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 Tuesday, March 07, 2006

“Crunchy Cons”

Chuck Colson introduced me to this term in his BreakPoint commentary this morning. I like it. I've never owned Birkenstocks (though my aunt lives in them), I don't like granola much, and I don't own a gun, but I do like this idea of rejecting the “consumerist and individualistic mainstream of American life.” American Christianity has been far too influenced by the materialistic, individualistic culture of our country, to the point that is has impacted theological and ethical thinking. Anyone who's attended our church for a while has heard me mention this more than once. I'm still more materialistic and individualistic than I should be, but we're all products of our culture and constantly "unlearning" things we have been taught in favor of a higher Truth. Too often we forget that our culture is controlled by an Enemy that is trying to distract us from the Truth. The tools of that distraction are not just the obvious vices, but also seemingly good things like the "American dream."

Crunchy food for thought.

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