Council for Christian College and Universities

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Council for Christian College and
Universities 2006 Technology Conference Tools
of Engagement
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If you could live forever, would you and why?
I would not live forever, because we should not
live forever, because if we were supposed to
live forever, then we would live forever, but
we cannot live forever, which is why I would not
live forever. ---Miss Alabama (1994 Miss
USA contest)
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Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving
kids all over the world, I cant help but cry. .
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I mean Id love to be skinny like that but not
with all those flies and death and
stuff. --Mariah Carey
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Smoking kills. And if youre killed youve
lost a very important part of your
life. --Brooke Shields
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Its boring. We walked out after, like, one
minute. Paris Hilton on The Passion of the
Christ (Entertainment Weekly, June 11, 2004)
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I. The Elements of Contemporary Culture
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Major Influences In an Adolescents Life
1960s
1980s
Today

• Family
• School
• Friends
• Church
• Other

• Friends
• Family
• Media
• School
• Church

• Media
• Friends
• Family
• School
• Other

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The Cultural Landscape
Popular Culture
Popular Culture
Local Culture
Elite Culture
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II. The Influence of Popular Culture
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Will and Grace, WWE Smackdown, Eminem, and
Madonna have more to do with the direction of our
culture than all of Congress. Bill
Wichterman Policy advisor to Senate
Majority leader Bill Frist
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More theology is conveyed in, and probably
retained from one hour of popular television,
than from all the sermons that are delivered on
any given weekend in Americas synagogues,
churches and mosques. Phyllis
Tickle Publishers Weekly God-Talk in
America
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Kate Bosworth
My faith is "... just a really incredible state
of mind. It's just a beautiful place to try and
be at. It's basically about constantly growing
and making yourself a better person and focusing
on what you want for yourself and the world and
really putting it out there. It's amazing."
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Brian Head Welch
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III. The Christian and Culture
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Three Approaches
WITHDRAW
Offended by Culture
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Three Approaches
WITHDRAW
Offended by Culture
ASSIMILATE
Delighted by Culture
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Three Approaches
WITHDRAW
Offended by Culture
ASSIMILATE
Delighted by Culture
Distressed by Culture
ENGAGE
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1 Corinthians 919-23
  19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make
myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as
possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to
win the Jews. To those under the law I became
like one under the law (though I myself am not
under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21To those not having the law I became like one
not having the law (though I am not free from
God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to
win those not having the law.
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1 Corinthians 919-23
  19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make
myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as
possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to
win the Jews. To those under the law I became
like one under the law (though I myself am not
under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21To those not having the law I became like one
not having the law (though I am not free from
God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to
win those not having the law.
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  22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I
have become all things to all men so that by all
possible means I might save some. 23I do all this
for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in
its blessings.
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Council for Christian College and
Universities 2006 Technology Conference Tools
of Engagement
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