During our great Civil War (a.k.a. The War Between the States) those who had the money or the influence could hire surrogates to go to war in their place. It was one of the vilest corruptions of patriotism ever committed by American men during a time of national crisis.
No one knows how many lost their lives as the result of this form of cowardice.
Paul speaks of the church being at war; in a variety of places he makes the point that we are in the Lord’s army. Christ on the other hand emphasized the need for soul-winning.
The surrogate and cowardly mentality that existed among men during The War Between the States exists today in the war between good and evil. Men and women alike send surrogates, using money and influence to avoid their own personal responsibility. The practice remains one of mankind’s vilest inventions.
No one knows how many have lost their lives as the result of this form of cowardice.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
EVANGELISM: Of Cowardice and Courage!
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