So you wanna talk about culture?

Stott keenly notes, “It is better to forgo some experiences this life offers in order to enter the life which is life indeed; it is better to accept some cultural amputation in this world than risk final destruction in the next. Of course this teaching runs clean counter to modern standards of permissiveness. It is based on the principle that eternity is more important than time and purity than culture, and that any sacrifice is worth while in this life if it is necessary to ensure our entry into the next. We have to decide, quite simply, whether to live for this world or the next, whether to follow the crowd or Jesus Christ” (John Stott commenting on Matthew 5:27-30 in The Message of the Sermon on the Mount, 91).
1 Comments:
Great post Paul. It is so difficult to have balance in this arena of life and ministry...
I watched Piper's DVD on Tyndale today. It was very insightful. I'm interested how his national conference goes with such a wide variety of speakers (Above All Earthly Powers)...
Have a good night
CK
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