nervous. She begins to feel even her own children are trying to kill her. She is shown.
searching the television for an answer. She stumbles upon the "700 Club" and becomes.
interested in its message. She allows Jesus into her heart and is saved. She has now.
become two things, closer to Jesus , and a television star. "To the uninitiated, it is not.
entirely clear to which is the higher estate."(Postman, 115) Meanwhile, the untrained.
viewer sees this and becomes attracted. No one is saved, money is made by the .
producers, and wasted by the viewers. Although the story of the suffering woman was .
no more than a well played act, this does happen in real life. With contributions running.
in the millions, today's religious television shows have no problem competing with other.
more popular shows, as they believe they are relaying a more important message. It is .
estimated that the total revenue brought on by "electronic churches" is well over $500.
million annually.
I look at this slow, yet progressing, deteriorization of religion and it brings a question.
to mind. Will the teachings of Jesus Christ withstand the new millennium? I am certain.
in knowing that it will, but I had to do much research to find out how I know this. There .
were approximately 4000 years between the start of man up to the time of Christ's birth. .
Then for the last 2000 years after Christ, the church has risen steadily. So, in total, that.
is 6000 years of Jesus" teachings or the basis of his teachings, which have become more .
popular now than when than when they first started out in the beginning 6000 years ago.
So, what I am wondering is, why wouldn't the teachings of Jesus be able to last into the.
new millennium when the basis of his teachings have already lasted for 6000 years. Now.
there are three points I would like to make to show why I believe Jesus" teachings will.
survive well into the new millennium.
First, Jesus at age 12 was able to amaze all the teachers of scripture who's biblical .
