text: Well, I imagine this will inevitably lead to me being considered a radical fundamentalist who can't properly read Scripture but...
  
  Have you ever read John 15: 18-27? The world-Christian relationship is set up in rather stark terms there. Certainly John 3 gives us a firm conviction that God has a limitless love for the world. However time and again the things which come forth from the lips of Christ indicate a paradoxical relationship between Christ and the world (sheep among wolves, the world's hatred, etc.)
  
  I'm all for dialogue with the world as long as it leads to a concrete proposal of Jesus Christ as the singular answer for those living in the world. And as long as we keep in mind that such a proposal usually leads to rejection or worse, as Christ made abundantly clear, then sure, let's do some dialogue!