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Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Here's one for today:
“The church, in the Western world, faces populations who are increasingly ‘secular’—people with no Christian memory, who don’t know what we Christians are talking about. These populations are increasingly ‘urban’—and out of touch with God’s ‘natural revelation.’ These populations are increasingly ‘post-modern’; they have graduated from Enlightenment ideology and are more peer driven, feeling driven, and ‘right brained’ than their forebears. These populations are increasingly ‘neo-barbarian’; they lack ‘refinement’ or ‘class,’ and their lives are often out of control. These populations are increasingly receptive—exploring worldview options from Astrology to Zen—and are often looking ‘in all the wrong places’ to make sense of their lives and find their soul’s true home.
In the face of this changing Western culture, many Western leaders are in denial; they plan and do church as though next year will be 1957.”
--George G. Hunter
So, do you agree or disagree and on what grounds? Do you see examples of this in your day-to-day lives? What should the Church be doing to avoid "1957" thinking?
Brent 5:47 AM
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