Shipwreck

[Brad Fox]

 

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G.K. Chesterton was a writer, speaker and evangelist of the early 20th century.  In writing about the state of human-kind, he relates our situation to a sort of "cosmic shipwreck."  He said "a person in search of meaning resembles a sailor who awakens from a deep sleep and discovers treasures strewn about, relics from a civilization he can barely remember.  One by one he picks up the relics-gold coins, a compass, fine clothing-and tries to discern their meaning.  Fallen humanity lives in such a state.  Good things on earth-the natural world, beauty, love, joy-still bear traces of their original purpose, but amnesia mars the image of God in us."

 

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