A Sign Given

 God certainly knows how to give a sign. The problem illustrated before us today is not that God is unwilling to give signs, but that fallen man is unwilling to receive the sign God gives. This is a willful sort of ignorance that has been attested to by more than the observation of Christians. Even Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher saw that people prefer comfortable ideas to profound truth, famously illustrating this with a famous example of people in a cave. This truth is shown in simple, everyday things. The reluctance of communities, churches, and businesses to change even when the old and familiar isn’t working any more. The bad habits that seem to ensnare us despite our best efforts. The refusal of many to pick up a book or listen to someone that they disagree with lest they be challenged too much.

Find out more in this sermon from St. John's Lutheran Church of Oakes, ND!