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Contextualization…Does it mean what you think it means?
Talk with many prospective missionaries about their plans today and eventually, the idea of contextualization will surface. Pinning down exactly what they mean by contextualization, however, often proves elusive. Let’s take a look at what contextualization is, and then we’ll be able to see why language and culture learning play such an important role in the process.
Does The New Testament Actually Teach The ‘Man of Peace’ Method?
On a recent trip, I heard an audible gasp as I made the statement, “In the New Testament we don’t see the Lord’s apostles, evangelists, prophets, pastors and teachers using a ‘Man of Peace’ as a go-between for their ministry”. In some missions circles today this idea...
Separation and Loneliness…Are We Ready for This?
The campus is quiet now. All the Radius students have gone back to their home areas for Christmas break after a busy last week of studies, class presentations, a Christmas party for staff and students, a visit by Francis and Lisa Chan, parties all over Tijuana that...