FLEE THE ‘ISMS!’
The Shepherd of Israel | July/August 1939 | Rev. Coulson Shepherd
Excerpt from a Radio Broadcast by Rev. Coulson Shepherd,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Atlantic City, New Jersey
News reports, both from the public press and private releases
reaching me from time to time, warn us of the alarming increase of
“isms” in America. The two most damning “isms” are Communism
and Nazi-ism. These ungodly and un-American termites are
undermining our very foundation and structure. They are enemies
of each other and both deadly enemies of democracy and religion.
Communism as practiced in Russia and advocated here in America
is, without question, atheistic. And certainly Nazi-ism is paganistic.
All real Americans should flee from these “isms” as they would
from a deadly plague, and warn their children to give them and
their advocates as wide a berth as possible.
THE DANGER OF GIVING OFFENSE
And now I come to the message which I hope will be helpful to all
listening, especially to you Jewish people. We are living in an age
when giving offense seems to be the order of the day. The Bible
says: “Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles,
nor to the church of God” (1 Corinthians 10:32).
God’s Word says, “Give NONE offense,” and yet offense is being
hurled at ALL these days, especially at the Jews.
We pity the ungodly Gentiles and the professing Christians who
are giving offense to the Jews. They are disobeying God, and all
who think and act contrary to God’s Word and will are bound to
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