"To Be or Not to Be:The Church and the Culture "

Listen as Bob Waldrep, the State Director for Watchman Fellowship of Alabama speaks on Cultural Trends and Evanglism in the 21st Century.  This is part Three of a Six part series. 
Topics covered in this segment include:

History of the New Age - The Mind Science Religions
* 1847 Phineas Parkhurst Quimby
* 1879 Mary Baker Eddy
* 1889 Charles and Myrtle Fillmore

History of the New Age – The Rise of Eastern Spirituality
* 1968 Beatles invited to India and met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi the founder of Transcendental Meditation
* 1977 George Lucas - Star Wars
* 1980s Shirley MacLaine - reincarnation
* 1993 Deepak Chopra
* 2001 John Edwards

Should the Church Respond to the Culture?
* What is the “spiritual? discussion being held in today’s marketplace of ideas?
* What are the “big? questions that are being asked?
* Why are people asking questions, or seeking “spiritual? answers?
* If we are going to enter into this conversation, about the counterfeit, what must we know?
* Oprah Wynfrey

Roots of the New Age Spirituality can be found in Genesis 3:1-6
 
The series is presented on Sunday nights at Springville Road Community Church and begins at 6:30 PM.

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Text: Hebrews 3:1-6

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To be in the house is not to just be someone who comes to a building regularly, but to be someone who is one of God's people, in the family of God, one who is born again. We need to ask ourselves: Are we in the house of the Lord?

1) Jesus is greater (than Moses and any other) because he is over the house (builder of the house (see vs. 4)) This is in contrast to Moses who was a servant in the house.

Moses was a faithful Therapon in the House! Looking at the greek word used for servant we see that  "servant" -the word is not doulos but therapon.  Whereas doulos describes one in bondage as a slave or servant; therapon carries the meaning of a voluntary servant who acts because of affection or devotion.  Therapon emphasizes an office which was honorable and dignified.

As Wayne Barber puts it - “Therapon denotes the willing service rendered as well as the relationship between the one serving and the one he serves.? 


2) Are You in the House?

 a) If so then you will stay the course of Confidence - The word confidence is a speaking term.  In other words, one who is in the house will continue to speak with confidence about Christ, especially during times of persecution! 

b) You will stay the course of boasting - the word boast means to rejoice over a privilege or possession.

“But he who boasts is to boast in the Lord.?  II Corinthians 10:17

Final thoughts - The Builder (Jesus Christ) is building a Mansion for the Redeemed in Glory!