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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1\u00a0<\/strong>page.]<\/span><\/p>\n In spite of the numerous TV transmitters that dot the map of our nation, there are still some remote spots that can only barely receive a <\/i>picture. These are called \u201cfringe areas\u201d. The picture they receive is very poor and hardly worth watching. The reason is because they are so far from the transmitter that the signal is very weak by the time it gets to them. At certain times, when the weather conditions are just right, the picture may come in very clear, but with the shift of the wind or the change in humidity the picture disappointingly dims again.<\/span><\/p>\n It strikes me that we have a large number of \u201cfringe area\u201d Christians. As far as the Lord\u2019s work is concerned these people live on the very fringe and they are practically \u201cout of the picture.\u201d They live too far from the \u201ctransmitter\u201d (the church) in terms of their interests, moral values, and emphases in life. Whatever picture they have of the church and its work is cloudy and dim. The Christian who is always finding something wrong with the church, whether in the lives of its individuals, in the way the money is spent, etc., is getting a \u201csorry picture\u201d in most cases because he lives on the fringe, too far from the transmitter.<\/span><\/p>\n Once in a while such a person may be \u201cturned in\u201d just right (when the \u201cwind\u201d is blowing in the direction to suit him) and he seems to have a good picture of what the Lord\u2019s work is all about after all. But let a small disappointment come, or a slight offense happen, or something that he did not agree with occur, and his \u201cpicture\u201d once again dims and fades. The simple solution to the \u201cfringe area\u201d type of Christian is that he needs to move closer to the transmitter! \u201cDraw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you\u201d (Jam. 4:8a).<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in the Juned 1, 1973, issue of Words of Truth<\/em>, Gus Nichols, editor.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1\u00a0page.] In spite of the numerous TV transmitters that dot the map of our nation, there are still some remote spots that can only barely receive a picture. These are called \u201cfringe…<\/p>\n