I went to a church this morning where the preacher was talking about Jonah. He pointed out that a man in the stomach of a fish isn't so hard to believe for someone who also believes Jesus rose from the dead. Twice he said something along these lines and twice I looked and saw only blank faces in the congregation.
Are we as Christians really at the point where the single most important (and amazing...and perhaps unbelievable) event in history no longer moves us? It seems so many of us have been churched for so long that the resurrection has become just another piece of history--just another story--that has no affect on our emotions. Sure, the amazement of Jesus' life brought us to Him in the first place, but we've lost the wonder of such power.
He died--was murdered. And yet He walked out of His grave. Who knows, maybe our loss of wonder is just another side effect of civilization.
1 comment:
I think you make a very valid point, not unlike when someone see's graphic violence in a movie or video game and does not even flinch, it is becoming desensitizing, but seeing it happen to the validity of faith is very much too bad. Something has to change with society, but that's just speculation and opinion.
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