For at least 10 years, in one form or another, I have posted the Christ and Culture Survey on the internet. Over those years a few people have written to tell me that they have used it in a class they taught on Christ and Culture.

Now I have put the Christ and Culture survey in paper form (or at least in PDF form) so I can make this available as a teaching resource on Christ and Culture. I hope you will find this useful and insightful.

Having read Niebuhr’s book is not a requirement for this Bible study. This is a great Bible study for adults, men, women, youth and even the entire family.

This Bible study worksheet includes:

• Suggestions for teacher including Bible study lesson plans for a one-week, three-week, six-week or nine-week class
• The survey itself
• A brief description of the different perspectives and examples for each
• Some questions designed to foster a discussion on Christ and culture

All I ask is that you purchase the rights to print this document:

• $5 for up to ten copies, good for six months.
• $20 for up to 50 copies, good for six months.

This fee will grant you the right to make copies until you reach the maximum number of copies or until six months from the date of purchase- whichever comes first.

You can purchase the Bible study here.

DavidZimm posted a photo:

If I had a dime for every time a hunter told me that their church is communing with nature when they go hunting, I could have personally financed this Bible. As you see in the photo, this is the Mossy Oak bible- marketed towards outdoorsmen. It is an example of Christ Above Culture for its use of popular culture to promote Christ.
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The other day I found this example of Christ and Culture: The History Of The Vacation Examined : NPR.

Bible study worksheets are a great way to get people involved in a Bible study.

For one, good Bible study worksheets help the members of the Bible study retain what they’ve learned. It’s almost cliche to say that different people learn in different ways. Some people are visual learners while others learn by doing. Sometimes people learn by hearing. Many Bible studies are only vocal exercises- where people talk about the topic. This can easily exclude members of the Bible studies who do not learn by hearing. Worksheets can help overcome this limitation by giving people something to look at while they are listening to the discussion. Worksheets also give people something to do while they listen to the discussion.

Another reason Bible study worksheets help is because it keeps the group on topic. Have you ever been to a Bible study where the group- or a particularly dominant member- kept dragging the group on topic. Worksheets can help prevent such frustrating distractions by giving the leader something to appeal to in order to get the Bible study back on track- even if it is a simple statement like, “What does the next question on the worksheet ask?”

Sometimes worksheets can make a Bible study seem more like a class. A poor way of using a Bible study worksheet is to approach it as a list of tasks to be accomplished. A good Bible study leader can take the worksheet and use it to foster discussion. With confidence the leader can use the worksheet as a tool to learn, even diverging from the exact questions of the worksheet as the group’s productive discussion moves in another direction.

Because Bible study worksheets can be a great tool for those who are teaching a Bible study, I have written the Christ and Culture Survey into a worksheet. In it the group will answer some questions about how they feel about Christ and culture and the survey will place them into one of Niebuhr’s five categories. After reading what the worksheet says about these five categories, the Bible study worksheet contains a few discussion questions.

I have lead this Bible study with adults and youth. It is appropriate for both men and as a women’s Bible study. In fact, the more diverse the group of people, the more everyone will get out of this Bible study.

You can take the online version of the Christ and Culture Survey to see where you might fit into Niebuhr’s categories, as a sample of the contents of this Bible study.

You can purchase this Bible study using PayPal.

I write a lot about justification in this blog (okay, I haven’t in a while but I like to- at least that’s my justification. A friend of mine writes a lot about writing and this time he wrote about how important it is to take criticism as a writer.

This is true whether or not you are a writer.

Knowing we have been justified by Christ and his work helps us take criticism. When I have the hardest time listening to criticism, its because I am forgetting about the justifying work of Christ on my behalf.

Bill points out, in his article, that you can’t be an effective writer unless you take good criticism. Isn’t that true about life as well? Criticism helps us see our flaws and sins- so why do we resist it so? This is why justification is so important.