A few years ago, the atheist writer of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins, said he is happy to live in a Christian culture, and prefers it over an Islamic one, even though he doesn’t believe a word of the Christian faith. In recent years there has been a surge of interest in Christianity, especially by young men, even if that’s just at a cultural or political level. But is this a help or a hindrance to the gospel?
That’s the question I addressed at a recent conference on ‘Cultural Christianity and the Message of the Cross’. And I answered that it’s both a help and a hindrance. On one level it is a gateway for the gospel. I really do think a door is opening for the gospel, wider than it has for many a year.
All sorts of people are asking genuine questions about where our culture is heading, and many of them are asking whether historic Christianity is the answer. That presents us with all manner of opportunities to tell people about the gospel of Jesus. And churches which are alive to that possibility are best placed to take full advantage of the renewed interest.
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