Snippet: When Truth No Longer Wows (Thrill Series)

Snip·pet | ˈsnipit | noun a small piece or brief extract.

This one is from The Thrill of Orthodoxy: Rediscovering the Adventure of Christian Faith by Trevin Wax. The Elders recently read and discussed it. I’m going to do a series of snippets from the book over the next few weeks. I’ll call it the “Thrill Series.” Each one should give you plenty to think about, but if you just decide to read the book and skip the snippets, I’d be thrilled.

“The church faces her biggest challenge not when new errors start to win but when old truths no longer wow. J. R. R. Tolkien once said that the most regrettable feature of human nature is how quickly we become unsatisfied with the good.”

That’s how the book starts.

And “wow” was my reaction throughout the book.

Here’s a short bio of Trevin Wax, who is one of my favorites:

Trevin Wax is vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board and a visiting professor at Cedarville University. A former missionary to Romania, Trevin is a regular columnist at The Gospel Coalition and has contributed to The Washington Post, Religion News Service, World, and Christianity Today, which named him one of 33 millennials shaping the next generation of evangelicals. He has taught courses on mission and ministry at Wheaton College and has lectured on Christianity and culture at Oxford University. He is a founding editor of The Gospel Project, and the author of multiple books, including The Thrill of Orthodoxy, Rethink Your Self, This Is Our Time, and Gospel Centered Teaching.