Christian social teaching more than anything else insists that we are one family; it calls us to overcome barriers of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, economic status, and nationality. We are all one in Christ Jesus (cf. Gal 3:28) – beyond our differences and boundaries.

A Revolutionary Thought

God spoke at creation "let there be light" the Hebrew for light means spoken into exsistance. God spoke and it was done. Our bible is the written story of the spoken words and actual events that happened between God and God's people over a specified period of time.

Not that we preach the bible but we preach the God/the Christ of the Bible

We preach the power of God when we encounter it .
We preach the power behine the bible.

We preach the voice we here from God The aim of preaching is to bring the written story to life. The oral transmission of God's word is:

From: God who spoke
To: Gods people who heard it
From: God's people who wrote it
To: the bible, the written word
From: the bible, the written word
To: the preacher who reads
From: the preacher, who speaks/proclaims

To: Gods people who hears it. Hear and do the word of GodShakespear in Startford-on-Avon Stated "The book became real. A play is never a play until its done on stage-spoken. The word is not the word until its heard.

In this post modern world preaching has to be adapted. As cultural/enviorments change way of communicating must change. Audiences learn to listen differently which means speakers "learn " to speak differently. Paul had to speak differently in Athens then in Antioch Acts17:16

So through the centuries preaching has been adapted. Question: Can I adapt my preaching without damaging the integrity of the gospel. By the power of the Holy Sprit, the preacher through the sermon restores the written word of God to it's orginal oral form

I appeal to all to be convinced of the seriousness of the moment, to fulfill your commitment by the way you live, by the use of your resources, by your civic activity, by contributing to economic and political decisions, and by personal involvement in national and international undertakings.

Legislation is necessary, but it is not sufficient for setting up true relationships of justice and equality… If, beyond legal rules, there is really no deeper feeling of respect for and service to others, then even equality before the law can serve as an alibi for flagrant discrimination, continued exploitation and actual contempt. Without a renewed education in solidarity, an overemphasis on equality can give rise to an individualism in which each one claims his own rights without wishing to be answerable for the common good.

In the christian tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political process is a moral obligation. All believers are called to faithful citizenship, to become informed, active, and responsible participants in the political process.