Here’s a quote from my most recent textbook:
The more one studies contemporary evangelicalism, the more one senses the profound frustration that grips many of its leaders. The statistics say we should be powerful and influential, and we are not. The intellectuals think they should be followed, and they are largely ignored. The entrepreneurs and media stars act as if they will bring in revival, and of course they don’t. The culture is hell-bent to discard the Judeo-Christian outlook that once predominated, and a lot of conservatives feel cheated. Theologians and historians and pastors alike continuously expand the definition of evangelicalism, but instead of drawing in a wider circle they are gutting what is central. The level of frustration is high
But not, I fear, the level of brokenness
D.A. Carson, The Gagging of God (p 489)
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