The constant distraction of our culture shields us from the kind of deep, honest reflection needed to ask why we exist and what is true. Instead of re-grounding myself in the the story of Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration, I am distracted by the tyranny of the urgent. Noble's book is filled with concrete examples that flesh out this idea. He speaks of Christians posting verses on social media as a way of evangelizing or at least boldly signaling what they believe. But to their secular friends "the images are indistinguishable from all the other random content we quickly share and forget on social media. The gospel appears thin, superficial, and inconsequential--just another image vying for our time....
For most of my Christian life, I have participated in some sort of Bible study, life group, or discipleship program. Some equipped me well for digging into God’s Word. Some left me frustrated......
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