Culture is religion acted out, not merely an ethically neutral set of tastes in diet, dress, and dance.
If revival starts with the church, one thing we could do from our side would be to inculcate amongst ourselves an understanding of what Christian culture would look like. That way, we would be less apt to follow the pied pipers whose analyses of this or that problem are superficial at best, if not badly wrong. We might be able here and there to work out our salvation chipping away at the monstrous incubus on our land. Ultimately, only God can revive and deliver us, but I believe He expects us to have some knowledge in our head and a chisel in our hand.
Excerpt from a personal letter
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