly talks down the great work of God. It is a prophet of doom, gloom and boom! It says nothing is useful or beneficial, no, not gospel meetings, Bible classes, etc., etc. Everything proposed is a waste of time, effort, and especially money! That’s the most important. Negativism is not realistic, but materialistic. Negativism is an elephant on the road to progress; a millstone around the neck of usefulness; a cancer of the mind of its advocate; and ice pack on the fervor of the faithful. It sees thorns on the rose bush, never the roses on the thorn bush. Its parent is little faith, its child is discouragement, its grandchild is cantankerousness and its first cousin is stubbornness!”

Caleb and Joshua

These two men were “different.” They had a different disposition, a different focus on life, and a different attitude toward God and his work. What were some of the attributes of their attitudes?

(1) Faith. They said, “We are well able to overcome” (13:30). They believed in themselves, in their fellow Israelites and most importantly in their God.

(2) Confidence. Concerning the Canaanites Joshua said, “The people are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the Lord is with us” (14:9). They had the confidence in the outcome of this undertaking, because they knew they were doing the will of God.

(3) Courage. Joshua said, “fear them not” (14:9). He was not afraid of the giants, the walled cities or the strength of the people.

(4) Action. Caleb said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it” (13:30). Positive people say, “Let’s go and do it now!”

(5) Thankfulness. They understood the land was a gift from God, a blessing due to his delight in them (14:7-8). True appreciation for one’s blessings will lead to action and obedience.

Today, as we face the giant problems of sin, suffering or sickness in our personal lives or the apathy, indifference and cowardice in the lives of our brethren, we need the positive traits of faith, confidence, and courage, coupled with action and an appreciation of God’s blessings to lead us on to victory.

Conclusion

Numbers 3:32 tells us there were 603,550 men of war. Of that number only two, Caleb and Joshua, entered into Canaan. 603,548 fell in the wilderness. Jesus said only a “few” will enter and walk the strait and narrow way leading to life, while many will walk the broad way leading to destruction (Matt. 7:13-14). Will you and I decide to develop the disposition like God’s two heroes of old? Or will we be like those shameful spies who brought back the negative report? Don’t be a whiner! Be a winner for God!

Guardian of Truth XXXII: 6, pp. 163-164
March 17, 1988

The Effects Of Smoking

By Dennis Tucker

On November 19th, the American Cancer society had its Great American Smoke Out. Smokers were encouraged to give up their tobacco for at least one day. They hoped that at least a small minority of those who participate permanently will give up the habit. I don’t remember when this event became an annual occurrence, but it is estimated that 5 million fewer smokers participated this year than did last year. Just the fact that we are talking in the millions shows how many people are affected.

In this article, I want to examine the smoking issue from a little different view than is usually taken. First of all, I was raised in a major tobacco state (Kentucky). On a recent news program, it was said that in 1976 over one-half of the adult population in Louisville smoked. In Kentucky, tobacco is big business. Near Bowling Green, Kentucky, there used to be a billboard that read: “80,000 jobs are created by the Tobacco Industry in Kentucky.” Of those 80,000 many are farmers who would not be able to survive without this valuable cash crop. Brown & Williamson, Philip Morris, and American Tobacco are companies that have, or still employ, a large number of people in the Louisville area. In the early 1970s, one out of three cigarettes made were made in Louisville. The state of Kentucky receives both taxes from the crop itself and from the sale of the cigarettes. All of this is to illustrate just how vital the tobacco industry is to the economy in my home state. I have heard all of the arguments which either allow or condemn tobacco. Speaking against tobacco in Kentucky is about like preaching against mixed swimming in Florida. Hard working and honest Christians would be hurt if people gave up either smoking or swimming in those states. It is my hope that by looking at the effects of tobacco, it will be easier for Christians who smoke to quit.

