I think you understate the evangelical movement’s shift on issues of cultural and political engagement. I’m not convinced that it is seeking “balance” but it’s my view that there is a major move away from the “taking a stand” approach that has been the mode of operation for evangelicals the past few decades. Balance is not what is happening. It is an abandonment of a failed approach to expressing our faith. We are moving back to a more biblical role within the culture. Evangelicals are moving away from the combative activist role of the Moral Majority to a more compassionate and more truly evangelistic role. The greatest accomplishment of the evangelical church during these past few decades is that we have successfully antagonized the culture and polarized the population to the point we are virtually irrelevant within it. By taking political stands and staging political protests the perception has become that Christians are a bunch of judgmental religious radicals. Our voice is not valued within the culture because we have made it a practice of pointing out the “splinter” in the eye of the culture while ignoring the “beam” in the eye of the church. My hope is the shift is moving us toward a more compassionate, more truly evangelistic Christianity. We have needed a good dose of humility and empathy. I believe we are moving toward an attitude that acknowledges that sin a problem shared by ALL of us and there is no moral or ethical high ground available to any of us…only grace.