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A lot people think they know how to contextualize. Sometimes, however, they do a better job at offering examples of what is not contextualization. Either way, they certainly intend well. We can at least be be thankful that God accepts our joyful noises. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PdWnps5FypU \u00a0 Related articles The Gospel with Chinese Characteristics (www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu) Train Short-term […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missiology"],"yoast_head":"\n
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