The Best Wishes Series
Guest Blogger: Seth Drayer, regular on theundergroundyouth
Best Wishes: Mr. & Mrs. McCann, I pray your union will be one which challenges others to love as deeply and serve as fully our Lord! Congratulations! -Seth Drayer
2009 March 30: Left Behind?
Last week, I received a copy of The Case for Life, the new pro-life apologetic text from Scott Klusendorf, President of Life Training Institute.
It is not at all surprising that a work from this master bio-ethicist would provide both compelling evidence and insightful commentary. However, I did not expect to find one of my favorite quotes (thus far) in the introduction of the text. Klusendorf writes,
Admittedly, a book about pro-life apologetics may not appeal to some lay Christians. It seems many believers would rather focus on end times rather than these times. That's a mistake. Humans who ignore questions about truth and human value may soon learn what it really means to be left behind.
For anyone who's observed the cyclical fad of end-times fever---whether it be Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth, LaHaye/Jenkins' Left Behind, or the relatively new Rosenberg novels---this Klusendorf quote rings all too true.
We are excited by tales of the apocalypse, but we have far less fervor for the quotidian tasks we've been given by God as stewards of this earth.
What mark are we, twenty-first century American Christians leaving upon our world? Are the stacks of apocalyptic novels and accompanying merchandise shielding our eyes from the blood of pre-born children, the desecration of marriage?
