8 Deep Transformation Recovering Catechesis
Taken from Deep Church Rising
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8
Deep Transformation
Recovering Catechesis
Deep Church: On Recovering the Gospel
Deep Church Rising
Recovering the Roots of Christian Orthodoxy
“Do not let the world squeeze you into its mold”
The gospel is about communal and individual transformation: a community- the church-being
conformed to the image of Jesus, becoming more human. But Paul warns the Christians in
Rome not to be “conformed to this world” (Rom 12:2) or, in the words of J. B. Phillips, not to
let the world “squeeze you into its mold.” Yet the world is constantly shaping us with its
values, beliefs, priorities, and practices. All day every day we are exposed to a constant flow
of formative inputs and often we are oblivious to it for it is the very air we breathe…
Taken from Deep Church Rising by Andrew G. Walker and Robin A. Parry