Week 6 - Monday

Touchdown Jesus! If anything, todays excercise (while fun) revealed that doing a straight anthropological approach to ministry in another culture leads to some pretty warped theology. The idea that the gospel message can rise out of preexisting elements in every culture is not realistic. Paul says that the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but life to those who are being saved. Now, I dont know what all that means but I must concede that God is calling us to reach beyond our own understanding when it comes down to the gospel. This means that the gospel is not always consistent with catagories of understanding that already we have. However, I see the value in encouraging a culture to express worship in their unique ways. In addition, I think finding parallel elements in a culture to relate to the gospel message is also useful.