It's a gift!

I give to you, at the start of this article, two very interesting and related scenes from the Peter Jackson directed film adaptation of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.  Watch these first, and then read on.

The first one they have disabled embedding.  You can watch it here

The second, and perhaps most relevant, is here

So, why am I having you watch videos about Lord of the Rings?  I mean, besides it being my favorite fantasy series of books and, by far, the best films made...ever...

Well, perhaps this quote I got from a friend on Facebook will help:

We use political means or other avenues to try to solve the problems, and we end up like a person trying to put a forest fire out with a squirt gun. Let’s use the spiritual weapons that God has given us. -Greg Laurie

Here's the crux of it.

Boromir considered the possibility of using the immense power of the Ring to overcome the Enemy, not remembering that the very nature of evil personified in Sauron was inseperable from the Ring, that to use the Ring, you are essentially trying to use evil to defeat evil, a task that will never solve anything.

So, does it make sense then for Christians to expect that, using the worldly systems, guided by worldly values, and empowered by worldly mindsets, they will achieve something that is otherworldly?

Think about it.