FROM AN EXCHANGE PAPER (POOLE) 1997

[The following article is a fair sample of the views of limited Predestinarians. It does not seem appropriate to let it pass without a reply.]

DEFINITIONS (POOLE) 1993

Condition: Anything called for as a requirement before the performance or completion of something else.

DOES GOD LOVE EVERYBODY? (POOLE) 1991

Driving down a main boulevard here in our religious community, we observed a billboard above a building with a short message which caught our eye. It read, "God loves ya."

CORRUPTED MAN AND THE HEAVENLY FAMILY (DUDLEY) 1861

CIRCULAR LETTER of the Licking Association of Particular Baptists of Kentucky, now in session with the Church at Bryant’s, Fayette County, Kentucky, to the Churches of which she is composed, sendeth Christian salutations.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY RELIGION (POOLE) 1992

We recently saw the following bumper sticker on the back of a local junker: "Include God in your life. Read the Bible every day." After musing on the message for a moment we felt a bit of consternation, and a portion of revulsion. Bumper sticker religion has never had much worthwhile to say, and this one conveyed the very essence of what so-called modern religionists really believe. "Include God." Yes, indeed; by all means include a favorite deity in your daily activities.