p. 7 | Rejecting the Bible

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 4, 1908

Rejecting the Bible

There are some who perceive the true situation in the religious world. Thus the Western Recorder (Baptist) says, editorially:—

The candid observer is bound to admit there is a real decline in religion and that, too, in the very face of the stupendous undertakings of modern Christianity.

Among the causes responsible for this condition the Recorder mentions the waning faith in the inspiration and authority of the Scriptures:—

A stalwart and aggressive Christianity can not be had apart from the Word of God, and yet there are scores of churches that permit in their pulpits and retain in their membership those who openly repudiate the divine inspiration of a goodly portion of the Bible. There was a time when such a course would have met with wide-spread condemnation, but now the protests are few and feeble. The man who destroys belief in the Bible is an enemy, and should be so regarded by every lover of Christian truth.

The protest of the Recorder would have more weight if it advocated obedience to the clear teaching of the Bible concerning the Lord’s Sabbath. Such an exposition of the gospel as abolishes the plain letter of the law is little better in its results than an open repudiation of divine inspiration. The best evidence of belief in the authority of the Scriptures is a life shaped by its teaching. “Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”