THE DEADENING EFFECT OF RELIGIOUS MAKE-BELIEVE
by A. W. Tozer "Let...no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way." Romans 14:13 The deadening effect of religious make-believe on the human mind is beyond all describing. What can the effect be upon the spectators who live day after day among the professed Christians who habitually ignore the commandments of Christ and live after their own private notions of Christianity? Truth sits forsaken and grieves until her professed followers come home for a brief visit, but she sees them depart again when the bills becomes due. They protest great and undying love for her but they will not let their love cost them anything! Will not those who watch us from day to day conclude that the whole thing is false? Will they not be forced to believe that the faith of Christ is an unreal and visionary thing which they are fully justified in rejecting? ...