First, smoking deteriorates your lifestyle. If you smoke one pack of cigarettes a day (many smoke up to 3 packs), you are spending about $30 a month, or $365 a year, on a product that you burn in your mouth. Not only does it take money that you could use for something you need, but it also destroys clothing, causes carpet burns, and stinks up the room. Smokers develop the “Smokers Cough”: the first two things that a smoker must do in the morning is start coughing and then light up a cigarette. It is my understanding that when a smoker sleeps, the nicotine settles in his lungs and must be stirred up; after going 8 hours without a cigarette, he then craves more nicotine. Smokers hurt the lifestyle of the people around them. While writing this portion of this article, I was in an airport that was filled with cigarette smoke. I had to eventually move to a different terminal because it was making me ill. Smokers need to realize that just because they want to fill their lungs doesn’t mean others want tot do the same. Smoke which fills a room is worse than the smoke that a smoker puts in his lungs. This “secondary smoke” does more harm and is more sickening than the smoke that is directly inhaled. Parents who smoke in the car are doing an injustice to their children.

Second, smoking is a bad habit. Everybody has some habits. Usually when you mention to a smoker the idea of it being a habit, they will compare this to drinking coffee or chewing gum. We need to realize that not all habits are bad. Just because you do something habitually (chewing gum) does not automatically place you with the smoker. But let’s say for the sake of argument that chewing gum is a bad habit. You chew gum (which is bad) so I will smoke (which is just as bad). This is the same argument that is used with sin (you committed a sin so I can sin). Or, at least my habit is not as bad as drinking. I used to bite my fingernails, and people (especially my mom) used to get on my case. My response was that everybody has a bad habit, and at least mine wasn’t really hurting anybody. Even while I made that argument I realized that I was justifying doing less than my best, and doing my best is required of every Christian. So I quit. Smokers need to replace that bad habit with a good habit.

Third, smoking causes health problems. Smokers will eventually develop emphysema; all smokers do. This means that they will have trouble breathing, and walking or singing will cause them to be out of breath. It is sad to hear a person, who once could sing, have to rush through a song because of his bad lungs or to hear a once beautiful voice now sound raspy. Even more alarming is the connection between smoking and cancer. Each year in Kentucky 2,600 people will die of cancer. If you smoke, your chances of dying of cancer are 20 times greater than the non-smoker.

Consider the actual agony of cancer. While in Florida, I spent considerable time with people who had cancer. There are some things that stand out about the illnesses: (1) It is very painful. It will rob you of your energy and any joy you have. Cancer victims die a slow death. In fact, each day they feel worse than the day before. Eventually, any little task (walking or sitting) is impossible, and the person actually prays for his own death. (2) Cancer has time on its side. Usually when we get sick, our bodies use time to heal or rid itself of the problem. Cancer uses time to wear the victim down. It will give you today or tomorrow, but eventually it will win. (3) There is the mental agony that it could have been avoided. Most people would never shoot their own foot or chop off a hand, yet they choose to increase their chances of getting cancer by smoking.

“Why should I quit?” This is a common question. I can not actually say that smoking is a sin (although I feel that it would be for me), but I can point out this fact: smoking is selfish. If God allows you the right to commit slow suicide with a cigarette, he does not allow you to purposely hurt others. Think of your children. The mental pain and agony of watching a loved one die of cancer is great. They will see you die a little each day and have their lives turned up side down. Your grandchildren will grow up either remembering your death or without any memory of grandmother or grandfather. It is the responsibility of parents to love and teach their children. This is impossible if you are dead. I have a father who smokes, and I hope that he will quit. I hate the idea of losing him to cancer. I also feel a little hurt because he loves that cigarette enough to risk having to leave his children and grandchildren.

Smoking is selfish because it also robs the church of your abilities. People who once could lead singing or give sermons are no longer able to do so. You have to be able to breathe to sing, and you must be alive to teach.

It is my sincere hope that Christians who smoke will see not only the effect that smoking has on themselves but also the effect it has on the church and their families. Surely anybody who loves their God, their brethren, and their family will chose what is best for them.

