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__**Conclusion, Francis Schaeffer- How Should We Then Live?**__ __**﻿**__ __**﻿**__ "The Christian is the real radical of our generation, for he stands against the monolithic, modern concept of truth as relative. But too often, instead of being the radical, standing against the shifting sands of relativism, he subsides into merely maintaing the status quo. If it is true that evil is evil, that God hates it to the point of the cross, and that there is a moral law fixed in what God is in Himself, then Christians should be the first into the field against what is wrong." -Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who is There (1968, p 112). Christians have too often backed down in the face of modern "morals," they must take a stand upon the firm foundation of God's Word and be a source of light for this culture. If Christians do not they will find themselves crumbling into the world, just the like the Romans indistinguishible from it. "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (John 13:35 NIV). Ultimately, we must point people to Jesus, and as I have said the way to do is to foster love toward one another in true community; this is what means to be a Christian in a contemporary world. If we cultivate true love amongst ourselves that love will effect others around us. Hopefully that will lead them to engage God. However, God is a person who seeks to be dynamically and relationally involved with people; he desires the best for people, whom he comes to save in the person of Jesus (1). Story, J. L. (2010). The Dynamic, Relational, and Loving Purpose of God. //American Theological Inquiry//, //3//(1), 1-29. Retrieved April 19, 2011, from the ATLA Religion database. For a practical example, I am getting married in two weeks and I show our unsaved friends how wives should be treated, by walking with God through the charactistically tough first year of marriage. God loves to be engaged. Community; With God and with others is the Church's survival. It is how we shall live. __**﻿**__