Reformation and revival has almost always started with prayer and with people asking difficult questions. In Luke chapter two we see twelve year-old Jesus listening to the teachers in the temple and asking them questions. Here are four questions that people have wrestled with over the years, and are still worth asking.
- What can't I read a Bible in my own language?
- Why do I have to go through a "holy man." (In other words, is this really applicable in my daily life? How is it real?)
- Why do I have to join a religious system that makes no sense? (What makes sense and what have we invented to make us comfortable around non-Christians?)
- What about hypocrisy in the church? (We have to be honest about our failures and wrestle with them. I have to look at hypocrisy in my own life.)
2 comments:
Holy mega-blog posts Ben. I haven't checked your blog in a while. You and Joel have both outdone yourselves in making up for a posting drought. Glad to see things are goind well. It's turning cold in Memphis now which makes me think that over the last three years that usually meant Rachel, Greg, and I would start making plans for a Sendai road trip. Don't know that we'll make it up there this year but hope you're doing well.
God bless,
Rusty
Deep questions for a deep thinker! I think that #4 is the hardest one to deal with, with young Christians. They expect all the "older" Christians to have their act together and not be a bad example in any way. They sometimes can't seem to see through the fact we are all sinners on our way to heaven because we are saved by the grace of God, but by how perfect we are. They fail to see that older Christians have struggles too and are sometimes more tried and tempted than young ones because Satan in trying to pry us away from God!
Love you,
Dad
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