I had studied culture before I met Chuck in various ways academically and a lot of people will point to the root of that word as being cultivate like farming which is exactly there right you culture you get it cultivating. So it's a farming term and it makes you think

of Genesis 1 and 2 as it should. But Chuck also pointed out, you know, the same root word is

behind cult, not the creepy, you know, share all your wives and possessions call but just the idea of

worship and you know that's the culture of the new heavens of new earth is

fundamentally oriented around the worship of God, a singular worship.

So you're right, there's not ideological or cultural diversity

up there in that way.

It is oriented around the worship of God

and everything else lines up from there.

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Hello Outstanding Family, and welcome

to another episode of Outstanding,

where we have critical conversations about the news of the day and the ideas that shape us once again.

I'm your tour guide Joseph back home.

Welcoming you to another exercise in taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

And today we're going to take captive to obedience of Christ the idea of eating pets and geese in the park.

Kind of, as you know, a national debate

has emerged recently over the question

of whether Haitian immigrants are eating pets

in Springfield, Ohio. But more broadly the question is about immigration and culture.

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