CULTURE PROPHETS -
REVISITED
How Do I Recognize and Die to
Culture Prophecy?
When we think of "culture", we tend to think of things outside
of spiritual life. But our spirituality produces natural
reflections which make a culture of their own—what we could call
a "spiritual culture" (or perhaps religious culture).
This is so for every church inhabited by mortals, even if it is
Spirit-filled. By "natural reflections of spirituality,"
I mean all the things we uniquely engage and which spin off of
our corporate devotion to God. It includes:
This is all culture—perhaps of the most excellent kind—yet still culture, still "the world" by John's definition.
Love for spiritual culture refers to our direct attraction to all the things associated with our worship. Because it is the most excellent kind of culture, spiritual culture is the easiest for devoted believers to be attracted to, the hardest for us to recognize for what it is (especially in Spirit-filled prophetic/worship arts-oriented churches), and the hardest for us to lose our direct love for. Nevertheless, the Scriptures are clear that this too we must "count as loss" (Phil 3:4-8).