In Plowing in Hope, David Bruce Hegeman describes culture as “the concrete expression of a society’s religious and philosophical commitments.” Under this definition, the phrase “taking back culture” makes no sense, nor does “defending ourselves against the culture.” If we want to change the society we see around us, we have to change the hearts of the people around us. It’s like Jim Wilson says somewhere: Our enemy is not the non-Christian, but Satan. We are trying to rescue the non-Christian.
This is not to say that we shouldn’t fight against unjust laws and destructive teaching. Fighting against those things is itself an expression of culture, after all. But we need to remember that our sharpest weapons are spiritual ones: worship, prayer, and acts of mercy.#Hegeman#culture