I begin first with an analogy from the physical realm. There’s a business idea out there that some businesses out there are “too big to fail.” There’s even an investopedia definition of this economic term:
“Too big to fail” is the idea that specific businesses, such as the biggest banks, are so vital to the U.S. economy that it would be disastrous if they went bankrupt. The government would provide bailouts to protect creditors against losses and enable managers to retain their high wages and bonuses.
Of course the idea of “too big to fail” is a dangerous mentality for those in the leadership of these big businesses, because there is less incentive for them to do the right thing and more incentive to take irrational risks because there’s always a safety net of the American tax payer. In the end we pay for these business mistakes instead of the businesses and the business leaders.
This leads to a corollary that there are some people who are “too big to jail.” For instance, recently Green Party’s candidate Jill Stein have pointed out how Hillary was ‘too big to jail’ in email case. This isn’t just with Hillary Clinton, its been true with other federal government bureaucrats too.
I believe many Christians believe there’s something wrong with the mentality of “too big to fail” and “too big to jail” in the examples mentioned. But when it comes to the spiritual realm of Christians, some have adopted the very mentality that they reject in other sphere.
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