Nov
20
2007
How Now Shall We Live
I’ve been making my way through Chuck Colson’s and Nancy Pearcey’s book How Now Shall We Live. It’s been out since 1999 and I’ve had it for a while, but this is the first time I’ve actually made my way through it. It’s excellent. I highly recommend it.
Anyway, I was flying back from Memphis today and doing quite a bit of reading and writing on the plane. I came across this short paragraph in Colson’s and Pearcey’s book which caught my attention, not because I hadn’t heard this before, but because they just put it so well. They say:
The world is a spiritual battleground, with two powers contending for the same territory. God’s adversary, Satan, has invaded creation and now attempts to hold it as occupied territory. With the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God launched a counteroffensive to reclaim his rightful domain, and we are God’s soldiers in that ongoing battle. ‘He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom of the Son he loves (Col. 1:13).’ Redeemed, we are armed for the fight to extend that Kingdom and push back the forces of Satan. The fighting may be fierce but we must not lose hope, for what we are waging is essentially a mop-up operation. Because of the resurrection, the war has been won; the victory is assured.
There are so many great lines and paragraphs in this book. It’s long (over 500 pages) but it’s easy to read and remarkably compelling. So read it. You’ll be glad.