Dr ARB lunch time session

Asia Conference was simply awesome and there's so much learning that can be drawn from it. I will not attempt to post all the stuff here as there's simply too much .I will however, summarise Dr ARB's lunch time session last Sunday as I think not many ppl were there.

As I was doing other stuff, some parts may be missing.

Pst mentioned (I believe from Book of Revelations) that Babylon was a city that had a very strong culture and this culture was very influencial. It influenced other cities such as Rome etc... Babylon then subsequently fell and it was got rid off but its culture stayed on. The analogy was like a tree that was chopped off and though only the stump is left, the roots are still very deep and had influence over the other cities.

As we engage culture.. it is important to identify the purpose. Why are we doing so. In the midst of attaining an influence, like what Pst Kong mentioned abt the 3rd space on opening night, we will definately need to be somewhat rich and famous and have power. Now, the highlight here was this. If your intention was just to get fame money and status, then you are no where near doing cultural mandate. There are many ppl who want to do cross over without carrying the cross PK mentioned last time.. It's true. That's not cultural mandate. It's just wasting everybody's time. It's just giving yourself excuse to get soemthing that you always wanted and that's gold and glory. Not God.....

I was like wow.... More ppl should hear this. When you do cultural mandate, what do u want to achieve? The end results must be that God gets glorified. It's abt bringing the glory of God to earth..