Paul and the Intellectuals

Fellowship of Christians Biophysicists, San Antonio, TX, 4 March 2003 Acts 17:29-34 Introduction I remember very well the first time I put a Christian poster on the wall above my desk in the lab shortly after I became a Christian. On this poster was a scenic river with trees against the sunset and it had a prayer printed on it which is said to be from Francis of Assisi: “Lord, make me a tool of your peace.” I guess you will not believe how heavy such a poster can be if you want to move it from your home to the lab! I remembered well how I previously sneered at those “religious fools” and I was convinced that this was going to happen to me when I would bring that poster. Well, I cannot stand mocking when I am the target! But one day I gathered all my courage, went half-an-hour earlier to the lab when nobody would be there, took a couple of thumbtacks and posted that poster. And then I sat beneath the proclamation (“make me a tool of your peace”), ready to launch vitriolic verbal attacks against anybody who would dare to mock me. Read the entire article (pdf)