I studied the Gospels like NT Wright studied Genesis - in the mindset of the culture that wrote them. In the case of the Gospels, it is actually easier to study because the morality, ethics, and values of the people 2000 years ago is pretty much understood. It is not as ancient as the OT. So when I study the Gospels, it makes sense from a 2nd Century Europe perspective. The New Testament is much softer than the old testament. Woman are treated much better in NT than OT.
But we all live in 2018 modern society. Each time someone brings in a passage from the Gospels or new testament and tries to tell me how to live in 2018, I can easily show how it is far from the moral, ethical norms of today’s society. YECs come here to attack evolution on the science. I come here to question Christian morality, ethics and values with regard to living in a secular scientific society.