Tape, Radio, And Television Ministries

Blessing or Curse?

God has given us great means for distributing the gospel in this day. How thankful we ought to be for them! How diligent we ought to be in the use of them! By these means we send the gospel around the world to thousands. By these means many who have no pastor and no gospel church are supplied with the teaching of Holy Scripture. Yet, while these things are a great blessing to many, they are a great curse to others. How many there are who get excited about their religious chat rooms on the Internet, or the latest bundle of tapes in the mail, or the preacher on television, and use these things as a substitute for worshipping God in his house, supporting a faithful assembly, and serving the cause of Christ. Such activity may soothe the conscience, but it soothes by searing. I know many who run off to every sovereign grace Bible conference possible, and attend the preaching of a visiting preacher whom they highly esteem, who refuse to hear the pastor God has set in their community and devote themselves to the cause of Christ through the gospel church where they are. All such religious hypocrites are like the Pharisee in Luke 18:11. Your religion is nothing but a deceitful game that will soon carry you to hell.

Don Fortner