Summit Ministries

Every day of Summit has given me something new to struggle with. Even in areas I thought I had all figured out. Today challenged my thoughts on the fundamental relationship the Church has with culture. My opinion had always been that the Church and culture were completely separate and that any mixture of the two led to the church being compromised, but that, simply put, isn't the case. J R Kerr very bluntly said that the Church can't impact the world if it focuses on maintaining its own little realm of influence. What the Church should focus on is producing the very best example of everything: arts, music, law, inventions, etc. If the Church would be willing to step up to the plate and exemplify the highest points of culture, our ability to witness would simply be outstanding. But we have chosen to shun the world's culture instead of showing them that their ideas for culture stem from God and not man. So today was a call to me to chose an area of culture and impact it.