THIS CULTURAL MOMENT: A Sermon
We are living in a cultural moment where “everything is political” and where “sex has become politicized”. How do Christians respond? In this sermon, I propose a framework for a winsome and wise cultural engagement that goes beyond modern divisive politics.
How did Jesus engage the various political parties of his day? How does the “Genesis Blueprint” of God creating male and female in his image (Gen. 1:26-28) speak to our cultural moment where transgenderism is being celebrated?
What were the unique identifying features of the Early Church that wooed and wowed the entire Mediterranean world for the Cause of Christ? Considering that the Roman Empire was hostile to Christianity and propagated moral and sexual ethics that were vastly different than the church, the Early Church’s countercultural stance was nonetheless attractive to the masses.
Moderns tend to think that relevance makes Christianity attractive. What the Early Church experienced was that being counter-cultural, especially over and against a culture that was deeply flawed and deeply fallen, was itself supremely attractive.
There is always an offense to the gospel. To a fallen world, the ethics downstream from the cross is always offensive.
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