Every generation of Christians replays the age-old debate: What does it mean to be in the world but not of it?
The radicals insist you must sell all you have and give the money to the poor (Matt. 19:21). You must go into full-time vocational ministry or be a missionary to an unreached people group. You must join an intentional community and follow a rigorous rule of life.
The normies, meanwhile, insist you can keep your job as a tax collector or soldier and do it unto the Lord by not committing fraud and by being content with your pay
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