Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? (Theological Version)
Billy Graham: The chicken was surrendering all.
Rick Warren: The chicken was purpose driven.
John Wesley: The chicken’s heart was strangely warmed.
John Piper: God decreed the event to maximize his glory. OR . . . it was an act of Christian hedonism. The chicken realized that his greatest joy would only be found on the other side.
C.S. Lewis: If a chicken finds itself with a desire that nothing on this side can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that it was created for the other side.
N.T. Wright: This act of the chicken, which would be unthinkable in British barnyards, reeks of that American individualism that is destructive to community.
Pluralist: The chicken took one of many equally valid roads.
Universalist: All chickens cross the road.
Tim LaHaye: The chicken didn’t want to be left behind.
Emergent: For this chicken, it’s not the destination that’s important.
Billy Graham: The chicken was surrendering all.
Rick Warren: The chicken was purpose driven.
John Wesley: The chicken’s heart was strangely warmed.
John Piper: God decreed the event to maximize his glory. OR . . . it was an act of Christian hedonism. The chicken realized that his greatest joy would only be found on the other side.
C.S. Lewis: If a chicken finds itself with a desire that nothing on this side can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that it was created for the other side.
N.T. Wright: This act of the chicken, which would be unthinkable in British barnyards, reeks of that American individualism that is destructive to community.
Pluralist: The chicken took one of many equally valid roads.
Universalist: All chickens cross the road.
Tim LaHaye: The chicken didn’t want to be left behind.
Emergent: For this chicken, it’s not the destination that’s important.