I recently bought a book titled "Serving Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountability in Mission" edited by Dwight Baker and Doug Hayward. On a quick glance through, it looks like it should be a good read. It got me thinking. I used to be a mechanical engineer. I served as an Engineering Officer in the …
Month: October 2023
Some Spot-on Literary Criticism Theories from… Reddit?
My son sent me a post from the r/tumblr by David J. Prokopetz. It is meant to be humorous but also a bit serious. As Prokopetz notes in the comments, "I am never more serious than when I'm joking." I am going to paraphrase his post, adjusting it more for Biblical Criticism. The areas in …
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A Research Article on Power of Myth
Years ago in Ethnography class, we our class did a research on the importance and role of Horror media and Filipino supernatural with youth in Baguio City. The supernatural referred here is not necessarilly the same way that Americans think of it. Much of the Filipino supernatural is the green section in the figure below--- …
Article on Storytelling for Theological Reflection
I recently wrote an article titled: "Biblical Commentary as Story: Is There a Place for Aggadic Midrash in Oral Cultures?" https://www.academia.edu/108401821/Biblical_Commentary_as_Story_Is_There_a_Place_for_Aggadic_Midrash_in_Oral_Cultures?source=swp_share
What is “Biblical” Anyway?
I have written some on different forms of Christian counseling. My wife is a Board Certified Clinical Chaplain and Board Certified Pastoral Counselor, as well as a Diplomate in Pastoral Supervision. Obviously, she is more of an expert on this topic than I am, but I am the one who likes to write. Anyway, I …
Over- and Under-Contextualization
I have long struggled with the terms Over-contextualization, Under-contextualization, and Non-contextualization. Paul Hiebert (using terms "uncritical contextualization" and "non-contextualization) stated that the danger of the former is syncretism (unhealthy degradation of essential aspects of the Christian faith by non-Christian beliefs within the recipients' culture) while for the latter, the concern is a "foreign gospel" of …
Missions Course “Teaching in Oral Cultures”: A Review
Recently I took an online course, led by Missiologist Tom Steffen called "Teaching in Oral Cultures." It is part of a collection of online courses under "Ephesiology Master Classes." that is overseen by Missions Professor Michael Cooper of Kairos University. Under Ephesiology Master Classes, I took one regular course, "Teaching in Oral Cultures" (as noted …
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Social Concern and Christians. Too Little? Too Much?
Quote from "Good News and Good Works: A Theology for the Whole Gospel" by Ronald J. Sider -It is... "simply incredible that so many modern Christians, especially evangelicals, have largely ignored this central truth about God. I remember talking to a prominent evangelical leader about fifteen years ago. He had just discovered the hundreds of …
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