I could be wrong, but I think the above figure is a nice way of looking at different "societies." It is a very simple way of looking at "epistemology"--- how do we know what we know (or think we know). All four look at how truth comes to us. We can start with the 2nd …
Month: February 2015
Medical Missions Book
Updated my little book on Medical Missions. It is based on my doctoral dissertation, but I tried to get rid of (most of) the boring stuff. Will work on the Kindle Version in the next few days. It is available HERE
Contextual Evangelical Theology
I sometimes like calling myself a "contextual theologian." Whether I have the knowledge and competence to call myself a "theologian" is debatable. But if I can so designate myself, then certainly my sub-specialty would be in contextualization of theology. The problem is that "contextual theology" gets a bit of a bad rap. Often people connect …
What Would Daniel Do?
I see things on Facebook and other places that put out ideas that are perhaps true, but not really helpful. I have been bothered by the WAR metaphor for the church or for Christian's role in culture. The war metaphor is not completely incorrect... but it has limitations. It's greatest weakness, perhaps, is that it …
Theory and Personal Stuff
I save this webpage mostly for theoretical topics regarding ministry, missions, and theology. There is a saying that "One cannot philosophize on an empty stomach." We have been blessed for 11 years of good support so that we could minister and study here in the Philippines. That is a privilege... ...but it can also be …
The Story Wheel (Part 2)
The previous post was dedicated to the illustration of the story wheel. It is based on work by Sacks, as well as Crossan. But it seemed valuable to me to add 'antimyth.' The reason is that a myth ultimately establishes the underlying worldview of the culture. In fact all of the story types (the weakest …
The Story Wheel (Part I)
Below is the Story Wheel... loosely based on work by Sheldon Sacks and John Dominic Crossan. Will talk about it more in Part II. a Part 2 is HERE.
Books Status (Statuses? Statii?)
Have had some nice progress in the last few weeks: THEOSTORYING. I finished Revision C on it and decided to self-publish. I am rather proud of this short little book although I had the disquieting (and common) discovery of new errors in the book as soon as it went up on the Web. It is …
Reflections on the Waters of Bethesda
This is a very short story based somewhat on the story of Jesus and the Paralytic at Bethesda, in John 5. Some speculative modifications were made for the purposes of My story, not History. One day, Jesus walked to the pool of Bethesda. At certain times the place could be busy as Jewish pilgrims …