Against a backdrop of competing ideas, Paul wrote to the Ephesians; "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Ephesians 5:14 Be very careful, then, how you live-- not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 I recently chanced upon the disaster movie- The Day After Tomorrow where a super storm finds a crowd of survivors hunkering down in a government building. Soon they spot another group of survivors trudging towards some unknown refuge. A debate breaks out in the hallway as to whether they should remain in their present shelter or join the group outside. A young man desperately tries to convince them to remain within the building arguing that his father, a climatologist, had warned him that the weather would deteriorate very rapidly. Anyone caught outside would instantly freeze to death. Only a few listen to him. The majority brush him aside and join the group o...