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In Captive to the Word of God, eminent theologian Miroslav Volf invites readers to dip with him into the deep well of Scripture—to look over his shoulder as he engages actively with the Bible, which, as he notes, is at once a sacred text, a witness to Jesus Christ, and the site of God’s self-revelation for the sake of humanity’s salvation. After a probing explanation of how and why he uses...

for the topic of gospel and culture. “Gospel” is never simply “the good news,” not even the good news supported by a web of beliefs. “Gospel” always involves a way of living in a given social environment as a Christian community (in a broad sense, including various degrees of commitment). To ask about how the gospel relates to culture is to ask how to live as a Christian community in a particular cultural context. Reflection on gospel and culture will be truncated without reflection on church and
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