The Real American Idol

Summary

This will be a completely new economy, far different than any we have ever known! But here’s the thing: it already exists! Jesus spent much of his energy proclaiming that the reign of God is not something that exists in the far-off, distant future, in the “sweet by and by,” but is already breaking into this world of ours. Perhaps, as the truth of Isaiah’s prophetic vision dawns upon us we will find the courage to loosen our grip on some of the golden treasures we grasp so tenaciously. Perhaps we will allow ourselves to be guided not by the invisible hand of the market, but by that other invisible hand, the generous hand of a big-hearted God who, in Jesus Christ, gives us the most extravagant gifts of all: forgiveness and new life and eternal life.