Cultural Christianity
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The Unsaved Christian
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Author : Dean Inserra
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2019-03-05
The Unsaved Christian written by Dean Inserra and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-05 with Religion categories.
What to do when they say they’re Christian but don’t know Jesus Whether it’s the Christmas and Easter Christians or the faithful church attenders whose hearts are cold toward the Lord, we’ve all encountered cultural Christians. They’d check the Christian box on a survey, they’re fine with church, but the truth is, they’re far from God. So how do we bring Jesus to this overlooked mission field? The Unsaved Christian equips you to confront cultural Christianity with honesty, compassion, and grace, whether you’re doing it from the pulpit or the pews. This practical guide will: show you how to recognize cultural Christianity teach you how to overcome the barriers that get in the way give you easy-to-understand advice about VBS, holiday services, reaching “good people,” and more! If you’ve ever felt stuck or unsure how to minister to someone who identifies as Christian but still needs Jesus, this book is for you.
Christianity And World Culture
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Author : Dr. LI JIN WEI
language : en
Publisher: LI JIN WEI
Release Date : 2022-06-14
Christianity And World Culture written by Dr. LI JIN WEI and has been published by LI JIN WEI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-14 with Religion categories.
Christianity is the confidence custom that spotlights the figure of Jesus Christ. Confidence alludes both to the adherents' Act of trust and to the substance of their confidence. As a custom, Christianity is in excess of an arrangement of strict conviction. It additionally has produced a culture, a bunch of thoughts furthermore, and a lifestyle, practices, and curios that have been given over from one age to another since Jesus originally turned into the virtuous object. Christianity is, in this manner, both a living practice of confidence and the way of life that confidence abandons. The study of world Christianity starts with the premise that Christianity is and has always been a multi-cultural, diversified religion with no single dominant form. All Christians have lived in unique cultural environments throughout history, which they have accepted and rejected. Culture indicates what people learn after birth, including language, religion, and customs or traditions. Culture is a lifestyle of a gathering; the behaviours, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, are passed down along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. Individuals can change matters of culture by individual choice after they are born. These two terms help us identify human patterns and understand a country's driving forces. Christianity has and is still facing many challenges throughout history across all continents because of the diverse traditions and cultures in which it finds itself. Christianity has turned into the biggest of the world's religions and, topographically, the most generally diffused of all beliefs. It has a voting demographic of multiple billion adherents. Christianity has learned to adapt to different world cultures, thereby causing a change in the beliefs and practices of many countries. It has been able to grow and surpass every other religion. To say that Christianity "centers" on Jesus Christ is to say that, in some way, it unites its convictions and practices and different customs about a recorded figure. Christians who embrace neighbouring cultures use indigenous languages, music, art forms, and rituals to further their goals. Christians have a long history of appropriating non-Christian objects and imbuing them with Christian meaning, making many cultures approve of its practices and believe its teaching. Christians continue to borrow new languages and civilizations to convey the story of Jesus as Christianity finds a home in new cultural settings. In the context of their unique cultural and religious tradition, Christ, the "Man for All Cultures," assists people in discerning and living according to God's plan. As a result, Christianity cannot be culturally homogeneous. This link between Christ and culture was presupposed by the churches of the Apostolic time. Christianity survived for centuries against opposition from different religions and cultures; after it was adopted as the Emperor's religion, it quickly developed a strong institutional structure that would outlive the Empire itself. Many cultures and countries of the world are still against the teachings and practice of Christianity, making it illegal, forbidden, and also persecuting its citizens for it.
Cultural Christianity
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Author : Andrew McKinney
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2023-05-03
Cultural Christianity written by Andrew McKinney and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-03 with Religion categories.
There is a messy secret within the Western evangelical church, and it is starting to get out. We're not who we think we are, and it is becoming painfully obvious to the rest of the world around us. The secret? We have abandoned the preaching of the true gospel and, as a result, admitted thousands of people into our local assemblies who are lost and dead in their sin. This has landed the evangelical church in utter ruin and devastation. Rather, than hearing the cross and the gospel of Christ proclaimed in our churches, we now hear the relative gospel, a gospel of ceremonial works that cannot save anyone. And we are facing judgment because of this. Scandals wreck whole denominations. Sin plagues our congregations and pulpits. People remain dead in their sin, and the testimony of Christ suffers shame. The church is now almost indistinguishable from the secular culture that we are called to reach. We have wholly embraced cultural Christianity. It is time to face the ugly truth in the mirror and return to the preaching of the true biblical gospel as revealed in Holy Scripture. We must return to preaching the fundamental truths of God's Word. God is holy in His righteousness. Man is dead in his sin and incapable of saving himself. Hell awaits any who would dare to trust in anything other than Christ to save them, for He alone is our atonement and propitiation. Trusting in His death and resurrection is the only means of salvation from sin and hell. We must call people to repent of their sin, submit to Jesus as Lord, trust in Him alone, and follow Him. It is time to condemn the relative gospel in all of its forms for what it is--a false gospel. Salvation is not found in a ceremonial ritual, politician, political party, or ideology. It is found in Christ alone. We must repent, turn back to the Bible, preach it unashamedly, and trust God alone to save. It is time to condemn cultural Christianity.
