Week 9-Bevans, Chapter 9 (The Countercultural Model)

To some individuals, this model may seem like an anticultural model, however I think this model is interested in the conversations within the human context and the context within building community with others. The countercultural model exists to specifically engage human beings with the specific intention of proclaiming the gospel of truth and continuing to understand the culture and it's context. Bevans stated it right when he said the gospel encounters or engages the human context, by its concretization or incarnation in the Christian community, the church. We must be a people of God who desires deeply to engage in any culture and seek the heart of the King and live such lives that people see Christ being proclaimed. Newbigin states in this chapter that the priesthood of all believers has to be exercised in the world. It is in the ordinary secular business of the world that the sacrifices of love and obedience are to be offered to God. We must be willing to be challenged by God and by the culture, but in turn to challenge culture with purpose and excitement for Christ.