During the past two centuries, we've tended to make the Bible fit modern life. We've used it to endorse the American way of life and have sought ways to make it agree with modern science. We've dismissed its emphatic warnings against the accumulation of wealth, assuming they don't apply to us. We've interpreted the United States as the new Israel rather than, say, the new Babylon, applying to ourselves all the promises given to Israel. While exploiting and destroying nature, we've overlooked what the Bible says about working toward a shalom where humans live in harmony with the earth and its creatures.
Many people have doubts about our American society, but their disillusionment has been repressed.
Only as we in the church grapple with this disillusionment and find ways to embody an alternative will we stand for something that can be offered to others. Looked at this way, its insights are arresting and claim our attention. 8765 w. higgins rd. This site designed and maintained by Lorel K. Fox . All rights reserved.