Good Literature: Responsibility of Christian Home
by A. W. Tozer "The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the words of the pure are pleasant words." Proverbs 15:26 It is my belief that we Christians are bound in all conscience to discourage the reading of subversive literature and to promote as fully as possible the circulation of good books and magazines. Just what part evil literature has played in the present moral breakdown throughout all the world will never be known till men are called forth to answer to a holy God for their unholy deeds, but it must be very great indeed! For thousands of young people the first doubt about God and the Bible came with the reading of some evil book. We must respect the power of ideas, and printed ideas are as powerful as spoken ones. They may have a longer fuse, but their explosive power is just as great. Our Christian faith teaches us to expect to answer for every...