Sunday, May 16, 2010

SUNDAY AFTERNOON - JOHNNY'S MOHAWK, SOME GOOD FUNNIES, AND ALISTAIR McGRATH - ATHEIST TURNED CHRISTIAN

Sunday afternoon and a time to kick back and relax. A time to ponder the great questions of life. Questions like Johnny Damon's Mohawk. The new hero for the Tigers and ultimately a prime candidate for Baseball's Hall of Fame, showed up for Detroit's series this week with the Yankees sporting a new look. If the Tigers can clobber the Yankees like they did, maybe Jim Leyland needs to try this new hairstyle.

I always love the Sunday funnies. I confess I kind of agree with the first cartoon. I have always said that too many prayer meetings are organ recitals where we pray about Aunt Minnie's liver and an upcoming hair transplant operation instead of taking time to pray for AIDS in Africa or even your neighbor across the street who need Jesus. The second cartoon reminds me that as Christians there's a difference between being intensely concerned for persons who do not yet to know Christ and making a royal pain out of yourself. And I love this church sign. In our culture we too often worship the pleasurable and the comfortable, but ignore the essential.

Now to something serious. Alistair McGrath is an intellectual powerhouse and a colleague of Stephen Hawkings. He gives us a compelling story of why he chose being a Christian over being an atheist. I think you'll find this stimulating and informative, whether you are a Christian or not.

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