What makes the situation of even greater concern is the fact that, if a word is used long enough, people tend to accept that it is being used correctly. Consequently some evangelicals are now beginning to use shalom in this way, accepting it as biblically accurate. I believe that shalom has a valid and necessary place in any biblical understanding of salvation and mission; the urgent need, therefore, is to rescue it from further devaluation as an all-embracing slogan which is either misleading or