While the power of God was manifest to redeem a lost world from all sin, completely
cleansing the heart from all the pollution and defilement of sin, Satan seeks to imitate God, go just
a little beyond the limit of the plan of salvation and common sense, and lead the people off into
fanaticism, by showing them "the deep things of God." There has never been a great spiritual
awakening which was not followed by more or less of a scourge of fanatical teachings that greatly
hindered the salvation of men.

As a result it seems that you have turned to a world of advocacy, including even malicious advocacy. We can no longer endorse your strident and uncompromising position. This is not the Carter Center or the Jimmy Carter we came to respect and support. Therefore it is with sadness and regret that we hereby tender our resignation from the Board of Councilors of the Carter Center effective immediately.

The showdown between Muslim taxi-drivers and their passengers gets more out-of-state attention this morning from the New York Sun's Youssef Ibrahim. The refusal of a large number of Islamic cabbies to transport passengers with alcohol in their luggage or service dogs for the blind and handicapped, and the local fatwa on which they rely for their position, has led to a showdown with the Metropolitan Airport Commission . . .

1. The willingness to accept the adequacy of ministers whose quest for Christian perfection had not yet led them into the experience of perfect love.
2. The slow abandonment of the discipline of class and band meetings in which the early Methodists had cultivated the pursuit of holiness.
3. Active resistance to the revived emphasis of mid-19th century Methodists on Wesley’s clear teaching that the second blessing of entire
sanctification was an indispensable step in the lifelong process by which the Lord perfects His children in righteousness.
4. The growing tendency of the Methodist ministry to allow as normative the enjoyment of unconsecrated wealth and social eminence.
5. Last in time and perhaps also importance—the decline of the doctrine of holiness in Methodist colleges and theological seminaries.

Unfortunately, this case lacks a household name figure like Dan Rather, and it is being exposed in the deadest of news holes, following Saddam's execution and the funeral of President Ford, and right before New Year's revelry. But it does stand as proof that top editorial and corporate management of the New York Times is indifferent to the publication of blatant lies, as long as the prejudices of its staff and readers are being reinforced. . . .