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Syncretism

May 01, 2011 by Taweeporn Sarun

Tags: syncretism

On Saturday, Dow and I were working to translate Bible study materials from English to Thai. We hit the word “syncretism” and had to work hard to find and to understand the meaning. The best we...

Learning From Our Mistakes

September 01, 2010 by Rick Wood

Tags: contextualization, missionary, syncretism

What happens when missionaries teach that the only way of salvation is for a people to completely reject their own culture and accept the “Christian” culture of the missionary? What is the result...

Making Jesus Known
Native Americans Lead the Way in Reaching Their Own People

September 01, 2010 by Vern Sheridan Poythress

Tags: contextualization, native american, syncretism

Locking People Out of the Kingdom

July 01, 2010 by Greg Parsons

Tags: growth, muslim, syncretism

A big “take away” from the Protestant Reformation is that salvation is by faith alone and that we do not need a mediator other than Christ. As the apostle Paul declared in Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by...

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