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What’s Coming In August<br />
Fiction:<br />
Masters and Slayers - Bryan Davis<br />
Solitary - Travis Thrasher<br />
For Time and Eternity - Allison Pittman<br />
Bishop - Steven James<br />
Licensed for Trouble - Susan Warren<br />
Serendipity - Cathy Hake<br />
Twilight’s Serenade - Tracie Peterson<br />
Gathering Storm - Brock and Bodie Thoene<br />
Skin Map - Steven Lawhead<br />
Bridge of Peace - CIndy Woodsmall<br />
Nonfiction:<br />
Death of Evolution - Jim Black<br />
Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad - Shari Braendl<br />
Great Parents Lousy Lovers -<br />
Game Plan for Life - Joe Gibbs<br />
Land Between - Jeff Manion<br />
Power of a Whisper - Bill Hybels<br />
Mentor Leader - Tony Dungy<br />
Called to Coach - Bobby Bowden<br />
Music:<br />
Greatly Blessed - Gaither Vocal Band<br />
We Cry Out the Worship Project - Jeremy Camp<br />
Edge of the Divine - Sandy Patti<br />
Acoustic - Britt Nicole<br />
Love Revolution - Natalie Grant<br />
DVD:<br />
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Encore Tidbits for Seniors<br />
New is Good, Old is Bad - Right? Wrong!<br />
L. James Harvey Ph.D.<br />
Author and Speaker<br />
There seems to be an opinion around<br />
that old is bad and new is good. I’m afraid<br />
some seniors develop an inferiority complex<br />
because of it. It is true that society<br />
is often developing wonderful new inventions<br />
that make our lives better, but not<br />
everything new is good. Need I mention<br />
the Edsel or look-say reading or progressive<br />
education or communism or socialism<br />
or no-fault divorce or hundreds of movements<br />
down through history that have led<br />
people astray and caused massive harm?<br />
They were all new at one time and proved<br />
to be very bad.<br />
One of the most important books I have<br />
ever read is entitled, The Lessons of History,<br />
by Will and Ariel Durant. The Durants<br />
were probably the most prolific writers<br />
in the 20th century. They wrote numerous<br />
volumes on different periods of history.<br />
Then they wrote the book above to<br />
encapsulate what history teaches. One of<br />
their conclusions was that out of every<br />
100 new ideas developed, 99 will probably<br />
prove inferior to the traditional ones they<br />
seek to replace. They are saying that the<br />
collective history and tradition of the past<br />
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has survived for a reason and new ideas<br />
have a steep hill to climb to replace them.<br />
In short, accepting some idea just because<br />
it’s new is a very bad policy.<br />
The Durants also stress the importance<br />
for a society of having the older generations<br />
check the youth and inexperience of<br />
the younger generations in order to keep<br />
society on an even keel. In short, what’s<br />
new needs to be tested and tried before it<br />
becomes accepted by society. So seniors<br />
have a critical role to play in questioning<br />
new ideas, and the young have a role in<br />
bringing new thoughts but would be wise<br />
to listen to the wisdom of the past.<br />
Some very old values like the Ten Commandments,<br />
fidelity in marriage, being<br />
charitable, and a host of others have met<br />
the test of time. It would be foolish to try<br />
and replace them. The Durants also say<br />
never in history has there been a democracy<br />
without a moral foundation. We would<br />
be foolish to try. They also state that no society<br />
has ever had a moral system without<br />
religion. For the U.S. to try it, as we seem<br />
to be doing, would be defying history.<br />
On a church level some believe the only<br />
valid worship music is the new rock-based<br />
praise music. Will it eventually replace the<br />
time honored collection of <strong>Christian</strong> music<br />
written under the inspiration of the Holy<br />
Spirit by devoted <strong>Christian</strong>s down through<br />
the centuries? I doubt it. Fads don’t have<br />
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staying power; time-honored acceptance<br />
does. When something new comes along<br />
it ought to be tested and tried before it replaces<br />
the traditional. If it doesn’t prove<br />
to be better, it ought to be relegated to a<br />
lesser place or eliminated.<br />
So new isn’t always better; in fact, it can<br />
sometimes be harmful. Educators who<br />
thought phonics was outdated and progressive<br />
education was superior to the<br />
traditional nearly ruined a couple of generations<br />
of American children. They were<br />
wrong and new wasn’t better.<br />
So take heart, seniors, and speak up<br />
when you feel something new doesn’t<br />
have the quality of the traditional which<br />
has been tested. Also be encouraged that<br />
recent scientific findings on the mature<br />
mind are finding that the older mind is in<br />
many respects superior to the younger<br />
mind. Wisdom and experience are important.<br />
Never sell yourself short and never be<br />
afraid to speak up about a new idea that<br />
needs challenging.<br />
How you know you’re getting old<br />
The little old grey haired lady you help<br />
across the street is your wife.<br />
L. James Harvey is a former Dean at<br />
Hope College in Holland <strong>Michigan</strong> and<br />
the author of 10 <strong>Christian</strong> books. Visit his<br />
website at www.sentencesermons.com.<br />
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