2. Christian Practices
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CHRISTIAN PRACTICES
Amid all this gloom and uncertainty there is one bright spot—the Christian way. Here life lights up. It regains a sparkle, takes on meaning, goal. Here there seems to be promise of a way out. But the difficulty is that the Christian way has been presented as a way. It is an alternative alongside many others. It deals with the reclaiming and regenerating of the soul now, and heaven hereafter. It lacks total meanings for the total life—individual and collective. This does not grip us, for our faith must be everything or nothing. It must control the whole of life or none of it. It must not merely be a way; it must be the Way. And it must be the Way for everything and everybody, everywhere and in every circumstance.
The Way
(Preface)