Triperspectivalism and Cultural Engagement, Part 4

Part 1: Summary/Overview
Part 2: The Three Tiers
Part 3: Situational, Existential, Normative

So far in this series, I have argued that Christians should engage the culture, beginning with understanding and apply the example of Jesus in John 1:14.  Cultural engagement should take place on three dimensions: physical, relational, and spiritual.  I showed how these three dimensions are best understood in the triperspectival paradigm of king/situational/physical, priest/existential/relational, and prophet/normative/spiritual.

What I have not done is explain how this approach to cultural engagement is driven by the story of the gospel and works through all three dimensions.  The gospel story is summarized in creation, fall, redemption, and restoration.  What is instructive for us is to consider how each dimension relates to the various parts of the gospel story (i.e., how physical, relational, and spiritual dimensions are understood in creation, fall, redemption, and restoration).  For a reference point, I will repost the little diagram (click to enlarge).