Sir,-After listening to the discussion on the questions in the Campaign for Christian Order (Sunday, September 20), I am convinced that the speakers have all missed the point. It is not by knowledge in the ordinary sense that the world will be changed or brought into the Christian faith, but rather by the dynamic Spirit of Christ. This, as many of us have seen, is not of necessity brought about by men of academic training, but often by men of low educational status: for instance, Peter a fisherman, but full of power; Moody, shop assistant but full of power. So Wesley, full of academic knowledge, was useless until he received the power. Booth, a pawnbroker’s assistant, lacked education, but was filled with power. It is not discussions we want-not college titles, but rather power of God flowing through the instrument whether the instrument be college trained, artisan, or peddler.
(Invercargill).
HOPEFUL
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 172, 9 October 1942, Page 3
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