In a culture of radical individualism, the church is called to go deep
The church needs to go deep in gospel resilience, not wide in cultural relevance
God always brought redempting to the culture through a remnant, a “creative minority”. When seeking relevance to the contemporary cultural myths, the church falls prey to it steady allure:
Those who have pursued a policy of relevance in their theology—attempting to reshape their theology into unorthodox forms to suit the contours of contemporary sensibilities—suffer the fate that liberal churches have throughout church history: inevitable decline and eventual disappearance. –Mark Sayers, Disappearing Church – From Cultural Relevance to Gospel Resilience
We need to focus on concrete people
Jesus went deep with a few rather than shallow with the public.
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The church needs to go deep in gospel resilience not wide in cultural relevance