Passion is in fashion and decency is “gone with the wind”. The ramifications of living without God is terrifying.
Atheism when dominant inevitably leads to a creedless Chaos. Mao in China
and Hitler in Germany are
just two examples of recent history not to mention Rwanda
Somewhere sometime, human enthrallment finds its limit, as
does human capacity. God alone is the
perpetual novelty—providing wonder, truth, love, and security. "Who am I?
… Whoever I am, thou knowest, O God, I am thine." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer “Who
Am I”)
Recommended Read “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan
I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come
from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of
pleasure. And that is why we find
ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full. The cross stands above all this, redefining
life itself. The cross stands as the
central feature of the Christian explanation and as the answer to the problem of pain. The cross smacks against everything we think of as life. It may be time for us to re-examine with candor why this historic event has such defining power for life and death. As I (Ravi) attempt to bring this all to a conclusion, let me state these words in summary. When man lives apart from God, chaos is the norm. When man lives with God, as revealed in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the hungers of the mind and heart find their fulfillment. For in Christ we find coherence and consolation as he reveals to us, in the most verifiable terms of truth and experience, the nature of man, the nature of reality, the nature of history, the nature of our destiny, and the nature of suffering. Obviously, there is much more that can be said, and much has been written on the subject. But I want to challenge you to weigh, with an honest mind, the evidence that is there.
I think it appropriate to present this thought-provoking quotation from G. K. Chesterton in closing.
Our civilization has decided, and very justly decided, that determining the guilt or innocence of men is a thing too important to be trusted to trained men. If it wishes for light upon that awful matter, it asks men who know no more law than I know, but who can feel the things that I felt in the jury box. When it wants a library catalogued, or the solar system discovered, or any trifle of that kind, it uses up its specialists. But when it wishes anything done which is really serious, it collects twelve of the ordinary men standing round. The same thing was done, if I remember right, by the Founder of Christianity.
You be the judge. The jury has already recorded its conclusion in the pages of the Bible.
I think it appropriate to present this thought-provoking quotation from G. K. Chesterton in closing.
Our civilization has decided, and very justly decided, that determining the guilt or innocence of men is a thing too important to be trusted to trained men. If it wishes for light upon that awful matter, it asks men who know no more law than I know, but who can feel the things that I felt in the jury box. When it wants a library catalogued, or the solar system discovered, or any trifle of that kind, it uses up its specialists. But when it wishes anything done which is really serious, it collects twelve of the ordinary men standing round. The same thing was done, if I remember right, by the Founder of Christianity.
You be the judge. The jury has already recorded its conclusion in the pages of the Bible.
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