Although the church s numbers have grown, its mission as salt and light to the world has been forgotten. More importantly, it has compromised the message of the cross as the scandalous representation of our sin and our natural separation from God. Jesus is counterculture. He is and must be a stumbling block to all who would approach Him. And if we want the Good News of the cross that God has come to man, that we are reconciled through the atonement of Christ we can not expect to be part of the culture.
Christians are resident aliens.
We can not be the establishment. The establishment must be rocked to the core. To begin with, we can take up our lifelong pursuit of holiness in imitating Jesus. We can go out into all nations spreading the good news of Christ s death and resurrection. In short, we can do what the church was called to do.