p. 34 Tom Steffen, "Church Planting That Empowers":
* What is the worldview of the target audience?
* What is the culture's decision-making pattern?
* What does it cost a person in this culture to become a Christian?
* What redemptive analogy is best for this culture?
* How does this culture view Christianity?
* What does this culture understand about the basic components of the gospel story?
* Is this culture based on shame or guilt? ( my 2 cents: liberal societies operate off of shame "HOw can you drive an SUV? You don't recycle? etc.)
* How will this culture understand Christian rituals?
* What is the best delivery system for exposing the people of this culture to the Gospel?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
At the Cross, Jesus met me at my very worst....
"With, and because of, Jesus the Redeemer I am both fully known and completely safe. At the cross, Jesus met me at my very worst. For at that mysterious moment all my toxic envy, all my deceit, all my secret sins, all my ingratitude, all my self-centered neglect and cruelty--everything that is corrupt and twisted about my attitudes and behavior--was exposed to the full heat of God's justice, attached to Jesus, and punished....By fully identifying with all our sin and then being punished for it, Jesus satisfied God's justice."Charles Drew, A Journey Worth Taking, p. 154
Saturday, July 5, 2008
CS Lewis on Two Errors re: Devils
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to have an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. The devils are equally pleased with both errors, and hail a materialist as much as a magician.”
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