Christians concerned with contextualizing the gospel (i.e. thinking and living missionally) should consider the liabilities of the culture and society they inhabit. The excesses and vulnerabilities of various cultures are places where the gospel should come to bear. In western democracies for example, the notion of freedom is one with which Christians thinking missionally should engage with the gospel, pointing out how only in Christ is true freedom found.
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