Christianity Empire And The Spirit
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Author : Néstor Medina
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-05-29
Christianity Empire And The Spirit written by Néstor Medina and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-29 with Religion categories.
In Christianity, Empire and The Spirit, Néstor Medina uncovers the interwoven cultural processes that influence how people understand reality, express faith, and think about God. Countering Eurocentric theological articulations, he proposes that the Spirit is at work in the cultural.
The Culturally Savvy Christian
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Author : Dick Staub
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-09-09
The Culturally Savvy Christian written by Dick Staub and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-09 with Religion categories.
In The Culturally Savvy Christian—his incisive critique of contemporary culture and religion—Dick Staub concludes that though it is influential, American popular culture is generally superficial (diversionary, mindless, and celebrity-driven) spiritually delusional (moralistic, therapeutic, and deistic) and soulless (sustained not by art, craft, and ideas, but by the mad pursuit of profit—propped up by marketing and technology). Similarly American Christianity has devolved into its own mindless, diversionary, and celebrity-driven superficiality. Because humans are created in God's image with spiritual, intellectual, creative, moral, and relational capacities, we long for more, yet the true seeker faces the lose-lose alternatives of a soul-numbing culture and a vacuous Christianity-lite. The renaissance we need in both faith and culture will originate in a deep spiritual renewal that restores God's image in us and creates a new breed of culturally savvy, thoughtful creatives who rekindle the spiritual, intellectual, and creative legacy of Christians as enrichers of culture.
Spiritual Sobriety
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Author : Frank Manno
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2012-08-30
Spiritual Sobriety written by Frank Manno and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-30 with Religion categories.
The purpose of Spiritual Sobriety is to reveal and release what the Bible describes that it takes to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ in contrast to the benign and oft-anemic pop dedication that has pervaded the church, especially in the past fifty years. Spiritual Sobriety is the inviting and tangible story of my journey from being a cultural Christian to an intimate follower of Jesus Christ. This book will take readers by the hand and lead them on a scripturally based, real-life journey by a path that winds from tearing down the stealthy faades of man-made religion, around the potholes of legalism and busyness, toward a destination of a grace-filled, authentic, God-empowered Christian life that walks in daily, hand-in-hand intimacy with a loving Father.
Christianity In Culture
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Author : Charles H. Kraft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Christianity In Culture written by Charles H. Kraft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
"This new edition includes reflections on themes that have emerged since the book's initial publication in 1979. It takes on squarely the task of helping both outsiders and insiders understand the hidden language of culture and learning how culture affects a people's appropriation of the person and message of Jesus Christ."--BOOK JACKET.
Engaging With Contemporary Culture
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Author : Martyn Percy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-29
Engaging With Contemporary Culture written by Martyn Percy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with Religion categories.
Theology and the churches are often considered to be at the margins of contemporary culture, frequently struggling for identity and attention. In this important new book Martyn Percy argues that a rich form of practical theological engagement is needed if the churches are to comprehend their situation in the modern world, thereby enabling them to engage more confidently with society. Drawing on a range of perspectives in the religion-culture debate, and from case studies in the USA and Europe, the book explores the myriad of ways in which culture is now shaping contemporary Christianity, and how vital an appreciation of this dynamic is for the self-understanding of churches and theology. This book explores the crucial and continuing contribution that theology can make to public life, in an era that is often perceived to be dominated by consumerism and secularity. It will especially appeal to scholars of contemporary religion, practical theologians, and all those who are engaged in ministerial formation.
Christianity In Contemporary China
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Author : Francis Khek Gee Lim
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-05-07
Christianity In Contemporary China written by Francis Khek Gee Lim and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with Religion categories.
Christianity is one of the fastest growing religions in China. Despite its long history in China and its significant indigenization or intertwinement with Chinese society and culture, Christianity continues to generate suspicion among political elites and intense debates among broader communities within China. This unique book applies socio-cultural methods in the study of contemporary Christianity. Through a wide range of empirical analyses of the complex and highly diverse experience of Christianity in contemporary China, it examines the fraught processes by which various forms and practices of Christianity interact with the Chinese social, political and cultural spheres. Contributions by top scholars in the field are structured in the following sections: Enchantment, Nation and History, Civil Society, and Negotiating Boundaries. This book offers a major contribution to the field and provides a timely, wide-ranging assessment of Christianity in Contemporary China.
The Cross Cultural Process In Christian History
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Author : Andrew F. Walls
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2015-02-26
The Cross Cultural Process In Christian History written by Andrew F. Walls and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-26 with Religion categories.
Walls shows how the demographic transformation of the church has brought us to a new "Ephesian moment." The church is challenged as never before to become one global body with its many cultural and ethnic members contributing their gifts. Former patterns of domination need to be superseded. His seer's eyes probe beneath the surface to bring the readerinsights into Pentecostalism, African traditional religion, and the ironic ways in which the Western missionary movement often accomplished things--both for good and for ill--that its agents never dreamed of