And I hope at some time, we all find that. Frankly, Christians shouldn’t go through life any other way. Without sounding trite, God made us each special, each destined for greatness.
HE must increase, I must decrease. Any questions?
I’ve got a few reasons why I love the books. But the one I keep coming back to is one my friend Carla summarizes much more eloquently than I do (although I can’t remember how she says it—otherwise I’d quote her!). It has to do with the orphaned boy who sleeps in a closet and thinks he’s nothing (because he’s told that by his cruel guardians) who is suddenly told he’s special—and that he’s destined for greatness.
What a completly anti-Christian message.
bfl
You're joking. Right?
What a completly anti-Christian message.
Just like those darn Narnia books, right? Ordinary kids who enter a magical world and discover they're destined for greatness. Lewis was so anti-Christian.
/s
God gave his life for you. If God did that for you, then wouldn't you think that you just may be something special in His eyes? Woudn't you think that maybe you are destined for greatness?
Methinks thou art overreacting a bit.
BTW, I have heard that JK Rowling is one of the few remaining practicing Presbyterians in all of Great Britan. And we're not talking PCUSA here.
Really?
Let us see.....
It has to do with the orphaned shepard boy who sleeps in a closet watches sheep and thinks he’s nothing (because he’s told that by his cruel guardians brothers) who is suddenly told he’s special—and that he’s destined for greatness.
It has to do with the orphaned farm boy who sleeps in a closet thrashes wheat behind a winepress and thinks he’s nothing (because he’s told that by his cruel guardians Midianite Overlords) who is suddenly told he’s special—and that he’s destined for greatness.
I watched J K Rowling’s interview last Sunday and what struck me was her obsession with death -— the death of her characters. For an entire hour she spoke of “killing off” her characters. It was eerie. She didn’t speak of their lives and living but their deaths and why she had to kill them or wanted to kill them. Though she spoke regretfully of having to “kill them off”, the obsession with the death of her characters stood out in the interview.
I don’t know anything about Potter or Narnia - never read them. But I have read the Bible and I know Jesus specifically said that those who believe in him are destined for greatness.