The Longing
Stuff that didn't quite make it into The Briefing
The Good Drover or the Good Shepherd?: The question of context for preaching the gospel
Phillip Jensen / January 2001
This article was adapted by James Wackett, Greg Clarke and Tony Payne from an address given at the Australian Forum on Evangelism in 1992.
Contextualization: it's a buzzword in evangelism these days, but is it as important as it sounds? How important are cultural factors in evangelism and to what extent should we let them influence and shape the gospel we preach? Does it make any difference to the word of God if we call Christ ‘the Good Seal-keeper’ when preaching to Eskimos, or ‘the Good Drover’ in the land of Oz?
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