Promising Culture
Ingredients of a healthy recipe.
I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
— Romans 15:14
— Romans 15:14
No culture is perfect, but here, Paul calls out some things that work together for health. First, goodness. In the world, good can be whatever people decide is good. Paul is noticing a goodness that's shaped by God's goodness. The people know God and his ways. They ably articulate his ways and have an expectation of alignment. Finally, there's a 'one another' here. Instruction that's more peer-to-peer than teacher-student.