NextGenKent

A reaction to, The Culturally Savvy Christian, by Dick Staub. Dick Staub does a great service to us in several ways with this piece of work. Not only does he layout the cultural agenda of our day (in a Thesaurus-like manner), he attacks it with spiritual fervor and gives the weaponry needed. Boy can this man write! For a 200 page book, Staub weighs in with an impressive bibliography at seventeen pages. I was inspired to do a Christmas sermon series based on his “Ten Truths You Need to Know About God’s Presence”. He pulls lyrics straight from the ever beloved Christmas hymn, “Joy To The World” and teaches its theology as his main points. This is something I wonder if Pastors could get back to doing with not just the hymns but praise songs in general—an explaining of what we sing and why we sing it. Couple that with how we can sing it best and it is poised for great joy! Several of his introductory quote pull-outs left me several times putting the book down to sip and ponder. I ...