the total fabric of life
Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised
Every time a believer says that, say, religion and politics do not mix or that we should concentrate on saving souls and leave the affairs of the world alone, she is implicitly denying the cosmic scope of Christ’s redemption and thereby diminishing God’s sovereignty. Every time a follower of Jesus Christ forsakes a so-called secular occupation and claims an intention to go into “full-time Christian service,” she is in effect relegating a huge portion of the total fabric of life to something or someone other than the Savior of the world. For the biblically astute Christian, however, there are no “sacred” and “secular” occupations, only obedient and disobedient ones. The obedient farmer or carpenter is as much in full-time Christian service as the pastor or missionary.
Which I think makes the point in a particularly bracing way…
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