Plantinga Ch 5 "Your Kingdom Come"

“Your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” These are words which every Christian either has prayed or should have prayed at some point in their life. However as Pantinga points out people who are doing fine don’t really want the kingdom of God they would be fine to live as they are. The way he puts it “Your kingdom come … but not right away” This is something that while I realize is not the main point of the entire article is something that struck me particularily. This is something I am guilty of myself though more recently the events of my life have led me to be praying for God’s will to be done in my life much more often. Much like Plantinga but on a personal less dramatic but still true level I find that Christianity is something that grows stronger when it is under attack. Plantinga talks about slavery and crimes, while I am only talking about having a bad year I think that both have the potential to bring people closer to God. One thing I recommend if you ever are ever in doubt about your faith look at where it is that you turn when things get rough. If you see that you turn to God you can in my opinion see this as a very good thing. If you are able to see that you turn elsewhere I still think that this is good as if you are able to notice this you still have a chance at changing it.