One of my classes this semester is exploring the belief systems of various world religions, in particular Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
The assigned reading includes two helpful overviews: Huston Smith’s The World’s Religions<\/i> and Stephen Prothero’s God Is Not One – The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
To fulfill an assignment, I need to record a video in the next couple of days incorporating some aspect of the readings. The professor gave a list of suggestions but I settled on a topic outside of his list: What Christians can Learn from the Other Major Religions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
My mindset is that “even a broken clock is right twice a day”. And that God has revealed aspects of His character and power to all humankind. And that – on some level – human beings are all searching for meaning. And that Augustine was right when he asserted, “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”<\/p>\n\n\n
Add those things up and they point to humans the world over seeking – and finding – at least bits of truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
To be clear, I am not saying they find salvation. Because salvation requires finding “big T” Truth, Jesus Christ Himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Tim 2:5)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Still, it seems to me that modern American Christianity is a bit anemic and could likely find value in some of the emphases and practices of other religions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
They might have stumbled onto something that we have forgotten or neglected in our own faith.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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