The invisibility of God is a great problem. It was already a problem to God’s people in Old Testament days. Their pagan neighbors would taunt them, saying, “Where Is now your God?” Their gods were visible and tangible, but Israel’s God was neither. Today in our scientific culture young people are taught not to believe in anything which is not open to empirical investigation. How then has God solved the problem of His own invisibility? The first answer is of course “in Christ.” Jesus Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. John 1:18: “No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son has made him known.” “That’s wonderful,” people say, “but it was 2,000 years ago. Is there no way by which the invisible God makes Himself visible today?” There is. We return to 1 John 4:12: “No one has ever seen God.” It is precisely the same introductory statement. But instead of continuing with reference to the Son of God, it continues: “If we love one another, God dwells in us.” In other words, the invisible God, who once made Himself visible in Christ, now makes Himself visible in Christians, if we love one another. It is a breathtaking claim. The local church cannot evangelize, proclaiming the gospel of love, if it is not itself a community of love.
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#1 · March 24, 2001, 2:14 pm

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Top 10 Technologies That Deserve a Second Chance

In a recent "M.I.T. Technology Review" article titled "Ten Passed
Technologies"
( one.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin1/flo?y=eBRp0XkN80TS0d4ra ),
writer Nick Monfort gave a rundown of ten long-dead technologies
that deserved better fates. Here at cnet, we're suckers for top
ten lists (even serious ones like monfort's). Plus, we really
like technology in all its guises. With that in mind, here's a
list of obsolete technologies we'd like to see make a comeback:

1. The Pony Express: Less pressure than email, and when you
don't respond for weeks on end, you can always blame the
horse.
2. Muskets: Would make drive-by shootings virtually impossible.
3. The Four Humours: Diagnosis based on the balance of phlegm,
blood, and bile (both yellow and black) could cut medical
bills drastically.
4. Papyrus: No paper cuts!
5. The Stocks: Move over, Jerry Springer. The "Who's in the
Stocks Channel" could offer a whole new way to publicly
humiliate people.
6. Mimeograph Machines: The constant hand-cranking means you can
skip going to the gym.
7. Divining Rods: Potentially popular with dot-com start-ups
seeking venture capitalists whose funds aren't all dried up.
8. Eight-Track Players: Could trigger a Bachman-Turner Overdrive
renaissance.
9. Morse Code: Repetitive-motion index finger injuries are far
less disabling than carpal tunnel syndrome.
10. Two Cans and a String: The least-expensive wireless
technology we've found so far.

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