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“If you want to be relevant, say, for prostitutes, don’t watch a movie with a lot of tumbles in a brothel.”
Written on 25 Jun, 2009 at 17:13 in News & Reviews | viewed 74 times and users have made 0 comments so far
John Piper offers some excellent counsel regarded how we should view TV and movies and whether we need to immerse ourselves in pop culture in order to contextualize. I think relevance in preaching hangs very little on watching movies, and I... (Continue reading)
Anti-Pauline Contextualization
Written on 10 Jun, 2009 at 12:54 in News & Reviews | viewed 58 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Dave Doran highlights a comment by Mark Dever. My sense of things is that much of what is being called contextualization and defended on the basis of 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 is really a violation of 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5. IOW, rather than... (Continue reading)
Christians and Culture with Ken Myers
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 18:04 in Audio on Culture, News & Reviews | viewed 57 times and users have made 0 comments so far
I just listened to the 9Marks interview with Ken Myers. Definitely worth listening to, especially near the end where he talks about contextualization, culture, and meaning. ... (Continue reading)
Contextualizing the Gospel – Full Series
Written on 5 Apr, 2009 at 8:51 in Articles on Culture, Audio on Culture, Featured | viewed 197 times and users have made 1 comment so far
This series is available in booklet format. Audio versions: Biblical Contextualization The First Principles of the Gospel Responsibility and Sovereignty in Evangelism The Power of the Gospel Introduction Audio Version There is a popular thought today in evangelicalism that says that if we as Christians are going to... (Continue reading)
Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 5 – The Power of the Gospel
Written on 3 Apr, 2009 at 18:00 in Featured | viewed 69 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Ultimately a commitment to rightly contextualize the gosple must be rooted in a confidence in the power of the gospel. Luke teaches us about that power in Acts 19. Ephesus was a city of great power. This city boasted a population... (Continue reading)
Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 4 – Responsibility and Sovereignty in Evangelism
Written on 2 Apr, 2009 at 20:00 in Featured | viewed 73 times and users have made 0 comments so far
The danger with most discussions of contextualization today is that the imply that the work of evangelism is entirely up to us. In other words, if we can just figure out the best way to communicate the gospel to our... (Continue reading)
Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 3 – The First Principles of the Gospel
Paul did, in fact, contextualize the gospel. He presented it differently with the Thessalonican Jews than he did with the pagan Athenians. But in so doing, we noticed two principles that characterized his relationship to their culture: 1. Paul didn’t approve... (Continue reading)
Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 2 – Defining Biblical Contextualization
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 20:00 in Featured | viewed 192 times and users have made 0 comments so far
In Acts 17 we have the account of three cities, each of which has very different kinds of people, and we read a record of Paul’s preaching of the gospel in each of these cities. So what I’d like to... (Continue reading)
Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 1 – Introduction
Written on 30 Mar, 2009 at 20:00 in Featured | viewed 194 times and users have made 5 comments so far
There is a popular thought today in evangelicalism that says that if we as Christians are going to reach unbelievers around us, we need to be more tuned into contemporary culture. If we want people to accept our gospel message,... (Continue reading)
Discussion of Postman
Written on 26 Mar, 2009 at 10:28 in News & Reviews | viewed 89 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Neil Postman has written many important works on the issue of communication, and especially communication in a technologically-driven world. There is an interesting discussion going on here about Postman’s philosophy. ... (Continue reading)
