tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1947901379747786830.post5010124522575144350..comments2023-10-26T06:23:50.429-04:00Comments on LEGATO...: The Decline of America and the Role of the ChurchJohn Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09478736012410782324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1947901379747786830.post-5008101937483568862016-07-13T11:15:39.858-04:002016-07-13T11:15:39.858-04:00Timmy. The Cultural Mandate begins in Genesis 1:26...Timmy. The Cultural Mandate begins in Genesis 1:26-28, and then grows through the language of the Covenants until it finds fullest expression in the Great Commission. These are not two different mandates, but bookends, if you will, of the same doctrine. If you wish to see a full treatment of the matter, see the book to the right of this reply, The Road From Eden. Thanks. John Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478736012410782324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1947901379747786830.post-28172920774756074302016-07-10T16:59:28.706-04:002016-07-10T16:59:28.706-04:00I'm still waiting for someone to show me from ...I'm still waiting for someone to show me from scripture this cultural mandate you speak of. I know we are to make disciples, but that is for the Kingdom of heaven, not the culture. I have written on the reality that the more we focus on the culture, in saving it??? or whatever transforming presence is put forth, the more the church becomes like the culture. So punt this aspect.<br /><br />The reason this country was anything close to being Christian in its beginning was not because Christians set out to make it Christian, they set out to be the church.Timmy Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702382111658645831noreply@blogger.com