Cover of Christ and Culture (Torchbooks) It has often been charged that Christian missions destroys culture. In my view, the response to this is clear...SOMETIMES. To consider this further, we need to recognize some truths. 1. Cultures are not static. They are constantly in flux... changing. Only dead cultures do not change. Living cultures change. …
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What role should Christianity have in the world today? Based on the title, obviously, I think Christianity should, in part, have a strong subversive element. Consider some options. 1. Kingdom on Earth. This term can be used to describe Christianity as a politically militant here and now entity. Think Christendom or Christian Nationalism. Europe and …
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"I had perceived by experience, how it was impossible to establish the lay-people in any truth except the scriptures were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue that they might see the process, order, and meaning of the text... I wish that even the weakest woman should read the Gospel--- should read the …
Continue reading Quote from William Tyndale (1494-1536) on the Value of Scripture in the Vernacular