“At its root,” explains this writer, “cynicism is a rejection of the Christ, God’s message of good to mankind.” But no one is doomed to be a cynic; we are each actually empowered by God to reject the pessimistic pull of cynicism—and to “survey the scene around us with a prayerful expectation of good.”
I was raised in the Christian faith, but like a good number of Africans, I grew up in an environment where culture and tradition have a strong influence on beliefs.
As a subscriber, you can download any Sentinel issue published within the last 90 days (PDF, eBook, and audio). You can also take a look inside each issue as it originally appeared in print, starting with the very first issue from 1898.