In his book on preaching, Calvin Miller begins by emphasizing the genre of the scriptures. “The Bible begins with those primeval once-upon-a-time words bereshith bara elohim: ‘In the beginning God created.’ From that point on, for some thirteen hundred pages, the story unfolds till it reaches that simple Greek happy ever after amēn, [...]

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As one attempts to relate the gospel to postmoderns, contextualization is of the utmost importance. Already discussed are the many variables that influence a person’s worldview, and the one constant is postmodernism in the form of pluralism and relativism. Each individual must be approached differently, and any communication must be fluid. If [...]

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Lesslie Newbigin, former English missionary to India, and author of Foolishness to the Greeks: the Gospel and Western Culture, explains that modern scientific thought and reason has shifted the scriptures from a sacred text to classical literature. [1] The Bible is subjected to contemporary scientific understanding and architectural evidence. Eddie Gibbs and [...]

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