'Unfortunately most Evangelical ministers only come in contact with non-Evangelical thinking conditions of reactive encounter. Much of their assessment of the gifts of non-Evangelicals comes out of situations in which each party is so acutely aware of the peculiarities of the other's enculturation that its own response is polarized and exagerated. If one addresses a congregation of bulls while wearing a red suit, one is likely to conclude that dialog is useless. Leaders who manage to project an image which has been purified from enculturation, who are courteous, charitable and free from intellectual self-righteousness, are likely to see a different side of the opposition. Ultimately both sides must come to recognize that they are dealing, not always with raging wolves, but often only with confused and angry sheep.'
Richard Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Life, p.326.
