Not planning on a Halloween-themed post, but something somewhat related came up while flipping through channels last night not sleeping. Criss Angel, a great performance magician (more on him here) was on Larry King Live plugging his new show on NBC. King asked him a number of random questions, but the one that caught me by surprise was "Do you have faith?"
Criss's answer? Yes.
Criss responded that he was raised Greek Orthodox; that he went to Sunday school for eleven years; and that he was an altar boy for ten years. When probed a little further about whether he believed in God, his response was something along the lines of, "I believe that every painting has an artist. This world? I believe that artist is God."
It's easy to see the black wardrobe, the staring eyes boring into you, the chains and the magic as something occult. It's obviously meant to imply that. But book covers often hide the man beneath the performance. The clear truth of knowing that the beauty of this world was not accidental would've been lost on many if they chose to focus on the external. Good thing 1Sam16:7 is so very clear.
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