Sublime

Every week people file into our church services aching for eternity. In our zeal to provide something they may find comfortable and useful and inoffensive, are we offending the God who wishes to offend us in awe of his glory? Are we dismissing our brother Jesus, whose formula for victory includes crucifixion?

Christ-Centered:

Jesus’ kingdom, the poor, sorrowful, and persecuted are above the rich, recognized, and satisfied.

Northway Christian Church of Dallas:

evangelicals usually try to defend contextualization by arguing that it is simply adapting the less essential parts of Christianity

in those countries where small groups function as a powerful evangelistic tool, you’ll find a cultural context that is exactly the opposite. Christianity is seen as a foreign religion. It has no cultural connect. The average person has no idea what goes on in a worship service. They’ve never been in a church building. They’re hesitant to walk into