And behold, I saw a white horse. Its rider’s name was Success, and Envy followed him.
Envy is a movement killer. And if you ask me, it is probably the fundamental danger facing the modest movement called Young, Restless Reformed
(YRR) in the years ahead. Envy is a movement-killing sin precisely
because it combines such deadly opposites. Envy is a gaping maw, a
roaring lion seeking to devour, the relentless ache of the shriveled
heart. At the same time, envy is a chameleon, masquerading as the smooth
flattery of imitation one minute and righteous indignation at injustice
the next.
God Multiplies a Movement
If you listen to the Old, Settled Reformed talk, they’ll tell you
that 30 years ago, there was no Reformed “movement” to speak of. Sure,
there were Reformed churches that preached the whole counsel of the
sovereign God who saves helpless sinners with unfathomable grace. But
there was no larger “movement” of God-centered theology and worship and
preaching.
I’m told that in the late 1980s, there were only a handful of
Reformed conferences nationwide. Now you can forego church altogether
and just attend Reformed conferences year round (I exaggerate, but only a
little). Now there are multiple organizations dedicated to planting
biblically-rooted, Christ-exalting, sovereign-grace-proclaiming churches
in America and around the world. Continue at Joe Rigney
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