Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Good, good, good, good foundations..

1. "You see, postmodernism plays word games with us. Postmodernism tells us there’s no such thing as truth; no such thing as meaning; no such thing as certainty. I remember lecturing at Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in this country. I was minutes away from beginning my lecture, and my host was driving me past a new building called the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts. He said, “This is America’s first postmodern building.” I was startled for a moment and I said, “What is a postmodern building?” He said, “Well, the architect said that he designed this building with no design in mind. When the architect was asked, ‘Why?’ he said, ‘If life itself is capricious, why should our buildings have any design and any meaning?’ So he has pillars that have no purpose. He has stairways that go nowhere. He has a senseless building built and somebody has paid for it.” I said, “So his argument was that if life has no purpose and design, why should the building have any design?” He said, “That is correct.” I said, “Did he do the same with the foundation?” All of a sudden there was silence. You see, you and I can fool with the infrastructure as much as we would like, but we dare not fool with the foundation because it will call our bluff in a hurry. "

The following is from Ravi Zacharias as he addressed the United Nations in 2002 at a prayer breakfast. If you want to read the rest go to www.rzim.com an click on resources. It's good stuff.

1 Comments:

At 5:27 PM, Blogger danielle said...

matt-

i attended CFS for 8 years while growing up. while browsing the internet today i came across the CFS website, and therefore yours & your blog.

i just wanted to let you know that i truly enjoyed my days at camp, a lot due to you. your songs and words we're an inspriation to me, and many of my friends. i know i have a tape of your music somewhere, tonight i'm going to search for it.

please know that you've gained another loyal blog-reader, as i have enjoyed learning about your adventures with your family and all of your thoughts.

take care,
danielle

 

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