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In 1927 I had a conunercial artist design a front cover for this
magazine, to be called "The PLAIN TRUTH."
It was seven years before God opened the way to actually start
producing it-- and even then as a virtual no-cost mimeographed "maga
zine."
Jesus Christ, living HEAD of God's Church, used me in raising
up the present era of that Church-- the parent Church starting with
nineteen members in August, 1933.
The Work of God-- the GREAT COMMISSION-- started as an infini
tesimal operation-- a virtual mustard seed beginning-- as God starts
activities through human instruments. But, also, like the proverbial
mustard seed, it GREW-- at the unmatched rate of 30% a year over a
35-year span.
What Christ called me to-- what He started and has built through
me-- is the WORK OF GOD-- not of MAN. It is not of this world. God
called me out of this world-- and He has called others out of this
world and its ways-- to assist me in HIS Work.
But, as God has prospered His Work, and it has grown to world
wide operations and in going TO this world, a multi-million-dollar
organization, those who have 6een brought into the Work are prone to
assume it to be j � st another of this WORLD'S organizations-- where
the actuating attitude and moITveTs the "GET" way instead of God's
"GIVE" way-- and where it is operated with the approach of this
world's carnal and intellectual secular concepts.-
That has happened to The PLAIN TRUTH.
I am deeply sad to say, the same spirit of carnal secular "intel
lectualism" that infiltrated God's College, has also infiltrated HIS
MAGAZINE-- Christ's MESSAGE IN PRINT to a deceived world!
I now see articles on child rearing whose approach is the carnal
psychology of Satan's "higher education," and slanted contrary to
God's PLAIN teaching in His truth-- the Bible!
I see articles, and also booklets now being produced,with a Bib
liography of source materials of up to sixteen secular "authorities."
Let me state my personal evaluation of the situation. I believe
the managing editor to be sincere, loyal, desiring to do the ri
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thing-- which is GOD'S and not his own thing. I believe he simp y
needs more cooperation and guidelines from me.
Therefore, I am here outlining some basics, policies, guidelines,
and directives.
What I had in mind was articles dealing with the world conditions
and human interest problems-- but always in the main content of the
article, approaching that problem, and dealing with it, from the BIB
LICAL revelation-- so that in fact it was actually making plain the
TRUTH-- derived from revelation, not from science or secular scholar
ship of behavioral science and university-brand psychology.