Society has its rootage in God. In Genesis we discover that human community was created by God and intended for intimate fellowship with the Creator. Life as it was intended to be in the church becomes the central matrix for Christian perspectives on how the world is to be fashioned. The social setting is the scene of God's activity in the world. God is not the pantheist invention of theologians, uninvolved in history, but is active in sovereign love to direct the course of nations and history.
Society is the testing ground for Christian thought and action.
Christianity has never been a system of thought but a way of living before God in the world. Jesus made it clear that obedience to the will of God is the critical factor in identifying the people of God. Christian calling undergirds social action. God's people are to be actively working for the kingdom, not waiting for it. Christians do not pray for patience to accept the inevitable prognostications of the world, they pray for wisdom, courage, and power to work toward the possible.