It should not be adopted too casually. There is no claim that we may do as we please merely because the evil within us is real. The apostle Paul often writes from this perspective, and Martin Luther championed it. His craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate, on earth is not his equal. Christ the transformer of culture.
Culture represents and transmits a fallen human nature.
Sin and evil must be recognized. But when we turn to God we do it in our culture, for we cannot escape it. To God all things are possible in a history that is fundamentally not a course of merely human events but always a dramatic interaction between God and humanity. God is always able to transform things. Mennonites and others continue to criticize Niebuhr s Christ and Culture .