I have seen a lot of articles FB posts, podcasts, and such talking about how people (particularly youth) are supposed to be “radical Christians.” I was originally going to write a cautionary note on this. To me the term “radical” suggests rebellious and reactionary (and noisy and odd). And while there is some truth in …
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A few thoughts on Christmas. May as well get the thinking started now. 1. It is OKAY to Christianize a pagan holiday. <An Issue of Contextualization.> Some are bothered by this and make this a big issue at certain times of the year. But Christianization is simply the subversion or reinterpretation of symbols. This is …
I don't normally emphasize my Baptist ties on this website since I don't see that sound Christian Missions should be particularly denominationally driven. If one is focused on God's Kingdom, you don't focus on your own fiefdom. However, I have been seeing more and more problems with self-destructing leadership in both church and missions. The …
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Recently I have seen a couple of organizations that have as part of their vision statement that they seek to "fulfill the Great Commission." When people say Great Commission, they are normally thinking of Matthew 28, starting in verse 18, but there are others. Actually, a lot of mission groups have similar statements, it just …
I added a new Page to this Website entitled "My Books." Right now it has one book I recently wrote, "Theo-Storying: Reflections on God, Narrative, and Culture." It also has my seminary dissertation (on medical missions). There is also a rough-draftish book I wrote a couple of years ago on Wholistic Ministry. Even …
In Missions and other Christian Ministry, we seek to develop and increase faith in others... but do we seek out healthy faith, or unhealthy faith?
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Article that was originally published in "Bukal Life Care Journal" (2012 edition). Go down to the post listed at the bottom of this post if you wish to download the entire e-journal. Elijah in Dialogue with Crisis Care" target="_blank">Divine Intervention: The Flight of Elijah in Dialogue with Crisis Care from Bob Munson Related articles …