The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind Quotes

“Cultural relevance can be a cruel mistress.”
― Carl R. Trueman, The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

“If the church as a whole is losing its ability to be “salt and light” in the culture, it is not because its members have no opinion of the films of Bernardo Bertolucci, no appreciation for the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and no regular slot on The Charlie Rose Show. More likely, it is because they do not have a solid grasp of the basic elements of the faith, as taught in Scripture and affirmed by the confessions and catechisms of the church.”
― Carl R. Trueman, The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

“A movement that cannot or will not draw boundaries, or that allows the modern cultural fear of exclusion to set its theological agenda, is doomed to lose its doctrinal identity. Once it does, it will drift from whatever moorings it may have had in historic Christianity.”
― Carl R. Trueman, The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

“Abandoning the myth of the evangelical movement can only help us, as it will free us to be who we truly are and to speak the gospel in all of its richness as we understand it.”
― Carl R. Trueman, The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind