I am starting a series of interviews of different missionaries that I have connections with. This one is a Q&A. Adesegun Hammad Olayiwola was one of my students. He is active in Nigeria, and has written many books on issues of African Missions, Evangelism, and Muslim ministry. (Most of these are available on Amazon.) For …
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I wrote a post a few years ago called, "Christmas. It's Okay... Really." You can read it by CLICKING HERE. I am writing this during Holy Week (Maundy Thursday to be exact). Easter is just three days away. The points of my previous post also applies to this holiday. The former post had several points: …
Continued from Part One As noted before, Conservative Christians tend not to want to say "I don't know" when it comes to Biblical or Theological questions. Some of that may be cultural. Having taught in a rather conservative seminary, I have certainly met my fair share of students who don't like "wishy-washy" answers to questions. …
Continue reading What’s Wrong With a Good Mystery (in Theology)?— Part 2
I do enjoy a good mystery novel. I enjoy True Crime podcasts as well. Of these, I particularly like solved crimes. I think solved satisfies my yearning for justice, something that unsolved crimes lack. However, there probably is also a bit of a side to me that just wants to know what is--- as Paul …
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I first heard the terms "Wicked Learning Environment" versus "Kind Learning Environment" in an interesting little Youtube video a few days ago on a channel called "Curious Tangents." Then only a yesterday it came up again when talking to a cousin of mine in the context of the work of Daniel Kahneman (in his book, …