kvanlaan
Puritan Board Doctor
The thread on "Firebrand Preaching mp3s" in the computer section made me think about a quote in a Paul Washer sermon. He mentioned in a sermon that we as believers should not have "secular moments", not ever.
Especially when I look at the history of the Puritans, taking their lives and writings as examples of how they lived and believed, and the fact that we at the PB think that the Puritans were definitely on the right track, if not totally cool, how is it that we take so much time out of our lives in secular pursuits? We scoff at the idea of a "carnal" Christian, but how much better are we?
I'm not talking about taking five minutes to see the sports highlights of the day on the news (though that definitely qualifies) or listening to secular music on the way home (though that also qualifies) from work. I'm talking about a collection of CDs worth hundreds of dollars that takes hours out of our week. Or a TV that takes hours out of every day. Not to mention the time that was spent earning the money to purchase them. How will we answer before His throne for those wasted hours/days/years? If we are to glory in serving Him, do we really need 'rest' from this service?
I'm not talking about personal external piety. I'm talking about us, as Soli Deo Gloria standard-bearers, spending hours a day, months a year, culminating into years of our lives in worldly or self-gratifying pursuits.
I just want to know, how do we rationalize this in our lives? Is it just a shameful reality? Do we try to prop it up with Scripture? What?
Especially when I look at the history of the Puritans, taking their lives and writings as examples of how they lived and believed, and the fact that we at the PB think that the Puritans were definitely on the right track, if not totally cool, how is it that we take so much time out of our lives in secular pursuits? We scoff at the idea of a "carnal" Christian, but how much better are we?
I'm not talking about taking five minutes to see the sports highlights of the day on the news (though that definitely qualifies) or listening to secular music on the way home (though that also qualifies) from work. I'm talking about a collection of CDs worth hundreds of dollars that takes hours out of our week. Or a TV that takes hours out of every day. Not to mention the time that was spent earning the money to purchase them. How will we answer before His throne for those wasted hours/days/years? If we are to glory in serving Him, do we really need 'rest' from this service?
I'm not talking about personal external piety. I'm talking about us, as Soli Deo Gloria standard-bearers, spending hours a day, months a year, culminating into years of our lives in worldly or self-gratifying pursuits.
I just want to know, how do we rationalize this in our lives? Is it just a shameful reality? Do we try to prop it up with Scripture? What?