BELEIFS MEN LIVE BY
Man is not on this earth merely to be happy, nor even to be simply honest. He is there to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility and to surmount the vulgarity in which the existence of almost all individuals drags on. Quoted from Ernest Renan, Vincent Van Gogh’s credo. CONTRAST BETWEEN SACRIFICIAL LOVE AND HEDONISM Jesus said: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” A few years ago College President Willaim Banowski interviewed Hugh Hefner. He wrote of this encounter: I was made keenly aware of the universal appeal of Jesus during one of my conversations with Hugh Hefner in Chicago. As we talked, Mr. Hefner surprised me by saying “If Christ were here today and had to choose between being on the staff of one of the joy-killing, pleasure denying churches, he would, of course, immediately join us.” . . . Banowski summarizes: What…
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