I'm Jabbed

In an issue of Tabletalk, RC Sproul, Jr. wrote:

“Fools that we are, we sometimes seek to undo this arrangement [that God has ‘chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things that are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing that things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence.’]. …

“For those keeping score, that’s us—foolish, weak, ignoble, despised. …

“We think that in order to win the debate, we need first to win their approval, to demonstrate to those outside the promises of God that we are just as together, just as hip as they are. We take our gnawing hunger for approval and baptize it, turning it into being ‘all things to all people.’ …

“We will never ‘cool’ anyone into the kingdom. The more we pander to them, the more we persuade them that they are what really matters. …

“The more we become like them, well, the more we become like them.”