"The End Is Near"

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Consumption is like a cancer that devours peace.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Say what??
Turn the other cheek? You must be crazy!
Say what??
Love our enemies? You must be crazy!!
Say what??
Forgive those who persecute us? You must be crazy!!!

I guess “realism” isn’t your priority, is it?
Be gracious to us.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“You and whose army?”

[To Pilate? No.]

D. Blog: "The End Is Near"

Those fanatics might not have it right in what they predict, but in a sense the end is always near. Relatively speaking, at least, my end is near, for example. The end can come in the blink of an eye for any of us. Our physical end won’t be long in coming.

The end of the world, in a physical sense, is not nearly so likely. The end of the “world as we know it,” however, can also be very near. It ends when we see it with new “eyes” or when we realize that the culture in which we live can be different, when we experience new beginnings after the death of the old.

The end being near, in this sense, is not something to be feared, but something to embrace. It’s all about resurrection.