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The fourth principle in the series involves the crossing of all cultural barriers. The Church is global and trans-cultural. American Christians are so immersed in our own culture, we have to beware our own ethnocentric assumptions.
A history of mutual distrust & dislike existed between Jews & the half-blood Samaritans. It went back a ways & was often nasty. So what does it mean that Philip headed straight into their territory with the Christian message?