“Christian Culture” … what is it?

Posted on | January 18, 2010 | No Comments

Last night – at the 6pm service at Syndal Baptist Church, one of our Young Adults, Darsh Ayton,  shared a message that was really challenging and rich for those who were there.  I will make available her notes from that message in a serparate post.

The part of the bible from which Darsh shared is a really rich one – and many who have had the chance to read Philippians chapter three have found it to be one that is really motivating for them. I particularly love it where the writer (Paul) says …

“I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working towards that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all that I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing : forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven”.

I love it because it stirs me up… reminds me of some of favourite speaches from films like “Braveheart” or “Any Given Sunday” where someone stirs up a group of people towards a goal!

Sometimes – we make the mistake of reading the bible or hearing a message shared at church and look only at what it says to us as individuals… when most of the time, we also need to ask ourselves what it says to us as a group. If you’re a part of SBC – imagine the kind of church services we would have, if they increasingly became the kind of environment where everyone was pursuing, sharing about their pursuit and being encouraged in their pursuit of the SAME GOAL… that goal perhaps being our realising of Jesus vision for each of us, both individually and as a crowd!

Have a read of the message from last night – or tune in to the podcast here , its a good one – I’d be keen to hear your thoughts about some of its challenges.

Adam.

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