The Top Posts During 2023

Beautiful Garden in the Desert (Isaiah 58:11-12) Curiously, this is my top post this year but not on this website. It is a Sermon I wrote years ago.

Sodalities and Modalities in Missions January 4, 2021. Classic missions on sodality and modality structures. The name pretty much describes it.

Medical Mission Events in the Philippines, Part I November 8, 2011. One of my early posts. Part one of a series of posts I wrote that relate to my dissertation on doing medical evangelistic mission event.

The Missionary Journeys of Peter (Part 1) July 5, 2021 One one of a review of St. Peter as potentially providing a structure for primitive church history rather than St, Paul (based on what we know or surmise).

Three Stages of Prophecy and Word November 30, 2016 An article that compares the transition from a prophet (oral word) religion to a religion of the written word in Jewish faith, with the similar transition of the Christian movement from oral word to written word. Considers the implications of that for today.

Nonviolent Response and Self-purification June 20, 2016 Simple look at nonviolent response as described from Martin Luther King Jr.

Cultural Perspective and the Prodigal Son February 5, 2017 Reviewing cultural intelligence and a book on this topic by Osobo Otaigbe.

Growing Your Church in Four Dimensions December 19, 2015. Reviewing the church growth model of Delos Miles.

Cultural Landmines and “The Pineapple Story” October 2, 2020 A (perhaps overly judgment) look at the Missions Story, “The Pineapple Story.”

Five Dangers of Neglecting Exegesis in the Field January 19, 2017 A bit more theological… looking at the importance of good theology (and exegesis) for good ministry (among other things).