Call number
Publication
[Atlanta, GA: W.A. McIlwaine], first printing, 1967.
Physical description
55 p.; 22 cm
Notes
A copy of the third printing of this title is also on file at the PCA Historical Center. We would like to acquire a copy of the second printing.
CONTENTS:
Preface.
I. Background.
II. Treasure in Earthen Vessels.
III. The Revelation Event.
IV. Witness and Instrument.
V. Interpretation.
Appendix : The Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter I - Of the Holy Scripture.
Supplement [stapled insert, pages 53-[55]; dated December 21, 1968]
OPENING WORDS:
I. Background.
In making this criticism of the Covenant Life Curriculum I would first express real agreement with some of its objectives, in particular, (1) to lead the members of our church to study the Bible in order to learn what God tells us there about Himself and our relationship to Him and our fellow man, (2) to enable our members to grow in faith as well as knowledge by (3) putting into practice what God says to us in His word.
But these objectives are as old as the Bible itself. However, in this day certain changes in the general beliefs, principles, and practices of our society are taking place, and the effectiveness of former methods of trying to gain these ends appear to many to be decreasing. So a new approach has been devised and very carefully, ably and thoroughly carried out in the Covenant Life Curriculum.
The changes have come more slowly in the South than elsewhere in the United States, for various reasons, but the pace of change has accelerated tremendously during the last few years, and now the pattern is apparent throughout the nation.
The basic change is from a theistic to an atheistic view of the universe, including all aspects of human life. This type of thinking now increasingly pervades our society, especially our educational institutions. It does not call itself atheistic. It simply says that scientific procedure in any given investigation requires the exclusion of every extraneous element, for the presence of any such element would affect the trustworthiness of the results. Therefore any idea of the existence or activity of God, or even of underlying purpose must be rigidly excluded. But it does not seem to occur to the advocates of this method of research and thought that this exclusion instead of producing a neutral position produces an atheistic one, for every application of the method, though theoretical is actually atheistic, and of course the validity of the results of investigation are affected. If God does not exist, and the reasoning is sound, the results are true, but if God does exist they are false. Furthermore, a neutral position is impossible for God either is or is not. Now if He is, He should be in all our thoughts. Of course, He is and we are convinced that He is, else our Christian faith is worth nothing. But although He is, we see Him shut out of scientific and other thought, though there are attempts to bring Him back in after conclusions based upon His absence have been reached.
CONTENTS:
Preface.
I. Background.
II. Treasure in Earthen Vessels.
III. The Revelation Event.
IV. Witness and Instrument.
V. Interpretation.
Appendix : The Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter I - Of the Holy Scripture.
Supplement [stapled insert, pages 53-[55]; dated December 21, 1968]
OPENING WORDS:
I. Background.
In making this criticism of the Covenant Life Curriculum I would first express real agreement with some of its objectives, in particular, (1) to lead the members of our church to study the Bible in order to learn what God tells us there about Himself and our relationship to Him and our fellow man, (2) to enable our members to grow in faith as well as knowledge by (3) putting into practice what God says to us in His word.
But these objectives are as old as the Bible itself. However, in this day certain changes in the general beliefs, principles, and practices of our society are taking place, and the effectiveness of former methods of trying to gain these ends appear to many to be decreasing. So a new approach has been devised and very carefully, ably and thoroughly carried out in the Covenant Life Curriculum.
The changes have come more slowly in the South than elsewhere in the United States, for various reasons, but the pace of change has accelerated tremendously during the last few years, and now the pattern is apparent throughout the nation.
The basic change is from a theistic to an atheistic view of the universe, including all aspects of human life. This type of thinking now increasingly pervades our society, especially our educational institutions. It does not call itself atheistic. It simply says that scientific procedure in any given investigation requires the exclusion of every extraneous element, for the presence of any such element would affect the trustworthiness of the results. Therefore any idea of the existence or activity of God, or even of underlying purpose must be rigidly excluded. But it does not seem to occur to the advocates of this method of research and thought that this exclusion instead of producing a neutral position produces an atheistic one, for every application of the method, though theoretical is actually atheistic, and of course the validity of the results of investigation are affected. If God does not exist, and the reasoning is sound, the results are true, but if God does exist they are false. Furthermore, a neutral position is impossible for God either is or is not. Now if He is, He should be in all our thoughts. Of course, He is and we are convinced that He is, else our Christian faith is worth nothing. But although He is, we see Him shut out of scientific and other thought, though there are attempts to bring Him back in after conclusions based upon His absence have been reached.