<Much of this article is discussed more in Sir Normal Anderson's book "CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD RELIGIONS: THE CHALLENGE OF PLURALISM"(starting around page 169)> “What view should the Christian take of non-Christian religions-…- as systems that profess to mediate salvation?” Anderson describes three broad viewpoints. To provide real-world illustration of these options, I am using the …
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A couple of common, and related, themes in missions today are "contextualization" and "self-theologization." The first says that to make the Word of God accessible to a culture, it must be translated into that culture, not only in language, but in symbology (in its many forms) as well. To do this, one attempts to minimize …
I noticed that I have been putting in a number of posts that fit into the category of "Christian Leadership." I haven't been doing that much in the past. I suppose it is because we have been in the process of organizing our mission group, Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center (www.bukallife.org). I have also …
A. Failure has a strongly positive role... it can help us learn more about ourselves. John Maxwell in Failing Forward, lists several common reasons for failure: Poor people skills. (#1 Cause) It’s about relationships. Negative attitude. Pessimistic, half empty. Can’t see opportunities… only sees problems. Bad fit. Find what you are made to do. I …
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A lot of times in Christian circles, we focus on the extremes. Extreme faith, extreme dedication, extreme charisma, extreme courage, etc. There is a place for that... and I suppose, it is reasonable that the heroes of the faith are often people of rather extreme temperaments, even (perhaps) collectors of personality disorders. They are people …