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This is the last step in my weekly preparation for preaching on Sunday. However, I think orange-coloured file folders produce a better tone.
The Flight From Conversation is an opinion piece from the New York Times about how our fascination with digital communication has resulted in conversation being “sacrificed . . . for mere connection.”
FACE-TO-FACE conversation unfolds slowly. It teaches patience. When we communicate on our digital devices, we learn different habits. As we ramp up the volume and velocity of online connections, we start to expect faster answers. To get these, we ask one another simpler questions; we dumb down our communications, even on the most important matters. It is as though we have all put ourselves on cable news.
Let me offer a brief list of the errors in this lead sentence from the local paper:
Spring is in the air and the holiest of Catholic holidays has the Moose Jaw Co-op celebrating Easter with a live baby chick display in the front of the store.
Some basic research or checking of facts would have resulted in a more accurate and less bothersome lead sentence.
How do we go about creating a gospel culture instead of a salvation culture? In the final chapter of his book The King Jesus Gospel, Scot McKnight has five ways:
McKnight makes clear that a “gospel culture” is a “church culture that is being transformed – together – into a gospel culture” (159). The gospel culture is also about serving others through love and compassion (160).
Related Posts:
The King Jesus Gospel – Introduction
The King Jesus Gospel–The Big Question
King Jesus Gospel – Gospel Culture
The King Jesus Gospel–Story to Salvation Paul’s Apostolic Gospel
The Great Gospel Takeover
Gospel in the Gospels
Did Jesus Preach the Gospel?
The King Jesus Gospel: Chapter 8
The King Jesus Gospel: Chapter 9
In his chapter on “Gospeling Today,” Scot McKnight sets forth six points of comparison between evangelism in the Book of Acts and today.
Here’s my summary of McKnight’s six points of comparison:
In the final chapter of The King Jesus Gospel, McKnight will offer his thoughts on how the current “salvation culture” can be replaced by a “gospel culture.”
Related Posts:
The King Jesus Gospel – Introduction
The King Jesus Gospel–The Big Question
King Jesus Gospel – Gospel Culture
The King Jesus Gospel–Story to Salvation Paul’s Apostolic Gospel
The Great Gospel Takeover
Gospel in the Gospels
Did Jesus Preach the Gospel?
The King Jesus Gospel: Chapter 8