http://thenewculture.org/videos/next-rah-1/ helping Christians of different ethnicities to share life and ministry together Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thenewculture.org/videos/next-rah-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Mark Lau Branson Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:36:53 +0000 http://thenewculture.org/?p=1577#comment-1134 These interviews provide a great intro into Rah's book. His articulation of cultural challenges to US churches is important - and his passion for church life is great at a time when our individualism/consumerism undercut that theological key. As he notes, there are many with a romantic idealism about multicultural church life - but it takes skills, patience, humility, and hard work. These interviews provide a great intro into Rah’s book. His articulation of cultural challenges to US churches is important – and his passion for church life is great at a time when our individualism/consumerism undercut that theological key. As he notes, there are many with a romantic idealism about multicultural church life – but it takes skills, patience, humility, and hard work.

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]]> http://thenewculture.org/videos/next-rah-1/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Anonymous Wed, 20 May 2009 13:14:11 +0000 http://thenewculture.org/?p=1577#comment-450 Dr. Rah really hits at the heart of things when he talks about confronting the issues of superficiality in the church. It is something we have proved really good at, but that will totally undermine real reconciliation and healthy, biblical multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-class churches. We're wrestling with this in our community because it is so hard, especially for us white folks, to even acknowledge something outside of our individual experience and intention. I haven't listened to the other interviews yet, but if they are like the book I'm waiting for Dr. Rah to take off the kid gloves and do his prophetic tick-you-off-say-the-hard-thing-and-make-you-want-to-defend-yourself insights that demand a hard and painful look at what exactly in our understanding and practice of "doing church" is Bible and what is culture. If his insights are right, the depth of compromise and captivity is stunningly broad and deeply entrenched. Dr. Rah's insights are not for the faint of heart or the those who want a menu of options to look good, but don't want to do the hard work of confession, repentance, dialogue, and radical structural changes that are needed to walk a new way. Dr. Rah really hits at the heart of things when he talks about confronting the issues of superficiality in the church. It is something we have proved really good at, but that will totally undermine real reconciliation and healthy, biblical multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-class churches. We’re wrestling with this in our community because it is so hard, especially for us white folks, to even acknowledge something outside of our individual experience and intention. I haven’t listened to the other interviews yet, but if they are like the book I’m waiting for Dr. Rah to take off the kid gloves and do his prophetic tick-you-off-say-the-hard-thing-and-make-you-want-to-defend-yourself insights that demand a hard and painful look at what exactly in our understanding and practice of “doing church” is Bible and what is culture. If his insights are right, the depth of compromise and captivity is stunningly broad and deeply entrenched. Dr. Rah’s insights are not for the faint of heart or the those who want a menu of options to look good, but don’t want to do the hard work of confession, repentance, dialogue, and radical structural changes that are needed to walk a new way.

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