I don't get to too many missions conferences. It is kind of awesome I was able to join a missiology conference (EMS) in South Carolina, USA, and now a missions convention in Cavite, Philippines all in one year. Our Team from Bukal Life Care with former classmates, Ptrs Lino and Marvin It was a great …
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I was asked about "PowerPoint" Presentations and stuff and so I suppose I should give some links where they can be found. I have generally stopped filling up this website with files. Slideshare. (I don't really add anything new to Slideshare since they were bought by Scribd, but there are a fair bit of older …
I just finished reading a book on teaching missions. The book is "Equipping for Global Mission: Theological and Missiological Proposals and Case Studies." It is edited by Laura P Saunders, Gregory Mathias, and Edward L. Smithers. It is published by William Carey Publishing in 2024. This is not a review of the book (though I …
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For the first 7 years of my life I could not swim. That wasn't really a problem because I was never really at a place where swimming was needed. One time, however, when I was six years old, I was with my family visiting their friends in Connecticut. We went to a lake to go …
I was asked to research and recommend some policies on the use of Generative AI ("Artificial Intelligence") at the seminary where I teach. I had to do some study of this since my involvement with AI is quite limited. Reading experts, including policies of some universities, it is clear that a nuanced approach would be …
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I believe every person in this room can be a missionary. In fact, I believe that each of you here, if you are a follower of Christ, already is a missionary. The question here is what type of missionary are you, or will you be? CALL I rarely use the term “Call to Missions” For …
Recently I took an online course, led by Missiologist Tom Steffen called "Teaching in Oral Cultures." It is part of a collection of online courses under "Ephesiology Master Classes." that is overseen by Missions Professor Michael Cooper of Kairos University. Under Ephesiology Master Classes, I took one regular course, "Teaching in Oral Cultures" (as noted …
Continue reading Missions Course “Teaching in Oral Cultures”: A Review
It is good to keep learning. I am taking a course, "Teaching in Oral Cultures," the first full course of study I have taken since 2013. It is also good to keep teaching. That is true for at least two reasons--- one is that teaching forces one to keep learning. The other is that it …
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