HOW CAN GOD CALL ME A SAINT? (1)
by Tim Melton
Scripture: Colossians 1:1-2
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Title: How Can God Call Me a Saint?
Series: The Book of Colossians
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Colossians 1:1-2
In his book, Critical Path, Buckminster Fuller, an author, architect, systems theorist, inventor, designer, and futurist, presented the idea of the 'knowledge doubling curve'. Fuller observed that until 1900 human knowledge doubled every century. By the end of World War II, the world's combined knowledge was doubling every 25 years. Building on Fuller's research, IBM later published a report that by 2020, the world knowledge would be doubling every 12 hours.
Some would argue that knowledge is growing faster than we can absorb. At the same time the useful lifespan of knowledge is decreasing. In some fields what we learned 5 years ago is now obsolete. At times we are trapped in an endless loop of needing to learn, unlearn and re-learn.
We now talk of Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Quantum Computing, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, 5G, space travel and the Internet of Things.
Many would argue that the newer the knowledge, the better it is. With this mindset the older something is, the more irrelevant it becomes. When applied to the spiritual and sacred they reject the ancient truths of God as not applicable to our modern times. Christ is trivialized as a relic of the past. In an age where technology seems to be conquering new frontiers, deep down all mankind still struggle with the same problems. We fear death. We are enslaved to sin. We fight for power and security. We are controlled by a love for money and the lust of our hearts. We long to be loved. We search for joy and real peace. The hearts of man are the same as they have always been. Our tools, toys and trophies have changed, but under the facade we are very similar to all the generations who have gone before us. In our quest to fill that God-shaped void in our hearts we have turned to the world which promises much, but delivers little. It is for such ...
Series: The Book of Colossians
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Colossians 1:1-2
In his book, Critical Path, Buckminster Fuller, an author, architect, systems theorist, inventor, designer, and futurist, presented the idea of the 'knowledge doubling curve'. Fuller observed that until 1900 human knowledge doubled every century. By the end of World War II, the world's combined knowledge was doubling every 25 years. Building on Fuller's research, IBM later published a report that by 2020, the world knowledge would be doubling every 12 hours.
Some would argue that knowledge is growing faster than we can absorb. At the same time the useful lifespan of knowledge is decreasing. In some fields what we learned 5 years ago is now obsolete. At times we are trapped in an endless loop of needing to learn, unlearn and re-learn.
We now talk of Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Quantum Computing, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, 5G, space travel and the Internet of Things.
Many would argue that the newer the knowledge, the better it is. With this mindset the older something is, the more irrelevant it becomes. When applied to the spiritual and sacred they reject the ancient truths of God as not applicable to our modern times. Christ is trivialized as a relic of the past. In an age where technology seems to be conquering new frontiers, deep down all mankind still struggle with the same problems. We fear death. We are enslaved to sin. We fight for power and security. We are controlled by a love for money and the lust of our hearts. We long to be loved. We search for joy and real peace. The hearts of man are the same as they have always been. Our tools, toys and trophies have changed, but under the facade we are very similar to all the generations who have gone before us. In our quest to fill that God-shaped void in our hearts we have turned to the world which promises much, but delivers little. It is for such ...
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