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God's greatest gift to the world . . .

God's greatest gift to the world. Harry Potter, Britney Spears and Eminem: Engaging the Culture with the Mind and Heart of Christ. ?. The Christian and Contemporary Culture. Three Approaches. Offended by Culture. WITHDRAW.

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God's greatest gift to the world . . .

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  1. God's greatest gift to the world . . .

  2. Harry Potter, Britney Spears and Eminem: Engaging the Culture with the Mind and Heart of Christ

  3. ? The Christian and Contemporary Culture

  4. Three Approaches Offended by Culture WITHDRAW

  5. “The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot ever fence it out.” J. R. R. Tolkein Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod, Fellowship of the Ring

  6. Three Approaches Offended by Culture WITHDRAW ASSIMILATE Delighted by Culture

  7. Three Approaches Offended by Culture WITHDRAW ASSIMILATE Delighted by Culture Distressed by Culture ENGAGE

  8. The Cultural Challenge . . . Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 2 Peter 2:7-8

  9. The Cultural Challenge . . . Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 2 Peter 2:7-8

  10. The Cultural Challenge I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. . . . I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means, I might save some. - 1 Corinthians 9:19, 22

  11. The Cultural Challenge I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. . . . I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means, I might save some. - 1 Corinthians 9:19, 22

  12. The Cultural Challenge While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogues, . . .as well as in the market- place day by day. . . . “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship. . .” Acts 17:16-34

  13. The Cultural Challenge While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogues, . . .as well as in the market- place day by day. . . . “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship. . .” Acts 17:16-34

  14. The Cultural Challenge While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogues, . . .as well as in the market- place day by day. . . . “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship. . .” Acts 17:16-34

  15. The Cultural Challenge While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. Sohe reasoned in the synagogues, . . .as well as in the market- place day by day. . . . “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship. . .” Acts 17:16-34

  16. Paul’s Motivation • greatly distressed Paul’s Method • sought to understand the culture (v. 23) • started where they were (vv. 22-23) • positive about the truth he found (v. 22) • knew and quoted their sources (vv. 23,28) • communicated the Gospel (vv. 18,30-31)

  17. Harry Potter, Britney Spears and Eminem: Engaging the Culture with the Mind and Heart of Christ

  18. THINKING WORLDVIEWISHLY: Basic Assumptions >Everyone has a worldview >Most people do not think worldviewishly >Every cultural expression communicates worldview beliefs

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