"Earthiness is not the gospel, but the gospel did come to earth. Earthiness is no savior, but earthiness is saved." -- Douglas Wilson, God Rest Ye Merry
You cannot be saved by making much of your station, but you also cannot be saved and then make little of it. God has put us here in this world. The love of this world cannot save you, but God's love for this world can (John 3:16). Material pursuits and blessings are not the Gospel, but the Gospel did come down to visit our material pursuits and bless us. Health, wealth, and prosperity cannot save you, but they can be saved. The Christian life is not some detached spiritual reality that tolerates the dirt beneath our feet only for the sake of the angels above the clouds; it is grounded — attaching spiritual significance to the soil because it remembers the feel of it's Creator's feet.
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