Recently, Theologian Dr. Darrell Bock gave a seminar to church leaders and pastors on engaging the culture and cultural intelligence. Slides from his presentation were posted on social media and, at face value, the verbiage is... problematic. Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein are joined by Reverend Dr. Tom Barnes to discuss why this is concerning and to break down what we can and should do about it.

Full Disclosure: None of the three were at the event, so this commentary is meant to be directed towards the public-facing verbiage that could either a) be easily misconstrued, b) be misremembered in our current culture moment by people in attendance and applied using definitions based on critical theory rather than a biblical worldview, and/or c) were taught poorly in the first place and no explanation or nuance would make it better.

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➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️

00:00 Introduction

05:11 Breaking Down the Slides

07:06 Embrace Empathy and Compassion?

20:31 Embrace Listening and Another's Story?

28:50 Avoid Zero-Sum Tribal Thinking?

36:23 The Gospel Offers Hope, Of course... AND

39:53 Are People REALLY the goal?

44:45 Satan's Goal is to Divide Us However He Can?

This Bad Cultural Advice Will Hurt Christians — A Biblical Response