Now that the church is seeking to free itself from cultural bondage there is a large segment of the church which is defensive. Especially is there strong resistance to the social dimension of the gospel from this group. Many preachers, who have chosen to speak the Word of God rather than the word of the culture, are very insecure. Often they lose their pulpits. Men are driven to those lonely heights and forced to their knees as they make the decision to be prophetic.
Courage is good everywhere.
If you are afraid of men and a slave to their opinion, go and do something else. Go and make shoes to fit them. Go even and paint pictures which you know are bad but which suit their bad taste. But do not keep on all your life preaching sermons which shall not say what God sent you to declare but what they hire you to say. The Pain of Identification.