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“impose our own cultural ideas on the text without thinking. The Bible’s message must not be subjected to cultural imperialism. Its message transcends the…

— John H. Walton

“In the absence of biblical conviction, people will go the way of culture.”

— Sally Clarkson

“As part of our interpretive task, then, we must distinguish between kingdom values and cultural values within the biblical text. With every change in…

— William J. Webb

“Biblical expositors are not pining away in their studies searching for ways to bring relevancy to their message. They don’t need to. The Bible…

— David R. Helm

“Christians who understand biblical truth and have the courage to live it out can indeed redeem a culture, or even create one. This is…

— Charles W. Colson

“Most of the Bible is a history told by people living in lands occupied by conquering superpowers. It is a book written from the…

— Rob Bell

“That uncivilized heathen nations should first be civilized, and then Christianized, is a sentiment of the past. Now it is coming more and more…

— Stephen Return Riggs

The biblical story is in dialogue with the other stories of its time. And if the Bible can be in dialogue with other cultures,…

— Bruce Feiler

“The Bible was written by Jewish people who belonged to a Jewish minority living under the oppression of a succession of massive military superpowers…

— Rob Bell

“There is also a context constituted by the formation of the literature into a larger whole, a context that is literary and/or canonical: “The…

— R.W.L. Moberly

The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for…

— Troy Perry

“It is certain that no culture can flourish without narratives of transcendent origin and power”

— Neil Postman