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No Fear Of God?
In our culture, many determine their actions independent of considering God's will. In a video poll I recently saw, nine of
ten people interviewed answered the question, "Who decides whether a particular behavior is right or wrong?" with variations of the
answer "Me." Have they no fear of God?
A Prayer begins . . .
Our Father in heaven, we honor your name. We hear whispers deep within our hearts that you do exist. We will
not choose to live independent from you. Restrain us from evil.
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When you find a book that intrigues you, you can buy it online. Book covers are
always live links to an online bookseller. So is the title information next to the
bookcover and there are more links at the bottom of each quotation.
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Two selected book quotations begin . . .
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Watch For Small Angels
Category: Category: General, Fiction,
Keywords: sheep, cows, donkey, camel, manager scene, Gabriel, angel,
wise men, pageant, Christians, Lion Publishing, Karon, Jan Karon
"He watched a sheep trot briskly toward the nave, trailed by two
spotted cows, a donkey, and a camel. He noticed that the camel's hump had
slipped and was bumping along the floor, but it was too late to do anything about it.
The wise men were already processing down the aisle to the
altar, where the angel Gabriel and a heavenly host stood precariously on
stepladders, gazing at the manger scene.
In the quarter-hour it would
take for the children to deliver the pageant, he would just pop back to the
parish hall for a drink of water and collect his sermon notes.
How
extraordinary, he thought, entering the darkened room. It appears there's an
angel in my chair.
Four-year-old Amy Larkin was curled up on the
cushion of his favorite armchair, the pale organza wings trembling with her
sobs.
'Amy,' he said, going down on his knees. 'What is it?'
She looked at him with streaming eyes and nose. 'Them big angels
hurted me! They pushed me and runned in front of me and wouldn't let me in my
place! I was in the hall and they runned in front of me and . . . and . . .'
'And?'
'I gotted lost!' she wailed.
He lifted
her from the chair and consoled her. He was struck by the happiness that
flooded him at merely holding a child.
At the end of the pageant, he walked down the aisle at the rear of the procession, carrying Amy in his arms.
As the acolytes settled into their places, he turned to the congregation.
'This small angel got separated from the heavenly host.
Margaret Ann?. . . ' He searched the pews for her mother.
Amy
tightened an arm around his neck and announced in a loud voice, 'I was with them
big angels, and they runned in front of me and left me and I gotted
lost!'
'It occurs to me,' he said, 'that many of us may be leaving
small angels behind. As mature Christians, are we neglecting to help those who
would benefit from our love and witness?'
He set Amy down as her mother came quickly along the aisle from a rear pew.
'Just a thought,' he said, smiling at his flock."
SoAmazing Review: It is difficult to effectively develop characters and believable
dialogue. Jan Karon excels at both. Read A Light in the Window and see
if you don't agree.
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Angels and Demons?
Category: Theology,
Apologetics
Keywords: Princeton, Yale, angels, demons, Star Wars,
superstition, spiritual beings, quantum physics, Catholic, Bible, theologians,
future free acts, foreknow, creation, God, Victor, Cook Communications, Boyd,
Dr. Gregory A. Boyd, Edward K. Boyd
Father to Son:
"I'm wondering how
a graduate of Princeton and Yale like yourself can really believe in angels and
demons and the like. The idea that there are invisible creatures who can do
good or evil in the world frankly sounds like something out of a Star
Wars or medieval superstition."
Son to Father:
"I
can understand how this 'cosmic conflict' business could sound like Star Wars to
you. It used to for me as well. Now, however, it makes a lot of sense. What,
after all, is so implausible about the notion of 'spiritual beings'? Why should
the notion of a nonphysical, personal being be any more difficult than the
notion of a physical, personal being? If beings with consciousness such as
ourselves exist--a fact which is remarkable in and of itself--why rule out the
possibility of other types of personal beings existing? I think what gives it
'the feel' of being science fiction is all the stupid pictures of angels and
demons we've seen. But what I'm talking about has nothing to do with these
cartoons.
Look, isn't it the case that the more we know about the
universe, the stranger it becomes? Quantum physics deals almost entirely with a
realm of the universe--the sub-atomic realm--which is almost entirely invisible.
Not only can't we see it, but we can't even conceptualize what a photon,
neutron, quark, etc. might look like. We can only formulate their behavior with
mathematical equations. In fact, most of reality we can't see! It always
amazes me when I think that right now there are radio waves with voices and
music going right through me. But you'd never know it unless you turned on a
radio. So the notion that there could be beings which I can't see doesn't seem
so outrageous to me."
SoAmazing Review: Letters From a Skeptic tackles the tough questions often
glossed over in similar books. There is a good chance that your toughest
questions are tackled here.
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