04.15.08 Why No News?

This past weekend, in Georgia, an elderly gentleman spoke to me after I talked and sang about the Good News (or here).  He grabbed my arm tightly, leaned in close and whispered into my face: Thank you. I’ve been a Christian for 67 years and this is the first day anyone’s told me what I was saved for.

Why?

I’m not being cynical or rhetorical.  I swear.  I’d truly like to understand why there’s been so little talk of the real Good News by mentors and teachers in my life and the lives of so many.

Do you teach/explain/live/blog the Good News Jesus taught?  If not, why not?

Do you understand the Good News to be something different than I do? Am I wrong?

Did your professors not teach it to you in seminary?

Is it bad for ratings?

Is it boring writing?

Too complex?

Too simple?

Is it irrelevant today?

Why?