The Bible and Our Culture

Why is the gospel so offensive?

How should we live knowing Jesus is offensive?

If somebody is offended by God's Word, they are a step closer to the Rock of Offense the seed is planted.  

If you don't feel the need to be comforted by God, maybe you aren't really saying anything that matters.

 

"Lose your soul," "take up your cross" "surrender all" versus typical American sales and marketing.

The lies "Christianity" tells about following Jesus.

Come to Jesus on His terms, not yours.

Jesus' "marketing" campaign is not like anything else in the culture.

Jesus expects everything from us.

God flatters us by calling us the New Jerusalem. 

If He calls His Church the New Jerusalem then He must love and have plans for the natural Jerusalem as well. 

Why does God call His people the New Jerusalem, the Heavenly Jerusalem, the Jerusalem from above?

How to ascend into the mountain of the LORD.

Worshipping together brings a different anointing.

There was no house when David wrote songs about the house of the Lord.  

God's command to party regularly.

Focus on the unseen--focus on the eternal!

What hope do we have that the world wants to hear.

Jesus gives us hope in so many different facets. 

Focusing on eternity is hope the world can't boast about.

The world's lack of hope must be addressed.

2 Corinthians 4: 7-18.  

We must boast.  Boast in God!

Hope in Jesus is more than positive mental attitude.

Suffering often solidifies our convictions.

Lies have become normal in most every facet of our society.  This is what the Bible calls living in darkness.

Just because lying is thought of as normal and few care, doesn't mean that God doesn't care about a culture of lies.  

Sifting through the lies in a dark culture.