three cultures – three futures. part 3 bringing the twin wars together session 3.14 connecting the...
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Three Cultures – Three Futures
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Part 3 Bringing the Twin Wars Together
• Session 3.14 Connecting the Two Wars!
• Session 3.15 A Clash of Narratives
• Session 3.16 Three Cultures – Three Futures
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Outline
• Religious Narrative and Free Societies
• The Third Way: Freedom an Alternative to Anarchy and Tyranny
• People Are Hardwired for Freedom
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Religious Narrative and Free Societies
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Narratives Define the ProblemWorld-view
Perspective Nature of Conflict
Solve Problem Blind Spot
Atheis
m
Secularism Secularism vs. Religious Fundamentalism
Freedom FROM Religion
It was Judeo-Christian Theism that created freedom and pluralism
Monotheistic
Islam
Jihad Islam vs. Infidels: Atheism, Judaism, Christianity
Tyranny of Religion
Denial of being hardwired for freedom
Moderates Radical Islam and Secularism
Freedom OF Religion
Need to aggressively speak against Jihad
Christia
n dua
lism
Evangelical Gnosticism
Spiritual Warfare Pray Privatized faith; disconnect from culture
Biblica
l Theism
Biblical Theism
With anarchy of Secularism and tyranny of Jihadism
PrayState defend freedom OF religion; church evangelize and disciple nations
Know the truth; but what about doing the truth?
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Three Cultures – Three Futures
• Freedom – Judeo-Christian Theism
• Anarchy – Atheism / Neo-paganism
• Tyranny – Atheism – Survival of the fittest!– Jihadism – Surrender under the sword!
• Question: Which future do you want?
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The Third Way:
Freedom an Alternative to Anarchy and Tyranny
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The Third Alternative
• Bill Burtness• 25 Years with YWAM• U of N School of Gov. • Lecturer in Bible and
Government
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Who Is Sovereign?
• Question: What are the three major options for sovereignty?
• Three options:– God is Sovereign– Man is Sovereign– The State is Sovereign
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Three Forms of Government
• God is Sovereign - Freedom
• Man is Sovereign - Anarchy
• The State is Sovereign - Tyranny
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Three Forms of Government• The Individual is Sovereign
– Anarchy (Judges 21: 25)• No internal or external government• Absolute “freedom” – license• “Freedom” to do wrong• The individual is slave to his/her own appetites
• The State is Sovereign– Tyranny of the State
• External government• Absolute control• No freedom• The individual is slave to the state
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The State Is Sovereign
The State
ChurchFamily State
Tyranny
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Three Forms of Government
• God is Sovereign
• Internal Self-Government– Voluntary obedience to God’s Laws (Matt.
26: 20) leads to FREEDOM– Freedom without anarchy– Order without tyranny
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God Is Sovereign
God
Individual
ChurchFamily State
Internal self-government
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Anarchy – Tyranny Scale
(FREEDOM)
Man is sovereign
Anarchy
State is sovereign
Tyranny
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GovernanceG
over
nanc
e
Ext
erna
l
Inte
rnal
Universe’s Order
TyrannyState (arbitrary absolutes)StalinismMao Fascism/CommunismJihadismTalibanTheocracy
MORAL AMORAL
freedom license
anarchy
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Three Forms of Government
• God is Sovereign – Freedom – Constitutional Republic
• Man is Sovereign – Anarchy - Libertarianism
• The State is Sovereign – Tyranny – Statism, Fascism/Communism, Jihadism
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Hardwired for Freedom
• Read– Set # 1: Genesis 2: 15-17; 3: 1-7– Set # 2: Deu. 4: 3-8; 28: 1-2; 30: 11-20– Set # 3: John 8: 32-36; Romans 6: 18-22
• Questions:– What do these passages reveal about human
beings being hardwired for freedom?– When are we most free?
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Where does societal change come from?
• Questions:– From the “outside in” or the “inside out”?– Why?– What governmental systems provide for each
answer?
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Where does change come from?
• External to internal– Statism, Fascism /Communism– Jihadism
• Internal to external– Constitutional Republic
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The Human Condition
• Atheism assumes that man is good; it is institutions that are evil.
• Read – Set # 1 Genesis 3: 1-7; 6: 5-6; Gal. 3: 22– Set # 2 Eccl. 7: 20; Romans 1: 28-32; 3: 23– Set # 3 Psalm 14: 1-4; Is. 6: 1-5; John 1: 8-10
• What do these tell us about the condition of the human heart?
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The Human Condition
“But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And
who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Gulag Archipelago
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The Human Condition
“Everyone thinks of changing the
world, but no one thinks of changing
himself.”
Leo Tolstoy(un-sourced)
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What is the solution?
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What Is the Solution?
“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. …”
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Freedom – Our Driving Vision
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. …You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Apostle Paul
Galatians 5: 1, 13-14
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Freedom – Our Driving Vision
“Liberty is not the power of doing what
we like, but the right of being able to do what
we ought.”
Lord Acton
British Statesman
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What will the future hold?
• What will the future hold?
• Will you be a dualistic Christian or a Kingdom Christian?
• How will you engage in each of these clashes to captivate Atheists and Muslims?