![]() They don't ask, " Why angels?" or even " If angels?". Also, a new generation of intellectual materialists dismisses the entire realm of the supernatural, abolishing anything else that's not provably active in the material world. The global recession stripped away the most outlandish kitsch, and down-to-earth concerns have taken their place. "Could these things possibly be as the writers say?", many ask. ![]() They use bizarre ideas and imagery to portray what angels do in violent epic battles of spiritual warfare, with the universe at stake. Today, the world is abuzz with novels and films and 'experts' on TV and the Net and in video games. But there was a refreshing openness and lightheartedness toward the possibility of angels who may well be pretty much as the Biblical writers described them.īut the questions are different today. ( Touched By An Angel gently took this hope to TV.) They were asking, "Why angels? And, are they among us?" Yes, there was angel kitsch and trivia. They were hoping to learn about not only divine angels, but also about the holy God, the Wholly-Other, who cares enough to send such envoys to humans. Back then, people were mostly trying to make sense of angel traditions and reports of angels guarding and rescuing people. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I first wrote about angels in 1997, I wrote to help people honestly probe their own questions about them. ![]()
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