This week I ran across an
online article from the Washington Post
(7/10/12) on plans to construct a large-scale Bible Museum in our nation’s
capitol within the next four years. The
museum project is being funded by a wealthy philanthropist and will draw from a
collection of over 40, 000 Bible related artifacts. It sounded like an interesting project, and I
plan to make a pilgrimage to visit when it opens.
Beyond the article, however, I was
also intrigued by the hostile comments that were posted in response. Here are a few of the various comments:
I
thought that institutions that had books containing fiction were called
Libraries rather than museums.
Maybe we can create a museum for
the Collected Works of the Grimm Brothers as well?
The
Bible should be reclassified in the Dewey Decimal system from 220 to 753 (mythology)
or to 813 (fiction).
Religion
has always been the enemy of culture, the enemy of the human intellect, and the
enemy of progress. The Bible certainly belongs in a museum, as do the
neanderthals who continue to build their lives around it.
How
wonderful...just where all those Bibles belong...in a museum right alongside
all the other relics of mythology.
It
is striking how some in our increasingly secular society are not content merely
to be indifferent to Scripture but feel compelled vocally and vociferously to
oppose and disparage it. Paul’s
insightful analysis of men in their unregenerate state who “hold the truth in
unrighteousness” (Romans 1:18 AV; NKJV:
“suppressing the truth in unrighteousness”) still rings true.
May
we who live in such a time as this be emboldened to admire and uphold the
Scriptures even more boldly.
Grace and peace, Pastor Jeff
Riddle
Note: One opportunity we have to study and teach
the Bible comes next week with our third annual “Puritan” Vacation Bible school
for youth and children. Pray for this
outreach and ministry as we meet Monday-Wednesday (July 23-25) from 6:00-8:00
pm.
2 comments:
Please put up posts on the Puritan VBS like last year, we'll be praying for it as a family and I'm sure our kiddos will enjoy the pictures. Thanks!
Armand,
Thanks for the note. We'll see what we can do. Covet your prayers for this ministry next week.
Grace, JTR
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