The Leaven of the Gospel—The Saturation Commission

From Gospel Centric:
“Christianity must pervade not merely all nations, but also all of human thought. The Christian, therefore, cannot be indifferent to any branch of earnest human endeavor. It must all be brought into some relation to the gospel. It must be studied either in order to be demonstrated as false, or else in order to be made useful in advancing the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom must be advanced not merely extensively, but also intensively. The Church must seek to conquer not merely every man for Christ, but also the whole of man. We are accustomed to encourage ourselves in our discouragements by the thought of the time when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. No less inspiring is the other aspect of that same great consummation. That will also be a time when doubts have disappeared, when every contradiction has been removed, when all of science converges to one great conviction, when all of art is devoted to one great end, when all of human thinking is permeated by the refining, ennobling influence of Jesus, when every thought has been brought into subjection to the obedience of Christ.”—J. Gresham Machen, Originally published in The Princeton Theological Review, Vol. 11, 1913. Read the whole article: Christianity and Culture by J. Gresham Machen

Why Another Blog?

How do I justify yet another web log cast into the vast electronic ocean of information? After all, this one blog is like a tiny minuscule piece of bait that competes for the big fish of an audience that I hope to catch.

I suppose it doesn't matter too much as long as the audience is not too big (I'd hate to hook a whale when I'm fishing for marlin!). But more important is the process. When I go fishing I just love the process; with writing it's kind of the same thing. I may not catch a fish when fishing, and I may not gain any readers when writing, but it sure is a big plus.

Part of this writing process is already limited for me. I've sub-titled my blog, "Writings for the King's Kingdom." So if no one reads anything here, then I hope that my efforts to glorify God will that God will bring the readers to Himself through my musings, rantings, and ruminations.

Soli Deo Gloria.