Monday, September 11, 2006
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5 Comments:
Regarding your "Identity", are you really mobilizing all cultures, as stated? I assume the terms along the left of the Identity pane are intended to form a statement in sentence form (?), which would grammatically dictate this interpretation. If you wanted to say that you are mobilizing Christians (disciples, Christ-followers, whatever you want to call them) to engage those in other cultures, then just say it that way. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
1:18 PM
Well, let's put it this way. When we say "All Cultures" obviously we are not literally expecting to deal with every culture on earth. We mean, every culture that God gives us opportunities with, excluding none.
And when the people of those cultures are not Christ-followers, we will "engage" them with the good news. When they are (or become) Christ-followers, we will "mobilize" them with the good news, so that they can, in turn, engage and mobilize others.
I believe this message is borne out fairly well in the full text of the identity section, if you click on each term. But it is an important point of clarification, thank you.
3:13 PM
Actually, i was just referring to the grammatical implications of the statement the way the words are written if they formed a complete sentence in present form.
4:38 PM
Is there not a significant difference between the phrases "mobilizing and engaging all cultures with the Good News" and "to mobilize Christians to engage people of all cultures with the Good News of Jesus"? Is our goal to mobilize believers/disciples/Christians/Christ-followers to engage cultures, or is it to mobilize entire cultures? I'm not playing Devil's advocate; i'm fo real, dawg.
7:42 AM
I understand you well, but I think anyone who is going to be that detailed in their analysis of our "Identity Statement" is going to want to read the desriptions for each term. And I believe things are explained pretty well therein.
7:57 AM
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