One of my favorite "modern" Christian stories is "The Gospel Blimp" by Joseph Bayly. It is a short (long short story, or novella) tale that is not only humorous but gives a great lesson regarding ministry. Since that lesson has a lot to do with a book that I am writing (still called "Slow Missions," …
"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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Book: CONNECTING POINTS: Bridging the Orality Gap to Minds and Hearts Editors: Charles Madinger, Danyal Qalb Publisher Info: Institutes for Orality Strategies, OralityResources.International, Manila, Philippines Format: E-book. Available at https://oralityresources.international/connecting-points-1. (Note: While freely available to anyone, it is requested that the link is shared, not the file. That way, they can keep track of how …
I am presently working on a Missiology book that will hopefully be done in 2026. But for now, I would like to go over the books I have written up to this point. All of my books have been self-published and self-edited (mostly). My new book will probably have a publisher, so hopefully it will …
Book: "Polycentric Missiology: Twenty-First-Century Mission from Everyone to Everywhere" by Allen Yeh. InterVarsity Press, 2016. This book I got through Kindle essentially based on the title alone. I really never do this. However, the title sounds like one that I wish I had come up with. When I opened the book I was surprised and …
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The book, title above, edited by John D. Massey, Mike Morris, and W. Madison Grace II (Kregel Academic, 2021) is an important book of missions history for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and to a lesser extent the Baptist movement. Baptists, especially as it relates to the American form, developed a group identity out of …
For someone who blogs a LOT on Christian missions and Missions Theology I don't really immerse myself that much in the "Missions Scene." There is a pretty good reason for this. My wife is a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) supervisor and we have a pastoral counseling center. I end up doing a fair amount of …
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I am not sure how useful it is to do a review for a book that is 40 years old and no longer being printed. However, when the book was recommended to me, I easily found a second-hand copy online. "Church Members and Nontraditional Religious Groups" by Glenn A. Igleheart was published by Broadman Press …
This is not a review of the book "Asian Christian Theology: Evangelical Perspectives," edited by Timoteo Gener and Stephen Pardue (2019). That being said, I would like to say a couple of things that I do think qualify as a review of sorts. First, I think the book generally does what it says it wants …
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I had never heard of this book, nor its author until he was on the Preston Sprinkle's podcast "Theology in the Raw" (Episode 1170). They were talking about Nijay's new book, "Strange Religion: How the First Christians were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling." I have always wanted to gain a clearer understanding of the early church. …
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