The Issue Behind the Issue
While it is obvious that religion has much to say about the Schiavo case, it has little to contribute in terms of a solution. The solution to this situation will be born of reason, not of faith. Faith can, and should, contribute to our having an understanding on the sanctity of human life; however, the reality of technological advancement can only be understood and executed from the frame of reference reason incorporates.Never Now, But Always Then
Now, people do not speak in tongues, hear from God, prophesy, or experience miracles. Then, people quite literally walked and talked with God, spoke in tongues and experienced miracles. Now, people's spiritual journey is marked by ambiguity, a life spent searching for any tangible representation of God being a real, formative force in their lives. Then, people had fleece made wet, pillars of fire, voices from the sky, ground that swallowed up the disobedient, water changed to wine, axe heads floating in water, and angels to wrestle with. These specific moments, always in the past where distance and time negate the David Koresh quality of these experiences, are simply yet fully not experienced by modern man.Getting the Last Word In …
Brian's voice echoes through the church graciously and eloquently stating that you can be a believer without accepting all that is held within the Christian faith. Does Brian's voice echo as much outside the church as it does within? I believe that in large part, yes, it does.Question 5: Why is Homosexuality Such a Super-Sin?
Certainly Christians do not really believe the world is going to end if you look at the time, money and effort spent on politics? Do we think this would be our real response if we believed at the core of our being the world was going to end? We would form a political action committee and lobby congress for a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage? It is when we realize that the core emotion, the common thread that runs through the infatuation with apocalypse and political involvement is that both accommodate a stark fear of where the world is going, a deep confusion about whether the direction of modern man will lead to further enlightenment or deeper conflict.February 2005 Bookshelf
A shorter list this month due to other pressing obligations and being ill. The gems of the month are, without doubt, Brian McLaren's newest book The Last Word and the Word After That and Ronald White's The Eloquent President.About MysteriousFaith
“If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance which does harm.”
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