Flanders: The Church

When World-views Collide

This semester at the Movement Campus Church, we have been comparing and contrasting two ideological world views, both within the context of Christianity. A world-view is simply defined as the context or way in which an individual sees the world. The first, what we call a NonChristian Christian world-view, is an ideology developed by secular people to define and redefine Christianity for the mainstream conception and consumption. In contrast, we are studying a Biblical world-view, an ideology developed by first century men writing under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, to define Christianity from generation to generation, unaffected by cultural shifts or changes.

Representing the two conflicting ideas are the gospel of Flanders, preached by the writers of the Fox sitcom "the Simpsons" which has been redefining all aspects of Christianity since 1987. In comparison we find the Epistle to the Hebrews, writer unknown, which defined all aspects of Christianity since the mid first century A.D., when it proclaimed,"Jesus Christ- the same yesterday, today, and forever."

In the past two weeks we examined the Christ found in the gospel of Flanders vs. the Christ presented in the Hebraic epistle. Christ therefore being the Good Shepherd, in the second week we studied the role and the responsibilities of the shepherds (the ministry) in religion, the relationship between God and man. This week we will study the relationship of the husband to the wife, as the war of words focuses in on the bride of Christ, His church.

Please join us on Sunday September 26th, at 1pm in the Krannert Auditorium for an hour of Campus worship.