Culture and Faith

Continuing on from last Wednesday regarding the faith we hold and how it remains "unchangeable".  

I also see this in the way people approach culture and faith.  I don't believe culture should define what we believe, but I know that we need to adapt the way we tell our story in order to reach people in the culture.  

And I also believe that the Bible was written to a particular culture in a particular time.  We need to investigate how that culture (2000 years ago) shaped the words of the writer at the time.  We can't just plop words written to a particular community 2000 years ago in our time and expect them to apply to our own culture and time.  

This doesn't threaten our faith.  It is a way to remain true to it.