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Virtues of Cultural Engagement: A Comprehensive Approach

The Apostle Paul’s visit to Athens in Acts 17 gives us a comprehensive approach on how to engage the culture. It begins with Paul’s spiritual survey of the city. While waiting for Silas and Timothy to join him, Paul walks around the city, wherein he is – Acts 17:16, NIV. Other translations similarly record that (ESV), or that (NLT). Beginning with a heart condition of distress, the apostle ends by engaging

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