Christianity vs Culture

"In Western culture, the high regard for autonomy and obsession with individualism has come at a cost: community. This lack of community (coupled with other factors) has contributed to rising loneliness, affecting our physical and mental well-being. In the church, it’s affecting our spiritual health too." - TGC

"Christian cultural influence only lasts when it’s backed up by the moral credibility of the church." - C.Today

"Regarding French’s point that Christians are to love our enemies at all times, Dreher agrees that we are, but says, 'Loving one’s enemies does not mean that one should close one’s eyes to the fact that they are enemies, and wish to do us serious harm.' And while it is true, Dreher says, that politics should not shape our faith, we must not be afraid to take a political stand." - C.Leaders

The Democracy Fund "was a panel that started in 2011 and continued surveying the same people through November of 2020. Did people who were evangelicals in 2011 abandon that identity by 2020? And did they do so for political reasons? ...  The biggest finding is a lot of stability." - GetReligion

"Over the last few months, in various corners of the internet I’ve started to notice a certain backlash against a 'neo-fundamentalism' that is (allegedly) emerging among conservative American Protestants." - John  Ehrett

"As a young culture warrior, I was getting a hit of righteousness. I needed to know that I was a good person, and waging the culture wars was a great way to convince myself and those watching me." - Hannah Anderson

"Occupation has many advantages over exile as an organizing metaphor for ministry, but I will enumerate only two." - C.Today

"Over the past few years, it’s been difficult for me to avoid thinking that decadence accurately describes many elements of contemporary evangelicalism." - TGC