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GREENOCK TELEGRAPH, Wednesday, 17 January,2007

Decision makers be responsible

How long will it be before the extreme anti-Christian movements get their own way again and legislation is passed to stop advertising church notices?

This perplexing and vexing question is not as far fetched as might appear on the surface. If the devotees of the bitterness of extremists, in their swelling numbers have their way, our churches would become monuments of past spiritual vigor.

Secularism, in all it’s shapes and sizes, is gathering momentum at a fast pace, and this is a fact of our crumbling society, with it’s immorality, abomination and debauchery, today.

Alas, many who are in positions of power and decision-making, be it in politics, the media or public service, can determine where society is going, how society should behave, how society should be controlled, and their endeavors, subtle though they may be, are served to the unaware public, under the cloak of tolerance, the new religion.

We are in the 21st Century they bellow, as if sin no longer exists, as if sin died with the middle ages.

I am a Christian…why? Is it for applause or appraisal? Is it for popularity (God forbid)? Is it for monetary gain? No! I am a Christian first and foremost because I need to be. There is a heaven to gain and there is a hell to shun. To follow anything else you do so at your own peril. Let us stop pussy-footing around.

Decision-makers, let your conscience guide you…be responsible.

The Christian church will survive! Yes, the road may be rough, but the arrival is safe!

Dr. HENDERSON LIGHTBODY, 32 Glen Fruin Road, Greenock