A Plain Answer: Being Nice Instead of Godly Is A Theology for Losers - Pastor Michael Clary

This program was also repeated over the air on 8/01/26. The author who we interview today, penned this: "I’m a pastor. Over more than 20 years in ministry, I’ve watched a theology take root in American evangelicalism that trains Christians to be silent in the face of all kinds of cultural tyranny. It’s a theology that says the church is at her best when she’s losing. It says we should not seek cultural influence because that would only corrupt us. Further, it says we should not seek political power because that’s beneath us. Our only public duty is to do evangelism, because eternal destinies are all that really matters. The culture war is just a distraction.
I call this loser theology, and it has done great damage to the modern church. Further, it harms society by causing Christians to disengage as the greatest conscience-shaping force in our culture."
Maybe your church has discouraged you from taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. If so, its time to wake up and realize that you have been influenced in an ungodly manner.
Participants: Pastor Michael Clary, Dan Elmendorf