![]() “Why should one be a Christian? Why not be human, truly human? … What does Christianity want? The answer given by Christians is frequently muddled, sentimental, general: Christianity wants love, justice, a meaning to life, being good and doing good, humanity … But don’t non-Christians want these things too?” ![]() Hans Küng starts his attempt to do this by asking, Our challenge is to describe mouthwatering ribeyes to a culture feeding on bacon bits.Ĭhristians need to be ready to explain what they believe and why it matters. That means that the cultural leftovers of Christianity-its basic narrative and baseline values-have long disappeared from our society’s communal fridge, and many people don’t even remember what the meal tasted like. This is more important than ever in America, where, according to Barna Group, only 4% of GenZ teens have a biblical world view. He tells them to be “always ready for a defense to everyone who asks of you an account concerning the hope which is in you” ( 1 Pet. Biblically, this stems from Peter’s letter to Christians living as expats in the world. The family of God has a family tradition-making our faith intelligible to the surrounding culture. ![]() I’m super excited about jumping back into this classic and wanted to put down some of my thoughts for anyone who might want to read along. ![]() This summer I’ll be reading through, for a second time, The Normal Christian Faith ( NCF) by Watchman Nee. ![]()
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