On October 25 is the 10th anniversary of this website. Kind of exciting. Ten years ago was also when my wife and I formally launched our ministry along with our partners--- Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center. It is now are major ministry. I guess October 2010 was a big year for us. I will …
Month: October 2020
College-Age Missions Questions
I was never a part of one of those groups--- mission organizations that focus on college-age students both as active ministers and recipients of ministry. I won't name groups because there are so many of them (both big and little) and they vary so much. I have often wondered about them. As I said I …
Quote on Myth
'The myths of primitive society are merely the result of an endeavour to express certain ways of thinking and feeling about the facts of life which are brought into existence by the manner in which life is regulated in society.' ---Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (as noted by E.O. James in 'The Nature and Function of Myth' in …
Biblical Theology Presentations
I taught a short-course on Biblical Theology back a few years ago. Actually, it was two short-courses--- one for Old Testament and one for New Testament. Biblical Theology is not my strength, but I was excited to teach it at Maranatha Bible College because it is a passion of mine. I used, primarily “An Old …
10 Years
Today is the 10 year anniversary of the formal launching of our organization, Bukal Life Care. But then I realized that we are approaching the 10 year anniversary of this website. My first post was on October 30, 2010. Now we are approaching 1200 posts. I have not been posting much in the last few …
Three tests of Quackery: Too Much, Too Well, Too Costly
All three of my children were afflicted with atopic dermatitis. Two of them have got beyond most of the symptoms. One of them still has problems with it. Over the years we got an awful lot of advice on how to treat it. A few were thoroughly unhelpful... but most had at least a bit …
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Cultural Landmines and “The Pineapple Story”
Otto Koning served in Irian Jaya back when it was part of the Dutch East Indies. He wrote the story, "The Pineapple Story." It was a story we covered in our Intro to Missions class years ago. The story is all over the Web, so I will let you read it yourself. One could argue …
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