Are you waiting for the end of the world?
I read a devotional recently that basically said that things are getting worse in the world so the kingdom of God is coming soon. What a terrible bit of theology. And I have heard it many times before. I think it is mistaken. And I think it affects how we go about our lives. Running from the world as if we would be tainted by it. Focusing on the bad things in the world. Look at history. It just isn't true that things are getting worse. Think of our lives now compared to lives in ancient times, or in the middle ages. Isn't life immeasurably better now? We are free, most of us, from the shackles of desperation that characterized peoples short, violent lives. Lives are better, and longer and more fulfilling with every generation that passes. Even better than our parents and grandparents. And let's take a look at the theology. What if there is...