Strength in Opposition

Its times like this I wish I were a better writer. There is so much going on in the world I feel compelled to start blogging again and letting you know whats on my mind. I’m not sure where to begin and I’m not convinced I would be interesting but one thing I want to start by praying for a complete healing and or comfort for the very ill Christopher Hitchens.
If you are not familiar with Christopher Hitchens, Google his work and you would be very entertained and challenged by a lot of his writings. “Hitch” is a model of the conservative economic philosophy with a liberal social point of view.
Although, I usually enjoy his visits to cable new or to the Bill Maher Show, I am most interested in his work as an atheist apologist. Hitchens wrote, among others, a bestseller called “God is Not Great.” This book is promoted as some kind of Atheist manifesto but most critiques of the book pinpoints his problems with organized religion than an apology for atheism. (In fairness I have not read his book)
However, one of the reasons I admire Hitchens is his willingness to debate the great Christian thinkers of our time. He has debated Dinesh D’Souza, Alister McGrath and the most influential Christian thinker of our time, William Lane Craig (each of these debates are on YouTube if you would like to see them).
In my opinion, I don’t think Hitchens did a great job at defending his atheistic view points. In fact, his debate with Craig was like watching a high school student debate a PHD but that is not the point. Hitchens brought his high profile personality to the Christian community and in the effort to promote his version of atheism. As a odd result he STRENGTHEN Christian apologist more than most churches could. For this, we Christians should be forever grateful for the contribution to the Christian Community.
But isn’t this what the great provocative thinkers/writers have done throughout history?
Thank you Christopher Hitchens for challenging me politically and thank you for strengthening my faith. I am sure you have helped many more Christians than you will ever imagine.
If God doesn’t heal you,
When that time comes… Go rest High on that Mountain,
your work on earth is not done, but my prayer is that its just begun.