I live in Philippines, a nation that many of its citizenry describe as the only Christian nation in Asia. (Of course, if "Christian nation" means majority of its citizenry describe themselves as Christian, then Armenia is also an Asian Christian nation--- and Georgia, Cyprus, and Timor-Leste also qualify, depending on where one puts the artificial …
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I teach a class in Inter-religious Dialogue (IRD). Since I am a Missions professor at an Evangelical missionally-minded seminary, I like to challenge the notion that IRD is anti-evangelistic. IRD is not preaching (1-way communication to change someone's mind) or apologetics (2-way communication to change someone's mind). IRD focuses on understanding, but I point out …
I have fallen out of the habit of getting involved in discussion boards. I guess part of the reason is that over the decades they attract trolls. But even when they don't they often draw people in based on their ability to type rather than their ability to discuss or think. Recently, I saw a …
I spoke as the graduation speaker at Aurora College of Intercultural Studies. I spoke on Acts 1:8 (a pretty typical verse for a missionary training school). I suggested that the focus on Power is unnecessary. Rather, If one embraces God's Purpose, one has God's Presence and God's Power I used two stories from the Bible. …
I was talking to one of my students while having coffee. He is getting ready to graduate and he admitted to me that he is not the strongest academically. I think it would be fair to say that on a certain level there is truth to that. But on a couple of levels this is …