vocation in the kingdom of God

In this chapter Plantinga touches on the fact that our whole purpose here on this earth is to strive for the kingdom of God. He describes how those in miserable circumstances search for it with that much more hope and passion. He pushes us to strive for it with the same passion. He states that everything we do is pushing us toward or away from the kingdom. He urges us not to be comfortable with the world we live in to where we don't want the kingdom to come back just yet but to push for the coming of the kingdom at all times and in all circumstances. He urges us to have that passion for the kingdom. He also tries to emphasize the point that the kingdom should be our only desire. We should not be happy with the things of this world but always yearn for the coming of the kingdom. Later on he spoke of how the best place for us to leasrn of this was through christian schools. I don't know if it was merely propaganda but I don't think he really thought this through. If you are at a christian school you are completely surrounded by things of God that you would not see at a public school, but there are some benefits of going to a public school as well. One of the things I have noticed is that public schools have so much more of reality. They can help one strengthen their faith if they can overcome. this is very important I think because otherwise when you graduate and you go out into the real world and all of the sudden are surrounded by all these things that were just taken out of the equation earlier. I do think there are benefits to both. I really think it depends on where you are at within your faith.