The Church Does Not Draw People In;

Culture Is Religion Incarnate.

Some Labeled Jerry Falwell An American Version Of The Ayatollah Khomeni. People For The American Way, A Group Organized To Counter The Moral Majority, Launched A Slick Media Campaign Attaching The Nazi Slur To The Religious Right.

People Who Reject Transcendent Authority Can No Longer Persuade One Another Through Rational Arguments; Everything Is Reduced To Personal Opinion. Debates About Ideas Thus Degenerate Into Power Struggles; We're Left With No Moral Standard By Which To Measure The Common Good. For That Matter, How Can There Be A 'common Good' Without An Objective Standard Of Truth?

Repentance Is Replete With Radical Implications For A Fundamental Change Of Mind Not Only Turns Us From The Sinful Past, But Also Transforms Our Life Plan, Ethics, And Actions As We Begin To See The World Through God's Eyes Rather Than Ours. That Kind Of Transformation Requires The Ultimate Surrender Of Self.

I Do Not Believe One Can Experience Conversion Or The Fullness Of The Christian Life Apart From The Church.