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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2<\/strong> page.<\/span><\/p>\n A deadly disease attacked our beautiful native live oak trees several decades ago called \u201clive oak decline.\u201d It was identifiable by branches that gradually lost their leaves and died. Tragically, despite years of earnest efforts to reverse the decline, it caused many trees to become \u201cdead oak trees.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, a deadly disease that destroys Christians could well be called “spiritual decline.” As with the very evident tree symptoms, if this spiritual disease is not reversed it will result in the utter spiritual loss of the one thus infected. What are some of the tell-tale symptoms?<\/p>\n Let us all be vigilant regarding any signs of \u201cspiritual decline\u201d in our lives.<\/p>\n [Note: <\/strong>I wrote this article for and it was published in The Edifier, <\/em>weekly bulletin of Pearl Street Church of Christ, Denton, TX, August 5, 1982, of which I was editor.]<\/p>\n Attribution: <\/strong>From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner, curator, and administrator.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 2[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page. A deadly disease attacked our beautiful native live oak trees several decades ago called \u201clive oak decline.\u201d It was identifiable by branches that gradually lost their leaves and died. Tragically,…<\/p>\n\n