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Article Reflection
Reading Scripture for Good News Assignment
Liberty University
Ja’Nelle Brazzle
OCTOBER 2023
INTRODUCTION
The article begins with the writer saying that, “a big challenge for people to take part in
ministry depends upon how they understand and present scripture across a broad range of
culture. The author emphasizes why it is important to stretch beyond one’s own understanding
and culture to reach across barriers of race, language, social status, and culture.
This article is very interesting to me, and I do believe that it is a great article to make one
think about how effective they are across many barriers even outside of culture today.
We see
today there are many different aspects to the definition of what culture is and that definition gets
bigger and bigger every day. My key rule to ministry and being that I am a psychologist and
entrepreneur it that I understand social norms, am up to date what is going on in society, and that
I also understand the spirits that are prevalent in that area or particularly the time. My number
one key to ministry is to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Understanding barriers are very
important, there is a difference between what is believed and practiced in Western culture verses
Eastern culture, so if it is your ministry to travel abroad outside of your country it is important
that you understand how the Word of God is communicated in that region. When you understand
how the Word of God is being communicated to a region you will then be able to make a bigger
impact and have grounds to expound to bring the people to the correct understanding. The writer
Chang emphasized that “it’s not just culture shock we face, but the fears and expectations we
carry within ourselves” if you have fear of different cultures and choose to stay blind on
understanding the different cultures you
will fail to effectively communicate the Gospel not only
for other but for yourself. The bible is filled with different cultures, movements, and dilemmas.
This understanding does not just pertain to different countries, ethnic groups, or language,
as much as it pertains just as much to who you may meet in your day-to-day life. It is always
important that you listen effectively when trying to minister to others. It is important that you ask
questions and get to know the person that you are trying to reach before you start breathing down
scripture and doctrine. The writer Ekblad emphasized that scripture portrays Jesus Christ has a
faultless model of one who understood the scriptures from over many different cultures and
times, and he used to same scriptures to reach the people where they were in the time they were
in, in his day. In that same vein we as followers of Jesus Christ need to take hold of that same
example Christ laid as a foundation for us to effectively reach and minister to others.
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Chang, Christian Intercultural Communication: Sharing God’s Love with People of Other
Cultures.
Ekblad, Bob. "Reading Scripture for Good News That Crosses Barriers of Race/Ethnicity,
Class, and Culture: A Journal of Bible and Theology.