I honestly don't understand your concern, Stephen.
I simply don't find any good reason to adopt things from the popular culture that degrade Christianity. I find Scripture and the history of Christianity often portrays separating oneself from the popular culture and attaching oneself to a religious community and its culture.
I honestly don't understand your concern, Stephen.
I simply don't find any good reason to adopt things from the popular culture that degrade Christianity. I find Scripture and the history of Christianity often portrays separating oneself from the popular culture and attaching oneself to a religious community and its culture.
Then we should stop conversing - as I said, I agree with you regarding our Faith standing against cultural corruption (caused by sin).
My ONLY point is that using foreign languages to try and make it better has failed - catastrophically!
And the idea that if we тАШholier than everyone elseтАЩ types just more fervently pray in hocus-pocus foreign tongues society will somehow be evangelized is silly.
One of the main reasons for praying in тАШour ownтАЩ language is that it has a sanctifying effect on the one who prays.
And that, of course, is the goal of our Faith.
And as St.Paul also wrote, we are not to withdraw from the world, but to engage it so as to evangelize it. And he said he was the servant of the тАЬGood NewsтАЭ (he did not write тАЬgospelтАЭ). He communicated the Good News in the everyday language of his hearers. IтАЩm simply advocating for doing that also.
Sorry, everyday language doesn't necessarily educate or inspire. Every field of endeavor has its unique vocabulary. But "gospel" is the everyday word for "euangelion" for most Christians. This conversation could be a Seinfeld episode. It seems to be about nothing!
IтАЩll follow St.PaulтАЩs example and keep using plain American English to communicate the Good News. Saying тАЬgawspelтАЭ doesnтАЩt make it clearer, more profound, nor impressive.
And тАЬmost ChristiansтАЭ
Under 40 do NOT know тАШGospelтАЩ means Good News.
You see, in Britain (East and West) Britglish IS the everyday language. They donтАЩt consider it special. Copying them doesnтАЩt make us special, it just makes us sound pompous.
I honestly don't understand your concern, Stephen.
I simply don't find any good reason to adopt things from the popular culture that degrade Christianity. I find Scripture and the history of Christianity often portrays separating oneself from the popular culture and attaching oneself to a religious community and its culture.
Then we should stop conversing - as I said, I agree with you regarding our Faith standing against cultural corruption (caused by sin).
My ONLY point is that using foreign languages to try and make it better has failed - catastrophically!
And the idea that if we тАШholier than everyone elseтАЩ types just more fervently pray in hocus-pocus foreign tongues society will somehow be evangelized is silly.
One of the main reasons for praying in тАШour ownтАЩ language is that it has a sanctifying effect on the one who prays.
And that, of course, is the goal of our Faith.
And as St.Paul also wrote, we are not to withdraw from the world, but to engage it so as to evangelize it. And he said he was the servant of the тАЬGood NewsтАЭ (he did not write тАЬgospelтАЭ). He communicated the Good News in the everyday language of his hearers. IтАЩm simply advocating for doing that also.
Sorry, everyday language doesn't necessarily educate or inspire. Every field of endeavor has its unique vocabulary. But "gospel" is the everyday word for "euangelion" for most Christians. This conversation could be a Seinfeld episode. It seems to be about nothing!
IтАЩll follow St.PaulтАЩs example and keep using plain American English to communicate the Good News. Saying тАЬgawspelтАЭ doesnтАЩt make it clearer, more profound, nor impressive.
And тАЬmost ChristiansтАЭ
Under 40 do NOT know тАШGospelтАЩ means Good News.
You see, in Britain (East and West) Britglish IS the everyday language. They donтАЩt consider it special. Copying them doesnтАЩt make us special, it just makes us sound pompous.