February 12, 2010
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Wow…
Fascinating, thought-provoking, horrifying, prayer inducing.
Those are just some of the words that come to mind with this interview that Randy Alcorn linked to on his Facebook page.
As Randy said, “In a recent interview, Christopher Hitchens, the fervent atheist and author of God Is Not Great, showed he has a much clearer understanding of what it means to be a Christian than the Unitarian minister, who claims to be a Christian, interviewing him.”
Here’s just a slight excerpt:
Interviewer: The religion you cite in your book is generally the fundamentalist faith of various kinds. I’m a liberal Christian, and I don’t take the stories from the scripture literally. I don’t believe in the doctrine of atonement (that Jesus died for our sins, for example). Do you make and distinction between fundamentalist faith and liberal religion?
Hitchens: I would say that if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian.
Seriously, take time, read it, chew on it, think about it, respond to it (at least mentally, if not involving oneself on blogchatter) both biblically and intelligently.
So much work to be done…night is coming quickly.
“The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.” II Peter 3:9-10
Comments (2)
Deb,
At the Desiring God Conference this fall, they showed the Collision Movie (see http://www.collisionmovie.com/) which documents Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson’s debates about the topic, Is Christianity Good for the World? Douglas does an excellent job of presenting Christ along with good logic. Hitchens knows Christianity so well not only because he hates it so much, but also because Douglas has spoken and lived it well in front of him. Pray for Hitchens’ salvation – he knows the truth. If you get the chance to see of buy this movie, I highly recommend it. VERY encouraging.
Love, Di
@littleGriff -
Thanks, Di! That sounds terrific…thank you so much!!! I am and will pray for him…you know–that was a thought that I had in reading his interview was what Jesus said about the rich, young lawyer…”You are not far from the kingdom of God…”
Love you!
