Lanterna Rally

Author: Phillip A. Nordell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-15

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780483134935

Excerpt from The Senior Teacher: An Aid in Teaching the Senior Studies on the Modern Church The present course on The Modern Church follows in logical order the preceding Senior courses and completes The Completely Graded Series. The course on The Preparations for Christianity sketched the unfoldings of religious thought in the Old Testament and in the teachings of Christ. The course on Landmarks in Christian History gave an outline of the progress of Christianity from the Day of Pentecost to the present time. The course on The Conquering Christ showed how the forces latent in Christianity have been aroused during the past century and have entered on a religious conquest of the world. Obviously one more step is needed, namely, a study of the social organism in which Christianity is embodied and through which it operates for the physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social redemption of the world. That organism is the Modern Church. N 0 study of Biblical history and teachings, or of subsequent church history, can give any adequate conception of what organized Christianity is to-day as it faces the modern world perplexed by innumerable problems and torn by revolutionary forces that threaten the disorganization of society. These forces have also reacted powerqy upon the church. Old methods have been found inadequate for new conditions. In a hundred ways the Modern Church has been forced to abandon or recon struct its outworn machinery. New agencies outside of the church, but born of its spirit and moved by its ideals, have been created to carry on more effectively certain forms of work that the church could not do so well. The emphasis in Christian thought and effort has been transferred from salvation in the next world to salvation in this world The world is no longer looked upon as a vale of tears, a barren desert, a hovel which no temporary occupant whose eyes are fixed on the shining heavenly palace can think of wasting time in decorating. On the contrary, it is now recognized as God's world, a theater for the establishment of His kingdom, and therefore the subject of redemption, a place that offers splendid opportunities of service. The task of the church is no longer limited to preparing men for felicity somewhere among the stars, but for the highest self-realization and usefulness here and now. In adapting herself to the fulfilment of this new purpose the church is experiencing a transformation that would have astonished our fathers as much as the railway, the steamship, the telegraph, the telephone, and the wireless. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.