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	<title>Cross-Cultural Impact for the 21st Century</title>
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		<title>84. Learning to talk ENGLISH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cross-Cultural Confusion
Early on in my attempts to deepen my ability to converse in the Sindhi language, I learned a new idiom for “dying,” which is similar to the English “to pass on.”  I decided to use it while conversing with an acquaintance and said casually, “When I pass on…”  He started and a look of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/877</link>
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		<title>83. Further Tools for Talking about Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series of articles on the importance of dialogue as the basis of Significant Conversations: Evangelism that resonates with our Canadian context.  The first two articles provided theoretical support for dialogue, in contrast to proclamation, as a valid and effective method of evangelism for our Canadian context. The previous article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/780</link>
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		<title>82. Tools for Talking about Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the third in a series of articles on the importance of dialogue as the basis of Significant Conversations: Evangelism that resonates with our Canadian context.  The first two articles provided theoretical support for dialogue, in contrast to proclamation, as a valid and effective method of evangelism for our Canadian context. This article introduces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/768</link>
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		<title>81. In Defense of Dialogue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of articles which provide both theoretical support as well as practical application for the concept of Significant Conversations: Evangelism that resonates with our Canadian context.  In the first article, Talking about The Gospel in a Pluralist society, it was proposed that dialogue is a superior method of evangelism [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/724</link>
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		<title>80. Talking about The Gospel in a Pluralist Society1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This series of articles provide both theoretical support as well as practical application for the concept of Significant Conversations: Evangelism that resonates with our Canadian context.  Mark provides Significant Conversations coaching to FEB churches with the goal of developing local church based support networks that encourage, equip and empower people to converse in contextually sensitive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/691</link>
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		<title>79. Rethinking what we mean by “church”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after writing the Cross-cultural Impact article on Expressions of Church, I was intrigued to read the following comment by Peter Shaukat in a Catalyst Interchange posting:
I think there is a critical need in a larger theological/ missiological sense to rethink what we mean by church. There is a growing understanding that the church is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/649</link>
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		<title>78. Gamble on the Redeemer: Culture and Bible Translation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meaning is Determined by Culture
I recently gave a message from the book of Ruth focusing on the meaning of the Hebrew concept of go’el, the &#8220;kinsman–redeemer&#8221; (NIV), which is one of the key themes of the book.  While struggling to find the best way to communicate the reality that the meaning of the term is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/601</link>
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		<title>77. The Pastor as Spiritual Coach (Part II)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[see also The Pastor as Spiritual Coach (Part I)
From Programs to Contextualization
Who is to blame: the Congregation or the Leadership?
In my responsibility of providing outreach and missions resources to churches, I have come across a curious phenomenon. My experience is that there are a number of people in church leadership who do not have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/559</link>
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		<title>76. What Motivates Suicide Bombers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Terrorism as “lashing out&#8221;
In one section of a popular book on globalization, The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman explores the impact of globalization on the Arab-Muslim world and how this relates to the rise of Muslim based terrorism.
[Arab-Muslim] youth, particularly those living in Europe, can and do look around and see that the Arab-Muslim world, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/533</link>
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		<title>75. “God will not let me into Heaven”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continue the Conversation
This past week I had a discussion with a couple of fellow believers who had had a significant conversation with an elderly person who was in the last days of his life.  They were talking to him of the grace and forgiveness offered by God.  His response was, “I have cheated and lied.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://impact.nbseminary.com/archives/505</link>
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