Guardian of Truth XXXII: 5, pp. 148-149
March 3, 1988

Latter Day Prophets: Now Accurate Are They (2)

By David A. Beck

Ellen G. White

Another self-proclaimed latter-day prophet was Ellen G. White, the founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She claimed that all she said came from God. “I am just as dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord in relating or writing a vision, as in having the vision. It is impossible for me to call up things which have been shown me unless the Lord brings them before me in the time that he is pleased to have me relate or write them.”(1)

Maurice Barnett quotes the Adventist Review, “We believe that Ellen White was inspired by the Holy Spirit and that her writings, the product of inspiration, are particularly applicable and authoritative to Seventh-day Adventists. . . We do not believe that the quality or degree of inspiration in the writings of Ellen White is different from that of Scripture.”(2)

Mrs. White was greatly influenced by William Miller, a prophet of the “Second Adventism” movement. He and his followers believed in six distinguishing doctrines: (1) No hell, or punishment for the wicked. (2) No conscious existence after death. (3) The destiny of man is everlasting life on earth. (4) The end of the world is nearly here. (5) After Jesus came, he would judge the world, resurrect those in the grave, and renovate the earth to sinless perfection. (6) His second coming would be sometime between March 21, 1843, and March 21, 1844.(3)

When their expectations failed to materialize, they set a second date of October 22, 1844. According to Mrs. White, when these prophecies failed, she received in a vision a message from God. Thus began her “ministry.”(4)

Mrs. White made health reform rules a matter of faith. Adventists, for the most part, are vegetarians. Barnett quotes from Counsels on Diet and Food (p. 380), “Again and again, I have been shown that God is trying to lead us back, step by step, to His original design – that man should subsist upon the natural products of the earth. . . Vegetables, fruits, and grains should compose our diet. Not an ounce of flesh-foods should enter our stomachs. The eating of flesh is unnatural.”(5) Mrs. White further claimed, “We are composed of what we eat, and eating much flesh will diminish the intellectual activity. . . A religious life can be more successfully gained and maintained if meat is discarded, for this diet stimulates into intense activities lustful propensities, and enfeebles the moral ind spiritual nature. ‘The flesh warreth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh’ . . . . From the light God has given me, the prevalence of cancers and tumors is largely due to gross living on dead flesh . . . cancers, tumors, scrofula, tuberculosis, and numbers of other like affections.”(6)

Mrs. White originally forbade the use of butter, eggs, milk, and cheese, but she later changed her teaching.(7)

Obviously, not only are Mrs. White’s “inspired” dietary demands unsound both medically and scientifically, but they are specifically warned against in the word of God. In 1 Timothy 4:1-5, God specifically mentions false prophets who will, “command to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”

Ellen G. White, in 1849, said, “If any among us are (sic) sick, let us not dishonor God by applying to earthly physicians, but apply to the God of Israel. If we follow His divine directions (James 5:14-15) the sick will be healed. God’s promise cannot fail.” However, in 1864, in volume 2 of Spiritual Gifts, she denied that earlier statement, and claimed to have “always held” the position that consulting an earthly physician could “sometimes . . . be very necessary.”” Her writings are full of such obvious contradictions.

Mrs. White taught that acquired conditions or characteristics could be passed on to one’s children in some way. In Health Reformer (Vol. 6, No. 5, 1871, p. 157), she states, “‘But my waist is naturally slender,’ says one woman. She means that she has inherited small lungs. Her ancestors more or less of them, compressed their lungs in the same way that we do [tight laced corsets (DAB)], and it has become in her case a congenital deformity. This leads us to one of the worst aspects of the whole matter the transmitted results of indulgence in their deadly vice.”(8) Genetic science absolutely refutes such claims.

Note, also, her teaching on the use of wet-nurses for one’s babies: “A stranger performs the duties of the mother and gives from her breast the food to sustain life. Nor is this all. She also imparts her temper and her temperament to the nursing child. The child’s life is linked to hers. If the hireling is a course (sic) type of woman, passionate and unreasonable; if she is not careful in her morals, the nursling will be, in all probability, of the same or similar type. The same course (sic) quality of blood, coursing in the veins of the hireling nurse is in that of the child” (Health Reformer, Vol. 6, Number 3, 1871, p. 45).(9) Barnett asks, will a baby fed on cow’s milk have a tendency to eat grass and run in the fields? There is no basis in medical science for such nonsensical teaching.

