6. Jesus wasn’t cultureless. As churches go thru advent season, our hearts and affection turn toward the incarnation. Jesus Himself, the second person of the holy Trinity, entered the world in a culture. The God-man was Jewish. Jesus ate Jewish food, and he attended Jewish wedding feasts.
In Acts 17:26, the apostle Paul explains to the men of Athens a theology of place. God has indeed ordained the era and the place where each of us live. The place we live in and the times we live in are ordained by God so that we would seek Him. In Revelation 5:7, when the apostle John gets a glimpse of heaven (every tribe, tongue, nation and people group), he notices cultural distinctives not as a horrible thing, but as a beautiful thing as they all worship together.
We’re headed to an eternal place that will be diverse culturally and racially. There will be people who love hip-hop, and people who didn’t love hip-hop, people who really like organ music, and people who really do not like organ music, people who think country music is awesome, and people who don’t think country music is awesome.
It will be filled with people who had hymn writer Isaac Watts and hip-hopper Andy Mineo in their iPods.
Chris I love your viewpoints…nice post
Very good article. I really think that Christian rap is a incredible and viable vehicle of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I truly believe that these young men and women can spread the gospel of Jesus Christto people all around the world . As a matter fact, it’s already been done by people like Lecrae, flame, ambassador and truth . I think that the use of the words is so powerful that Christian rap can make such a tremendous impact on the world.