This week, I explore the theological foundations for contextualization. The question of why we should pursue contextualization is typically answered in a very narrow way that emphasizes what are certainly important socio-cultural and anthropological issues. For me, I always long to have very firm and clear Biblical reasons as well — a theological impetus, if you will. There are at least four theological foundations that I’d like to mention and briefly explore. I present the first two of those today.