| Show TWO gospels GOSPELS I 1 I 1 I 1 4 UTOPIA means the land of no where are e then the utopian dreams of all these social experimenters and reformers reformer ruch euch es president roosevelt Rooseve 14 upton sinclair r dr townsend father coughlin I 1 huey long with a follow following ilig of more than half the population of america and canada headed for nowhere civilization is passing thru its iti greatest historic transition we have come to the patting parting of the ways all AH that Is noble and best in our lives has been given to us by christianity the salt of the earth without vit hout it there would have been no western civilization it may not be generally realized that the bible teaches two gospels the gospel of grace dealing with matters spiritual and the gospel ot of the kingdom dealing with matters temporal the first deals with individual wrongs and the other with the akings wrongs ot of society by grace alone can man learn to save himself while the gospel of the kingdom Is a matter of community organization where its he citizens have the interest of their fellowman fel lowman at heart organize and pass just laws to protect themselves and the helpless against the selfish interests ot of the heretofore dominant powers the nazarene taught the gospel of the kingdom while paul taught the christian chrisitan religion the pauline theology revived by the great reformation ot the cen century tury has been the principal doctrine of all great great reformers ever since and is the basic doat doctrine rine of our orthodox churches the true church of jesus the christ Is not organized for it consists of that group of faithful blievers ot of all creeds who have found the means of their own salvation who have the love of god and their fellowman fel lowman in their hearts and PUT THAT LOVE INTO PRACTICE practically all the different churches arp still soll adhering to the theo theory ry that their church is something apart from the world and from the state and that politics and religion should never be mixed I 1 christian civilization has now come e to the parting ot of the ways we have been leadin leading fT a double life without realizing it our business methods and the principles of our religion and our democracy have always been at strife and the pres ent breakdown break down has proved that we must either put the principles of jesus the christ into operation actively or else permit the predatory laws of the jungle to complete their job and destroy the millions who can no longer help themselves |
