I just bought a couple of books of Adesegun Olayiwola for our seminary's library. I wrote the Foreword for one of these two ("Principles..."). Here is the Foreword: "What is your business here in our country?" asks the immigration officer. The man who stands before him looks at the officer and confidently says, "I am …
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Finding Missions Books in Odd Places
I live in the Philippines. That really limits my access to new books on Christian missions. Christian bookstores tend not to have such works, and online sources are pretty expensive if one wants them shipped to Luzon. In the US things are somewhat better. At least, online purchases are cost effective. The strange thing is …
Book Review: “Basic Bible Storying” by J.O. Terry
Basic Bible Storying: Preparing and Presenting Bible Stories for Evangelism, Discipleship, Training, and Ministry, Revised Edition, by J.O. Terry Christian non-fiction is fairly diverse. At one end I call Inspirational/Devotional (not completely sure what publishers call them). These are books that have some generally positive Christian theme (perhaps on how to pray, or "have victory," …
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Fast to Slow Missions, Part 1
This is a section of my book, "Walking With: A Theological Reflection on Christian Missions." It is available by CLICKING HERE. In this section I promote three types of "paradoxical" missions: Strong to Weak Missions Big to Small Missions Rich to Poor Missions So most of the rest of this post is about those three--- …
New Book Coming… Soon?
The book that our team at PBTS has completed the first draft of our new book--- Dalamhati at Luwalhati: Theological Reflections on the Filipino Experience. It is now being reviewed by our publisher. We shall see what happens during that process, but we are expectant of having good news soon. If things go as planned, …
Updated Book on Cultural Anthropology
Finally updated my old book, Ministry in Diversity. Made numerous small updates, as well as including a new chapter. Decided to retire the old title and go with a name that is more accurate... "Cultural Anthropology and Christian Missions: Ministering to a Multicultural World." https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9SDMY9S?ref_=ast_author_dp
Most Updated Downloads of Two of my Books on Missions
I have noticed that I have been getting a lot downloads of electronic versions of my books. Two books that I have available are older versions of the book. I guess I did that because I figured if one wants the newest version, one can "buy the book"--- paperback, that is. But I had a …
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On My Bookshelf at the Moment
I am in the US right now so I like to think of it as a good time to catch up on reading. That hasn't been as true as I would like it to be. Nevertheless, I have been making some progress. Here are the one's I am pushing through. #1. Becoming a Missional Family; …
Christian Medical Missions— Can it be Done in a God-honoring Manner?
Twelve years ago, I finished my dissertation at Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary. It was on medical missions in the Northern Philippines. Although I would have written some of it different now than I did back then; still, the findings were solid. I hope that the findings are helpful to people, but all too often …
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Seneca Tribe Missions— Good Questions from the 19th Century
I was raised up near the Cattaraugus Reservation of the Seneca Nation of Indians--- a prominent Iroquois tribe. Recently, I was reading "Kinzua: From Cornplanter to the Corps" by William N. Hoover. In it, he shares a quote from another book that speaks questions that Seneca students had for white missionary teachers serving among them. …
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