There is an alarming trend that I see more and more of. I have seen many attribute a very “closed” perspective to having an “open mind.” I feel it worthwhile to discuss a better definition to having an open mind and its implications, but first we must discuss the misuse of the phrase. What An Open Mind Is Not I see […]
Recently, Doug Pollock stopped by to comment on a post a did a while back on some of the dangers in over-emphasizing the relational aspect of evangelism in lieu of actually sharing the Gospel. In that post, I use an example from a book entitled Irresistible Evangelism to which Doug is one of the authors. He commented that I had misused […]
One of the topics that one is exposed to in missiological studies is that of contextualization. At first, something doesn’t seem quite right, and I even wrote on this blog my thoughts when I first worked through it. It seems as though some are trying to “water-down” the Gospel to make it more palpable to carnal men. […]