Editorial
“What is this word, cur- curric-curriculum?” asked the Irish guest. “I find it,” said he, “difficult even to pronounce. What do they mean by a new curriculum?”
“A curriculum is a course of study, and the new curriculum is a particular course of study, which basicly is a deflection from the old that taught man’s ruin by sin and God’s remedy through the sacrifice of Christ. This new curriculum has been adopted as a scheme for Sunday School lessons by some of the more liberal denominations.”
Such was the explanation given to our Irish friend. Along with this were given certain points that are vital to the evangelical Christian, points which we might review so that the policy of Food for the Flock might be understood.
We certainly love all of God true children for “every one that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him” (1 John 5:1). “He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen” (1 John 4:20)?
Notwithstanding, we cannot tolerate evil, and must oppose the systems among which some of God’s children remain, systems characterized by disloyalty to the person of Christ, and disregard for the Word of God.
Would to God that His people would come out of all the organizations that adopt the new curriculum. “What communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?”
Many of the historical facts of Holy Scripture are taught in the new curriculum as myths. Creation, the virgin birth, etc. are all treated in that manner. In fact, this new course of religious instruction teaches that the greater part of Bible history is mythological and legendary.
The history of the fall of man is treated as symbolic. Adam and Eve are symbols, so also is the forbidden fruit. It is estimated that over 600,000 orders for this printed heresy have been received by the publishers.
We need not be alarmed for long since this trend was predicted: “We are expressly told by inspiration that, in the later days, there will be some who abandon the faith, listening to false inspirations, and doctrines taught by devils” (1 Tim. 4:1-2; Knox translation). “But as for you beloved, keep in mind the warnings given you long since by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; how they told you, that mocking spirits must needs appear in the last age” (Jude 17-18; Knox translation).
Thank God for His grace in salvation and for membership in the Body of Christ! Thank God for the privilege of meeting with God’s people in sincerity and Christian simplicity! Thank God for the promise of the Master, “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them”!
What now should be our attitude toward many who have not been as favoured as we, but who are now forced to withdraw from congregations where Modernism and Neo-orthodoxy have so blatantly expressed themselves? The godly example of Aquila and Priscilla in their treatment of Apoilos (Acts 18:24-28) is the answer. “Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.” This is what Food for the Flock seeks to do.
Recently at the close of a service in a small Canadian city, a gentleman, probably in his middle seventies, asked that we counsel him in an important matter.
“I was saved as a boy in the same congregation in which I had been a member until only a few weeks ago.
“One of the greatest honours of my life was that after my father died, the Board of Deacons sent for me and said, ‘Your father was Treasurer of this congregation for over thirty years, and now he has gone to his rest, we ask that you assume his duties. We would like that the office that he filled so well remain in his family.’
“For over another thirty years I have performed those duties, but because of pervertion of doctrine, a denial of the Christian faith, the preaching of only a social gospel and the adoption of the new curriculum, I am forced to withdraw. This has been so difficult at this late day in my life. My heart is heavy, but there is no alternative. Can you advise me where I should go?”
May God have mercy upon His sorely tried people scattered throughout Christendom. May He give us hearts of love and understanding.