DON QUIXOTE CHRISTIANS
Posted in UncategorizedToday I read the following by Russell Moore from a sermon he preached SERMON
“Satan does not mind family values–as long as what you ultimately value is the family. Satan does not mind social justice–as long as you see justice as most importantly social. Satan does not tremble at a Christian worldview. He will let you have a Christian worldview as long as your ultimate goal is viewing the world.”
How true!!! Satan is so crafty in regards to masking the purpose and plan of God, and sadly we Christians become willing accomplices to doing nothing in regards to advancing his kingdom. We get sold on “worthy” issues like family values or social justice, and soon these means (as well intentioned as we might be) become the end. Without meaning to, we become Don Quixote charging windmills that have nothing to do with the gospel.
May 14th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Tim Keller spoke about this at the Gospel Coalition conference last month, see Keller on the Gospel and Idolatry. Anything, even good things, can become an Idol, and we end up worshiping creation rather than our creator. Keller encourages us to identify the idols in our city so that we, like Paul, can speak out against them as we proclaim the gospel in our city context.