Tag Archives: contextualization

contending for the faith in context

Posted on June 30, 2010 by bkingr

I read Ed Stetzer’s book Planting Missional Churches a couple of years ago. It is an excellent practical resource with which to be familiar if you are thinking of planting a church. Ed also has a blog where he devotes … Continue reading →

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contending and contextualizing

Posted on March 13, 2009 by bkingr

The church must both contend for truth and must contextualize truth to be effective in evangelism. Compare II Timothy 1:14 to I Corinthians 9:22. Hunter Beaumont’s diagnosis of the current evangelical moment is that we are over-contextualizing and under-contending: But … Continue reading →

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"contextualizing" is not a dirty word

Posted on January 24, 2009 by bkingr

Todd Burus has done some homework regarding biblical examples of contextualizing. Go take a look. here is a bit of his work, but you have to go read the rest to see his argument and evidence: A rough definition of … Continue reading →

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christians and culture

Posted on January 7, 2009 by bkingr

Carl Trueman is raising a contrary voice to the current fashion of cultural engagement in evangelical churches and doing it with style. This article holds together tightly and is not very amenable to slicing out a piece for a tease, … Continue reading →

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a bit of Tim Keller

Posted on December 8, 2008 by bkingr

Darryl Dash interviews Tim Keller here and here. they are short and interesting so go take a look. here is a tease from part 1: The evangelical Church is bitterly divided into groups that say, either we should change the … Continue reading →

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Ed Stetzer on Suburban church planting

Posted on October 2, 2008 by bkingr

Ed was interviewed at sub-text regarding the challenge of church planting in a suburban environment. As usual, he had some interesting and useful things to say. I liked this three part answer to mistakes pastors make in the suburbs: First, … Continue reading →

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