Article by a friend of mine and fellow missionary working here in the Philippines.
Author: missionmusings
Writer, Seminary Professor, NGO Administrator, Missionary, Father, Husband, Blogger (not necessarily in that order)
Fact Checker: Do Faithful Christians Take the Bible Literally?
<Reblog of post by Glenn T. Stanton. Click on the link below for the rest. Nice readable article about Bible Interpretation.> One of the things I enjoy most in my work at Focus on the Family is the opportunity to speak at secular university campuses and to organizations that are indifferent or opposed to orthodox …
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Spiritual Abuse Presentation (3rd in Series)
<div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/spiritual-abuse-3-religious-addiction" title="Spiritual Abuse 3: Religious Addiction" target="_blank">Spiritual Abuse 3: Religious Addiction</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3" target="_blank">Bob Munson</a></strong> </div>
Both/And and In-Between
Quote from Oswald Chambers, "My Utmost for His Highest" In mission work, the great danger is that God's call will be replaced by the needs of the people, the the point that human sympathy for those needs will absolutely overwhelm the meaning of being sent by Jesus. The needs are so enormous, and the conditions …
Article on Elijah and Crisis Care
Wrote an article, "Divine Intervention: The Flight of Elijah in the Context of Crisis Care." If you want to read it, it is in the magazine that can be downloaded (pdf) at the link below. I think it is a pretty decent article on the topic (although even after about 5 or 6 cycles of …
God of the Story
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH This is how the Bible starts. The term “in the beginning” (b'ereshith) has a subtle mystery associated with it. The beginning of what? Here are a few possibilities. The Beginning of God. This appeals to a pantheistic understanding of God, but appears to be Biblically …
A Rational Faith? Part II
<This post is the continuation of a thought done previous in another post, "A Rational Faith? Part I." However, since the two were written months apart, don't be surprised if you find some overlap and disagreement.> The term "faith" is hard for people. I have told people who are atheistic (or at least closed agnostics) …
Insults as a Missiological Strategy??? Part 2
I feel that Part 1 of this post was a bit unclear. I pointed out that, although I strongly disagree with the ethics of the method, insults have been successfully used as a means of reducing other minority (or marginalized) groups. I realize that this sounds really strange, but in fact is quite common. Violence …
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STM Book on the Philippines
Barry Phillips stopped by to talk about some future projects today. The Phillips work in a very provincial part of the Luzon, here in the Philippines. He wrote a book on doing Short-term Missions in the Philippines. The book is named, "I Planted the Seed (and Woody Squashed it)," definitely an enigmatic title, until you …
Insults as a Missiological Strategy??? Part 1
<NO, I don't approve of insults as a missiological strategy. Please read the whole post before making a judgment. Anything less than that would be... insulting.> When I was in college, I became familiar with "Chick Publications." They are still active, but I really have no familiarity with their work in the last 25 years. …
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