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Incarnating the Gospel by Becoming a 150% Person
Read (at minimum) the first chapter of Sherwood G. Lingenfelter’s book, “Ministering Cross-Culturally: A Model for Effective Personal Relationships”. It is available in Scribd if you don’t want to buy the book, but the entire book is worth reading! Now, reflect on the content in this lesson and how becoming a 150% person can help missionaries incarnate the gospel.
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Jesus was 100% God and 100% man, therefore being a 200% person by fully realizing both natures. Us as humans can strive to be 150% people when living within a different culture. 100% comes from us being who we are, and 50% comes from us humbly adapting to and striving to learn and understand the new culture we are living in. There is a lot of culture that is beneath the surface (such as the values behind certain traditions and cultural norms) that are more difficult to fully adopt. It is unlikely to ever fully 100% adapt to a new culture but in our efforts of doing as much as we can, we can become 150% people!
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