Sublime

He preached a high, counterintuitive moral standard. His concern for the disadvantaged was extraordinary. His love of the disaffected was remarkable. He called his followers to live a life of love, sacrifice, and service.

By a Schaefferian strategy,

As Western culture increases its speed in the race away from Christendom, as hostility to orthodox and evangelical Christianity increases and becomes increasingly legislated, we will eventually see a separation of the men from the boys. Which pastors will cave to worldly wisdom in fear for their own livelihoods and comfort, and which will fear God,

there are rules of engagement in every contemporary context that apologists must pay careful attention to if they want to successfully convey the gospel message to the audience.

(Col. 3:13)

Historical appropriation occurs when you celebrate John Newton’s redemption arc of moving from slave-ship captain to abolitionist and yet refuse to emulate his public support of racially progressive policies.