When someone says the word “god”, what picture comes into your mind? Do you know what picture this word bring up in the mind of your neighbor or co-worker when you try to share the gospel with them? For Candy and I, the most valuable lessons we learned during the past year concern culture and its impact on how people communicate. Even concepts as simple as the existence of God can be incredibly difficult to communicate accurately, even to people in our own country, much less to a tribal person with a totally different understanding of life. We have been challenged with the need to study the culture around us so that we can be sure that the message they understand from the words we say is the message that we intended to communicate.
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