The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Hebrews 13:7-9, “Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you;

and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same

yesterday and today and forever. 9Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings;

for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace…”

We do live in a strange and convoluted time of life. Things I never heard and

would never have considered believing are being embraced as true by many

today. Take what’s called “New Spirituality.” A recent poll found that 28%

of “practicing Christians strongly agree that ‘all people pray to the same god

or spirit, no matter what name they use for that spiritual being.’” And 32%

of the same group “strongly agree that ‘if you do good, you will receive good,

and if you do bad, you will receive bad.’” Also, 52% of that same group

agree quite strongly that the Bible teaches that “God helps those who help

themselves.” None of this is biblically true! There are consequences for

sins, but “doing good” (whatever “good” means) gets no one to Heaven!

Another ungodly view today is “Secularism,” in which 10% of practicing

Christians believe that a “belief must be proven by science to know if it’s true.”

And 13% of practicing Christians “strongly agree that ‘a person’s life is valuable

only if society sees it as valuable.” IMAGINE! If our city council decided that we

were not valuable to the city, we could just be eliminated –put to death!

This is just some of what is going on in our world right now as you read this.

Paul warns us that we live in dangerous times, and we MUST NOT “be carried

away by varied and strange teachings!” Those who have made these teachings

the rule of their lives have failed to receive the profit which the LORD offers.

We love each and every one of you! And we pray that your lives will

always embrace the truths of God’s Holy and Eternal Word!

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas