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January 2023

January 17, 2023

I’m launching 3 online courses!

I’m excited to announce the creation and launch of three different online courses! Which one...

August 2021

August 17, 2021

Finding Biblical Meaning and Cultural Significance

This post gives an overview of the final two stages of the contextualization process–– finding...

August 10, 2021

The First of Four Stages in Contextualization

In my previous post, I showed how the Bible and culture are inextricably tied together....

April 2020

April 23, 2020

Where is the Gospel?

To cooperate in sharing the gospel, we must find common ground as to the content...

April 22, 2020

Why must we settle for part of the gospel?

At the recent T4G/TGC conference, Greg Gilbert made an astonishing claim (and misrepresentation) concerning the...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

A Practical Approach to Biblical Contextualization (Session 4 Training Video)

Here is SESSION FOUR of 4 training videos I've released over the summer. This final...

August 02, 2017

How does the Bible explain the gospel? (Session 3 Training Video)

There is one gospel yet many ways to present this message. Accordingly, in addition to...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

How does the Bible contextualize the gospel? (Session 2 Training Video)

Here is SESSION TWO of 4 training videos I will release this summer. Below, you'll find...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

Reinterpreting Contextualization (Session 1 Training Video)

In the coming weeks, I will release 4 full length training videos. The audio comes...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

My most useful contextualization tool (Part 2)

In my last post, I showed one way to apply the most important tool (in...

October 19, 2016

My most useful contextualization tool (Part 1)

I recently realized that I have never shared on this blog what is probably the...

October 12, 2016

Study Guides to Training Videos

Over the past few months, I posted 4 short training videos (available on my media...

July 2016

July 14, 2016

Great review of “One Gospel for All Nations” from STR!

I'm very grateful to Southeastern Theological Review for publishing a review of One Gospel for...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Contextualizing One Gospel (Training Video)

Here is the second in a series short training videos. Last time, I gave a...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

One Gospel for Shame, Guilt, and Fear Cultures?

How does the one gospel make sense for shame, guilt and fear cultures? Some people seem to...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

My podcast interview now available

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of being interviewed with Nick Peters, who runs...

April 14, 2016

Learning Contextualization with “Uptown Funk”

Here's a fun demonstration of contextualization. 1 song. 66 different dances. Each fits its context....

April 07, 2016

Missiology and EMQ Review “One Gospel for All Nations”

It's a exciting month for One Gospel for All Nations. EMQ and Missiology: An International...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Four Reasons We Need Contextualization

Hundreds of books and articles talk about contextualization. Nearly every one of them focuses on...

March 29, 2016

Nick Peters’ Review of “One Gospel for All Nations”

Thank you to Nick Peters who has written a kind review of One Gospel for...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

Can We Escape the Hermeneutical Spiral?

Over at Reformed Margins, Andrew Ong has posted a generous and constructive review of my...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

The Birth of a Simplistic Gospel

Simplification is not contextualization. Of course we want to communicate the gospel as simply as...

September 23, 2015

One Story to Rule Them All?

There is a very particular story that frames the way the biblical writers present the...

September 16, 2015

Why the Abrahamic Covenant IS the gospel

In this post, I will explain why Gal 3:8 says that God’s covenant with Abraham...

September 09, 2015

Can We Skip Over Abraham and Israel?

There are many ways that Christians share the gospel around the world. Despite the variety...

September 02, 2015

Contextualization via Decontextualizing the Bible

I had a number of concerns in mind when I wrote One Gospel for All...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Why the Abrahamic Covenant “Frames” the Gospel

Today, I want to better illustrate what it means to “frame” the gospel. This is...

August 19, 2015

Preaching a Covenantal Gospel

The biblical writers’ view of the gospel is shaped by God’s covenants announced to Israel...

August 12, 2015

The Gospel and “Covenantal Love”

The biblical concept of “covenant” should shape how we preach the gospel. I expect some...

August 05, 2015

John 3:16 is not the Gospel

A few years ago, an author asked me whether I would read the draft of...