This year, as I was teaching my high school students a unit of world religions, I could not help but be struck by the account of the Fall of Man in Genesis and how relevant the temptation remains for us today. Students like to complain that history and things that happened long ago are not “relevant” to their lives. What they typically mean is, “Knowing of those things that happened long ago will neither put food in my belly nor money in my pocket, nor will they entertain or distract me in my life. When then ought I know them? They are not “relevant” to me.”
"You shall be like gods:" The Oldest Temptation
"You shall be like gods:" The Oldest…
"You shall be like gods:" The Oldest Temptation
This year, as I was teaching my high school students a unit of world religions, I could not help but be struck by the account of the Fall of Man in Genesis and how relevant the temptation remains for us today. Students like to complain that history and things that happened long ago are not “relevant” to their lives. What they typically mean is, “Knowing of those things that happened long ago will neither put food in my belly nor money in my pocket, nor will they entertain or distract me in my life. When then ought I know them? They are not “relevant” to me.”