Video [7 minutes]
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The video continues to age well, especially for pastors to learn or remember we are to “plant the gospel” in the areas we live. Planting the gospel makes disciples of Christ Jesus.
Church: Cultural Marxism by Voddie Baucham
Video [1 Hour]
Founders’ Description
Voddie Baucham has spoken of the unbiblical ideology imbedded in Cultural Marxism. In this address, he unpacks Cultural Marxism identifying how it is incompatible with the Christian faith that has once for all been delivered to the saints.
In recent years we have a growing concern about “social justice.” What is meant by that phrase, however, varies widely among those who use and promote it. What is too often missing—even in the calls for “social justice” coming from Christian leaders—is a clear understanding of biblical justice. Justice exists because God is just and righteous. He is the One who defines justice and He has revealed what true justice is in the Bible. For more resources on these topics, you can visit www.founders.org.
This presentation was given by Voddie Baucham on January 3, 2019 at the Southeast Founders "Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly" regional conference in Cape Coral, Florida.
Referenced Topic Links
Antonio Gramsci - 1900’s Italian Marxists
Balint Vazsonyi - Hungarian immigrated to America and author of the book, America’s 30 Years War: Who is Winning?
Frankfurt School - 1900’s Social Theory School
Hegemony - Term to describe how control over another happens
Karl Marx - 1800’s German philosopher, economist, etc. advocated socialistic values and socialist revolution
LAPD Rampart Division - 1960’s Police Division of the Los Angeles Police Department
Church: Who Do You Think You Are? By Joseph M. Stowell at Dallas Theological Seminary
Church: Physical, Digital, or Christian Church?
Fox News published an opinion article entitled “Church as we know it is over. Here's what's next” (blog post photo credit via the link is Shawn Fortune) with the premise stated at the beginning:
Church, as we’ve known it for the past few generations, is over.
Every church you’ve ever attended, or that you drive by on your way to a Sunday sporting event, was built on a physical attendance model that is location-centric.
As a result, church leaders and pastors have spent time every week encouraging, inviting and pleading with people to come to a specific place at a specific time on Sundays. This approach has created church staffing models, systems and ministry strategies focused on improving attendance. It’s also why there is an annual Top 100 list of America’s most-attended churches.
But that way of doing church is dead.
Respectfully, no. Maybe the only thing that is dead are those that misconstrue God’s words and world for their own ends by their own means.