Another of Ellen G. White’s “inspired” teachings concerned the wearing of wigs. “The artificial hair and pads covering the base of the brain, heat and excite the spinal nerves centering in the brain. The head should ever be kept cool. The heat caused by these artificials induces the blood to the brain. The action of the blood on the lower, or animal organs of the brain, causes unnatural activity, tends to recklessness in morals, and the mind and heart are in danger of being corrupted. As the animal organs are excited and strengthened, the moral are enfeebled. The moral and intellectual powers of the mind become servants to the animal. Such lose their power to discern sacred things.” She further claimed that the wearing of wigs produced congestion and baldness.(10)

It is obvious that Mrs. White’s “prophecies” concerning science and health contained major flaws, yet she is considered an inspired prophet; her word is equal in quality to Scripture, according to Adventists.

According to Mrs. White, William Miller in 1840 predicted that the second coming of Christ would occur in 1843. When this event failed to happen, she and other “faithful” disciples of Miller began to search for answers.(11)

Soon, Mrs. White was speaking on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventists, a group which “discovered” that Christ had not returned yet because the church, through the influence of Roman Catholicism, had discarded observance of the Sabbath.(12) Mrs. White, in November, 1848, claimed the “Time of Trouble,” just prior to the second advent “had begun.”(13) On January 5, 1849, she said the “Time of Trouble” had not begun yet, but was “nearly finished.”(14) Present Adventists still believe the second coming of Christ is “at hand.”(15) Like the Mormons, Adventists try to “explain away” these failures, but if a prophet is truly inspired, his prophecies will be true.

Charles T. Russell

Charles T. Russell, the founder of the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization, became interested in a splinter group of Adventists, who believed the second advent would take place in 1874. He became associated with them in 1868. By 1877, he had published a book claiming that Christ’s second advent had begun invisibly in the fall of 1874.(16)

On July 1, 1879, Russell printed the first edition of Zions Watch Tower. He had severed all connections with the Adventists.(17)

It was claimed by Rutherford, of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Organization, that in 1881 Russell became a spokesman for God. This claim was later refuted in 1954.(18)

Russell claimed, in 1889, in the coming 26 years all present governments will be overthrown and dissolved.(19)

The Jehovah’s Witnesses have set date after date for the second coming and establishment of the kingdom. On July 15, 1894, Russell predicted the end of the “time of trouble” to occur in 1914.(20) In 1914, he said Armageddon “may begin next spring.”(21) In 1920 J. F. Rutherford predicted the resurrection of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, “and other faithful ones of old,” fully restored to perfect humanity. This was to take place in 1925.(22) In 1929, Beth Sarim, a “mansion for the worthies of old” was built.(23)

In 1941, Armageddon was predicted as “soon.”(24) In 1942, a date of 1972 was set for Armageddon.(25) And on February 10, 1975, F. W. Franz predicted Armageddon to begin at Sundown, September 5, 1975.(26)

As we see these prophecies fail, one by one, we have to ask, “Why do these prophetic speculators still have followers?” I believe that the answer is clearly portrayed in 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12, “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

Endnotes

1. Ellen G. White and Inspiration, Copyright 1983, Maurice Barnett, Gospel Anchor Pub. Co., Louisville, Ky., p. 6.

2. Ibid.

3. Jehovah’s Witnesses, Maurice Barnett Printing Service, Cullman, Alabama, p. 1.

4. The Story of Redemption, Copyright 1947, Ellen G. White Publications, Review and Herald Publishing Assoc., Washington, D.C., p. 379.

5. Ellen G. White, p. 22.

6. Ibid.

7. Ibid., p. 34.

8. Ibid., p. 35.

9. Ibid., pp. 35-36.

10. Ibid., p. 36.

11. Story of Redemption, pp. 356-357.

12. Ibid., pp. 378-379.

13. Ellen G. White, p. 49.

14. Ibid.

15. Jehovah’s Witnesses, Barnett, p. 1.

16. Ibid.

17. Ibid., p. 15.

18. Ibid.

19. The Jehovah’s Witnesses and Prophetic Speculation, Copyright 1972, Edmond C. Gruss, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pp. 83-84.

20. Ibid., p. 84.

21. Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Copyright 1920, J. F. Rutherford, International Bible Students Assoc., Brooklyn, N.Y., pp. 88-90.

22. Gruss, p. 88.

23. Ibid., p. 91.

24. Ibid.

25. Ibid.

26. Ibid., p. appendix ii.

Guardian of Truth XXXII: 6, pp. 166-167
March 17, 1988