An Interview
Ever notice that the world is changing for people of faith? Mention you believe in something, and there is instant mocking and accusations?
The linked interview is about that situation.
I personally believe in Jesus, and think the world could use more faith.
But what do I know?
I have been killed alongside Christ. I no longer live. Christ lives in me.
2 comments:
Part of it is that the world hasn't changed at all. The Devil has always been "the Prince of This World" and has always been hostile to God's Word and to people who try to live God's Word.
But there's more to it than that.
To a lot of people, "Christian" means something different than what it means to me and you. The term has been successfully appropriated by those who simply equate it with "The Way Things Should Be". "Christian", for many, has come to mean "Conservative American"; "Apple Pie"; "Lower Taxes on Me"; "No Welfare Queens"; "Keep Under God in the Pledge".
The politicians who squawk the most about their Christian credentials -- and how much they are being persecuted for their faith -- are the ones who to me seem to be worshiping the Love of Mammon rather than the Love of Christ. So is it any wonder that the Name of Christ comes into disrepute?
And a lesser point: Very often when sincere, decent Christians do try to portray their honest faith in their artwork, whether music, fiction, comics or whatever, the message overwhelms the art and the result comes off as heavy-handed. It's hard to slip a message "past sleeping dragons" as Lewis put it. So for a lot of people, as soon as they get a suspicion they're being preached at, the deflector shields go up.
This is a matter deserving much more thought than this brief comment can address, though. ("Brief?" Hah!)
I'm co-signing everything Kurt wrote there. Especially his use of the words "deflector shields."
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