Why 20 percent better is not good enough

Posted on December 10, 2025 
Filed under Evangelism, Opinion

“Over recent years a lot of ink has been spilt considering the implications for Christians of the seismic changes in Australian society over the past 50 years. The reality is that we have seen a massive shift as our culture has moved further and further away from its Christian roots, such that we now realise that we live in a post-Christian society.

Of course, some like to point out that that that change does not mean there are fewer converted Christians than there were in the 1950s or 1960s, and that may be the case. Yet, the reality is that forty years ago, even if most Australians didn’t follow Jesus, they at least knew that the Lord they didn’t follow was Jesus. In the same way, even if they didn’t worship the one true God, they knew that the God they didn’t worship was the God of the Bible and they believed His ways were good.

However, most of our thinking in this area has been focused on the implications of this shift for our relationship to the world. …”

– First published in The Australian Church Record’s Synod 2025 Journal, Phil Colgan shares encouragement and a challenge.