What We All Agree On, and What We (Probably) Don't in this Sanctification Debate-Kevin DeYoung
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First the low down, then a few statements, and then a lot of questions.
About two weeks ago Jen Wilkin wrote a piece called "Failure Is Not a Virtue" in which she registered her concern over celebratory failurisum–"the idea that believers cannot obey the Law and will fail at every attempt." I thought her post was right to expose one of the possible errors in talking about sanctification, especially when some in the Reformed community have suggested that trying to help people stop sinning is a waste of time akin to teaching frogs how to fly.
The disciples are needy in every way. They are simply "poor" (Luke 6:20). They have no security, no property to call their own, no piece of earth they could call their home, no earthly community to which they might fully belong.
Church plants and mercy ministries may be increasingly popular in inner-city contexts, but the difficulties overwhelm many well-meaning Christians. Churches with hopes of change but poverty of wisdom and experience can burn out or become disillusioned. So how can churches and mercy ministries persevere with joy and hope?
Question. 1. What is the chief end of man?
Christmas is the most widely observed cultural holiday in the world.
