1. ዓለም ሲያየን ብዙውን ጊዜ ከማያምኑ ሰዎች የተለየ ምንም ነገር ማየት አይችልም / 2. የአርት ውበትና የቅዱሳን መልካምነት ከሁሉ በላይ የሰውን ነፍስ ይስባሉ / 3. ስደትና ሰማዕትነትን ማቀፍ፤ እንደ ዓለም የምትመስልና የምትናገር ከሆነች፣ ቤተክርስቲያን የምትኖርበት ምንም ምክንያት የላትም

The sad truth is, when the world sees us, it often fails to see anything different from nonbelievers. Christians often talk about “reaching the culture” without realizing that, having no distinct Christian culture of their own, they have been co-opted by the secular culture they wish to evangelize… If today’s churches are to survive the new Dark Age, they must stop “being normal”…

Rediscover the past. Many Mainline Protestants and Catholics over the past two or three generations have been raised in near-total ignorance of the roots of their own traditions…

Tighten Church discipline… As Benedict Option Christians build healthier church communities, they’ll also have to tighten church discipline…

Evangelize with goodness and beauty… We Christians should not be afraid to consider beauty and goodness our best evangelistic tools. “Art and the saints are the greatest apologetic for our faith”, said Card. Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI. Why? Because seeing examples of great beauty and extraordinary goodness bypasses our rational faculties and strikes the heart… Love is what draws and holds people…

Embrace exile and the possibility of martyrdom… Today’s churches will not be equipped if we do not keep this in mind and live lives prepared to suffer severe hardship, even death, for our faith… Richard Wurmbrand (survivor of unspeakable torture in Communist Romania) wrote there are two kinds of Christians: “those who sincerely believe in God and those who, just as sincerely, believe that they believe. You can tell them apart by their actions in decisive moments”… A church that looks and talks and sounds just like the world has no reason to exist.

(From ROD DREHER, Benedict Option, Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, pp. 100-121)