Here we are in the midst of the Gadarene Sweepstakes and all our statists, Left and Right, are promising us the moon fenced in. Christianity Today is trying to deliver its own set of moonbeam voters to the polls to achieve "carbon neutrality" or whatever other goofball civic duty speechwriters choose to imagine.

Mark Labberton is concerned that the Gospel is too bland. Apparently it is too much like lima beans for his taste. So, like a bad cook, he is dusting every dish with a lot of cayenne pepper. I suggest you take the time to read this flatulence.

He says Jesus calls the church "the salt and light of the world". He doesn't give one of his handy prooftexts so I assume he is referring to Matthew 5 wherein Jesus, speaking to the Jews (and long before Pentecost), calls them the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

Anyway, Labberton is a senior fellow of IJM, and this is its four-fold purpose, much of which comes right from the pages of the New Testament—although I can't recall right now the Greek construction for perpetrator accountability, I'll bet it is not repentance and amendment of life.

• Victim Relief - Relieve the victim of the abuse currently being committed.
• Perpetrator Accountability - Bring accountability and just consequences under the law to the specific perpetrator(s) of abuse.
• Structural Prevention - Prevent the abuse from being committed against others who are also at risk by strengthening community factors that are likely to deter potential oppressors, reduce the vulnerability of at-risk populations and empower local authorities to stop such abuses.
• Victim Aftercare - Provide access to services to help victims transition to their new lives and to encourage long-term success.

Now there's a real pot of beans. Given the emphases of the Evangelists, that last phrase "long-term success" has a bitter irony to it.

And if you want even more flavor, check out the President's letter here.