“So-called culture references—the use of quotes from films,
popular music, newspapers, Web sites, social media outlets, journals,
and books—can be made mostly to gain personal credibility for the
speaker. You may do it to seem sophisticated or erudite or hip. . . .
With that as your motivation you will choose cultural references to
draw attention to yourself rather than to make visible and challenge
the beliefs of the secular culture as well as lay bare your
listeners’ own hearts. That should be the only goal.”
Timothy Keller,
"Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism",
p. 277 n. 41
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