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Alvin Plantinga. Consider the amazing progress in law,
not only now but the seeding of the future of Christian
truth in the future of jurisprudence by the folks at Alli-
ance Defending Freedom.
Consider the gains of the pro-life movement. All of these
were either directly or indirectly inspired by Christians
taught to engage culture armed with Christian world-
view thinking.
What this thinking has done, through ministries like the
Colson Center and programs like BreakPoint, is offer an
antidote to the toxic assumption that Christianity is just
something you do on Sunday in the pews; that Christiani-
ty is personal and private. No way. Christianity is personal,
but it’s not private. Every square inch of human existence
belongs to Christ.
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m under no illusion that
things are going great in the culture. No, Christians are
facing incredible challenges around the world. And in
Western culture, it’s all but lost any sort of privileged posi-
tion it once had.
But here’s the kicker: at the Colson Center, we don’t
teach worldview or champion the idea that Christians
should “engage culture” because it “works.” It’s not a strat-
egy, folks. We do it because we’re redeemed human beings
and because redemption is in line with, not opposed to,
our created purpose.
Christians shouldn’t make art, write literature, compose
music, build businesses or any of these things to win a
kind of war against secularism. We do these things because
they’re part of what it means to be truly human. And that’s
what Jesus saved us to be—fully human worshipers of God
with all of our lives.
So yes, the worldview movement and its emphasis on
culture has made a difference. I know the beneficiaries by
name. But we don’t teach worldview or engage culture for
strategic purposes. We do it because Christianity isn’t Chris-
tianity without it.
As Chuck Colson would often say, Christians are to “make
the invisible kingdom visible.” We do just that by intention-
ally engaging the culture around us in every sphere of life
God has called us to. A great way to take a deeper dive into
engaging the culture is to become a Colson Fellow. Visit
ColsonFellows.org to find out more about applying for the
next class in the Colson Fellows Program. ■
John Stonestreet is president of The Chuck Colson Center and a BreakPoint radio co-host.
Begun by Chuck Colson in 1991 as a daily radio broadcast, BreakPoint provides a Christian
perspective on today’s news and trends via radio, interactive media, and print. BreakPoint
commentaries, co-hosted by Eric Metaxas and John Stonestreet, air daily on more than
1,200 outlets with an estimated weekly listening audience of eight million people.
Copyright © 2018 The Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Reprinted from BreakPoint.
org with permission.
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