"Is he safe? No. But he is good."
C.S. Lewis understood that God is not a pacifist push-over, and you shouldn't be either.
In The Chronicles of Narnia, when the children ask if Aslan (the Christ figure) is safe, Mr. Beaver replies with one of the most famous lines in literature: "Safe? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."
Modern culture wants a "safe" God. They want a religion without a cross.
If you're a man you need to be like this, especially nowadays: not safe, but good.
'Bewitched' premiered 62 years ago today, September 17, 1964 on ABC, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Dick Sargent, and David White
A sitcom about a witch who marries a regular guy and tries to live as a normal suburban housewife, while her mom and other magical relatives heavily disapprove
Ending in 1972 after 8 seasons and 254 episodes
“To sit alone or with a few friends, half-drunk under a full moon, you just understand how lucky you are; it’s a story you can’t tell. It’s a story you almost by definition, can’t share. I’ve learned in real time to look at those things and realize: I just had a really good moment.”
— Anthony Bourdain, in his final interview