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March 03, 2005

Theological terminology

One of the great challenges facing the church is the recovery of theological terms from political interest groups. Terms like evangelical, fundamental, charismatic, liberal, salvation, and many others carry a lot of baggage which speakers might not intend. The temptation is to leave the terms behind and make new ones. While sympathetic, I believe that we have both the responsibility and the challenge of redeeming the language so that the full meaning in all its breadth and depth might be able to stand.

Not an easy task, and the risk of being misunderstood and misinterpreted is great, but an important one.

Posted by gary at March 3, 2005 10:32 PM

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