Eschatology, no. I never really got that excited about eschatology.
My friend Kent (I use his real name because not many Toccoa Falls people read this blog yet, and I'm not going to say anything untrye anyways) is always excited to talk about eschatology. He is a fastidious conservative and likes hearing me speak liberal heresies because it is the extent of excitement in his life. Maybe someday God will send some lightning and make our discussion real exciting. He always tells me his viewpoints in hopes that I will say something really liberal about the end times. I don't know what he expects me to say ... maybe that Jesus isn't really going to come back, but I definetly don't believe that so I won't be saying it. I generally tell him that I'm not real interested in the end times.
I care more for the current. I'm reading a book by Steve Brown, a conservative evangelical radio show host, he talks about doing a show with Tony Campolo, a liberal evangelical. He admits that during breaks he would sip his coffee while Tony would go and witness to the crew. Most of the crew was pagan ... and Steve never cared. I care more for the current. I would rather talk to people about what's going on right here right now. When we get that whole "how to live out life in the fullness and Glory of Christ Jesus" thing down ... well, then I would be much more willing to deal with my views of eschatology.
But, we don't have that down yet. We suck at it actually. We quote dueteronomic scripture to justify our hate ... but, we don't even live out the sermon on the mount. What a sad state we're in. Personally I don't know what I think about the end times. I always think of "Lord, haste the day" when I think about the rapture. I'm cool with whatever God has in store for me. I'm okay with whatever happens. I don't need to know what exactly will happen.
Back to my friend Kent. Kent feels that Christians need to do everything in their power to get rid of all sin in their lives. He spends so much time worrying about sin that he never gets to experience the joys of freedom. There is something to very freeing about Grace that is easy to lose. When we spend all of our time worrying about things like eschatology we risk losing that freedom.
I hate to be simplistic, but I'm a little bit more concerned with what God has for my life right now.
My friend Kent (I use his real name because not many Toccoa Falls people read this blog yet, and I'm not going to say anything untrye anyways) is always excited to talk about eschatology. He is a fastidious conservative and likes hearing me speak liberal heresies because it is the extent of excitement in his life. Maybe someday God will send some lightning and make our discussion real exciting. He always tells me his viewpoints in hopes that I will say something really liberal about the end times. I don't know what he expects me to say ... maybe that Jesus isn't really going to come back, but I definetly don't believe that so I won't be saying it. I generally tell him that I'm not real interested in the end times.
I care more for the current. I'm reading a book by Steve Brown, a conservative evangelical radio show host, he talks about doing a show with Tony Campolo, a liberal evangelical. He admits that during breaks he would sip his coffee while Tony would go and witness to the crew. Most of the crew was pagan ... and Steve never cared. I care more for the current. I would rather talk to people about what's going on right here right now. When we get that whole "how to live out life in the fullness and Glory of Christ Jesus" thing down ... well, then I would be much more willing to deal with my views of eschatology.
But, we don't have that down yet. We suck at it actually. We quote dueteronomic scripture to justify our hate ... but, we don't even live out the sermon on the mount. What a sad state we're in. Personally I don't know what I think about the end times. I always think of "Lord, haste the day" when I think about the rapture. I'm cool with whatever God has in store for me. I'm okay with whatever happens. I don't need to know what exactly will happen.
Back to my friend Kent. Kent feels that Christians need to do everything in their power to get rid of all sin in their lives. He spends so much time worrying about sin that he never gets to experience the joys of freedom. There is something to very freeing about Grace that is easy to lose. When we spend all of our time worrying about things like eschatology we risk losing that freedom.
I hate to be simplistic, but I'm a little bit more concerned with what God has for my life right now.
posted by Michael Airgood at 1:51 PM
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