Monday, November 07, 2005
Paris burning
This is deeply disturbing, as it suggests to me that a very deep fault in European culture is beginning to slip. Insofar as many of these minorities are likely of Islamic background, it supports Gideon Strauss's contention that two of the five top issues for God's people at this moment in history are modern liberalism and Salafiyyah Islam.
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I find that thought-provoking, Justin: how do you think can we be outwardly Christian? (Would that we could have worn yarmulkes and twisty sideburns - that would have rocked!)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Justin. Problem is, we cannot simply adopt liturgy or disciplines and have them be associated with Christianity. The "high" churches already have both, have had for centuries / millenia, but they are not seen as being typical of Christians by most of the world. Even if we low-church evangelicals chose to adopt them, it would be congregation by congregation and never have the weight of historical practice that Ramadan has for all Muslims. It's hard to know how to fix the perceived superficiality of at least American Christianity. It would seem to require an actual revival of actual depth of practice across some large and visible part of the Church.
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