Mystery, I totally agree with you that every believer should live with the perspective that because HE LIVES, I do what I do.
Unfortunately, just living with that perspective isn't enough. I live in one of the most unchurched cities in the U.S. Where there are tons of people prospering, living the "Quote Unquote" Good Life, not out there wilding out, Getting promotions on the Job, etc, etc. that are common testimonies of believers, and we say I give God Glory because he did XYZ for me. Well the unbelievers are getting the same stuff, and sometimes better stuff.
So to further expound on the point I was trying to make in my earlier post. If its about tangible stuff, the world will miss it all day long, because there is no differential. Our light and witness needs to be about the eternal, things they can't see nor understand, because they haven't been introduced to His presence.
@under13 It's not about being deep, the posts I have read on this topic are all quite surface to be perfectly honest. Have you ever read some of the great Christian Thinkers. Like Watchman Nee, A.W. Tozer, J.I. Packer, Bonhoeffer, Hodge, Paschal... some of the stuff written will give you a headache, its so deep.
I think these discussions would help us all grow, If we take these discussions at face value, without taking offense when someone has opposite views. I know listening to other perspectives, and weighing them, and analyzing them through an objective lens often helps me solidify "Why I believe, What I believe"