Everything’s Changing All the Time

“Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” – Colossians 3:9,10 Today, I want to pose a classic philosophical question you might have encountered in college: the Ship of Theseus, also known as the Theseus paradox. According to legend, King Theseus, founder of Athens, saved a group of children and, to commemorate the event, the Athenians sailed his ship annually for centuries. Over time, they gradually replaced the mast, the sail, each plank, and even repainted the sides. Eventually, every nail, every piece of wood, every scrap of cloth had been replaced. This led to a profound question: Is it still the same ship? On the surface, it looks and functions the same, but every part has changed. Consider a different example: