The Pilgrim’s Involvement In Earthly Affairs (2)

II. THE BELIEVER IS A PILGRIM, BUT A PILGRIM CALLED TO SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT, THAT IS, INVOLVEMENT IN EARTHLY AFFAIRS. The second truth that must necessarily be established is the truth that every believer is a pilgrim. Probably, no other truth is as widely ignored and denied in practice as is this one. In our ecclesiastical and material ease, we pay lip service at the most to the reality of our pilgrimage. It is natural enough, then, that we take part, even enthusiastic part, in the affairs of...