Preaching the Gospel to People Sick of Irony

In Center Church, Tim Keller calls Christians to follow the pattern of Paul by contextualizing the gospel. To do this, we take a culture’s objections seriously and seek to understand its hopes and aspirations. Paul, rather than dismissing his culture’s aspirations, “both affirms and confronts [the culture] … and then urges [people] to find ultimate fulfillment of their cultural aspirations in Jesus Christ.” Contextualization is an ongoing process, necessary in every generation if Christians wish to see a missionary encounter between the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world. Read Full Article »