tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15461403.post2533991551018661544..comments2024-02-08T11:51:18.121-05:00Comments on Brian G. Hedges : Keller on ContextualizationBrian G. Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07484347615800136537noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15461403.post-56555914807183515512009-01-14T00:01:00.000-05:002009-01-14T00:01:00.000-05:00By the way, you're likely aware of him, but I love...By the way, you're likely aware of him, but I love Andrew Walls' treatment of contextualization in The Missionary Movement in Christian History. <BR/><BR/>Regardless, it seems to me that Keller's response eschews the true meaning of contextualization for the Gospel. He is right to say that the Gospel is key, but of course it's key: it's what we're contextualizing. It is the Gospel that is made agolabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764681644034999068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15461403.post-6172525164652915892008-12-13T11:00:00.000-05:002008-12-13T11:00:00.000-05:00Brian,I just stumbled across your blog. It's good ...Brian,<BR/><BR/>I just stumbled across your blog. It's good to see another 30-something (I assume) pastor with three kids in Michigan. I'm a former GR boy, but now serving in the tip of the mitt.<BR/><BR/>Blessings<BR/><BR/>- Josh GelattAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647646162506627232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15461403.post-49648196348388676732008-12-09T09:14:00.000-05:002008-12-09T09:14:00.000-05:00I like that lecture as well; it's one of my favori...I like that lecture as well; it's one of my favorites too.<BR/><BR/>Contextualization is a hard thing, and for conservatives like us can often lead to a type of schizophrenia.<BR/><BR/>I like what he said about the Gospel being the anchor. The Gospel leads us through to new and fresh packaging of the unchanging truth. <BR/><BR/>If I ever get around to blog reviewing Blue Parakeet, McKnight mwhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08202670246362616005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15461403.post-50995563392597108582008-12-08T16:20:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:20:00.000-05:00I really like Keller's lecture on contextualizatio...I really like Keller's lecture on contextualization, it is probably one of my favorites by him.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005748639289981302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15461403.post-67316729450124728522008-12-08T08:01:00.000-05:002008-12-08T08:01:00.000-05:00I like what he said about making an idol out of on...I like what he said about making an idol out of one generation or another's culture. I think that's right on and a real problem.<BR/><BR/>I had a (chemistry!) professor in college who warned ministry-minded young people about the temptation to think that they had found "wisdom in their own generation." I think about that whenever issues of inter-generational ministry come up.mwhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08202670246362616005noreply@blogger.com