Issues, Etc. Faithful Ministry in a Post-Christian Culture – Dr. Lucas Woodford, 2/3/26 (0342)
Feb 3, 2026
Dr. Lucas Woodford, president of the Minnesota South District of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and co-author of The Culture of God’s Word, discusses standing on Scripture rather than chasing cultural relevance. He explores Acts as a mission model, the church as a transcendent community, vocation-driven influence in society, worship and catechesis as soil for growth, and how to live counterculturally in a post-Christian age.
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Stand On The Word, Not Fads
- Be the church by standing on the truth of God's Word rather than mimicking cultural fads.
- Speak in understandable language but avoid modeling church practices on passing cultural trends.
Word Sowing Grows A Transcendent Culture
- Where God's Word is sown, its transcendent culture grows and shapes people across differences.
- Culture here means the social environment that speech, norms, and symbols form around people.
Acculturate People Into God's Kingdom
- The culture of the Word is the life enacted by God's living, creative Word that acculturates people into God's kingdom.
- Mission aims to acculturate people to the Word rather than adapt the Word to worldly culture.
