D.A. Carson has a gem over on the Gospel Coalition, which is well worth a read.

RATHER NAIVELY, SOME OF US THINK that if Jesus were alive today, our tolerant culture would not give him a really rough time, much less crucify him. We would simply marginalize him, treat him as if he were a harmless eccentric. Is that true?  Not according to John. The issues are bound up with the nature of fallenness and its response to holiness.

Bottom line for Bereans:  You should not expect to be popular in public culture if you are confronting it with biblical truth, no matter how much you speak the truth “in love.”  Speaking the truth, however you say it, is going to cause an uproar.  Get used to it.  Embrace it.  Just don’t relish it–instead lament and pray over it.  As Carson says,

Where sin and holiness collide, there will always be an explosion.

Carson’s view fits well w/Mark Dever’s excellent post from last year; its worth a read again as well.  Dever reminds us that Jesus was “executed as a state criminal.”  Don’t expect to be popular if you are being faithful.