82% of the Northeast US is lost. 87% of the US is lost. 90% of Canada is lost. Does this break my heart or have I grown numb to it? #SBC15
— Jim Locke (@pastorjimlocke) June 17, 2015
Lost? Seriously? Who believes in talking snakes and donkeys and thinks the most important thing anybody can know about himself is that he’s no damn good? The Christian misuse of the word ‘lost’ is a good example of the way that seizing language can shape and misdirect a conversation.