Jesus is a perfect example of someone who embraced the secular. He didn't go to other rabbis to find his followers, he went to common folks, in fact, the most lowly (some would say the least worthy). Why is that? I think these lower  classes understood what is most important in life more than those who were living soft lives. After all,  they had nothing of value but each other. But this is exactly what Christ valued most, the love we share with each other.