Something to Ponder ... NT Wright

"It is at this point that the church must learn the art of collaboration without compromise, and of opposition without dualism. There are good things going on in the wider world, and we must join in, while always remaining on the lookout for the point where we will be asked to do something which goes against the grain of the gospel. There are wicked thing going on in the wider world, and we must stand out against them, while always remaining on the lookout for the point where we become mere dualists, retreating from the world which is already charged with the grandeur of God. All this is difficult enough at the best of times, and all the more so now because we in the West have simply not thought in these terms for a couple of hundred years."
"I am not, of course, saying, do "traditional church" well and mission will follow.' Far too much 'traditional church' has been too much tradition and not enough church."

-- N.T. Wright