The Forgotten Highway
Overview
There’s a story told of a regiment of first-century Roman soldiers directed to torture and execute Christians. It was winter; the Romans would strip the believers naked and place them out on a frozen lake to freeze to death. If any Christians would deny their faith, they would be allowed to live. On one particular night, there were several Christian families that quietly sang songs of faith as they were dying on the ice. One of the Roman soldiers broke rank and, as he walked out on the ice, disrobed. He called Jesus Christ his Lord and joined the doomed believers to sing and die. Under great protest from his fellow Romans, he stayed with the Christians. In less than an hour, one by one, other soldiers joined their friend on the ice, disrobing and committing their lives to Christ. As the hours passed, voices fell silent—dead. The last Roman soldier on the ice, before he died, was asked by those who had not joined the Christians, “Why have you done this foolish deed?” He quietly replied, “I would rather die as a Christian with integrity than live a life that is nothing but a lie!”
The cry for integrity continues to ring out in our day. In fact, the basic need for integrity in human life has always existed. Mankind’s essential nature has three foundational problems that create this need: pride, sexual lust, and greed. These flaws have weakened mankind’s heart and led many astray to be lost.
Integrity is, by modern man, often viewed as a deficit in character rather than an avenue of great blessing from God. The Forgotten Highway is the response to the cry of a lifetime. It will bring truth and hope for all of us to be challenged and to live a life of integrity. It will stir up the conviction that it would be better to die as a Christian—with integrity—than to live the life of a lie.
With the Logos edition of The Forgotten Highway, you have an abundance of resources that offer applicable and insightful material for study. You can easily search for the topics of relationships or integrity, then get useful resources and perspectives from a variety of pastors and theologians.
- Emphasizes the importance of integrity
- Provides practical help and wisdom
- Challenges you to live the Christian life
Top Highlights
“Dr. Olford’s personal prayer to God. He prayed, ‘Oh God, please forgive me for the times when I have played the hypocrite before others, and please don’t let me utter another word in this place unless I am who I say I am.’ He immediately stood up, came around the podium and sternly and boldly spoke a word that I have never forgotten to this day. He cried out, ‘If you are what you say you are, the gates of Hell can’t stop you, but if you’re living a lie, then God’s going to judge you!’ He turned around, walked over to his seat, and sat down.” (Page 18)
“A second illustration is that one can easily stray from the Highway of Integrity without realizing it” (Page 14)
“ first principle is that integrity is a process in movement, not a point to achieve” (Page 13)
“second principle to consider is that integrity is a matter of the heart” (Page 16)
“sin is looking for every opportunity to take charge over our lives and rule us and that sin is very close by” (Pages 8–9)
- Title: The Forgotten Highway
- Author: Paul Evans
- Publisher: Logos Bible Software
- Publication Date: 2011
- Pages: 108