I finished teaching an 8-week course in Theology of Missions at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. I wasn't sure how best to do this, since this is the first time I have taught the course, and it is the first time it has been taught at our school. So I decided to hit as much as …
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Clickbait Christianity
Many of you know the term “Clickbait” (aka "click bait" or "click-bait"). But for those that don't, clickbait are web articles that are created to entice “clicking” on them. Typically, the stories are misleading, biased, low-quality or completely bogus. The purpose of these articles is not to inform... at least not to inform with the …
Adventures in Typing
I have had to cut back a little in blogging. Part of it is because of a lot of stuff going on this Summer. We have a Disaster Response Symposium that our group (Bukal Life Care) is putting together in partnership with Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary and Virginia Baptist Disaster Response. We also will be …
The Lost Book (or “Why Do We Write?”)
Thought #1 Our Purpose "Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation." -Graham Greene Is it possible to write a book and forget that you …
Problem With Debating
At the bottom of this article is a link on Online Debating. It points out that it is better to seek clarification (understanding) than persuasion. I like to think about 4 major types of conversation: The article points out that debate (or I listed as "apologetics/argument") has problems. Positively, it is likely to be better …
Some More Thinking Inside the Box. Part 3
3. Limitations inspire creativity. I think, commonly, when people speak of "thinking outside the box," they really mean the ability to think creatively despite the limitations. So, there is not really a disagreement between "thinking outside of the box" and "thinking inside the box." However, the point here is that creativity comes from focusing on …
Some More Thinking Inside the Box. Part 2
Limitations aid growth. Maybe the best way to explain this is by example. I preach periodically. It used to be that I really enjoyed being given full freedom in what I am to preach on. I liked choosing my topic. But over time, I learned to appreciate being given a topic. The reason is that …
Some More Thinking Inside the Box. Part 1
I have talked about this before... but it seems to be worthy of more thoughts. Since I have started intentionally listening for the phrase "thinking outside of the box" or the instruction "Think outside the box", 1. The issue isn't thinking outside of the box but understanding the difference between real constraints and areas of …
Missiology on Slideshare
Found some great missiology resources on Slideshare. I was looking for a good presentation on "The Great Century" in Protestant Missions. There is very little available. But then I found one on Slideshare, and figured out that most of the presentations in this collection are tied to chapters of "Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, …
An ‘Introduction to Missions’ Book… hopefully.
Been trying to write an Introductory book for Christian missions. I suppose I should be working on it right now. I have written some short books before. I did one on medical missions (based on my dissertation)... pretty good, but short. I did one on the use of narrative in missions (a bit rough and …
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