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Early Christians Bear the Name
1 Peter 4:16 “However, [...]
Bridging the Gap for Muslims
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Bridging Concept
A bridge is a link that connects two opposite sides of a gap. The purpose of a bridge is to transport people or vehicles from one side to [...]
The Global Zoo
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On the cover of almost every missions brochure you can find the same thing: Glossy color photos of exotic faces. A henna-covered woman in a veil, a weathered-faced man wearing a turban, a New Guinean highlander with [...]
Contextualization and the Ethics of Translation
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C.S. Lewis once wrote in a letter: “Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated.” Despite a declining interest in scripture distribution, new contextualist ‘translations’, have become quite in vogue. Much of what they [...]
The following is a guest article written by: Ibrahim Hoxha. His Bio proceeds the article.
Having a Muslim background, it was quite impressive to me first time I encountered with the Common Ground approach. It was so attractive, very different from the usual ‘Christian’ perspective on reaching the Muslims. I felt like I really [...]
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During the second half of the 20th century, Evangelicals spent a great deal of time and energy on the subject of [...]
Insider-Outsider
Insider-Outsider, what do these words really mean? Everyone is an insider. The Insider Movement naively views Islam as culturally monolithic. There are numerous subcultures in the 56 Muslim nations. Shites do not mix well with Sunnis and mosques are segregated. Kurds and Arabs may have some common cultural customs but they also have their own [...]
What is wrong with the Insider Movement?
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Among the many approaches in ministry to Muslims the most disturbing is what has been called the Insider Movement. Those who promote this approach believe that missionaries and evangelist should not attempt to remove a convert [...]
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Contextualizing the Culture not the Gospel
A distinction needs to be made between culture and the message. While it maybe OK to contextualizing into certain cultural practices, it is not OK to change the message to suit the culture.
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