In the confused morass of modern evangelicalism, it seems impossible at times to move forward with the radical, all-or-nothing, cross-centered gospel of Christ. As Christians, we are a people who have forgotten who we are--this is just as true of the fundamentalists as it is of the emergents (or whatever labels you wish to insert for those two). Now, perhaps more important than ever, is the need for clear understanding of what exactly we believe as the People of God.
Read this quote I recently came across. 'When [William] Booth was asked by an American newspaper what he regarded as the chief dangers ahead for the twentieth century, he replied tersely: "Religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell."' [See Note 1]
The War Cry, 5 January 1901, p 7. Cited in Ian Murray's The Old Evangelicalism, p xi.
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