Quotes about Culture

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The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki devastated the oldest center of Christianity in the country. This, of course, further complicated the Japanese views of Christianity: how could the West, which "represented" Christianity in the eyes of the Japanese, destroy a city that had such a rich history of Christian culture and a large Christian population? This point will be discussed at greater length in chapter seven.

It is imperative that Christians be like Jesus, by living freely within the culture as missionaries who are as faithful to the Father and His gospel as Jesus was in His own time and place.

The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound.

We live in a time of crisis in the secular culture and in the church with regard to the beautiful.

Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism.

The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.

One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.

Too many churches today have preachers who look to the culture around them not simply for the most effective methods of communicating their message but for the most effective message to be preached.

Churches don't need programs so much as they need cultures of discipling, cultures where each member prioritizes the spiritual health of others.

Contextualization is about showing the relevance of the gospel, not making the gospel relevant. That's the essence of contextualization.