“must discern the spirit of contemporary culture or they will become false prophets.” He quotes Eugene Peterson, who says that most lies are “90 percent the truth. So you swallow the lie, and subtly, the edge of the gospel is blunted; you think you’re preaching the gospel, and you’re not. You don’t even know it.”12 Preachers must recognize the tumultuous impact of changing culture and the dangers of neglect or compromise if they are to proclaim God’s in-breaking good news and reclaim and reorder
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