Showing posts with label Bible. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bible. Show all posts

Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Message for New Generations

I'm currently studying the first five books of the Bible. One theme I am learning about is that new generations of people have to hear God's story in different ways. The example is that Deuteronomy basically covers the content that was in Exodus, just in a different way to a new generation of people.

This topic can be a controversial subject. Many Christians believe that God doesn't speak to us anymore, and that we will learn all we need to know about God through timeless, unchanging Scriptures. Public readings of the King James version of the Bible are in order. Other Christians, of the more liberal lens, deconstruct and speak so many cultural and generational insights into Scriptures that one can hardly tell what is the gospel message and what is pop culture.

What do you think? Do different generations of people need to enter into God's story in different ways? If so, how is that done effectively in our modern culture?