You would think that we would be able to reason better in the age where we have more sources of information, better tools to evaluate information, and a broader range of available perspectives. But that does not seem to be the case. In fact, It may be the opposite. Foolish thought appears to be a …
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Karl Barth in his book "The Humanity of God" wrote, One day in early August I 914 stands out in my personal memory as a black day. Ninety-three German intellectuals impressed public opinion by their proclamation in support of the war policy of Wtlhelm II and his counselors. Among these intellectuals I discovered to my …
I like to blog. I do believe that those of us in ministry are theologians. I think there are great reasons to blog theologically, but perhaps I should also be realistic about it. At one time weblogs were the hot new thing, but those times are past. Hotter and newer forms of media are here …
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In ministry, we are guided, in part, by the Great Commission--- to share our faith in season and out of season. And often, this drive to share our faith can often be conflated with a drive to grow our church. I have had this happen to me as well. I have had people share the …
I have decided to work more on my book on Missions Theology. I had started to work on it four years ago, but then stopped when working on my book on Interreligious Dialogue (See My Books above). But I decided to work again. A few updates: ---The working title has changed. Now, "'Walking With' as …
CategorySub-CategoryBrief DescriptionAtheistPositive AtheistPositively believes in the non-existence of a supreme personal God/beingAtheistNegative AtheistStates lack of belief in a supreme personal God/beingAgnosticClosed AgnosticDoesn't know if there is a God, and doesn't believe it is something knowable.Agnostic"Ignostic"Doesn't know if there is a God, and doesn't really care.AgnosticOpen AgnosticDoesn't know if there is a God, but would like …
Just a few thoughts that were bumping around in my head today. I figured I better write them down before they fade away. I may edit this post, or replace it with a new post later. Good Theology Requires Good Anthropology (as it says above). I believe this statement is true for several reasons. All …
As noted a few days ago, this site has just passed the 10 year point. In recognition of this, I have decided to offer free PDFs of three of my books here. <Note: I am writing this in November 2020. I haven't decided on how long to maintain these links. So if the downloads below …
A missionary serves in a place where he or she must teach new believers. But should this role be handled as a Theologian or a Dogmatist? The term "dogmatist" is commonly used in a negative sense. This alone may indicate that I think it is the wrong answer to the question I pose. Let's however, …
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I have SLOWLY been working on my book on Missions Theology. I am putting here a couple of diagrams that are associated with the sections related to Contextual Theology. The first one is the one related to Models of Contextualization. I am using Stephen Bevans six models. I try to relate the six models of …