Many don’t read slowly, many more don’t read at all. And because we don’t take the time to think in order to speak, or read, or write, the words that come out are often full of snark, slash, and spite.

The problem is not, and has never been, that God is somehow concealing Himself and His intentions for humanity. The problem is that some people simply don’t like the nature of the evidence that God has provided.

History is not very sentimental – if you make enough mistakes of enough gravity, your culture simply will not survive. We have ample reason to believe, however, that whatever is on the coast we are approaching, driven by the storms of the moment, they will be fertile places for the proclamation of Christ and Him crucified.

When arguments disappear, however, that isn’t always the end of the world. When people see that there are no arguments that hold up against the truth claims of the Gospel, that can be pretty persuasive, too – even in the presence of name-calling and threats.