When a scholar like Ellul so persuasively criticizes the roots of our civilization, we expect one of two solutions: revolution or retreat. Ellul emphatically says “No!” to both. It is not in our power to redeem the city. That is God’s task. God convicted and converted the entire city of Nineveh (Jonah 3). God will establish the redeemed city of New Jerusalem. There are no action items for us to complete, no strategies or methods or best practices for converting an entire city, let along an entire society. It is an act that can only be accomplished by God’s intervention. So, too, does the hope
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