1. The Challenge to Evangelize

One of the most remarkable discoveries of all time was made at Point Twelve at the Dougherty site of the Paluxy River near Glen Rose, Texas. Frozen in time and pressured by the ages in the smooth layered limestone are two footmarks, side by side.

They look for all the world like the handiwork of some dreamy schoolgirl playing in a sand pile. One is the three-toed and deep impression of a heavy animal. The other is remarkably dissimilar. For there, next to the monster dinosaur print is the five-toed footprint of a human being! Perfectly formed and sharp, these two impressions are monuments to the past and to the present.

Or Fossilize

The dinosaur, seemingly so large, strong and invulnerable has fallen into extinction; the human being, so fragile by comparison, still walks on and continues to inhabit the earth. The church winced from opponents within and without. But, God lived on and so did His church.

Is the Church Shrinking?

Nobody is saying that either God or His church are dead, but quietly and gradually the Church in Canada is diminishing year by year. Some denominations are shrinking on a national level by ten thousand members annually, and it is rare indeed to find one that is growing. Between 1970 and 1980, the population of the United States increased by 10.2 % but the membership of four of the largest churches continued the decline begun in the previous decade.

* From photographs in Dr. John D. Morris's book "Tracking Those Incredible Dinosaurs and the People Who Knew Them" Bethany House Publishing.

* For further details go to www.bible.ca/tracks/taylor-trail.htm

"Practical Christian Outreach in the Local Church"

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