Questions to focus on: Contextualization

These questions can be used at different levels. You can take 30 seconds to think about one or two. You can discuss them in a team or group of like-minded Christians. Or they can be used in a college class, including assignments and research projects, and answered in writing at any depth. They may be freely reproduced for this purpose. Please email us additional questions that could be added to this page.
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  1. What research must we first do, before we attempt to contextualize any message for a specific audience?
  2. What biblical principles of communication support the need for contextualization?
  3. Discuss some examples of contextualized messages used in both Old and New Testaments.
  4. Why do the best Christian communicators usually have enquiring minds, and deep knowledge of news and culture?