by T. Austin-Sparks
First published in "A Witness and A Testimony" magazines, 1964-65, Vol. 42-5 - 43-4.
The Bible, first and last, makes life its horizon. It would not be wrong to say that all that is within the covers of the Bible is related - in some way - to this particular issue. If life is the first and last issue, and the predominant element, apart from which there is no proof of God in anything, it is important that we should be able to discover its presence by its essential evidences. The real test is not in doctrine, theology, orthodoxy, or any of the other matters associated with Christianity, but in livingness; to change the language - vitality, potency, effectiveness.
