Shebu John, from the TGCA Victoria network committee sat down with Sam Allberry and Stephen McAlpine to discuss a truth of the Christian faith that shapes everything in life: the doctrine of being in Christ/union with Christ.
Secularism tends to make people selfish and individualistic. Religion and morality in general tend to make people tribal and self–righteous toward other groups... But the gospel of grace, centred on a man dying for us while we were his enemies, removes self–righteousness and selfishness and turns its members to serve others
Is there a warning here that a midlife plateau, if not addressed, will naturally lead to something more serious? What might it take to disrupt this cycle, to refocus and renew our discipleship for the next chapter?
We believe that every expression of Christianity is necessarily and rightly contextualised, to some degree, to particular human culture; there is no such thing as a universal ahistorical expression of Christianity. But we never want to be so affected by our culture that we compromise gospel truths.
Can politics and faith mix? Dan Anderson talks us through how he sees the gospel of Jesus shaping our engagement with political life.
