But oftentimes I hear, well, Christianity is a crutch.

And there's a certain sense in which that's right, because we're crippled people.

There's nothing more foolish than to use a crutch when you don't need a crutch.

That's foolishness.

And a person who's walking around

with crutches who can walk perfectly well on his own needs to have the crutches kicked

out from under him. But if you're crippled and you try to walk without a crutch, that's

even more devastating. That's even more foolish. And there's a very real sense, a profound

sense and ultimate sense,

in which all of us are indeed crippled. Now, the issue is not is Christ a crutch, but is Christ

true? If he is the Son of God and he has come down to meet my needs, then it'd be utterly

foolish for me to try to live without that crutch. If he's a fantasy, if he's an unreality, if he's a phony, then his crutch is useless

in the final analysis.

But we can't settle the issue of the truthfulness of Christianity on the basis of whether or not

it meets people's needs, for heaven's sakes. It's supposed to meet people's.

Thank you for listening.

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