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Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues is unavailable, but you can change that!

How should Christians approach important contemporary issues like war, race, creation care, gender, and politics? Christians in every culture are confronted with social trends and moral questions that can be difficult to navigate. But, the Bible often doesn’t speak directly to such issues. Even when it does, it can be confusing to know how best to apply the biblical teaching. In Cultural...

Should Christians even speak of “engaging culture”? Some question this terminology, suggesting that the phrase is inadequate or misleading. Andy Crouch, the former editor of Christianity Today, expresses this discomfort by comparing the phrase “engaging culture” to the generic social media promotional e-mails used by brands to draw people to their platform without the benefit of actually knowing the individuals they are targeting. “Talking about ‘the culture’
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