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Christians often view culture as either a worthless distraction from spiritual matters like evangelism, prayer, and our relationship with God or as something that is basically neutral and which Christians can consume unthinkingly.

Against all this, David Hegeman argues that salvation is comprehensive. Salvation does not just include changing one's beliefs about God, but involves the restoration of human individuals in all their interests, talents, and beliefs. Jesus is in the process of saving Christian culture, not of helicoptering believers out of it.

Theologically balanced, this book provides a positive, clear, and colorful introduction to this much debated topic.

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December 18, 2007
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Many Christians are beginning to recognize that in the absence of a godly culture our civilization will continue its free fall, no matter political they get. But when modern believers address culture, it appears they do little more than criticize Hollywood while doing "Christian" MTV. David Hegeman's approach is refreshingly different. He maps out a positive theology of culture building rooted in Creation and extending into the New Jerusalem. His wonderful little book, based on sound Biblical exegesis, presents a compelling case for why and how we should build a culture that magnifies God and ennobles men. --David Ayers, Chair of Social Sciences, Grove City College

Romantic naturalists and pragmatic city dwellers alike must grapple with God's call to create culture. Plowing provides biblical purpose as many of us grapple with our paradoxical desires to be both farmer and technologist. Hegeman's artistic language, engaging examples, and thoughtful reasoning make for fruitful reading; he offers joyful expectancy to all faithful and hard-working servants of the Lord. ---Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. President, National Home Education Research Institute

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David Hegeman resides in Newburg, Oregon, with his wife and four children. He studied art history at the University of Pittsburgh and Oberlin College. He works as a librarian and enjoys watercolor painting. He is a member of the OPC.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canon Press; 2nd edition (December 18, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591280494
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591280491
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.67 x 0.29 x 9.67 inches

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Michael Hansen

We need more of this in American Christianity

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2013

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What I love most about this book, in spite of its brevity, is its scope. Hegeman does a phenomenal job of capturing the broadness of the the claims of the Christian faith. Although the message of the Gospel surely intends to capture the hearts and minds of individual persons, it was never intended to stop their. The Gospel is a message that the messiah has come and vanquished his foes and has set up his kingdom which is now expanding in the world. Hegeman shows how the advance of this proclamation throughout the world necessarily impacts all aspects of life and culture. Christians therefore should be a people of keen cultural involvement and advancement.

To put it shortly, the sacred/secular boundary runs thin when we realize that the Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Furthermore, the fact that the Father has given all things over to the Son who has in turn given all to the church is an astounding reality.

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D. Snoke

Says you can take it with you, after all

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2012

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There are some good points in this book, which is basically a more theologically conservative version of the same argument that Andy Crouch makes in "Culture Making", which comes from the school of Reformed Kuyperians. It basically says that you can, in fact, take it with you-- that our best cultural artifacts will be with us in heaven. I think this is actually a very dangerous view that can lead directly to worldliness and a loss of the Gospel in the life of the church. For a critique, see "What is the Mission of the Church?" by DeYoung and Gilbert.

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Aaron A.

Reading the culture through elitist lenses

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2011

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Hegeman here attempts to craft a biblical theology of culture rooted in the persistence of the Cultural Mandate (Gen 1:28, 2:15, 9:1-6, etc) after the Fall as God's plan for the cultivation of the earth. He envisions the New Jerusalem as furnished with those cultural artifacts which turn out to be eternal and redeemable - which seems in the long run to be determined by Hegeman's opinion of what makes an artifact "excellent." He looks to a passage like 2 Pet 3:10-12 as evidence that most cultural artifacts will be destroyed, but that the re-creation at the End of Times will be accomplished by a refining, not a purely destroying, fire. As a result, some things will last into eternity.

The problem with Hegeman's vision is threefold: First, it relies on shoddy exegesis. This can be seen in his treatment of Ephesians 6:2-3. Hegeman repeats an interpretation which I have seen in other Reformed theologians (a personal hero of mine, Greg Bahnsen, for example), but one which is really simply disproved. Paul does NOT alter the 5th commandment to expand the promise from "that you may live long in the land" to "that you may live long in the earth," as Hegeman claims (pp. 66-67). A quick check of the Septuagint shows that Paul quotes the Septuagint's rendering of Exod 20:12/Deut 5:16. The Greek word ''' is used in all three locations to translate the Hebrew ''''. This does not stop Hegeman from following the interpretive tradition to which he is attached. Similar questionable moves occur throughout the book wherever Hegeman makes a controversial claim, and he usually presents the claim as though it were both certain and brilliant.

Second, Hegeman employs a view of culture that is elitist and insulting. His argument is, essentially, that the cultural artifacts which will survive into the Eschaton were created essentially for the benefit of the Elect. This is nothing new; it's a distillation of Calvin, and Hegeman admits as much. But Hegeman comes across as triumphalistic on this point. His view of culture is insular; he could view it as one of many ways by which we understand how to contextualize the Gospel for the furtherance of the Kingdom through evangelism. Instead, he sees it as something for the Church to plunder.

Third, Hegeman advocates a method for evaluating culture that is subjective and (again) insulting. "High" and "low" culture rear their ugly heads, along with subjective criteria for which falls into what category. Hegeman has the audacity to claim that while "pop" and "folk" culture have utility and may function well within their intended place, ballet and the TUXEDO (of all things) are essentially more worthy of enjoyment by Christians. Hegeman even distinguishes between "mature" and "immature" cultures.

One must wonder whether Hegeman, had he lived in Davidic Israel, would bemoan the fact that none of his king's melodies were "high" enough to last into eternity, though his words were clearly reflective of a more culturally-refined mind. And what happens to Hegeman's vision of the world if one begins to question whether ballet is truly a "higher" art than popping and locking? The aesthetic Hegeman commits himself to verges on the ethnocentric and naive. In his appendix, he actually sets two paintings of Picasso side-by-side and determines that one of them is worthy of "plunder" by the Christian while the other is to be avoided because it seems too chaotic for the author. Frankly, the subjectivity of his criteria for "high" and "low" culture is embarrassing.

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A. Blake White

Our Role in God's Creation

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2007

David Hegeman has written an interesting book called 'Plowing in Hope: Toward a Biblical Theology of Culture.' Noting that the Bible begins with a garden and ends with a city, Hegeman walks through the Scripture showing the importance of culture, and our role in it. It is his prayer that " this book will help the bride of Jesus Christ recover her vital call to rule, fill, work, and preserve the earth as a high and indispensable priority. Culture-making is not optional; it is a command which from the very beginning has never been revoked" (23). This book is helpful for anyone desiring to know what the Scripture says concerning culture.
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----This is the goal of the culturative enterprise. We rule as vice-regents of the Creator, bringing the whole earth under human subjection so that we in turn may present the creation to God. Our rule of the earth has its ultimate fulfillment in Christ's perfect rule." 43
----"We are redeemed so that we may work! The human race is brought back to a state of righteousness so that we might return to our Edenic calling to develop ('work') the earth into a glorious garden-city and finally take possession of our long-awaited inheritance." 71

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Outstanding!

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2001

Christians desperately need books of this kind to think about God's view of human culture. The author does a wonderful job of laying out a biblical theology of culture. I especially appreciated his demonstration of the progressiveness of God's redemptive work in culture as well as in us! If you are tired of "culture wars" and "boycott lists" as the only interaction many evangelicals have with culture- this book is for you.
The book is well written and solidly argued. A must for anyone interested in reforming all of life for the glory of God!

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