Church narrated by modernity

The church that allows itself to be narrated by modernity may for sometime be an attractive option insofar as its members will be able 'spiritually' to follow Jesus while giving over their bodies, their loyalties, and their money to the twin powers of state and market. But thus narrated, the church can only be but a private association of like-minded individuals who do not so much embody the truth as wear a brand name. By contrast, a postmodern and postliberal church may yet recover an evangelical and uncivil resistance to capitalism that originates in its worship and following of a crucified and risen Lord; is sustained by disciplines and practices such as the breaking of bread, the revolutionary love of enemies, and the welcoming of strangers; and is energised by the transforming, egalitarian and reconciling power of the Holy Spirit.

Evangelism after Christendom, Stone p169

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