Where in the world is the Church?

2022-02-06 0 views

Introduction

Two hymns seems to contradict each other: “This World Is Not My Home, I’m Just Passing Through” and “This Is My Father’s World”. “Secular” education, activities, vocations seems to be necessary evil - in order to make a living, to be able to tithe and give to the missionaries, or at worst, they are distractions to Christian Life. However, the pressure to create distinctively Christian versions of everything in the world assumes there is something inherently wrong with creation. The pressure to justify art, science and entertainment in terms of their spiritual usefulness ends up damaging both the gift of creation and the gift of the Gospel. We need to define two terms. Culture means any human activity that is intended for the use, pleasure and enrichment of society, this includes both popular culture (sports, politics, public education etc.) and high culture (academics, classical music, literature, science). Church means the institutional church, where the Word is rightly preached and sacraments are rightly administered.

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