Some Thoughts About Pop Cultures and Cultural Mandate

Been obsessed by these topics lately, doing lots of reading and research......till I digest further, here some notes for our thoughts.......

" Though the gospel of Jesus Christ never changes, it must be contextualized to the culture it is brought to.....like language which which the hearer can understand.....and understand without misunderstanding. Like in Malay environment we point with our thumb and not with our middle finger......"

"Every church must and need to continually undergo reform to continue the missiological work of the gospel in their time and place. When churches fail to reform they inevitably begin to die and become increasing disconnected and irrelevant tot he people and cultures around them."

"This is why every time the gospel crosses from one culture in to another there ensues a rigorous debate to sort out what is gospel truth, what is sin and what is simply baggage added to the gospel as it was contextualized in a culture...In bible times, these were topics like meat sacrifice to idols, day of worship, circumcision, sexual immorality etc. And for our day these include time of worship, body modification, musical style in worship, styles of dress, sexual preference, etc."

Hence, Christians are to observe and analyze culture and make decision regarding our proper actions and reactions within it. But we must be a informed and thoughtful Christians, if we want to make a difference in the ever changing culture. We are to practice discernment while actively transforming culture......