The contemporary evangelical church faces serious
difficulties. All their leaders are aware of this and they
try different diagnoses and answers for it. It occurs to
me that the current situation is similar to the tragic fate
of Samson, to whom the Spirit of God had left him, and
he did not realize it. As solutions are sought in human
and pragmatic techniques, the patient aggravates their
condition. The only correct answer is that this vanishing
life be breathed in, as at the beginning of creation, by
the Word of God.
The spiritual life of the church and of ourselves
depends on listening to and responding to the Word of
God. And for this to happen, Scripture must take the
central and authoritative position in the life of the church.