“Is ‘The Culture’ Really the Church’s Problem?”

Some great stuff in this interview! Here’s just a small taste:

CP: Practically speaking, how has the church been too influenced by the broader culture?

Myers: Here’s a small list:

• The way in which the dominant role of technology in our lives promotes the deep assumption that we can fix anything;
• The way in which proliferating mechanisms of convenience erodes the virtues of patience and longsuffering;
• The way in which the elimination of standards of public propriety and manners undermines assumptions about the legitimacy of authority and deference to the communal needs; and
• The way in which the high prestige accorded to entertainers creates the conviction that every valuable experience should be entertaining.

And this is just scratching the surface.

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