{"id":2224,"date":"2016-11-08T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2019-11-26T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:45:35","slug":"live-a-life-that-is-distinct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/staging\/3400\/live-a-life-that-is-distinct\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump or Hilary or Does it Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Trump or Hilary or Does it Matter?\" height=\"122\" width=\"300\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/2nvey-c9070e?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=107&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;pbad=1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>EXPOSE&nbsp; | &nbsp;Yet She Will Thrive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Early Church thrived in the midst of a hostile non-Christian world\u2014not because they were more numerous or more powerful, but because they were both radically distinct and culturally relevant.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Ed Stetzer<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE&nbsp; |&nbsp; The Harder the Better<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certainly, the presidency, not to mention our form of government, matters.&nbsp; As does exercising, with sincerity and understanding, our right to vote.&nbsp; If you&#8217;ve been with me since the beginning of this blog, you know that I&#8217;ve not said one peep about politics.&nbsp; And I&#8217;m not about to.&nbsp; Because when it comes to how we should live, does it really matter who is president, or for that matter, that we even have one?<\/p>\n<p>Not that I&#8217;m in favor of dictatorship, but to Stetzer&#8217;s point above, early church history would indicate that trying circumstances can bring about the best outcomes.&nbsp; If we think loving our neighbor is tough now, all indications point toward it not only becoming even more difficult, but exceedingly fruitful at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The greater the darkness, the more impressionable the light.<\/p>\n<p>Light has such distinction when viewed from darkness.&nbsp; There is contrast.&nbsp; It interrupts nothingness, with something.&nbsp; Something desirable. &nbsp;To be sure, the Light we represent will be most noticeable in the darkening of these Last Days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXECUTE&nbsp; | &nbsp;Be Distinct AND Relevant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come what may, according to Stetzer, distinction and relevance are crucial factors for the church (and, each of us individually) going forward:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Be radically distinct.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Being distinct naturally occurs as long as we remain true.&nbsp; If we are truly a follower of Christ, we&#8217;ll more than take care of the &#8220;radically distinct&#8221; part. &nbsp;In other words, be who we are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>&#8220;In the midst of a society that is growing more and more antagonistic toward Christianity, the first to abandon ship are going to be the ones who never really believed in Jesus anyway&#8230; Nominalism is dying. And I say, \u201cGood riddance.\u201d I, for one, am ready for the gospel to mean the gospel, and for Christians to be known as Christians. People need to see that \u201cChristian\u201d isn\u2019t just a check-box on a questionnaire, but it\u2019s a life changed by the gospel.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211; Stetzer<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Be culturally relevant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">What does it mean to be relevant?&nbsp; Is it to be liked or laughed at?&nbsp; I think it was a coach that once said to us players during training, &#8220;if it don&#8217;t hurt it don&#8217;t count.&#8221;&nbsp; The pain means it&#8217;s working.&nbsp; But more than that, can it be that what makes us relevant is what we value?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>&#8220;Many of our churches stand as visible reminders that we\u2019ve valued our sub-cultures more than the people to whom we\u2019ve been sent, and we\u2019ve refused to change&#8230; People shouldn\u2019t come into our churches and primarily find the culture bizarre. They should find the message of the gospel bizarre.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>We don\u2019t contextualize to minimize the confrontational claims of Christianity, but to maximize them. It\u2019s a matter of putting the gospel into language that our neighbors can hear and understand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>If we aim for being distinct or relevant, we miss out on the heart of Jesus. He embodied both, and He calls His Church to do the same today.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211; Stetzer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vote.&nbsp; Keep calm.&nbsp; Exercise wisdom in all things.&nbsp; And be ready with an account for the hope that is within you (1 Peter 3:15), with appropriate distinction and relevance.<\/p>\n<p>Further reading:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2016\/september\/how-can-church-thrive-in-non-christian-world.html\">how can the church thrive in a non-Christian world?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bLv-2j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/staging\/3400\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Wisdom-in-all-things-leadbox-wisdom-delivered.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Solomon Weekly Email\" width=\"623\" height=\"140\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Early Church thrived in the midst of a hostile non-Christian world\u2014not because they were more numerous or more powerful, but because they were both radically distinct and culturally relevant.&#8221; &#8211; Ed Stetzer\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,9],"tags":[70,202,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-2224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue-29","8":"category-soul","9":"tag-church","10":"tag-ed-stetzer","11":"tag-issue-29","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump or Hilary or Does it Matter? 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