Bevans Ch 9
The countercultural model is a dangerous one to embrace, but I believe is also the most important. It embraces the offensive nature of the gospel but recognizes the need to offend for the right reason. The gospel confronts postmodern individualism and points to the life and teachings of Jesus stating, “This is a truth that is foundational to life; believe and be transformed.” It is this transformation that is the greatest tool Christianity has to impact culture. What is scary about it is that “we” as Christians don’t control it, this is because it comes from participating in God’s mission. The countercultural model doesn’t “offend” by standing against culture, but by agreeing with God and standing against the evils that are in culture. I imagine that the hardest aspect of embracing the countercultural model is accepting that the greatest change comes first in the believer, and second in aspects of culture that the believer initially had little interest in.
