I learned a song in Sunday School that has stayed with me for lo these many years. The song is "This Little Light of Mine, I'm Gonna Let It Shine."

Anybody else go to the same Sunday School?

(Sing it here, or better yet, have them join in singing it with you.)

As we've just heard, the song has three verses. Two of the three verses are theologically profound. One verse is theologically bankrupt.

A. I'm Gonna Let it Shine

The first verse is "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine."

Where does the light shine? The light shines in the dark. The place for the light is in the dark. In fact, Lamentations 3:1 reads "He has set me in dark places." Jesus put it like this:

"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it und…