Cultural Revolution

In his book How Now Shall We Live?, Chuck Colson says, "Yes, cultures can be renewed--even those typically considered the most corrupt and intractable. But if we are to restore our world, we first have to shake of the comfortable notion that Christianity is merely a personal experience, applying only to one's private life. No man is an island, wrote the Christian poet John Donne. Yet one of the great myths of our day is that we are islands--that our decisions are personal and no one has a right to tell us what to do in our private lives."

While Christianity requires a personal commitement and decision, it as a whole requires us to expand our faith beyond merely ourselves. We are called to live in such a way that our lives not only are different from the culture in which we live, but actually influence that culture. Part of our commision as Jesus followers is the redemption of the culture. Every part of Gods perfect creation was corrupted by the sin of man, and the redemption offered through Christ is for more that just us as people. It is for the rest of creation, and for the culture in which we live. As Christians, we should be involved in the culture in order to transform that culture. We cannot separate ourselves from the world like monks, and we cannot simply condone the evils of the culture in which we live. In this spiritual battle, we have to get into the fight. Culture can be renewed, but only if we are willing to do our part in that renewal.