I know some are into New Years Resolutions. As far as I can recall, I have never done this. I think I am more open to the idea of year "theming." I have done this before and found it had some merit. This year, my focus is more on Missions writing. As a missions professor, …
Month: January 2026
The Finality of Christ (1969). A Book Review of Sorts
"The Finality of Christ" is a book written by Lesslie Newbigin in 1969. It was published by SCM in England, and John Knox in the United States. The author is actually listed as Lesslie Newbigin: Bishop of Madras, pointing to his role as an Anglican bishop in India at the time. In a sense, the …
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“Are There Few That Be Saved?” Quote of Lesslie Newbigin
"The question: are there few that be saved? is one that Jesus declined to answer. It is a question which seems to fascinate many Christian minds today. There are, on the one hand, those who seem anxious to keep the doors of hell wide open so that there may not be any lack of funds …
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Should One Ask Permission Before Sharing the Gospel Message?
I am writing this as a teacher of missions, not as an evangelist. In fact, I do evangelism very rarely. If that makes me unreliable to you, no worries. I will just give the TL;DR. I do believe that their are settings where asking permission is absolutely critical. There are other settings where it is …
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Who Was the First American Missionary to Foreign Lands?
This is not an area of great study on my part, so I am welcome to hearing from others on this one. When I was young, the answer was simple... It was Adoniram (and Ann) Judson. They traveled to India under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (a Congregationalist missions entity) in 1812. …
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Power-Restrained Missions and the Temptations of Christ
I have sought to promote "Powerless" Missions. While this sounds strange to some people, it is not far from mainstream missions. Vulnerable Missions is a movement that is popularized and missiologists and missional theologians commonly promote an avoidance of missionaries utilizing money or authority to control and manipulate. But I also get the problem. The …
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Our Uniqueness in Common Humanity (Max Warren and Anton Boisen)
I like to promote the 7 Rules of Interreligious Dialogue that was put forward by Max Warren (Anglican Missiologist) back in the 1960s. In my Interreligious Dialogue class, I asked my students to explain the 7 Rules in their own words. I stopped in the middle of grading because I began thinking. They did a …
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