Comments on: The Counter-Cultural Church http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/the-counter-cultural-church/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Alison http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/the-counter-cultural-church/#comment-1697 Alison Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:44:51 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=1080#comment-1697 It is interesting to me to read this post from the perspective of an Orthodox Christian, which I am. As Orthodox Christians, we use the Psalter during our Liturgy, we observe regular fasting and feasting periods throughout the year, and the young worship along with the old. (There is not separate sanctuary for the children as is found in many churches.) My two best friends are Evangelicals,and I have the greatest respect for them and their faith in God. It is always enlightening for me to observe the differences in the ways we worship. It is interesting to me to read this post from the perspective of an Orthodox Christian, which I am. As Orthodox Christians, we use the Psalter during our Liturgy, we observe regular fasting and feasting periods throughout the year, and the young worship along with the old. (There is not separate sanctuary for the children as is found in many churches.)

My two best friends are Evangelicals,and I have the greatest respect for them and their faith in God. It is always enlightening for me to observe the differences in the ways we worship.

]]> By: Rachael Starke http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/the-counter-cultural-church/#comment-1686 Rachael Starke Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:20:26 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=1080#comment-1686 My husband and I have been subscribers to MHAJ for over ten years. Ken Meyers is the first person I'd heard who talked about the world and culture in a Biblically-informed and Biblically-driven way.He's awesome. I haven't had a chance to listen to the podcast, but building on the food topic, I'm wondering if he talked at all about evangelical Christianity's almost gnostic abandonment of healthful eating and living. Why are the Mormons and the JWs at least marginally known for their commitment to stewardship of the body, while Christians are mostly known for being just as huge and unhealthy as the world? With one out of two Americans being clinically overweight, wouldn't it be radically countercultural to even ask what God thinks about all the over-processed food-derived substances we're ingesting while driving and walking so that everything from sidewalks to airplanes have to be made wider to accomodate our ever-increasing girth? To paraphrase the Rev. Jimmy Buffet, some people treat their bodies like temples, but we all treat ours like a tent. My husband and I have been subscribers to MHAJ for over ten years. Ken Meyers is the first person I’d heard who talked about the world and culture in a Biblically-informed and Biblically-driven way.He’s awesome.

I haven’t had a chance to listen to the podcast, but building on the food topic, I’m wondering if he talked at all about evangelical Christianity’s almost gnostic abandonment of healthful eating and living. Why are the Mormons and the JWs at least marginally known for their commitment to stewardship of the body, while Christians are mostly known for being just as huge and unhealthy as the world? With one out of two Americans being clinically overweight, wouldn’t it be radically countercultural to even ask what God thinks about all the over-processed food-derived substances we’re ingesting while driving and walking so that everything from sidewalks to airplanes have to be made wider to accomodate our ever-increasing girth? To paraphrase the Rev. Jimmy Buffet, some people treat their bodies like temples, but we all treat ours like a tent.

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