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title: '“Can Christianity Control the Forces It Creates?”'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'David Clay Lilly'
date: 1928-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Education'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 1'
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Ezekiel 47'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/lilly-1928-can-christianity-control-the-forces-it-creates
---

# “Can Christianity Control the Forces It Creates?”

Surveys forty years of New Testament research and argues Christianity creates powerful forces—wealth, education, and individualism—that must be controlled by sacrificial stewardship and discipline.

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