The last post I included the first life story I created. As I stated before, none of us have a life story. We have to create them... and there is a potential for infinite stories based on our experiences, thoughts, motivations, interconnections with others and the world, and meanings we come from the interpretation of …
Month: September 2022
The Tooth Fairy and My First Important Life Story
How many stories does a life have? I would like to suggest the following as the two possible correct answers: First, a very good answer is ZERO. Nada. Wala. We interact with the universe in near infinite ways in an approximately infinite number of moments in a span of time that connects eternities. Things happen …
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Is a Theology of Luck Probable? (Part 2)
<Yes an odd topic. I strongly recommend reading Part 1 (You can CLICK ON IT HERE) to make sure that when we both are using the word "luck" we mean the same thing.> Now, you may not care for this language (luck, lucky, unlucky)--- I am not sure I do either--- but this definition of …
Is a Theology of Luck Probable? (Part 1)
Years ago, I was driving through Ohio on my way to college when I heard a radio program by a guy who was rather well-known at that time, named ‘Reverand Ike.’ This was back in the 1980s and his beliefs were… idiosyncratic. I am not sure if he should be described as a Christian preacher--- …
Propositions Versus Stories
Some Christian seminaries really love propositional statements. A propositional statement is a statement that can be judged to be TRUE or FALSE. It can be objective or subjective. "The sky is blue" is often thought of as an objective proposition since it is a statement that can be determined (objective) whether it is fact or …
Well… They Couldn’t Agree on Missions Either…
The last 60 years of Christian missions has certainly had a lot of disagreements (and yes, I know one can find conflicts much further back). Consider: One finds in the late 60s conciliar missiologists claiming that proselytism is antithetical to missions, at the same time that Ralph Winter was saying that missions is evangelism only …
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Six Robust Foundations for Contextualized Christian Theology?
One of the big trends in recent years in Christian missions has been to think about contextualization for cultures that place a higher value shame than on guilt. As work in contextualization for honor/shame cultures, three things happened. First, there was a growth in the realization that the Bible not only focuses considerably on honor …
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Critique on RTV (“Read This Verse”) Counseling— Part Two
Continuing from Part 1. CLICK HERE if you haven't read Part 1 yet. #3. "RTV" Counsleing often devolves into bad hermeneutics on two levels. On the first level, there is often bad hermeneutics (process of interpretation) of the Bible. For example, a common RTV passage for counseling is Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things …
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Critique on RTV (“Read This Verse”) Counseling— Part 1
I used to be a mechanical engineer working for one of the larger defense contractors in the world. Sometimes we would have short-cut solutions to problems. In people's homes, one of the big shortcuts is duck tape (also spelled duct tape, incorrectly, at times). We did not use duck tape however, but one of our …
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