Christian Culture - 21st Century

I'd like to approach this in two different postings. The first will be, Christian Culture, which I will take a stab at today. Next will be a post on Positioning Ourselves to Accomplish Ministry.

As the Bible is relevant to any and all centuries, so is Christian behavior (individually) or in a Christian Culture (jointly). Just because it is the 21st century and we are"connected" or "wired" to all cultures, Christian behavior can't be dismissed, or degraded to the lowest common denominator to fit the times. Relevancy and self-awareness is one thing, fearfulness to do what is biblical right is another.

Christian Culture has certain important elements to it: Passion (obedience to the Word), transparency (open and honest), expectations ("whatever is possible is required"), and execution (getting thoughts and ideas into practice). All of these, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit will produce a pleasing Christian man or woman (I believe).

Yet the 21st century Church has obstacles that hinder its credibility as a living testament of Christ to the world. Like leading double lives, we don't like each other much , and we seem to relish in looking down on others while making ourselves look superior! We all struggle with these at times (or maybe its just me). Some members of the Body of Christ Don't like: Catholics, Pentecostals, Non-Pentecostals, Denominations, Non-Denominations, Apostolic Fixated, Apostolic Challenged, Contemporary, Traditional, well - you get the idea. While the most important issue is, what do they (or we) do with Jesus? If that is addressed properly there is grace for each other. I Corinthians 1:10.

Christian Culture in this century still needs to address personal issues (sins) like: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. While remembering that there is only one unpardonable sin - blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.