Quotes about Culture

The United States is following at some distance down this same road, with Canada somewhere in between. If the situation is not to degenerate further, it is imperative that we shape the intellectual climate of our nation in such a way that Christianity remains a live option for thinking men and women.

If America's slide into secularism continues, then what awaits us tomorrow is already evident today in Europe. Western Europe has become so secularized that it's hard for the gospel even to get a fair hearing. As a result, missionaries must labor for years to win even a handful of converts. Having lived for thirteen years in Europe in four different countries, I can testify personally to how hard it is for people to respond to the message of Christ.

American culture is so appallingly superficial, fixated on celebrities, entertainment, sports, and self-indulgence.

I have avoided giving offence to intelligent Arabs, who have pressed me, asking if I believed in Mohamad by saying, "No I do not: I am a child of Jesus bin Miriam," avoiding anything offensive in my tone, and often adding that Mohamad found their forefathers bowing down to trees and stones, and did good to them by forbidding idolatry, and teaching the worship of the only One God. This, they all know, and it pleases them to have it recognised.

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.

Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God.

God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to the world.

Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools.

Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the Roman Empire.

The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible the more chaotic things become.

White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.