“We do not have the option of sailing to a new world and starting over. We cannot move out of this dilapidated house in order to go build a new one. No, it must be a remodel project. The house is run down, and so we must fix it up. Not only so, but we have to do this while the house is also on fire. And at the same time, many of the other residents like it just the way it is and are fighting us tooth and nail. All this means that we need to have a robust theology of resistance.” — Douglas Wilson, Mere Christendom
Fallen empires make good compost, but burning houses are hard to live in. This is the situation many of the men of the West find themselves in. Our homes are engulfed in the flames of apostasy and compromise. We love the house too much to let it burn down, but we don't know how much longer we can raise our kids under flaming rafters. By the grace of God, the fiery darts of the devil and the gas lighting of his devotees can be snuffed out. By the miracle of God, the damaged portion of the house of God can grow back. The kingdom of Christ is not merely made of static elements like brick and stone, but of living stones that cry out and growing oaks that are supplied by the word of God like a tree planted by a river that makes glad the people of God.
So, keep building and hang on tight. It may get hotter before it gets better, but the kingdom of God will never burn down for the heat of Hell will not prevail and neither will its gates. In the heat of the day, we can make bricks and build with them.
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