Hi all, I'm in transit back to Baton Rouge after a great week in Louisville at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Boyce College. Yesterday afternoon I sat down with the great Al Mohler to record an episode of his podcast Thinking In Public. Late in the interview, he said something to the effect of, “Now, I have to ask you a tough question, and I want you to be honest when you answer me.”
I seized up. He continued, “Do you think that Evangelicalism has what it takes to do the Benedict Option?”
I gave him my honest answer: “I don't know.” I explained that I don't want to make a comment on a form of the Christian faith about which I know so little. I told him that I have to believe it is possible, because I know Evangelicals personally who are doing it (and interviewed some of them for my book), but in general, I don't see that they have nearly the resources in their tradition that Catholics and Orthodox do. But that could just be my ignorance.
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