This is a great little article, especially the 2nd half of it. We Lutherans talk about law and gospel. Being a Pastor has the gospel portions of the job which are what most people see on Sunday Morning. The Law portions are just all the little things it takes keep a civil society institution open. On the applicability of the gospel or our need for it, I have no doubt. My doubts enter in what this article is talking about. Are we as a people willing to put in the time, money and energy to govern ourselves? In religious language are we to live sanctified lives, or do we hope to free-ride. The pernicious effect is that the more people disengage not just from churches but from formal civil society (PTAs, Rotary, and all the local organizations) the more hierarchical things actually become. Because some things just need doing. And if we wont do them willingly as a free people, they will be done poorly through taxes and officials. If we dont do them out of the gospel, we will attempt to fill in with the law. And the law never fully works. The best thing it does is point us at a better way.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:45:24 +0000
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