I have finished the first draft of my book "Walking With" as Metaphor for Missions Theology. Book Missions and Theology VDownload If you are interested in reading it as it is, you can click on the Download Button above. Now you might be thinking, "Why, oh why, would you want to put it up unfinished?" …
Category: missions theology
Sodalities and Modalities in Missions
This is from an early draft of a book I wrote, "Walking With: A Theological Reflection on Christian Missions." The final version is available online by CLICKING HERE. Christian Missions is done by people who come together as part of the Kingdom of God, as members of the Body of Christ, as those joined in …
Contextual Theology Diagrams
I have SLOWLY been working on my book on Missions Theology. I am putting here a couple of diagrams that are associated with the sections related to Contextual Theology. The first one is the one related to Models of Contextualization. I am using Stephen Bevans six models. I try to relate the six models of …
Biblical Theology Presentations
I taught a short-course on Biblical Theology back a few years ago. Actually, it was two short-courses--- one for Old Testament and one for New Testament. Biblical Theology is not my strength, but I was excited to teach it at Maranatha Bible College because it is a passion of mine. I used, primarily “An Old …
The Cheshire Church
The following is a quote from the book by James F. Engle and William A. Dyrness, "Changing the Mind of Missions: Where Have We Gone Wrong?" (InterVarsity Press, 2000). Who can fault legendary evangelist Dwight L. Moody, who captured the mood of evangelicals at the end of the nineteenth century in his declaration, "I look …
The IMB Mission Statement and Holism
I facilitated a lecture on Social Ministry. The students' readings were: Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishing, 2009). Jerry Ballard, “Missions and Holistic Ministry” in World Missions: The Asian Challenge: A Compendium of the Asia Missions Congres, '90 (Asia …
Asian Christian Theology? (Part II)
Years ago I wrote an article on Asian Christian Theology, where I expressed some questions or concerns about how some consider this. (You can read it by CLICKING HERE). Recently I was in a meeting where exploration of supporting Asian Christian Theology books was explored. Some questions came up that commonly come up when this …
Theo-storying Again
Okay. I finally finished working on my wife and my have struggled with, off and on, for close to three years, Dynamics in Pastoral Counseling and Training. I have decided to start updating and fixing my previous books. I have decided to start with Theo-Storying: Reflections on God, Narrative, and Culture. Although it has actually …
Missional and Missionary Churches
One of my students is writing about the Missional Church movement as part of her dissertation. I will not steal her thunder. I will just make a couple of comments on the topic here. She noted that the term "missional church" has often been seen as another term for "missionary church." Over time, however, the …
Correlation in Missions Theology
Correlation is described by Paul Tillich as: Theology formulates the questions implied in human existence, and theology formulates the answers implied in divine self-manifestation under the guidance of the questions implied in human existence. This is a circle which drives man to a point where question and answer are not separated. Paul Tillich, "Systematic Theology," 1951, …