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The last twenty years our culture (US) has been moving from what I call a National Park world to a world that can only be described as a Jungle.
Consider The following comparisons:
National Park
• Are neatly laid out
• Predictable and slow to change
• Warn you about dangers animals
• Provide adequate shelter
• National parks change very slowly
• You are entitled to the experience
• National Parks can be traveled alone
• You don’t need a compass or GPS
• When you look up you can see the horizon
• No problem seeing the horizon
• You don’t need a compass
• There are no bottom lines
• People aren’t totally broken
• Christianity is King and Queen
Jungle
• Nothing is neatly laid out
• Nothing is predictable and changes are fast
• Predators are everywhere
• You are on your own for shelter
• Changes from day to day
• You’re not entitled to be there
• No one goes into the Jungle alone
• You have to have a compass or GPS
• When you look up you cant see the sky much less the horizon
• Most people are basically broken
• Values no longer are ultimate or universal
• There is no bottom line
• Christianity is nobody to the culture
What different images does this pull up about the emerging world.
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The National Park Theory
The last twenty years our culture (US) has been moving from what I call a National Park world to a world that can only be described as a Jungle.
Consider The following comparisons:
National Park
• Are neatly laid out
• Predictable and slow to change
• Warn you about dangers animals
• Provide adequate shelter
• National parks change very slowly
• You are entitled to the experience
• National Parks can be traveled alone
• You don’t need a compass or GPS
• When you look up you can see the horizon
• No problem seeing the horizon
• You don’t need a compass
• There are no bottom lines
• People aren’t totally broken
• Christianity is King and Queen
Jungle
• Nothing is neatly laid out
• Nothing is predictable and changes are fast
• Predators are everywhere
• You are on your own for shelter
• Changes from day to day
• You’re not entitled to be there
• No one goes into the Jungle alone
• You have to have a compass or GPS
• When you look up you cant see the sky much less the horizon
• Most people are basically broken
• Values no longer are ultimate or universal
• There is no bottom line
• Christianity is nobody to the culture
What different images does this pull up about the emerging world.
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