A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive.
Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way.
I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will.
We should be asking: How do we respond to a post-Christian society?
Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away.