We should not seek an angry, quarrelsome cultural presence, but neither should we seek to engage the culture with the sort of gospel that the culture would want, if they, or we, were making it up. Too many attempts at reconciling Christianity and the outside culture have to do with being seen as “relevant” by the culture on its own terms. We will never be able to do that. Culture is a rolling stone, and it waits for no band of Christians seeking to imitate it or exegete it.
