The Church of The Center

SYNTHESISTS (above), DUALISTS (paradox), AND CONVERSATIONALISTS (transforming)
IV. I. The Church of the Center
The fundamental problem does not lie between Christ and the world, ..but between God and man. The christ culture problem is approached from this point of view and with this conviction

They agree on certain points
Jesus Christ is the son of God, the Father almighty who created heaven and earth Nature rightly ordered by the One to whom Christ is obedient and unitied… Christ and the world cannot be simply be opposed to each other. Niether can the “world” as culture be simply regarded as realm of godlessness; since is at least founded on the “world” as nature. Characterized by a certain harmony of conviction about the universality and radical nature of sin- Men cannot find in themselves as persons or as communities a holiness which can be possessed.

Common convictin about grace and law that distinguishes them from legalists in any sort. Christians of the center all recognize the primacy of grace and the necessity of works of obedience Cannot separate the works of human culture from the grace of God, for all those works are possible only by grace. But neither can they separate the experience of grace from the cultural activitiy; for how can men love the unseen God in response to His love without serving the visible brother in human society TO SYNTHESISTS DUALISTS AND CONVERSATIONALISTS Terms/vocab

Go to: Christ AboveCulture | Introduction | Part I: The Church of the Center | Part II. The Synthesis of Christ and Culture | Part III. Synthesis in question |