Culture....a new reality

☼  understanding the culture ….I Chronicles 12:32

         → A question from Jesus…. Luke 12:54-56

         → A call for understanding …. Romans 13:11

         → culture – is how and why people do things.

                                It is the behaviors and beliefs

                                characteristic of a particular social,

                                ethnic, or age group.

 

        ►  How  culture changes….. a 5 step process

 

        ╬  The call to engage our culture ….. Luke 9:23

 

     ☼  the gospel and culture……

 

     ⌂  The Great Offense…. Genesis 1:1

 

      ⌂  The Ultimate Problem …. Genesis 2:16-17, 3:1-5

 

              ◊  role reversal ?

 

             ●    First Sin ← → 21^st Century Relativism

 

            □  hopeless subjectivity

 

      ⌂ The Tragedy of Self …. Romans 3:10-18

 

  ╬  paradox  →  created in His image ↔ independence

 

        ⌂  The Jesus Culture …. John 14:6

 

☼  A Call to Countercultural Crucifixion ….. Matthew 10:32-34