Have you ever wondered what happened to the spiritual fervor and legacy of places like Geneva, Oxford, New England, etc.? In London C H Spurgeon led a church with thousands of people and a Bible College and all I can find as I search is the legacy of Spurgeon's writing and sermons. Are all institutions, such as families, destined for the same decline? As I survey the Scripture I see this pattern over and over again, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Cain killing his brother; Eli's son's robbing the temple and sleeping with everything that moved; Israel committing atrocities in culture and worship just a generation after God had restored His covenant though sending a Prophet are just a few examples of the decline of families and institutions due to the degenerative effect of sin. Is there an answer? Should there be an answer? Or is this the way God continues to bring us to Himself? Through this rhythm of favor-obedience-disobedience-repentance (hopefully) in life and across generations?
Can there be hope amidst what we see in Scripture and history (personally and country by country)? How do we govern a family, or any institution, generationally in such a way that three generations later we do not find ourselves blind or morally and spiritually bankrupt?
Can there be hope amidst what we see in Scripture and history (personally and country by country)? How do we govern a family, or any institution, generationally in such a way that three generations later we do not find ourselves blind or morally and spiritually bankrupt?
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