“In our attitude toward what is going on in the world around us, we evangelicals often present ourselves with a false choice. Either we try to separate ourselves as much as possible from the larger culture, or we think we have to attempt to dominate it. Withdrawal–or takeover. We seem to have a hard time reckoning with the thought that God might be calling us to do a third thing: doing the best we can to be an influence for good without actually gaining any sort of cultural control.”
Richard J. Mouw, Called to the Life of the Mind: Some Advice for Evangelical Scholars. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2014, page 19.
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