For over a week, I have had no access to my wordpress.com blogs. I maintain four. This is one of them. Then we have one for our family (bobandceliamunson.wordpress.com). Then we have our main ministry (bukallife.wordpress.com). Finally we have our local (Philippine) church. (westbaguiobaptist.wordpress.com). Some I do a better job of updating than others. So …
Month: July 2014
Missiology on Slideshare
Found some great missiology resources on Slideshare. I was looking for a good presentation on "The Great Century" in Protestant Missions. There is very little available. But then I found one on Slideshare, and figured out that most of the presentations in this collection are tied to chapters of "Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, …
Rope as a Metaphor for Missionary Member Care
The rope can either represent the connection between the missionary and his/her support network. OR The rope can represent the coming together of such support. #1 The Baptist Missionary Society in London on October 2, 1792 included people such as William Carey, Andrew Fuller, John Ryland and more. Carey expressed willingness to go to India …
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Test-Tube Religion
This may sounds strange.... but about 25 years ago, I created my own religion. Sadly, I have forgotten some of the details... including the name I gave for the religion. Now, you may wonder why I would create my own religion. Classic reasons could be: Megalomania Religious experience Desire to reform or syncretize Hating a …
Giving the Devil his due… sort of.
A couple of things have come up here that bring up issues regarding demon possession. One was some discussions on-line that point out that a large percentage of Evangelicals in US do not believe in "mental illnesses" but believe that such phenomena are demon possession or demon oppression or such. The other was a training …
The Kite and the Clouds (short story)
Now I know some of you don’t believe kites can think and speak. To be honest, I don’t believe so either. However, let’s just assume that this one particular kite could, to avoid unnecessary arguments later. A family that loved to go to the park owned this particular kite. On a fine windy day, they …
Wings versus Springs— Images of Holistic Missions
I have been reading Christopher Wrights's book "The Mission of God"... I am a slow reader. But I was also reading a review of that book by Trevin Wax... actually a very good review... but there was a part that got me thinking. Trevin was noting some disagreement (or apparent disagreement) with Wright's focus on …
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