Kevin DeYoung
February 23, 2017
I know I’m tilting at windmills here. The die has already been cast. The ship has already sailed. The train has already left the station. Pick your well-worn metaphor.
But I have a modest proposal nonetheless: let’s not write and speak as if “religion” is the thing that good Christians are always against.
You know what I mean. Maybe you’ve spoken this way before. Maybe I have too. Religion is bad. Religion is about rules. Religion is about earning God’s favor. Religion is about trying; Christianity is about trusting. Religion is about reaching up to God; the gospel is about God reaching down to us. I understand the contrast. I agree with all that we want to affirm with such statements.
But is throwing “religion” under the bus the best way to make the point?
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