Well, I was going to ignore it, but in my previous post, Annie in her comments brought of the " S " word. You know what I'm talking about, maybe you saw the panel of Gurus on Oprah's Show. Yah, its the Buzz...it's " The Secret ." The hidden message, the Gospel of prosperity...where imagination becomes truth. Its, " name it, and claim it ", or " blab it, and grab it "...or just a new way to ensure you get your slice of the American pie.
Anyway, this is from a friend, and a site I visit often...here's her take...funny but true...
Are there useful principles and truths that are applicable to a believer's growth and maturity? Sure there are. Learning to take thoughts captive, to have our minds renewed according to the truth of God's Word, to overcome doubt and fear, these are all valuable concepts to understand.
Will this be a tool for bringing truth to spiritual seekers?
Is The Secret really Truth?
Is Spam really meat?
Is Velveeta really cheese?
I don't think that we can present a message of self-will and expect that people will find the truth of Jesus and the gospel in the midst of that.
The promises of The Secret seem antithetical to taking up one's cross. Based on its enormous popularity, we can see that people want answers. Or maybe they just want easy answers.
People are hungry.
Can we give them something better than Velveeta and Spam?
Ron,
Some acquaintances of mine had a viewing of the movie on Friday. I can't wait to hear what their impressions were. I'm a little concerned, because they seemed pretty excited about it.
Posted by: grace | March 03, 2007 at 08:45 PM