Have you seen that TV commercial where the clerk says to the customer, “Have a super-sparkly day!” Many Christians engage in a similar kind of over-the-top happy-talk. To someone who is downcast, they might say something like, “Don’t you worry. The Lord will provide. Everything will be ok.”
But will it? Should a thoughtful believer embrace such pious platitudes? We’ll wrestle with these questions, using the end of Matthew’s Christmas story to guide us.
