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I’m fascinated by the way popular culture has become aware of Christianity in the last few years, so yesterday, when I heard the words “Holy Week”, I turned the radio up.

The story began with the reporter noting that this is the holiest week of the year for Christians, as we look forward to celebrating Easter this coming Sunday. “But,” the reporter continued, “Christians are making news for another reason this week as well…” The story then proceeded to focus on the release of the 18th and final installment in the Left Behind series, which will be released this week. And just like that, the Resurrection was eclipsed by a fictitious (and, in my my view fallacious) account of the end times.

I’m not really sure what this means. Perhaps it means that, in the eyes of our culture, biblical fiction is more interesting than fact. Perhaps it means that as Christians we have put more emphasis on speculation about the future than the central facts of our faith. Perhaps it just means that there is a better news story in Left Behind than in the resurrection (though I’m not sure how that could be).

Whatever the case, here’s another story to file in my “Media-becomes-aware-of-Christians” folder. I’m glad that I’ve spent this week preparing to preach on the resurrection, rather than that glorious event when cars driven by Christians will be miraculously unoccupied. The facts of history are far more enthralling than fictitious views of the future.

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