Contextualizing the Faith

Contextualizing the FaithThis major statement by a leading missiologist represents a lifetime of wrestling with a topic every cross cultural leader must address: how to adapt the universal gospel to particular settings. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook organizes contextualization, which includes "everything the church is and does," into seven dimensions. Filled with examples, case studies, and diagrams and conversant with contemporary arguments and debates, it

A recognized expert in New Testament Greek offers a historical understanding of the writing

Not only will students of the Psalms appreciate these studies but church leaders teaching from the Psalms will also gain new insight from this classic text

and the genre of church history proper

throughout these events

and Cindy Wu show how divisions within these families work against our desire to bring about positive change in the world

It also helps churches see how they can be creative minorities in societies that have forgotten God

Each contributor writes on a biblical book or group of books

which enables us to reach the deepest meaning of the Scriptures

An Engaging Survey of the Old Testament

and John 15 and themes such as participating in Christ and the Father's double sending of the Son and the Spirit

leading to glorification

a significant voice in the development of Protestant theology