The Tulip Driven Life

By: Thomas C. Booher Psalms 1:1, 2 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. The Christian lives in a world of sin. Paul describes this age as the ‘present evil age,’ Gal 1:5. This age is inherently, intrinsically evil. It was not that way from the beginning as we know from Genesis, for God made everything good (Gen 1), and that man himself, the pinnacle of creation (Ps 8:4, 5), evoked the pronouncement of very good (Gen 1:31). There are two ways in which Edenic man was good. In the first place, Adam was good because he bore the image (Gen 1:26, 27) of One in whom goodness pervades every facet and attribute of his being. Secondly, Adam was good because of his role as subduer of the earth. He was good by virtue of his calling to discover and cultivate the potential of creation, to develop sci...

            As a Christian, there have been a few concepts, a few biblical truths, from a sort of meta-story/meta-narrative perspective, that I live my life by. The first came to me over three years ago- the true gospel. The doctrines of grace/Calvinism (how God saves man), which is intimately connected with the gospel, I would distinguish as the second, though by finding the first you find the other. After this you get an impression of the absolute sovereignty of God and His predestining of all things- not just who will and will not be saved- but all things, every little detail. That would be the third- again they are all interconnected. Most reformed people have these on their lists, and an increasing number view life through John Piper’s formula of “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him,” which is explained by changing the conjunction in the Westminster Confession to “Man’s ch...

This is a new blog series I am going to develop over the next few months. It is something that I have had an increasing awareness of and passion for, and I believe its importance for the Christian is far greater than one might imagine. This first post is going to be more of a general overview. Basically, I am going to try and convince you that what I am saying is not merely true biblically, but important. Something very important. Something, perhaps, as important as evangelism itself. First, let's talk about pop culture. I like the way Wikipedia defines it:   Popular culture (commonly known as pop culture) is the totality of ideas , perspectives , attitudes , memes , [1] images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture , especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media , this collec...