Another antichristos
Jesus: Tales from the Crypt
This is the title (and link) of an article I read last night. It's about director James Cameron's upcoming documentary about supposedly finding Jesus' tomb, complete with body and "evidence" that he fathered a child.
At first I was irritated if not angry about this whole thing. I didn't have but a few seconds to think about it, though, before going to a meeting last night with some great guys from our church. After getting back home and showing the article to Vicki I've thought about it some more and basically I just think it makes sense. [someone in the audience says "what'd he just say?!"]
It makes sense the things like this happen and will continue to happen. Some might think that I overspiritualize by saying this but I see the people that make such attacks as antichrists. Incidentally, the Bible does not just speak of one Antichrist, in the singular...but also antichrists in the plural. [Take a look here for a breakdown of the Greek term along with passages using this term in the New Testament.]
I've been trying to bang out a closing paragraph to this post for about 10 minutes but honestly it's just too loud and crazy around here. So, let me just close by encouraging us to think about this issue. Consider what your faith rests in? Topics like this are great when discussed with others (iron sharpening iron thing). So maybe you need to grab some friends and have a deep spiritual discussion about the foundations of your faith.
2 Peter 3:15 says this "...if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it." What if you find yourself asking? Or a friend? Or culture as a whole after watching a movie? Are you...are we ready to give an answer and stand by it no matter? It appears we have yet another chance to find out.
This is the title (and link) of an article I read last night. It's about director James Cameron's upcoming documentary about supposedly finding Jesus' tomb, complete with body and "evidence" that he fathered a child.
At first I was irritated if not angry about this whole thing. I didn't have but a few seconds to think about it, though, before going to a meeting last night with some great guys from our church. After getting back home and showing the article to Vicki I've thought about it some more and basically I just think it makes sense. [someone in the audience says "what'd he just say?!"]
It makes sense the things like this happen and will continue to happen. Some might think that I overspiritualize by saying this but I see the people that make such attacks as antichrists. Incidentally, the Bible does not just speak of one Antichrist, in the singular...but also antichrists in the plural. [Take a look here for a breakdown of the Greek term along with passages using this term in the New Testament.]
I've been trying to bang out a closing paragraph to this post for about 10 minutes but honestly it's just too loud and crazy around here. So, let me just close by encouraging us to think about this issue. Consider what your faith rests in? Topics like this are great when discussed with others (iron sharpening iron thing). So maybe you need to grab some friends and have a deep spiritual discussion about the foundations of your faith.
2 Peter 3:15 says this "...if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it." What if you find yourself asking? Or a friend? Or culture as a whole after watching a movie? Are you...are we ready to give an answer and stand by it no matter? It appears we have yet another chance to find out.
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