The One Finger Wave

I was listening to the radio the other day when I heard something that, at first, made me chuckle – then I got bothered by it.
This guy called in and was saying that one day he was sitting at an intersection when the person behind him started honking his horn.  Well, the guy got upset and [...]

Cultural Engagement ?= Missional

Joe Thorn discusses “Cultural Engagement” and it sure seems to be consistent with my thinking of what Missional is…  Read entire text Here
He speaks of this being a “three-fold approach to engaging culture: reject what is evil, receive what is good, and redeem what is broken/lost.”
These are his six rules of cultural engagement:

Living Righteous lives…

“More evidence from surveys what the Bible makes so plain: superficial, non-doctrinal, non-serious Christians sin pretty much like the world; but more serious, more doctrinally oriented Christians lead lives that are morally distinct.”  Read Here
Hmmmm    Sounds like we need to be doing some serious Bible studying…

Now this is my idea of art!

Reaching the 20something group

I read a post recently on reaching the 20something generation.  Read This
I think that it is really great that this person realized that music (or music style) is not what draws nor keeps the 20something crowd.  They want the Bible teachings and the relationships that come from a church. 
What really concerns me is the statement [...]