How to Reach the West Again Quotes

“Pastors do not know enough about every vocational field to know how the gospel influences work in that sector. Clergy and laypeople [must] sit down as equals—each with some knowledge the other does not have—to plan for Christian witness in public life.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“Much of the energy of Christian growth today is among non-white, non-Western people and young people who want chosen religion, not inherited religion. This is why the great cities of the West may become hotbeds of new, growing churches.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“The Christian teaching on forgiveness and “turning the other cheek” created a community of peace-making, reconciliation, and bridge-building.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“For 30 years, we’ve been told that Western society is becoming post-Christian and that the church must adapt to a changing culture in order to remain relevant. Despite this gloomy prediction, Christianity has displayed remarkable staying power.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“Political polarization... is one of the bitter fruits of the secular project, the first effort in history to build cohesive societies without a common set of shared moral and religious values.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“Today’s culture believes the thing we need salvation from is the idea that we need salvation.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“Not every community is multi-ethnic and so not every church can or should be multi-ethnic. But, in general, it is both theologically warranted and missionally effective... to be as multi-ethnic as possible and to learn from the multi-racial global church.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“The Christian sex ethic was revolutionary. It… requires sex to always be super-consensual—only for people ready to give their whole lives to each other.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter

“When the church, in the interests of acquiring political power, aligns too much with the current age’s secular left or right, it is sapped of both spiritual power and credibility with non-Christians.”
― Timothy J. Keller, How to Reach the West Again: Six Essential Elements of a Missionary Encounter