Spoke on Kingdom Culture this weekend at "the View". Here is a fun clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSFoPMADKnk that demonstrates the power of culture to create lifestyle rules and control behaviour. Enjoy, (especially if you are South African.)
Believers cannot ignore the clumsiness that contemporary culture brings to the good message. When God became a man He incarnated Himself into the culture of ancient Israel. In the same way the Message incarnates itself into whatever culture it captures hearts in.
Most of us are familiar with (or repulsed by) Western Christianity with it's modern, materialistic thought. Some believers mistakenly equate biblical Israeli culture with heaven's culture. I'm sure it's true that in many ways the culture of "the Chosen people" resonates of God's culture due to their extended exposure to God's revelation. However, ancient Israeli culture must have had it's conflicts with God's culture in order to facilitate the rejection of God's Son for so long.
The truth is, this world has never seen the faith practiced without the skin of imperfect culture around it. This is a relief, as it explains how Christians can get it so wrong at times.
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