More on Non-conformity

"We are not to be like reeds shaken by the wind, bowing down before gusts of public opinion...We are not to be like fish floating with the stream (for only dead fish swim with the current), but to swim against the stream, even against the cultural mainstream.  We are not to be like chameleons, lizards that change their color according to their surroundings, but to stand out visibly against our surroundings."  John Stott in The Radical Disciple