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LawrenceJCaldwell
7/8/2008 7:09 AM
Yesterday my eight year old son asked me when the sun would burn up. I told him that if Jesus came today, at least 1007 years would go by before God creates a new heaven and a new earth (no sun though!). We know this scenario could start at any moment. And that means, along with the natural progression of sin towards total corruption, that this world will never get any better. Simply put, Christians are not called to transform the culture as you suggest.
But in fact you got it right a little further on. We are to reach the individual people God has called us to reach with the Gospel.
There were never any good old days. The New Testament, written a mere 30-90 years after Jesus ascended, is filled with the troubles and trials of an infant church. We have fared no better in these latter days.
Cultural transformation is nothing less than evolutionary thinking mixed in with Christian teaching. It is a myth. Watch for my new book "Christian Mythology" to learn more. - LJC
But in fact you got it right a little further on. We are to reach the individual people God has called us to reach with the Gospel.
There were never any good old days. The New Testament, written a mere 30-90 years after Jesus ascended, is filled with the troubles and trials of an infant church. We have fared no better in these latter days.
Cultural transformation is nothing less than evolutionary thinking mixed in with Christian teaching. It is a myth. Watch for my new book "Christian Mythology" to learn more. - LJC
JT