Homer Simpson (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The following is a quote by Tony Campolo in the foreword he wrote for the book "The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the Word's Most Animated Family" by Mark I. Pinsky (Westminster John Knox Press, 2001). In Homer, we find still another form of Protestant Christianity. …
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I was reading some of “Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age” (strange title) by Sallie McFague. It has a chapter on Metaphorical Theology, and it seemed to me that it has much to say about Missions Theology. While I am aware that there have been some honest attempts to develop a real …
This post is based on the notes from a number of students of mine from the Chin tribe. I don't have first hand experience with the group... just insights from my students. I believe, however, the items they mentioned provide some insight in healthy or critical contextualization. When Christian missionaries arrived in the region of …
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A few years ago I read an article in Christianity Today called “'Great to Good' Churches” (by Eric Swanson, 2003). I suppose it was a reaction to or at least a reflection on Jim Collins' book “Good to Great.” It noted a “mid-life” reflection that many churches go through-- a transition from seeking success to …
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