Simple

Wednesday 30/07/14 13:29 PM - Lm. Jack McArdle ss cc

I always insist that the Gospel is very simple, and this story would re-enforce that.

It's a story about an old missionary out in the mission fields who needed an assistant. They sent him a young scholar with a Ph.D. in theology. When he arrived the young man had to speak to the natives through the old man because he didn't know the language yet. In his first talk to these simple but wonderful people, the young man delved deep into his learning and said, 'Truth is absolute and relative. The gospel is absolute truth, but its application is relative to immediate needs.' Then he paused for a moment for the old missioner to translate this. The old missioner was seen to have a frown, a puzzle across his face, and then he arose and simply said, 'He says that he's awful glad to be with you,'

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