Christianity with Power
Book Review: "Christianity with Power"Christianity With Power helps us recognize that our cultural inhibits us from experiencing and living the wholeness of our faith. Dr. Kraft helps the reader to comprehend our Western worldview and how it affects our view of the bible.It is interesting (and discouraging) to note that even though we are Christians, our basic assumptions are usually more like those of the non-Christian Westerners around us than we like to admit. We have, as Christians, made certain modifications. But even though there is often a wide discrepancy between the teachings of Scripture and the common Western assumptions...we often find ourselves more Western than scriptural (p 26)Dr. Kraft gives us many examples of our Western worldview, which is important to understa
" The world outside ourselves exist both materially and nonmaterial. nd and be aware of so we can change if need be. Instead of fearing change we should step out of our "comfort zone" and embrace it. Kraft explains this further, Yet Westerns tend to be much more hesitant when it comes to change in religious ideas or allegiances. In other areas of the Western world, the scientific world, change is happening constantly. There are many other cultures around the world that hold on to the supernatural world very closely, like in Africa. Kraft covers that helps us to have accurate view of ourselves. He covers terms in chapter two, which is explaining reality and how we analysis what we perceive. But an unthinking, culturally inculcated commitment to mere religious traditions is shown over and over again in the Bible to keep people form God's best (p 34). Kraft explains is "The two-realities Position. We live in a world where people are starving for power. "It is technically referred to as critical realism.
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