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Monday July 31, 2006
Weird: At the risk of sounding like a gossip page, I’ll mention this strange story of Mel Gibson being picked up for drunk driving and then launching into an anti-semitic tirade that blamed the Jews for all the wars in the world.
End Times: Tim LaHaye, author of the “Left Behind” series, explains to “Newsweek” why he believes the conflict in the Middle East is a sign of the End Times and that Christ will return in our lifetimes.
Bible: Ingrid, over at “Slice,” has an interesting reflection on the many spiritual lessons her sister has learned from being a long distance runner.
Creed: John Samson of “Reformation Theology” discusses the importance of creeds. “In this ocean of change, there stands a bedrock that has stood the test of time. It is an ancient creed that offers a sure and safe haven, and is an anchor in a theological world adrift and deceived.”
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Comments (4)
In the Gibson story, one studio executive “noted that people have short memories.” He’s right. When Roman Polanski won the Oscar for best director of The Pianist, how many people cared or even knew that he lives in France because he is wanted in the U.S. for raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977? In about 15 minutes, no one will care about this, either. Hollywood values dollars, not morals and ethics.
Anyway, if LaHaye is right, it doesn’t matter, does it?
Tim LaHaye doesn’t explain that Christ will return in our lifetimes. He says that current events gives us “more reason to believe that Christ could come in our lifetime than any generation before us.”
Right, that’s what he said. However, that is what the “experts” were saying 30 years ago, too. Then, the Soviet Union was a big link in the prophesy. The point is, every generation has thought they had “more reason to believe that Christ could come in our lifetime than any generation before us.”
My answer to that has always been, “Yes, you’re right. Things are more like they are right now than they have ever been before.”
“more reason to believe that Christ could come in our lifetime than any generation before us.”
That sounds like a safe bet to me. Since we can be quite sure that Jesus has not returned in any generation before us, it’s inevitable that he’ll come in our generation or a generation still to come…