The first is to compromise with the world, so that we become like it, changing our colour to fit, like a chameleon. The second is to cut ourselves off from the world and retreat into our Christian ghetto or tribe . Keyes says that both of these tendencies are attractive, but both are also deadly dangerous. Instead, we need to get back to genuine Christian community a way of living that shows the reality of our God-given message to today s world. James White explores 'creative redesign' in the areas of evangelism, discipleship, ministry, worship, structure and community.
Christians are in danger of being sucked in by the appeal of consumerism.
Benton explores the relationship between postmodernism and consumerism, the impact of the media, and the effect of consumerism on personal identity. He charts how consumerism affects ecology, justice, and spirituality, and and explores what authentic Christian discipleship looks like in the middle of a consumer culture, particularly in the areas of contentment rather than acquisitiveness , and commitment rather than detachment in our approach to the Church. John Benton is a pastor, author, and editor of 'Evangelicals Now'. Full results of the survey Press release about the results of the survey The results of the survey were reported on BBC Radio 4's 'Sunday' programme on 29th July 2001 . In an extract from a provocative talk to the Southampton School of Christian Studies, Dr. Wade Bradshaw of L'Abri Fellowship argues that the way people around us think about the Christian message has changed for the worse.