I watched in horror as Notre Dame burned and the world mourned. What a horrible scene to see this 900-year-old icon destroyed before our eyes. I have been praying about this today and read a piece that really brought it home on the Patriots Post. It speaks to where I and many others have been focused in recent months about the state of Christianity in America. We have been looking at the current condition and wondering just how long we could have. Please join me this Holy Week as we fast and pray tomorrow and lift up Jesus Christ and His Bride. I find myself wearing out my new knees in prayer for many I love who have not surrendered to His Lordship and repeating the final statement in the Bible…”Even so, come Lord Jesus!”
Monday of Holy Week was a particularly poignant time for Notre Dame Cathedral to burn. Fire destroyed the roof and spire, as well as much of the interior. It’s difficult to see such magnificent Christian architecture go up in flames, yet no lives were lost, even with the building full of worshippers, workers, and tourists.
Standing at the center of Paris since the foundation stone was laid in 1163, this monumental Gothic cathedral took more than 100 years to finish, and it was perhaps the crowning achievement of an age when Christians prioritized enduring beauty to reflect the eternal glory of the Creator. To be sure, there were also other motivations for such grand enterprises, and external beauty does not cover internal rot. But building a place of worship meant to last for centuries is, sadly, a lost art.
Yet far more important than the burning of Notre Dame is the metaphor it creates for Western Christianity. Once the center of Christendom, Europe has descended over the last two centuries into a secular, post-Christian — and often anti-Christian — malaise. Arguably, Europe was always more culturally Christian than doctrinally Christian, but now instead of the church being the center of society, government is. Nominal Christians have exchanged the truth of Scripture for the lies of self-worship. They’ve rejected God’s authority, substituting their own feelings.
May God bless and keep you in these trying times.
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