By now we’ve probably all heard about the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship which recently struck rocks off Italy’s coast. The crash seems to have been caused by human error, with the blame having been the Captain himself. He evidently chose to hug the shoreline to greet a former captain (?), then, to add insult to injury, apparently mishandled the resulting crisis by ignoring the gravity of his actions, failing to take responsibility. At the end of it all, he reportedly tried to escape with his own life, even though his crew and his passengers were in grave peril. At least 16 died. More are missing.
The truth is, we’ve seen this kind of behavior before. For example, church leaders throughout the globe have largely ignored the plight of unreached people groups and cities, then systematically tried to explain away their behavior by citing other priorities. By doing so, they (we) have utterly failed thus far to complete the Great Commission, having left large blocks of humanity without adequate witness. If you don’t believe it, just browse…
Certainly, the captain of the Costa Concordia will have to face justice — and, unless there’s been some kind of misunderstanding, he’ll likely go to prison… maybe for a very long time. Pray with me that the global church can get the word out to the unreached before judgment day happens on a planetary scale. Otherwise, it won’t be just a ship’s captain trying to dream up excuses.
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I totally agree ” church leaders throughout the globe have largely ignored the plight of unreached’. I witness the apathy first hand in the area where I am from. It is such a great shame! How can a “Bible Believing” church not care about the unreached?