Quiz #1 Answers
Multiple Choice
1. “c”
2. “a”
3. “b”
True or False
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“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but
now commands all men everywhere to repent,
because He has appointed a day on which He will
judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He
has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by
raising Him from the dead.”” (Acts 17:30–31 NKJV)
“knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of
any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by
the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they
were moved by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Pet 1:20–21 NKJV)
“Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions
which you were taught, whether by word or our
epistle.” (2 Th 2:15 NKJV)
Memory Verse for
today
Let’s get
“And do not be conformed to this
world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that you may
prove what is that good and
acceptable and perfect will of God.”
(Rom 12:2 NKJV)
ready to
sing!
Song #247:
Here we are
but straying
pilgrims
A Faith Built on
Sand
The Foolishness of Popular
Religion in a Postmodern Age
Chapter 3:“Culture and
Christianity”
Chapter 2:
Outline
1.Culture: The Way of the World
2.Universal Truths vs. Passing
Fads
3.The Cultural Church
4.How do Christians Live in
Today’s Culture?
Culture: The Way of
the world
• What is culture?
• “the customs, arts, social institutions,
achievements, beliefs and attitudes of a
particular nation, people, or other social
group.
• No assurance that the beliefs are true
and that the attitudes are right.
• “Culture” = “the world”
Culture: The Way of
the
world
• “kingdoms of the world” (Matt 4:8 NKJV)
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“For all these things the nations of the world seek
after...” (Luke 12:30 NKJV)
“the word, and the cares of this world” (Matt 13:22
NKJV)
“You are the light of the world.” (Matt 5:14 NKJV)
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every
creature.” (Mark 16:15 NKJV)
“He was in the world, and the world was made through
Him, and the world did not know Him.” (John 1:10
NKJV)
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Culture: The Way of
the world
“I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them
because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do
not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You
should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as
I am not of the world.” (John 17:14–16 NKJV)
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit
orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted
from the world.” (James 1:27 NKJV)
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the
world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing
away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides
forever.” (1 John 2:15–17 NKJV)
Culture: The Way of
world
• “Do you not knowthe
that friendship
with the world is
enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a
friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
(James 4:4 NKJV)
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“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of
this world will be cast out.” (John 12:31 NKJV)
“their case the god of this world has blinded the
minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing
the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ” (2 Cor
4:4 ESV)
“We know that we are of God, and the whole world
lies under the sway of the wicked one.” (1 John
Universal Truths vs.
Passing Fads
• Rom. 11:33-36
• “God still rules above the clouds of
culture”
• The Christian morality of the NT is not
cultural, it is universal.
• We live in a framework of time, but God
does not (2 Pet. 3:8).
The Cultural Church
• Frankenstein Jesus
• Sins of divorce, cohabitation,
homosexuality, abortion, etc are
marginalized on the alter of cultural
acceptance.
• Jn. 14:15; 15:10
• To many, feelings are sufficient to them
and intentions are as good as actions.
How do Christians Live in
Today’s Culture?
• Christians should distinguish worldliness
from godliness.
• Christians should affect culture instead of
being affected by culture (Acts 19:18-20;
1 Thes. 1:9).
• Christians should be transformed (Rom.
12:1-2; 1 Cor. 9:19-23).
Worldly
Philosophy
Who is
influencing
who here?
“Theological”
Worldly
Philosophy
Christia
ns
1 Pet.
3:15
BIBLE
Ignorant,
compromisi
ng