In Need of a Savior

This may sound silly, but last night while I was watching La Sierra University's production of Oedipus Rex, I thought of how differently it would have turned out if Sophocles knew Jesus. At the end of this play, Oedipus gouges his eyes out because he sees his mother/wife Jocasta hanging in their bed chamber. How different would it have been if he knew Jesus and found that peace that many find in Him! The play would have been a lot shorter as well, for Oedipus would have never killed his father for Laius and Jocasta would have never believed a pagan prophet. Maybe I just came up with this because the play got too long for me to handle. But still, it's interesting to think about how many things would have been different or would be different if more people knew Jesus and accepted Him as their Savior.

Also, I read something interesting in U.S. News and World Report today. I was in the waiting room at Kaiser because of my allergy/asthma check up and I picked it up to read. It was an article from a few weeks ago and the article was about how lightly America thinks of religion. There was an interesting quote:
"Yet when it comes to religion, it [America] ranks among the most ill-informed. While close to two thirds of all Americans regard the Bible as a source of answers to life's questions, only half can name even one of the New Testament Gospels."

I thought that was really interesting to hear. The person who was interviewed during this article started talking about how America once highly valued the Bible. He mentioned about how the early Americans used to teach their children how to read out of the Bible. He started saying about how in public schools, some sort of religion classes should be integrated. Not necessarily any one domination, but maybe classes such as "World Religions" and the history of the Bible. And then these classes could somehow relate to other subjects, such as American History. However, students could have the opportunity to opt-out of these classes, but the person being interviewed believes that many students will not.

Interesting things to think about...