How would they know what the “Dorcas Circle” and “Sunday School” are? How would they know which class to attend—the “Kingdom Builders,” “Overcomers,” or “Bereans”? Would they know the difference between “pneumatology” and “eschatology” or between an “invocation” and a “benediction”? If the pastor mentions the “Pauline epistles,” would they wonder who “Pauline” was? The fact of the matter is that the larger culture is more “pagan” than “Christian.” This means that the cultural distance between the
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