Monday, May 4, 2009

Our Current Position in the Grand Scheme of Things

The following is an update of a video you may be familiar with regarding where we are at this point in history as a global community. Pretty wild. The question at the end is a great one for us, as the church, to be asking ourselves. What, if anything, does where and when we are (little insider reference for all you LOST-ies out there) as a people have to say about how the church approaches her calling. It is little wonder why, to many around us, we seem to be approaching much of what concerns them with a hand puppet on one hand and a flannel board in the other.

In other words, early 20th century Evangelicalism was NOT the "Golden Age" of the church. The more we hold on to nostalgia, the further away we are from what the gospel is calling us to do today and in the future. Of course I am not talking about rewriting orthodox theology. There is ONE standard to which we adhere. However, the methods by which we communicate that unchanging truth must be informed by current cultural communicative methods. No idea what all that looks like in the end, but a great thought process that must take place as we seek to engage future generations with the gospel.

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