These quotes are from "Loving the Storm-Drenched," another CT article. This article talks about how the culture is like the weather, and we can only do so much to change it.
"I think much of our frustration is due to trying to steer the weather, rather than trying to reach individuals caught up in the storm."
"It is futile to think that we will one day take over the culture and steer it...No one controls it."
"We are preoccupied with that external world, when our Lord's warnings have much more to do with our intimate personal lives, down to the level of our thoughts."
"Christ planned to attract people to himself through the transformed lives of his people." Christianity, as I'm seeing it, is revolutionary. But not in the kind where we will FIGHT for our generation. Yes, we're in a battle for others, but it, as Don Miller puts it, is against poverty, injustice, etc. We're to love others to Jesus, not pressure them in. Which is what I've done in the past. (Confessional coming soon, once I can write it)
"Smart-alecky speech doesn't even work. It may win applause, but it does not win hearts."
The end. For now.
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