By Trevin Wax, The Gospel Coalition
In a recent forum, “Conservative Christianity After the Christian Right,” Tim Keller predicted moderate growth of conservative evangelicalism even as the culture at large has grown more secular. In these remarks, he explains why these trends are leading to increasing polarization:
When I say “growing moderately,” I mean that the number of the devout people in the country is increasing, as well as the number of secular people. The big change is the erosion is in the middle. The devout numbers have not actually gone down that much. It depends on how you read them. But basically, they are not in freefall by any means.
You don’t so much see secularization as polarization, and what is really disappearing is the middle.
Keller sees the middle as having once leaned toward nominal Christianity, out of a sense of respect, tradition, or for social reasons.
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The late great Dr. D. James Kennedy called what Keller’s talking about a Christian consensus in the US, we don’t even have that now in the PCUSA.
“”Tim Keller predicted moderate growth of conservative evangelicalism even as the culture at large has grown more secular.””
A rock and roll Christianity wanting a feel good theology to please the world thinking by joining the world, the world will join Christianity. Never happen. James 4:4, “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
What ever happened to preaching about sin?? What ever happened to expose the abomination? We need preaching with guts not wimps.