I honestly believe that it s important to be informed of what is actually happening at the deeper level. Contemporary Christianity need not have any resemblance to that in the New Testament, except for the ethical principles. General Liberal opinion is that Jesus leaves a legacy of ethical values. For example, with regard to the biblical account of the feeding of the five thousand by Jesus, the value derived from that is the example of sharing by a little boy. This exemplary act encouraged others to share.
Translation is the model evangelicals seek to follow.
It accepts the world-view of the Bible, and the message of the Bible as normative. It is our task to exegete the Bible and translate it into the present world-view. We need to search for meaningful words that communicate with the post-modern world. Post-modern Christians cannot duplicate or replicate the early Church. Mistakes of the Ancients in considering the world flat, and the Moderns in concluding everything to be cause and effect are over.