Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: credmond@watmath.waterloo.edu (Chris Redmond) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Re^4: Campus Crusade Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 03:48:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article math1h3@JANE.UH.EDU (David H. Wagner) writes: >I agree that we have to be concerned about things like hunger, housing, etc. >But our first priority has to be the preaching of the gospel--the gospel of >forgiveness and eternal life. What good does it do if I feed someone, yet >they suffer eternal punishment? I see myself moving further to the left (right? north?) as I consider my reaction to comments like this one. It seems to me that whether someone is fed and housed, or not, depends on me and people like me. Whether someone enjoys eternal life, eternal punishment, or any other condition throughout eternity, however, depends on Almighty God, who is wiser, more powerful, and more merciful than I am. So I think I should put most of my attention onto things that I can actually help with.