Category: Engaging the Culture

“One danger is the obvious one of calling it cultural engagement when we are just drifting along with whatever it is the world is dishing up.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. x

“The principle is that you should take up the hard task of counting your shekels before undertaking the relatively easy task of spending them.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 2

“Our evangelism is not an attempt to helicopter victims out of a disaster area, but rather is the work of rebuilding a disaster area.”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. x

“Worshiping God is not a means to another end. Worshiping God is the highest calling that any human being has, or that the entire human race has. It requires no other justification. Whatever we do, it should drive us to this great end. Whatever you do, it should culminate here, in the glorification of God. There is great wisdom in the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism here. This is our chief end”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. ix

“What is this structure for? When the structure is a church, the answer should obviously be that it was built to glorify God. But even this has to be connected to subordinate functions. A church building glorifies God in the architecture itself, but also in how it houses the singing acoustically, and whether it is obvious that the preaching occupies a central place, and so forth”

Let the Stones Cry Out, p. v.

“Culture is the spiritual state of the people externalized.”

Devoured by Cannabis, p. 97