With regard to the missional movement’s understanding of Christendom, it is important to recognize that they saw what happened during this period as little more… Read More »The Incarnational Mode of Missional Worship
Inherent in the missional church’s insistence upon incarnation and contextualization is the idea that no aspect of culture is inherently sinful, or at very least… Read More »The Missional Philosophy of Culture
If the “why” of mission is the fact that God sends the church, and if the “where” of mission is post-Christendom Western culture, then for… Read More »The Incarnational Mode of the Missional Church
I have argued thus far that successful preservation of the truth necessitates that what is preserved is the doctrinal affirmations and the proper imagination of such… Read More »Truth and Tradition
So is there a distinctly Christian culture? Is there a distinctly Christian music? Yes, there is—it is culture and music that expresses Christian values. In… Read More »A Distinctly Christian Culture
Conversations about missions and music often revolve around an insistence that in order to reach unbelievers in a target culture, we need to contextualize the message… Read More »Does contextualization heighten the likelihood of a positive response to the gospel?
On Saturdays we repost articles from the archives that apply to current issues. The following article discusses whether a missionary should simply adopt a culture’s… Read More »Should a missionary simply adopt a culture’s music when church planting?
I mentioned in my report on our Brazil trip that I had the opportunity to sit down with a man who grew up in a… Read More »A Brazilian tribesman talks about culture, worship, and the gospel
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… Read More »Contextualizing the Gospel – Full Series
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… Read More »Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 5 – The Power of the Gospel
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,… Read More »Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 4 – Responsibility and Sovereignty in Evangelism
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… Read More »Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 3 – The First Principles of the Gospel
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… Read More »Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 2 – Defining Biblical Contextualization
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… Read More »Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 1 – Introduction
Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Dave Doran’s First General Session Part 3 – Horn and Conley’s General Sessions Part 4 – Dawson on… Read More »2008 Mid-America Conference on Preaching, Conclusion
Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Dave Doran’s First General Session Part 3 – Horn and Conley’s General Sessions Part 4 – Dawson on… Read More »2008 Mid-America Conference on Preaching, Part 8
Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Dave Doran’s First General Session Part 3 – Horn and Conley’s General Sessions Part 4 – Dawson on… Read More »2008 Mid-America Conference on Preaching, Part 7
Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Dave Doran’s First General Session Part 3 – Horn and Conley’s General Sessions Part 4 – Dawson on… Read More »2008 Mid-America Conference on Preaching, Part 6
Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Dave Doran’s First General Session Part 3 – Horn and Conley’s General Sessions Part 4 – Dawson on… Read More »2008 Mid-America Conference on Preaching, Part 5