Facing the Issues
W. Carl Ketcherside
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"The article is such a pointed disclosure of fallacy in thought, yet your underlying attitude of love and acceptance comes through. I agree so strongly with your concluding thoughts regarding the 'real issues.' I wonder just how much more trivia it will take to choke us to death?" --Illinois. "The article is great and shoots down one of the most flagrant fallacies ever invented by a people to oppose their brethren." --Alabama. "By far the best you have ever written because it was so needful. You have effectively shown the shallowness of reasoning engaged in by those who make false tests of fellowship." -- Oregon. "The hamburger argument is just plain childish prattle, along with 'gopher wood' and 'Nadab.' The letter kills while the Spirit gives life. Our righteousness must exceed that of the scribes (editors) and Pharisees (college presidents) " --Minnesota. "Thank you for your fine writing in the January issue. I appreciated what you said about the conclusion of the Jerusalem conference -- the compromise." --Wisconsin. "Your article makes me ashamed of some of the silly arguments which I have borrowed from sermon outline books and used in the past. If God will forgive me, I will try to think through things for myself in the future rather than relying on the axe-grinders for material." --Florida. "I want you to know that your journal has done more to straighten out my thinking than anything else I have ever read. It is astounding how your use of words makes the message come through until even those of us who were prejudiced against you can see that you are right." --Arkansas. "The optimism which you demonstrate in spite of the sectarian attitude which has us hooked is indeed refreshing. The January issue has given me renewed courage." --Ohio. "I am glad now you did not get to attend the invitational meeting at Hilton Inn, because if you had gone, you would never have written this analytical article." --Tennesee. "I see now that the "authority of silence" is simply the injection of our own 'think-so' into the scriptures. We propose to speak where God does not and end up trusting in the wisdom of men rather than the wisdom of God."--Kentucky. "I believe these issues should be dealt with from the scriptures, and I feel that you did a very fine job of dealing with them in this article." --Illinois. "You really pointed to the basic issue as well as identified the fallacies. Many brethren across the country will be pleased with it, and all learn from it. It is an important point to make that the argument from silence proves only silence, which of course fits other things besides the instrument." --Texas. "I read with interest your dissertation on the Saint Louis meeting. I do not recall any variance with your position. It was spicy and sharp in places, but I am sure all of it was in love. I want to tell you that I endorse what you wrote." --Virginia. "That example of Rip Van Winkle coming back after his twenty-year nap and wanting to call a meeting to discuss what happened before the revolution was out of this world. Our brethren are going to sleep through our current revolution unless someone can arouse them and get them down where the action is. You can be sure that you are doing your part in disturbing our slumbers." --California. "If we are going to have to stop filling in the blanks for God and just speak where the scriptures speak it is really going to curb our style. It may also shorten a lot of sermons which would be the greatest blessing in the Space Age. Keep on whittling away. - -Minnesota.