24 Oct 2021

Meeting People Where They Are

  • October 24, 2021
I was recently reminded of the simple but profound fact that “people are someplace.” People live and function within a particular context, and we would do well to consider this in our efforts to reach them with the gospel.        For example, people are at a particular level of spiritual maturity. […]
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02 May 2021

The “Flaw of the Excluded Middle”

  • May 2, 2021
In a play on words referring to a principle in logic dating from the work of Aristotle, anthropologist Paul G. Heibert in January, 1982 coined the phrase, “flaw of the excluded middle.” He used that phrase to describe a common problem of Western missionaries, namely their refusal or inability to […]
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28 Mar 2021

The Gospel Can Reach Across Cultures

  • March 28, 2021
All people of the world need the saving gospel of Jesus Christ. And the gospel of Jesus Christ is up to the task. When we consider the many and various world cultures all around the globe, we might wonder how the gospel can possibly reach such diverse and foreign peoples, […]
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