Pretty harsh words to swallow, but I think we deserve them. Here's the
findings of a recent Pew Foundation Survey of beliefs in America.
We've really messed up. A generation has lost sight of the harbor because we didn't keep the light on in the lighthouse.
A lighthouse has to have absolutely clean glass, the lenses were cleaned everyday, and they weren't just ordinary pieces of glass. At the time of manned lighthouses, the light used a
Fresnel lens. They focused the light and intensified the beam to cut through the night and storms to show the way to the safe harbor.
I think some hard questions need to be answered:
Am I willing to take responsibility for my failure to keep the light on?
Am I going to re-trim the light, and clean the glass?
We have a generation that has already begun to sink and we need to get in the water to get them out, are we prepared?
Who will take over the light house when we are gone? The church is never more than one generation from extinction, and now more so than ever.
Do I know the truth of the Bible? Have I compromised it in my teaching or beliefs?
The clarion call of alarm has sounded, how do we respond?
(this is the reader participation part: comments.)
Special thanks to my friend at the court house who smuggled me and the camera into the empty court room for photos.
