The Church and Culture

"The Church is to be a loving church in a dying culture. How, then, is the dying culture going to consider us? Jesus says, "By this shall men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one to another." In the midst of the world, in the midst of our present dying culture, Jesus is giving a right to the world. Upon His authority He gives the world the right to judge whether you and I are born-again Christians on the basis of our observable love toward all Christians." The Mark of the Christian by Francis A. Schaeffer.