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 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 idle word; how much more severely shall we be
held to account for every evil word, whether printed or
spoken.

  The desire to appear broad-minded is one not easy to
overcome, for it is rooted in our ego and is simply a
none-too-subtle form of pride. In the name of broad
mindedness many a Christian home has been opened to
literature that sprang not from a broad mind, but from a
mind little and dirty and polluted with evil!

  We require our children to wipe their feet before
entering the house. Dare we demand less of the
literature that comes into our home?
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Yours in  Christ,

Paul N. F.