I think an equally important question is: How do we avoid becoming the "Negative Church"? How do we move out into the world with the positive hope, love, and mercy of Jesus, instead of withdrawing from the world with condemnation always on our lips? How do move about in the world in a way that helps people see this "Positive Church", instead only hearing us negatively deriding the culture? Of course I mean a balance of Law and Gospel. Of course I mean we follow the Way of Jesus and not the ways of the culture. But if we look at how we speak about our culture--which is also our community and neighbors--will we see us giving hope or only damning others?