Reading slowly during lunch breaks, Lord Save us From Your Followers by Dan Merchant. I got this while looking for his movie of the same name. Pretty interesting reading so far. Can't critique the book yet but couple this with something else I read on Relevant Magazine Slices web site about the guy in Florida who's been leading revival and healing meetings in Lakeland - Todd Bentley. Now I can't speak accurately about someone I've never met and I haven't been to one of his services but first read this then go back to the title noted above.
What are we going to do and how are we going to make a difference when these are the people who get all the news and end up as the poster boys for Christianity?
I know it comes from a cynical point of view about religion in general but these lyrics from Don Henley hit home:
"And we pray to our lord, who we know is American
He reigns from on high
He speaks to us through middlemen
And he shepherds his flock
We sing out and praise his name
He supports us in war
He presides over football games
And the right will prevail
All our troubles will be resolved
We hold faith above all
Unless there's money or sex involved
Frail grasp on the big picture
Nobody's calling them for roughing up the kicker
It's a frail grasp on the big picture
Heaven help us"
Frail Grasp of the Big Picture - the Eagles, Don Henley, lyrics 2008
It's those last two lines of the verse "We hold faith above all
Unless there's money or sex involved" that sum it all up it seems.
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