2011-01-06T15:25:45-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/cultural/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/3166 2011-01-06T15:25:45-05:00 Best person to ask about the cultural trends of the last 10 years is a culture watcher. Here's Andy Crouch on Ten Most Significant Cultural Trends of the Last Decade. Plus technical changes in the last 10 years. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2390 2010-08-18T06:51:00-05:00 Researcher and author Nicholas Carr has written extensively about the way the Web is rewiring our brains so that we cannot concentrate on longer-lasting tasks such as reading a book. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/facing-the-challenge.php 2010-08-07T15:54:36-05:00 These acclaimed group-study courses are available as free downloads, or by post. Although intended for group study and discussion, you can also use them for personal study. The course ‘Facing the Challenge of our Times’ is thoroughly biblical in outlook and demonstrates how we are mandated to relate to the culture around us. Other courses cover TV, other faiths, and relating to a hostile world. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/foreign-to-familiar.php 2010-08-07T15:53:32-05:00 Weather shapes our different national cultures more than we realise. A cross-cultural worker with wide experience, Lanier explains the vital differences between hot- and cold-climate cultures. This is not just of passing interest, because it dramatically affects how we communicate the gospel within different cultures. In a cold-climate culture, social life is lived primarily within the home. In a hot-climate culture, community life and relationships are conducted outside. Hot-climate cultures are far more relational, much less task-oriented. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/culture-making-recovering-our-creative-calling.php 2010-08-07T15:52:25-05:00 Crouch is a leading Christian analysist of culture, and in this ground-breaking book explains what culture is, how to understand it, and then how Christians can ‘make culture’. He gives believers tools for cultivating and creating culture by helping us to make sense of the world around us. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/total-truth-liberating-christianity-from-its-cultural-captivity.php 2010-08-07T15:50:09-05:00 Pearcey brings remarkable scholarship and perceptive insights to this vital book. She demonstrates the importance of worldview; how different worldviews have impacted Christians and the proclamation of the Gospel; and how we have often yielded ground to secular worldviews because we have not attempted to understand them. http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/896/02-2008?pg=all 2008-04-10T15:17:14-05:00 The Church has a word for the world about our Lord Jesus Christ; however, we must work on making it contextually relevant and culturally comprehensible