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.