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The unspoken assumption in nearly every Christian use of that phrase is that our cultural activity will change the world for the better. But why do we asume this? Changing the world sounds grand, until you consider how poorly we do even at changing our own little lives. On a daily basis we break our promises, indulge our addictions and rehearse old fantasies and grudges that even we know we’d be better off without. We have changed less about ourselves than we would like to admit. Who are we to charge off to change the world? …
If our excitement about changing the world leads us into the grand illusion that we stand somehow outside the world, knowing what’s best for it, tools and goodwill and gusto at the ready, we have not yet come to terms with the reality that the world has changed us far more than we will ever change it. Beware of world changers—they have not yet learned the true meaning of sin.
— Andy Crouch, Culture Making, pages 199-200
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Oh snap! No he didn’t! He did…Andy Crouch critiqued the vision statement of InterVarsity…with a very important corrective.
…so now what do I do with my student training entitled, “World Changers?”
Important quote. And so true in some ways.
But this is an issue where razor sharp specificity is so important.
Hopeful and very assertive approaches to make the world better–including creating cultural artifacts–are basic to the Christian faith, even if those faith inspired efforts don’t define all of legitimate Christian thinking and practice.
No need to beware of ‘world changers.’
Big need, though, to beware of people who believe they ’stand outside the world.’