Sunday Night we talked through some of the idols that still grip our hearts as people seeking to live out the mission of God together. The first part of the night we looked at I Peter 3.15 and how our lives as people being transformed by the truth of the gospel are to be distinctly different than those without Christ. We then took the rest of the evening and got down and dirty working through some of our sin and how we are living lives that are influenced by something other than the True Story.
We took things like relationships, jobs, time, and $$$ and worked through how those good things can become ultimate things when we are not living according to the True Story. Then, instead of yelling at everyone telling them to be better people we talked through some heart issues of how we could live as people with hope in these situations instead mirroring those who have no hope.
Here are some of the highlights of the conversation:
Our Cultural Idols
Consumerism – How, what and why we buy things.
Materialism – How we view and use the creation.
Individualism – How, why, if and when we engage in relationships.
Moralism – What and why we obey.
Humanism – Who is at the center of the story.
5 Critical Questions for smashing idols and living as people with hope:
1. What is the sin under the sin?
2. What is the kernel of truth?
3. How does the rebellion distort, twist, or pervert that truth?
4. How is the cross good news in this situation?
5. How should we then live?
