Benedict Option or Jeremiah Option?

Links to old articles, I started writing in 2014!
  
What do you think?  What impact does this have on the church, and on Christ's kingdom?


www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/benedict-option


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www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/what-would-jeremiah-do


Sistine Chapel, prophet Jeremiah / Wikimedia Commons

Rage at death

“It is essential to grasp the theological point that stands at the heart of our lostness, and therefore of our redemption: death is, finally, the result of our sin, and therefore rage directed against God, as if he were unfair for passing the sentence that our sin deserved, is inherently foolish, as foolish as criticizing a judge for passing a just sentence on a bank robber. Our rage is better directed at the ugliness of death, the wretchedness of sin, our sense of betrayal and self-betrayal. It may be a venting of our profound loss and frustration. But thoughtful Christians will never lose sight of the origins of death, and therefore will not, at least on this ground, rage against God himself.”

- D. A. Carson, How Long Oh Lord?  http://ref.ly/o/howlonglord/225520 

As I reflect back on 2019, and the entire decade (which really does not end this year, but that's another issue!), I am reminded of the failures of leaders ... and of us all.  This video clip is a good approach to reconciling how we live in light of God's Gospel.


How John Piper Processes the Moral Failures of His Historical Heroes from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.