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Deep Thoughts by Danny Ferguson
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Here are a few of the things I was pondering today while I sat outside watching Emma play in her sandbox:1. What is the goal of the church in America? I know that we want to see individuals receive God's grace and salvation, but we also want to change the culture. Which one takes priority? Do these two ever work against each other? I know that in places like China where the church is the most counter-cultural, it's seeing the most growth. When all of Europe was controlled by the church during the Middle Ages, the real message of personal faith was all but lost. So in changing the culture, what is our goal? Do we envision a country where all the news media is like the 700 Club and every sattelite channel has people with bad hairdos talking about the end of the world and asking for donations? Is there a point in the shift toward a Christian culture when becoming a nominal Christian becomes easier and being a real disciple becomes harder?2. Why is it that every week there is a new, smaller, more feature-rich cell phone hitting the market and we still haven't found a way to make solar power practical for everyone? If solar power is the solution to our bothersome dependence on fossil fuels, then why isn't it replacing them? Maybe all companies found guitly of participating in spamming should be forced to use their engineering talents on solving this problem.I don't know why I was thinking about this stuff, but if you have any ideas, please post a comment.
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Leon@rd Sweet
Leon@rd Sweet says:"Why, as a church, are we trying to make a difference in the world, when we could be making a different world?"Good stuff…I’m updating my Blog today…promise.b-funk
Re: Leon@rd Sweet
“. . . a different world.” I don’t know what that means. Does that mean starting from scratch and giving up contact with the world as it is now? I certainly don’t agree with that.
Re: Leon@rd Sweet
He doesn’t mean to give up on the world we know now. He means that we should be striving to make the world different, instead of merely trying to make a difference in the world. How he means to accomplish that…I’m not sure, yet. Haven’t read but the first chapter.b-funk
Re: Leon@rd Sweet
He doesn’t mean to give up on the world we know now. He means that we should be striving to make the world different, instead of merely trying to make a difference in the world. How he means to accomplish that…I’m not sure, yet. Haven’t read but the first chapter.b-funkDanny,great thoughts. very important stuff to think about. way to knock the crap out of b-funk (sorry, Pork Chops). i certainly wouldn’t like to see all tv turn into TBN, but there are things i see on tv all the time i wish weren’t there. maybe we need to change people, not the world. i mean, certainly God has some cosmic, universal plan for creation (even beyond mere human salvation) that will include bringing all powers in subjection to him. but i don’t think that making a Christian nation necessarily accomplishes this goal. if anything, it seems to just add another power that God will have to conquer in the end.
Re: Leon@rd Sweet
He doesn’t mean to give up on the world we know now. He means that we should be striving to make the world different, instead of merely trying to make a difference in the world. How he means to accomplish that…I’m not sure, yet. Haven’t read but the first chapter.b-funkDanny,great thoughts. very important stuff to think about. way to knock the crap out of b-funk (sorry, Pork Chops). i certainly wouldn’t like to see all tv turn into TBN, but there are things i see on tv all the time i wish weren’t there. maybe we need to change people, not the world. i mean, certainly God has some cosmic, universal plan for creation (even beyond mere human salvation) that will include bringing all powers in subjection to him. but i don’t think that making a Christian nation necessarily accomplishes this goal. if anything, it seems to just add another power that God will have to conquer in the end.It seems to me like our priority should be seeing people change, then cultural change will eventually follow. I guess I should start with me.
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