The Message of the Church

I am currently reading Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg. It is an older book but seems to be very relevant for the 21st century. I have finished the first chapter and plan to post a review later upon completion of the book. However, at this time I would like to share a quote that I think is pertinent for our postmodern age. The quote comes at the end of Schlossberg's discusson regarding the idol of historicism, which is a reference to the idea that history really has no meaning or purpose. The end result is that there is no room for God on the linear line of history.

Schlossberg references Herbert Butterfield by saying, The great task of the prophets was to show Israel that God was still active in history, just as he had been in the time of Moses. Without that, their denunciations of evil in the two kingdoms would be little more than an exercise in finger-wagging. Judgment for them was not an intellectual activity but a word denoting God's action against evil. The church, too, is custodian of the prophetic message that, after twenty-five hundred years, God is still active in history and still makes himself known in blessing and judgment. The message is as unpopular now as it was then, and there are many places in wihch the church is faithless to its charge, preferring to preach on popular themes that find ready acceptance among those who have rejected the first principles of the Christian faith.