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Telling the Truth Is More Complex Crossing Cultural Lines…

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When I was young, a TV show I liked to watch was called "To Tell the Truth." One person with an interesting job or story would be joined with others to talk to a board of celebrity panelists. The goal of the panelists was to determine who is telling the truth and who is lying. …

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Cultural Perspective and the Prodigal Son

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Osobo O. Otaigbe, in his book "Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry," tells a story from Mark Powell regarding different cultural responses to the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Numerous Christians from three nations (United States, Russia, and Tanzania) were told the story, and asked about the story. The question was why did the …

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