Peter calls us a royal priesthood able to function in society as a mediator between God and man. When we create a Christian subculture with Christian schools, businesses and entertainment, we no longer interact with society. This counterculture results in the church s irrelevance to human need and a diminished impact on society. Going to college is our smartest move as Christians, Harvey says. It puts us on the same ground as the others we are trying to witness to.
People like to be around other people they can relate to.
The main drawback of an improper work attitude is that it divides life into the sacred and the secular. As a result, guilt forms for not spending enough time in the sacred, withdrawal from the work world causes unsuccessful careers, compromise creeps into work ethic and skepticism about religion itself may follow. However, all life relates to God as Creator. There is no distinction between the secular and the sacred, write Sherman and Hendricks. At any moment, no matter what we are doing, we are relating to God either properly or improperly.