Sep 30, 2008

Carson on Five Church Trends

Dr D.A. Carson recently gave a talk at Bethlehem Baptist Church on Friday September 26, 2008 on five trends in the church of today that we need to be aware of. Here are the five trends:
1. It is important to observe contradictory trends.
2. Current evangelical fragments are moving into a new phase -- into polarized "clumps."
3. The most dangerous trends in any age are the trends that most people do not see.
4. There is a trend in our churches to be consumed by social concern.
5. There is a trend in our churches to emphasize discipleship over the gospel.

The more elaborate note can be found here.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Halo Pak Sen,

Salam kenal, saya sudah cukup lama mengikuti blog ini.

Ngomong2, mengenai pendapat D.A. Carson tentang 5 Church Trends, saya bingung pada point yang ke-3 setelah membaca detilnya.
Apakah inti pendapat Carson berbicara tentang harus adanya keseimbangan antara the "latest issue" dan "past issue" dalam gereja?
Sepertinya paragraf 1 dan 3 saling kontradiktif. Bisa minta pendapat Pak Sen?

Thanks. God bless!!

Sen Sendjaya, PhD. said...

Halo Pak Christian, memang scribbles yg dibuat itu tidak lengkap, hanya outline dari sophisticated points yg memang trademark dari Carson.

Tapi kalau saya duga, maksud Carson adalah kita mesti lebih aware dengan current issues yg melanda banyak orang, dan tidak menghabiskan tenaga, waktu, dan pikiran ke issues zaman dahulu. Bagi saya, misalnya isu hari ini adalah bagaimana mengkomunikasikan kebenaran Injil yg absolut ke anak-anak muda usia 18-25 yg sangat postmodern & tidak suka segala yg mutlak, sementara berada ditengah konteks budaya Kristen yg sangat konsumeristik dan pragmatis.

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