Sermon Central
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Looking At Our (Cultural) Lenses
Contributed by Scott Berry on Aug 27, 2020 (message contributor)
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1. Individualism
Contributed on Aug 27, 2020
Have you ever thought about why you think the way you do? What are the cultural lenses that you are looking through? Let us think about the water we are swimming in.
Rom 12: 9 – 21 Looking at our lenses: Individualism (Have you spotted consumeristic thinking in yourself this week?) Individualism is the social outlook that stresses independence and self-reliance. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires, while opposing external ...read more
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2. Have You Had Enough Of Being A Consumer?
Contributed on Aug 27, 2020
We all have lenses we look through but when was the last time we stopped to look at our lenses?
We all have lenses we look through – modern, western world is consumerism and individualism, it hasn’t always been this way. Consumerism is the underlying modern mindset So what is consumerism ? Consumerism is the equation of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material ...read more
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3. Busyness
Contributed on Aug 27, 2020
Are you tired of being busy? Do you think Jesus might have a better way for you to live?
cultural lenses – individualism and consumerism – now busyness Becomes a badge of honour - boast disguised as a complaint. response is a kind of congratulation: “That’s a good problem to have,” or “Better than the opposite.” Do we want to live like this; it’s something we collectively force one ...read more