The point is, God wants you to know Him: wants to give you Himself. And He and you are two things of such a kind that if you really get into any kind of touch with Him you will, in fact, be humble – delightedly humble, feeling the infinite relief of having for once got rid of all the silly nonsense about your own dignity which has made you restless and unhappy all your life. He is trying to make you humble in order to make this moment possible: trying to take off a lot of silly, ugly, fancy-dress in which we have all got ourselves up and are strutting about like the little idiots we are. (CS Lewis. HT: Toby Sumpter via Trevin Wax)

by Stephen Rodgers

Well, given that Harold Camping has been all over the evangelical blogosphere as well as the secular media, I thought it would be a good time to take a few moments to review his life, predictions, and ministry.  If nothing else, this should bring you up to speed on what all the hubbub has been about, and give you a Biblical basis to respond the next time someone makes these kinds of claims:

• DJP of Team Pyro fame has a series of articles that puts the whole Harold Camping fiasco in context.  His first post, Harold Camping is not a false prophet gets the ball rolling with an examination of the theological difference between a false teacher and a false prophet.  His second post, Harold Camping glorifies God: seventeen ways, explores a plethora of ways in which God is glorified in the midst of Camping’s false predictions.  And his final post, Harold Camping, the true Gospel, and hedged bets explores in what ways the behavior of Camping’s followers is actually an appropriate analogy for our loyalty to Christ (with an emphasis on “analogy”). (WEB)
• RC Sproul Jr. has a post in a similar vein to DJP’s initial offering entitled Harold Camping: False Prophet? (WEB)
• W. Robert Godfrey has a 5-part series exploring the history of Camping’s ministry and theology.  You can also just download a .pdf of the whole series. (WEB/PDF)
• And last but not least, Douglas Wilson answers a question about how Christians should respond to their unbelieving friends and co-workers who think this is typical for Christianity. Like him, I have to go mow my lawn now. (VIDEO)

That’s it for now.  See you Sunday!

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