The Future of Everything - Week 7
It is easy to drift into ambivalence, even about matters of primary importance. In the final chapter of 1 Thessalonians, Paul urges the early Christians against living a spiritually apathetic or lazy or numbed-out life, urging instead watchfulness and preparation. Paul even uses war-time metaphors, saying that just as soldiers have helmets and shields, Christians have to practice faith, hope and love to prepare for their battle.
