Perceptive Comment on Worship

by Mark WardJun 21, 2012ChurchLife, Music

We need to ditch the false belief that cultural forms are neutral. Every enculturation of Christianity highlights some elements of the faith and obscures others. We must be vigilant and creatively compensate for what gets lost in translation when we use the language of youth culture.

—Thomas Bergler in Christianity Today

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