Sometime back, I had written a post called "The Hopeful Optimist." It is AVAILABLE HERE. I have always liked the article. However, I wish I had seen the following quote, before I wrote it. Hope is by no means the exclusive preserve of religious people or the Christian community, but a universal phenomenon. As a …
Month: June 2024
Missions is a Often a Dead-end Job… Thankfully
The title above doesn't always apply... but often does. Usually does, I think. A missionary, as noted by others, is a person who works himself out of a job. He (I am going to use "he" although missions is one of the most egalitarian roles in Evangelical Christianity, so feel free to substitute "she" or …
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Maybe Ethnic Religions Do Make Sense…
When studying religions, one simple classification is between "Universal Religions" and "Ethnic Religions." There are religious perspectives that don't clearly fit into either, but these two are useful categories. Universal religions are a system to identifies with all people. As such, there is an evangelistic component normally. Ethnic religions, on the other hand, identify with …
The Holy Bible Among Other Scriptures
So what might we say of revelation in other religions? In an era past, the Scottish missionary to India John Nicol Farquhar famously championed the idea that Christ fulfills the best in Hinduism,[46] an idea that could be applied to other religions and their sacred texts. At the other end of the spectrum there is …
Is It Beneficial to Use Generative AI in Missiology?
I was asked to research and recommend some policies on the use of Generative AI ("Artificial Intelligence") at the seminary where I teach. I had to do some study of this since my involvement with AI is quite limited. Reading experts, including policies of some universities, it is clear that a nuanced approach would be …
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