Should The Church Transform Society? | Geoff Thomas and Alistair Begg | Westminster Q&A

"You can go ahead and put new trousers on a man, but you can't put new men in the trousers. Only the gospel can do that."

[gregb]

The Gospel transforms societies as it transforms the lives of those who believe it.

[rosehammer]

There was a time when I was getting upset about the filth that came through the TV and out of Hollywood. I was talking to a man who had been a missionary about how I desired to see censorship to keep it out of public sight. I got understanding when he replied “ that won’t change the moral condition of anyone.” I began to see that this nation had strict laws concerning external behavior and once those restraints had been lifted and more things became legal or accepted behavior, what use to be done in secret was now in full view. The sickness just came to light. We need a transformed life and not behavior modification.

[wesbaker]

How about if we ask the question this way: should the church disciple nations?