:: Our divine calling is literally to strive to make the world and all of humanity better with God’s help. ::
To quote Maxwell Smart, “Missed it by THAT much.”
Sola Gratia
Sola Fides
Sola Scriptura
Our divine calling is to go into the world and make disciples of all nations. Marching orders directly from Jesus. Our concern is with souls not with the world
Is your post a multiple choice? Grace ALONE, Faith ALONE, or Scripture ALONE. Seems like the choice of one excludes the other.
I do agree with you that the author misses the mark. While evangelicals might believe that Once saved, Always saved precludes the need to live the Christian life, I am confident most evangelicals try to live out their faith.
“Escapism Theology implies that humanity isn’t staying here so go ahead and pollute the atmosphere, pour oil and dump plastic into the oceans, cut down the rainforests, bring other forms of life to extinction, because this isn’t our long term home “we’re just passing through.”
“13 These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth. 14 Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return. 16 But they now desire a better place—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.” - Hebrews 11
40+ years a baptist, and I’ve NEVER heard ANYONE say what he claims we say!