LifeBridge Church

Secularism: life without the sacred, the kingdom without the king.

SECULAR SALVATION SCHEMA:

Creation/Eden
- Christian: Stewardship; innocence intimacy with God
- Secular: Secular humanism; childhood
Fall
- Christian: Evil permeates creation; personal sin
- Secular: Systems that impose boundaries; trauma
Redemption
- Christian: The kingdom of God; Salvation
- Secular: Removal of imposing systems; rediscovery of the inner self
New Creation
- Christian: Jesus returns; Sanctification
- Secular: Absolute autonomy and freedom; Outer-self = Inner-self

How not to respond to the culture:
1. Defensive against
2. Purity from
3. Relevant to

How to respond to the culture:

Faithful presence within