T.S. Elliot

Hello, I’m Joe Pursch, and this is a Transforming Moment. Today, atheism is making a big comeback in American publishing. Authors are arguing that Christian faith is one of the most dangerous aspects of our culture. Back in the 1920’s, atheism was big too. Atheistic intellectual Bertrand Russell was the leader of that parade. He wrote that man ought to worship man, and people were starting to listen. But then another intellectual stood up, and said “No. I have decided to worship the God of the Bible. That is the way of hope”. TS Elliot was his name. His poem “the Wasteland” had made him the most famous poet in the world. And yet, he sacrificed much of his fame and endured academic ridicule because he converted to Christianity, and filled his poems with faith. TS Elliot warned that atheism would lead the world into a new dark age, and that Christianity had to survive if mankind was to have a future. Elliot’s life was all about one moment when he stood and said, “I will worship Christ.” What’s your life all about? I’m Joe Pursch, and this has been a Transforming Moment.