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, an ultimate sense, in which all of us are

indeed crippled. Now the issue is not as 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 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 sake, supposed to meet people. People's. Thank you for listening.

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