Monday, December 2, 2013

The Gospel does not need to be Contextualized

"While witnesses do need to present the Gospel through culturally-relevant modes of communication, we must never forget that the message itself is already relevant to all men, everywhere, at all times. The Gospel does not need to be contextualized for non-Western cultures because it is already supra-cultural. Its message will always collide with man’s sinful pride and every cultural expression of that pride. Conversion is never accomplished through the merging of Christianity and culture (syncretism), but rather by calling 'all men every where to repent' (Acts 17:30)." ~ Kevin Brosnan