The orthodox faith is the one source that can renew Western culture. Why? Because the faith teaches of God can change humanity, and faithful Christians have demonstrated time and again this truth. (pg. 221)
Christianity does not seek to impose, it proposes. The Gospel is the great proposal. (pg. 225)The final chapter is Colson's link of Christian faith to Western culture. He demonstrates that almost all institutions of Western culture, including, but not limited to, democracy, capitalism, science, and universities, were based on Christian beliefs, and thus Christianity is the foundation for Western culture. He then demonstrates how cultures are clashing today, between radical Muslims who believe without reason and secular postmodernists who reason without faith. Christianity is caught in the middle of these two forces, and only a return to orthodoxy can renew culture and bring change not only in the church, but in the culture of the world itself.
0 comments:
Post a Comment