The Paradigm

Our culture has subconsciously conditioned us to accept three things when it comes to viewing life. First, the culture we are born into is the lens through which we must interpret life. Second, the culture of the world is the second one we must embrace in order to make sense of the one we are born into. And last but not least, the culture of our faith—Christianity—should be little more than an accent to the first two cultures. The majority of people tend to live like this, operating according to those first two cultures and only seeing their faith culture as an afterthought. And we have fallen in line with the majority mindset, even though the majority is walking in sin.

We need to understand that our first culture is not one of race, economics, or national origin—it’s one of Christ. We refer to that culture not as Christianity, but as CHRISTianity. The term CHRISTianity is an intentionally new one, but one rooted in the faith. It emphasizes CHRIST instead of a religious system we have created, exploring the timeless truth of Scripture highlighted through the Great Commission of Christ, Peter’s statements about being a chosen race, and a smattering of other verses. Pulled together, we find a new —but also very old—world view that can radically change the way we view and live life.

First culture CHRISTianity breaks the mold of the American paradigm that has so adamantly and predominantly pressed its way into the body of Christ. Just as our culture has ingrained its values in us, to live out first culture CHRISTianity, we must do three very different things. First, we must accept CHRISTianity as a literal race. Second, we must come to believe this race has its own and primary culture. Then third, we must view each other through the lens of Christ. So whether you are African American, Hispanic, European American, Asian, or another of the world’s many races, you are primarily defined by the chosen race of CHRISTianity. Everything else becomes a secondary means through which we exalt Christ’s life, death, resurrection, and Word. Our generational disobedience to this truth has the world marveling at the lack of love we have for one another. They are certainly not saying, “Man, they must be Christ’s disciples.”

What began as a vision to see the world through the lens of Christ on October 20th 2007, has exploded into an underground movement. It’s a movement that’s infiltrating this vision of Christ into the culture. We choose to stand together, proclaiming nothing but Jesus Christ crucified. We would rather be biblical and live as one for maximum global impact exalting Christ, rather than cling to our own cultures and live divided for limited global impact. The revolution is rising, and it starts with you.