Our President Bush has, in my opinion, done a truly outstanding job

during his days at the helm since the tragedies of 9-11. He with his leadership

qualities has risen to the occasion and I am personally proud again, in

the best since of the word, to be an American.

I believe our president was

attempting to calm our fears about our future when he said to us to "continue

in the things we do as Americans and as best we can and go about our daily

lives." As a Christian, God's Word says for us to "be in the

world but not of the world." What in the world does that mean? How

can we be in something but not of something?

I could go into an in-depth

exegesis that would take volumes but then you wouldn't read it, and I

would fall asleep writing it. So what is the Bible trying to tell us?

Charles Colson, in an article

from Christianity Today (Oct. 4, 1999) entitled, "What Are We Doing

Here?" writes, "We need to prepare for Christ's return in five

ways: prayer, bible study, worship, fellowship, and evangelism. We must

understand that we are engaged in a great conflict of world-views, and

we cannot contend with anything less than a comprehensive biblical world-view.

"A recent Wall Street

Journal/ NBC poll uncovered a startling turnaround in attitudes: 84 percent

of self-described conservatives and 33 percent of liberals say that what's

"important for society today is to promote respect for traditional

values." People are realizing that the prevailing world-views fail

to provide a basis for a safe and stable public order.

"Surely this is no time

to withdraw. Instead, we must seize the opportunity to demonstrate that

Christianity gives the only rational, coherent framework for public and

private life and, indeed, for all reality because it begins with the God

who is the sovereign Creator of all."

Which brings me to my next

point. If we are to do any or all of the above, we must operate from the

smallest churches to the largest. In our little church a wonderful man

has offered us matching funds up to $25,000 for our building fund if we

can match the funds by Jan. 1. We have raised $11,000 and need $14,000

more.

I do not like fund-raising

and don't feel God has called me to do that; however, it is part of the

job of starting a church and so do it I must. If you would like to be

a part of this in fulfilling the Great Commission, please do so. If you

know of someone who needs a tax write-off and would like to help please,

let us know.

Remember, time is short, our

life is but a vapor. Another translation calls our lives a "mist."

Be in it but not of it.

Dr. Knox Herndon is the pastor

of His House Community Church (SBC), located on Ga. Highway 85 south of

Senoia. Go one mile past Ga. Highway 16 and the church is on the right,

just past the fire station. Visitors are welcome. Church office and Prayer

line number is 770-719-2365. E-mail address is [email protected] .

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