In light of our current sermon series on apologetics, Al Mohler's article is appropriate for this week. He writes, "John T. Elson's most famous article for TIME magazine appeared over 40 years ago, and it largely defined his journalistic career. His April 8, 1966 cover story, "Is God Dead?," became an icon of the rebellious and increasingly secular sixties..."
I enjoyed, years ago, getting to hear S.M. Lockridge address this issue. S. M. Lockridge, who preached in San Diego from 1953 to 1993, challenged the “God is dead” philosophy by saying, “Well, if God is dead, who assassinated him? What coroner was called? Who signed his death certificate? Who was so well-acquainted with the One pronounced dead that he could identify the deceased? In what obituary column did you find his name? And why wasn’t I notified? I’m one of the next of kin!”
I remember as a 12-year old boy, wondering who in their right mind could believe that God was dead! I have since learned that this was just wishful thinking on the part of a creation that longed to "be in charge" and with God out of the way, who was there to stop this? It always seems to go back to the "serpent of old" and man who thinks he should be incharge of his own destiny!
ReplyDeleteAwesome and powerful message that lockridge preached back then. Thanks for posting it.
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