A recent research project by the University of Essex has claimed to have identified the most boring jobs and hobbies in the world.
The five most boring jobs are: Data Analysis, Accounting, Insurance, Cleaning and Banking. The five most boring hobbies are: Sleeping, Religion, Watching Television, Observing Animals and Maths.
It will be no surprise to Christians living in our secular post-Christian context that our friends and neighbours consider our faith to be boring. We might be mildly offended and insist that the worship of the true and living God is anything but boring. We might try to claim that true Christianity is not a religion, in the sense of observing rules and performing rituals to earn favour with God, but a joyful response to God’s amazing grace in Christ.
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