I Am NOT Just a Number

Maybe in trying to reach the world, we are using the wrong marketing strategy. We find a "poor miserable soul" that is in need, and pull out our handy dandy "sure-fire" Romans Road pamphlet and fire away. We are tuned out like a telemarketer attempting to sell a new product. We are given the "thanks, but no thanks" remark and walk away defeated. Why do we target the poor miserable souls and not the happy "go-lucky"? Why do we think that to broach such a taboo topic as "where are you going when you die" that a person has to be at their lowest point? While this does occur and can be a successful technique, let us not forget those who are relatively happy. If the world is our oyster, lets approach the unsaved that are happy. Can an unsaved person be happy? Absolutely! Joy apologetics does not assume that the world is miserable and loathing and inherently looking for a Savior. We need to cut the red tape of doom and loom and instead of regu...

Suzanne Collins delivered the book trilogy "Hunger Games" and the world flocked to the internet, bookstores, and movie theaters to see what the fuss was about. I actually was introduced to this book by an 11 year old who read the series for school and gave a stellar recommendation. I saddled up with the book and was mesmerized by the plot, the creativity, and a bit of "dejavu". As a student in college, with a minor in literature, I was reminded of the classic short story by Shirley Jackson called "The Lottery". Hunger Games is very similar. Today on a religious talk show, I listened as two experts demonized the movie/book series with radical comparisons to "Lord of the Flies" and the impact of violent media introducing murderous ideology into our kids thinking. However, I believed this to be a "knee-jerking", one-sided review. One of the top video games in this country is Call of Duty in which (mostly kids) enjoy hours of vicious war th...