We Must Stress That The Basis For

Belief Does Not Change What Is.

Killing Of Animals For Food Is One Thing, But On The Other Hand They Do Not Exist Simply As Things To Be Slaughtered. This Is True Of Fishing, Too. Many Men Fish And Leave Their Victims To Rot And Stink. But What About The Fish? Has He No Rights - Not To Be Romanticized As Though He Were A Man - But Real Rights?

In Face Of This Modern Nihilism, Christians Are Often Lacking In Courage. We Tend To Give The Impression That We Will Hold On To The Outward Forms Whatever Happens, Even If God Really Is Not There. But The Opposite Ought To Be True Of Us, So That People Can See That We Demand The Truth Of What Is There And That We Are Not Dealing Merely With Platitudes. In Other Words, It Should Be Understood That We Take This Question Of Truth And Personality So Seriously That If God Were Not There We Would Be Among The First Of Those Who Had The Courage To Step Out Of The Queue.

In Passing, We Should Note This Curious Mark Of Our Own Age: The Only Absolute Allowed Is The Absolute Insistence That There Is No Absolute.

The Reality Of Living By Faith As Though We Were Already Dead, Of Living By Faith In Open Communion With God, And Then Stepping Back Into The External World As Though We Are Already Raised From The Dead, This Is Not Once For All, It Is A Matter Of Moment-by-moment Faith, And Living Moment By Moment. This Morning's Faith Will Never Do For This Noon. The Faith Of This Noon Will Never Do For Suppertime . The Faith Of Suppertime Will Never Do For The Next Morning. Thank God For The Reality For Which We Were Created, A Moment-by-moment Communication With God Himself.