Theology has given way to technique

“The concern “Will it work?” has long overshadowed “Is it true?” Theology has given way to technique. Know-whom has faded before know-how. Serving God has subtly been deformed into servicing the self…at its best, pragmatism results in an evangelicalism rich in ingenuity and organization but poor in spirituality and superficial, if not banal, in doctrine. We have become the worldliest Christians in America.”

— Os Guinness. Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It, page 59. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.