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Josh Simpson, and this is actually, we wanted to start off with this question. This was

something that Josh wrote in last week, but I didn't have a chance to get to, so I'm going

to do my best today. Josh Simpson, he writes, why doesn't the Reformed Christian movement

orient like the Amish do in terms of community and all living around each other.

There are plenty of counties in Texas where this is possible.

Fannin County would be an example, buying up land and keeping it within the family.

All right, great question.

Thank you, Josh Simpson for writing in.

Here's my response. I am. Great question. Thank you, Josh Simpson, for writing in. Here's my response.

I am not against that. So I'm kind of with you, Josh, in the sense that I would say, great question.

Why don't reform communities do this? I think there's a number of reasons. One reason would be this.

Unfortunately, guys like Tim Keller,

city to city, you know, the gospel-centered movement, early on in the young,

reformed and restless movement, right? There were guys who had been reformed, you know,

from the womb, basically, you know, guys like R.C. Sprole, you know, and so there were these older men who were

very influential, and then there was this kind of rise of all these young men in their 20s

who were embracing reform theology and the doctrines of grace and coming into these, this way of

thinking, this theological lens. And I think it quickly got hijacked and got distracted at best and perverted at

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