Monday, March 30, 2009

the guy on the plus sign?



In a recent article by James Emery White, entitled In the Land of Swedes, he discussed the alarming stat from a recent Time Magazine study that suggests that the fastest growing "faith" group are the NONES. Have you heard of them? The NONES, are actually a fast rising group that declare themselves as people who have no faith at all. In other words, when given a box to check on a list of "faith" beliefs or doctrine they check the NONE box. Even more alarming, is the group of people in America (in the shadows of Sweden) who say that "belief" or "eternity" or "faith" doesn't even cross their mind during a typical year. In fact, one story tells of an Episcopalian priest from South Carolina who recently told of “a couple came in to my office once with a yellow pad of their teenage son’s questions. One of them was: ‘What is that guy doing hanging up there on the plus sign?’”
What would you say if someone asked you that? Could you give them a clear and concise answer? As we head toward Easter have you taken time to explain the death and resurrection of God's perfect Son? How do you and your friends or family plan on celebrating Easter? Who could you tell that doesn't know?

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