Missions and its role interacting with human culture.
Deuteronomy 23:12-14 “You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. Because the Lord your God walks in the …
Continue reading Doing Some Theological Composting of Excrement Law of Ancient Israelites
So... I have written before my thoughts on the above passage. This is where Paul describes an event at the Church in Antioch. Peter was visiting the church, and then some brethren from Jerusalem visited. While previously Peter would dine with the Gentiles, when those from Jerusalem joined, he separated himself from the Gentiles. Paul …
I have been thinking about the topic of making one's thoughts unconvincing over the last few weeks based on some interaction with an acquaintance of mine. He is promoting some ideas. Some of the ideas have genuine merit, I think. Others at least have potential for good topics of discussion. While there was some merit …
A few days ago, I was asked by one of my students here at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary what my view regarding "Mano Po" is. Now among the many things I am not an expert in is the Filipino cultural practice of "Mano po." However, since he, a Filipino pastor, was asking me, a foreigner …
For those who want to know about C1 through C6 contextualization of the Christian faith in other religious contexts, you can read up on it by CLICKING HERE. I was talking to a friend of mine. Actually, it was the first time we had spoken face-to-face, although we had communicated online for years. While sipping …
Continue reading A Different Challenge in Messianic Mosque Planting
This is unsurprisingly a continuation of PART ONE. And much like Part One, it is tied to an article I recently wrote that can be seen by CLICKING ON THE ARTICLE. Relating to this topic, here is a quote from that article: Jesus of Nazareth established the church completely embedded in Judeanculture—Judean in membership, language, …
Continue reading Jesus Christ as Internationalizer of the Faith (Part 2)
I recently wrote an article, Muddy Footprints, where I suggest that Jesus was not so much a contextualizer of the faith, but an internationalizer of the faith. You are welcome, even encouraged to read that article, but I want to explore this a bit further. Contextualization as a term has been around since the 1970s …
Continue reading Jesus Christ as Internationalizer of the Faith (Part 1)
I wrote an article on the localization of theology for the Philippine Journal of Religious Studies (2024 edition). 07 Muddy FootprintsDownload
"Word Salad" is an unintelligible jumble of words and phrases. It is traditionally used to describe a symptom of neurological problems, such as aphasia. However, in common usage now the term can mean, "Language that obscures its meaning." As such, it is more akin to "Double Talk." Double talk, according to Merriam-Webster has two meanings: …
If you missed Part One. you can CLICK HERE. I have been slow in getting to the Incarnation of Christ, but I will delay it a bit longer. Consider a change of perspective. If you were a being visiting an alien world full of... well... aliens, how would you want to present yourself. You have …
Continue reading Reflections on Sci-fi Aliens and the Incarnation (Part Two)