The world has changed- BIG TIME! Copernicus gave us a new glimpse at the cosmos and we’ll never be the same again. Euclidean geometry has been moved over to make room for fractal geometry. Biology is going through revolutionary changes. Psychology has made great strides. Astronomy, anthropology, and chemistry books are being rewritten. And then there’s RELIGION!  

It’s no secret that over the past two to four hundred years that religion has dug it’s heels in and hunkered down- defending the faith.

How is it that religion, generally, and Christianity more specifically wants to hold on to paradigms and mental constructs of thousands of years ago. The Bible is not DEAD LAW though it can be used as such. The Bible is the LIVING WORD as long as we allow it to be interpreted by the SPIRIT. Traditions are good until they become a hindrance to spiritual growth. There’s no worse example of tradition getting in the way of truth than when the Catholic Church fought heliocentrism (Copernicus, Newton, Kepler).

There’s no worse example than Calvin burning Michael Servetus at the stake for having some theological ideas that differed from his.

We have a tremendous advantage that neither Job nor his three friends had and yet we don’t make use of that advantage. We see the world more clearly and rightly than did Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or any of the Old Testament prophets. We have the amazing and awesome exhibit of the life of Jesus who became the Christos. We have some 2,000 years of a life being poured out by the Spirit of God even though the Christos is still with us (Matt. 28:20).

And yet many want to stay in the box of history!

If we refuse to see and live life through the lens of the Spirit and the life of the Christos, denying the new realities within which we live, our life will remain a stagnant and religious one instead of a dynamic and spiritual adventure. It’s a new day- every day! How’s this one working out for you?