5. WHO ARE WE SEEKING TO ENGAGE? Materialistic Consumerist Experiential Visual Tribal Communal Pluralistic Participatory Optimistic Naive Conservative Fickle Digital
7. WHAT IS THE CONTEXT? Postmodernism Western Church Australia -Prosperity -Debt -Hedonism -Dislocation -Depression -Meaning -Spirituality Local
8. PRINCIPLES OF BIBLE ENGAGEMENT PERSONAL RELATIONAL CONVERSATIONAL EXPERIENTIAL INCARNATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAL WHOLISTIC INCLUSIVE CREATIVE ORGANIC
9. Old Thinking Old Behavior New Thinking Old Behavior New Thinking New Behavior acting our way into a new way of thinking acting our way into a new way of thinking thinking our way into a new way of acting Hebrew Concept of Knowledge (right acting leads to right thinking) -action/reflection -embodiment -mentoring -modeling Greek Concept of Knowledge (right thinking leads to right acting) -the academy -information/ideas -conferences -books From “The Forgotten Ways”, by Alan Hirsch. Brazos Press. 2006