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[Culture Week] How do we engage our culture with the Gospel?
We're talking about culture this week, and thinking about one of the most basic and important...
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Should Christians Read Non-Christian Books?
Despite visual media’s best attempts to kill off reading, people still really like books. Between libraries, online bookstores, Google Books and devices like the Kindle, it’s almost trivial to find any book we could ever want.
http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/should-christians-read-non-christian-books/
It's Blurry Without Your Glasses - #5851
One of the reasons we're so spiritually lame and powerless is that we mix our faith with a lot of garbage from Egypt and Canaan. So we end up seeing our faith more through our culture than seeing our culture through our faith. And there are lots of cultures people are or have been a part of, each with its own values, its own lies and its own distortions about life.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/it-is-blurry-without-your-gla...
Level Ground - #5808
The culture of money and power and fashion and social groupings is supposed to stop at the door of the Church of Jesus Christ. I hope it does at yours. None of that stuff matters to Jesus. The world has its "power elite" and its "insiders and outsiders." Don't let that cancer infect your church.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/level-ground-5808
Missions Motivation from Jesus! - Into Thy Word Ministries
Jesus is the quintessential model of faith and our practice of missions that we are to follow. We do not have a Lord who sits aloof in Heaven, with no firsthand idea or comprehension of what it means to be a human or to serve out in the field. Our Lord served and taught, just as He calls us to go to serve and teach.
http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=46735&columnid=3881
The Quintessential Missionary - Into Thy Word Ministries
Does fear still have a hold on you? Are you so busy looking for opportunities you cannot see anything else? In Matthew 10: 27-33, after Jesus gave the disciples their training and their project of being sent out for the first time on their mission, He further encouraged and warned them.
http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=46734&columnid=3881
Motivated for Missions? - Into Thy Word Ministries
Now, perhaps you are wondering how can I become more obedient and faithful when I just cannot see the road ahead? Perhaps, you have tried hard in our motivations or support development or your service on the mission field and feel frustrated?
http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=46733&columnid=3881
Missions Requires Boldness - Into Thy Word Ministries
Do you fear growing in the faith? Fear missions and witnessing? Take comfort, our confidence from who Christ is and what He did for us leads to our boldness! Being bold means we are willing to take our faith, venture out with it, and do the right thing at the right time, regardless of the cultural and language barriers or any fears....
http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=46732&columnid=3881
An Overview of Missions - Into Thy Word Ministries
What is Missions? A classic definition for Christian Missions is proclaiming the Gospel message outside of your culture, as in “going to serve at a great distance.” It is taking the message of Jesus Christ where He has not been found or...
http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=49186&columnid=3881
LWP- Migration and Evangelism
With the world becoming flat, how do churches, which by and large don’t even reach the people most like them, reach the people least like them?
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/leadershipmemo/974
Lausanne World Pulse - Integrating the Gospel with Culture Responsibly
It is imperative to integrate the gospel with culture in a responsible manner and this integration must be done within the context of a community who are mature in their faith and knowledge of scripture.
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/683/04-2007?pg=all

