My groceries paid for, I rolled the shopping cart toward the door of the local Safeway. Near the door was a video kiosk. One family was selecting a movie at the screen, and two other families were waiting for their turn.
My first thought was that this family was going to waste their night watching some mindless, devoid-of-meaning movie. Then I was amazed as I realized my Evangelical Filter was on. 26 years of thinking of everything in light of Evangelical theology and so-called biblical meaning dies hard.
Pastor and author John Piper wrote a book a few years back called Don’t Waste Your Life. Here’s a blurb from the back cover: Continue reading