There’s a right way to do something & a wrong way to do something

Conduct is internalized - it’s right for me

Avoid trouble with authorities

Guilt complexes

Innocence is being okay; I’m ok - you’re ok

Good guys vs. bad guys

Make things acceptable to avoid guilt

Rightness is righteousness

God loves you & offers a wonderful plan for your life

People are sinful and condemned by God

Jesus Christ is the perfect sacrifice for your sins

You must receive Jesus Christ as your personal Savior

Truth encounters

Reasoning & head knowledge

Salvation is freedom from guilt & condemnation - being saved from sins and being made right with God.

Preserve honor, hide shame

Everything is seen in terms of bringing shame or honor on the group - wherever you go, you are a representative of your group, family, tribe, country, etc.

Relationships are key

Hospitality

Lying can be ok

You’re only guilty if you are caught

Customs are driven by what is honorable

Some say: shame can only be covered by blood

God values you and wants to honor you as His child

People are shameful and dishonor God

Jesus Christ bore all your shame and restores honor

You must give allegiance to Jesus to enter God’s family

Further concepts: dirty/clean, naked/clothed, expelled/visited, weakness/strength, sick/healed

Need community encounters

Attempt to gain power over forces at work in their day to day lives

Try to get peace through power

See the supernatural at work in crop growth, sickness, & even romance

Fear of man

Fatalism, witchcraft, superstition

Manipulation and flattery

Knowledge is power

Amulets & charms, spells, rituals, taboos

God is sovereign and offers you spiritual authority

People are under the authority of Satan

Jesus Christ is the warrior who restores our power

You must know Jesus to access divine power

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