A theology of engagement is lacking in the church. The change in culture over the last fifty-plus years means that a person's cultural backdrop can no longer be assumed. The church has struggled to adjust. The gospel is a mix of challenge and invitation that needs to be balanced, and the way many have engaged makes people the enemy. All of this is examined in this talk on how to better engage.

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Darrell L. Bock is Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas, as well as Executive Director of Cultural Engagement for the Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership there. An author of over forty books, his special fields of study involve hermeneutics, the use of the Old Testament in the New, Luke-Acts, the historical Jesus, gospel studies, and the integration of theology and culture. It is this latter area that is the focus of his work at the Hendricks Center, where he is responsible for producing a web-based, weekly podcast on issues of God and culture called The Table and author of the recent book, Cultural Intelligence: Living for God in a Diverse, Pluralistic World. He was editor at large for Christianity Today for several years and served as President of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) for the year 2000-2001. Married to Sally for over forty years, he is the father of two married daughters and a son, and is also a proud grandfather.

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