CCC Service
Weekend Worship | May 9
“Discern. Stand. Walk. – Godly Culture Making” | May 9
Locations & Times
Central Christian Church
2900 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS 67226, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Creation
• "Good" – for the benefit of mankind
• Cultural mandate
• "Good" – for the benefit of mankind
• Cultural mandate
The Fall
• Glorify Self
• "There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted in what people think. And what they think will determine how they act." (Francis Shaeffer)
• Self-serving, exploit our fellow man, idolaters
• God's Creation is structurally good but directionally corrupt (Al Wolters)
• Glorify Self
• "There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted in what people think. And what they think will determine how they act." (Francis Shaeffer)
• Self-serving, exploit our fellow man, idolaters
• God's Creation is structurally good but directionally corrupt (Al Wolters)
Discern Cultural Realities
• We live in this culture but are citizens of another culture
• We create culture but culture shapes us
• "The most dangerous ideas in a society are not the ones that are being argued, but the ones that are assumed." (C.S. Lewis)
• The culture is not the people
• We live in this culture but are citizens of another culture
• We create culture but culture shapes us
• "The most dangerous ideas in a society are not the ones that are being argued, but the ones that are assumed." (C.S. Lewis)
• The culture is not the people
• Cultural exegesis/discernment
• Cultural stances in the Scripture
• Cultural stances in the Scripture
Cultural Stances in the Scripture
• Seek the welfare people in the culture
• Seek the welfare people in the culture
Cultural Stances in the Scripture
• Seek the welfare people in the culture
• Separate from the culture
• Seek the welfare people in the culture
• Separate from the culture
Cultural Stances in the Scripture
• Seek the welfare people in the culture
• Separate from the culture
• Oppose the culture
• Seek the welfare people in the culture
• Separate from the culture
• Oppose the culture
Walking in the Culture
• Starts with engaging the culture in us
• Diverse, humble, wise response
• Cultivation in the new heaven and new earth
• Starts with engaging the culture in us
• Diverse, humble, wise response
• Cultivation in the new heaven and new earth
Walking in the Culture
• Starts with engaging the culture in us
• Diverse, humble, wise response
• Cultivation in the new heaven and new earth
• Cultivation in our home
• Starts with engaging the culture in us
• Diverse, humble, wise response
• Cultivation in the new heaven and new earth
• Cultivation in our home
Walking in the Culture
• Starts with engaging the culture in us
• Diverse, humble, wise response
• Cultivation in the new heaven and new earth
• Cultivation in our home
• Cultivate disciples and be disciples
• Starts with engaging the culture in us
• Diverse, humble, wise response
• Cultivation in the new heaven and new earth
• Cultivation in our home
• Cultivate disciples and be disciples
Resources for today’s sermon are available upon request in the church office.
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