Final Paper
Christians pray to and worship God in more languages than any other religion in the world (Netland and Ott 15). This can be attributed to the gospel’s power to overcome all cultural boundaries. As heirs to God’s kingdom our truth is no longer found in our worldly identity but in our creator (ESV Gal 3:28). Unfortunately, as fallen humans it is impossible to completely separate our own personal understanding of the world from God’s infallible truth. When we worship God for example, our worldly perspective often leads us to a point of view in which our view of the good life is measureable in whether or not our culture is epitomizing the glory of God. While this may seem fine upon first glance this perspective comes from a place of self-glorification because it assumes that the trueness of God can be found one particular culture rather than the Creator Himself. As Christians, our culturally bound worship was not designed to comprehend the fullness of God, but to reflect unto others that our vision for the good …show more content…
Crouch writes, “The gospel constantly challenges every human culture with the possibility that we live within misplaced horizons” (p#). God’s forgiveness challenges the world’s inherent ethnocentrism to think of others first. Furthermore, His forgiveness challenges the body of the church to reconcile amongst each other, rather than exalt ourselves. It is written in the Cape Town Commitment that, “Christ is our peace, made peace through the cross, and preached peace to the divided world of Jew and Gentile. The unity of the people of God is both a fact, and a mandate” (39). The gospel was not for one people group of the world. Nor was it for one people group within the church, whether that be traditional or contemporary. We were not only told it was for all people, we were commanded to be the ones to go and tell others about
Christians pray to and worship God in more languages than any other religion in the world (Netland and Ott 15). This can be attributed to the gospel’s power to overcome all cultural boundaries. As heirs to God’s kingdom our truth is no longer found in our worldly identity but in our creator (ESV Gal 3:28). Unfortunately, as fallen humans it is impossible to completely separate our own personal understanding of the world from God’s infallible truth. When we worship God for example, our worldly perspective often leads us to a point of view in which our view of the good life is measureable in whether or not our culture is epitomizing the glory of God. While this may seem fine upon first glance this perspective comes from a place of self-glorification because it assumes that the trueness of God can be found one particular culture rather than the Creator Himself. As Christians, our culturally bound worship was not designed to comprehend the fullness of God, but to reflect unto others that our vision for the good …show more content…
Crouch writes, “The gospel constantly challenges every human culture with the possibility that we live within misplaced horizons” (p#). God’s forgiveness challenges the world’s inherent ethnocentrism to think of others first. Furthermore, His forgiveness challenges the body of the church to reconcile amongst each other, rather than exalt ourselves. It is written in the Cape Town Commitment that, “Christ is our peace, made peace through the cross, and preached peace to the divided world of Jew and Gentile. The unity of the people of God is both a fact, and a mandate” (39). The gospel was not for one people group of the world. Nor was it for one people group within the church, whether that be traditional or contemporary. We were not only told it was for all people, we were commanded to be the ones to go and tell others about