The Postmodern Opporunity: My Heart For This Project

In rounding off my selection of excerpts from the first chapter, I would like to first state that this section below is a good summary of why I am working on this project and where it is going.  If you want to know what Beginning Conversations is all about, read this post.
The Postmodern Opportunity

Many [...]

Of Christ and Culture

While many Christians  never sit down and hammer out a specific construct for interacting with theology in a particular culture, the truth is that we all have a model of choice. Typically we find ourselves bobbing and weaving from one model to another based on the situation.
The  Bible can be so clear at times, [...]

More Thoughts on Culture/Context

Excerpts from my section: "Why Christians Should Care About Culture"
History teaches us that our context has a lot
to do with how we think. Christianity does not exist apart from culture. Just
as Jesus was a Jew who thought like a Jew and the New Testament was written in
Greek by people who thought in Greek categories, Americans [...]

Discussing Culture: An Excerpt From Chapter One

As part of my Beginning Conversations project (see previous posts on this blog for the scoop on the scope of this book), I hope to make the book collaborative. I already have sent drafts of the manuscript out to Christians in various ministry positions and geographical locations in order to gather their comments. My desire [...]

Revisions

One of the most important topics for me in BTC is the relation of Christianity and culture. As I revise the first chapter covering the complexities of this topic I have found it hard to piece together a number of examples. One of the best is an article by John Franke that is entitled, "Origen: [...]