Russell Moore on "culture warrioring"

In the April 2016 issue of First Things, there's a short notice in Rusty Reno's "Public Square" section on Russell Moore's new book, "Onward:  Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel."  As Reno describes, Moore proposes an alternative both to the older, "Moral Majority" notion of "taking back" "Christian America" and to the almost-certainly-naive notion that it's possible and necessary to "move beyond" the "culture wars."  "As [Moore] knows, we can't avoid them. . . .  The battle is coming to us, even if church leaders wish to avoid controversy."  Moore:  "If we do not surrender to the spirit of the age -- and we must not -- we will be thought to be culture warriors.  So be it.  Let's be Christ-shaped, Kingdom-first culture warriors."  I take it that "Christ-shaped" means, necessarily, charitable, humble, merciful, etc.  

Interestingly, almost a year ago, Moore warned his fellow Protestant Christians about Donald Trump and the costs of endorsing or embracing his campaign:  

Jesus taught his disciples to “count the cost” of following him. We should know, he said, where we’re going and what we’re leaving behind. We should also count the cost of following Donald Trump. To do so would mean that we’ve decided to join the other side of the culture war, that image and celebrity and money and power and social Darwinist “winning” trump the conservation of moral principles and a just society. We ought to listen, to get past the boisterous confidence and the television lights and the waving arms and hear just whose speech we’re applauding.

Here, Rod Dreher compares Moore's stance and tone to his own "Benedict Option" work.