Nothing could be more important to remember in these strange latter days of the Twentieth Century. Here at the end, there are many false gods. But whatever happens, the true God will be victorious. The end of the century is a confusing time. The world is restless and complicated.
Prosperity is promised and proclaimed at the top.
But in the shadows on the ground, maldistribution of wealth, pollution, class discrimination, violence, and social instability are increasing through the world, in nation after nation, city after city. Yet at the very same time the Gospel is being lived and spoken by God-loving people throughout the world. For every sacrifice grabbed from others by greed, hate, and power, there is a redeeming sacrifice given freely in the name of eternal life by some faithful soul. Just as no one is safe from the ravages of violence or economic despair, so also no dark sector of government, business, or private behavior is safe from the prophetic and redeeming word of God. People in every nation, in every profession, at every social and income level, from every ethnic tradition hear and respond sacrificially to the straightforward beauty of the Eternal God.