Article June 24, 1939 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: Christ in Our Lives

with contributions from V. Bernhard, D. Carl Yoder, Wesley C. Oldt, Francis W. Ede, J. L. Newland, F. W. Moyle, O. B. Little, Benjamin E. Watson

[V. Bernhard, in the Houston Labor Journal, Texas]

I have not the slightest doubt that Jesus the Christ revealed to us the true nature of the Father and exemplified it in his life, which was to serve us as a pattern. The tragedy of the Christian teachings through the centuries is that they have materialized the Christ, and now claim that one may live a purely material life, loving the world and all the things that are in the world, as long as he retains a profession in the belief that Jesus was the Son of God.

In this spurious Christianity the life and actions of the man Jesus are entirely ignored, and anyone who actually tries to live a life of unselfish service in self-chosen poverty is, by Christians and non-Christians alike, deemed a fool. It has always been a wonder to me how Christians can entertain such a philosophy, but they do. . . .

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