Some time ago, I was at a person's house. I don't know the person that well--- more of a friend of a friend. That person, I will call "Deb" for the purpose of this story, took me to a mirror in her house and asked me to pray. She had seen a "mumu" (one of …
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“Idea Tribes” and “Pravda”
Maybe it has always been this way, but there seems to be an increase of intolerance in recent years. Yes, I know that in many things--- race (maybe), sexual orientation, and lifestyle choices--- there seems greater tolerance. But intolerance of divergent viewpoints seems greater. I could be wrong, but it makes sense. We are group-creating …
The 21st Century Church and the Quarantine
I am stuck (safely) at home in the Philippines. My family was supposed to fly to the US tomorrow, but we are under "enhanced quarantine" here and we had to cancel our flight. Therefore, I am working on my book, "Mission to Samaria" during this time. Here, church gatherings are ended for a now. Some …
The Turing Test and IRD
I have never been a fan of the Turing Test. Alan Turing (1912-1954) proposed a test for determining whether and artificial intelligence can think "like a human." The test suggests that if a person was communicating with an AI and was unable to distinguish whether or not he was talking to a computer or a …
A Theology of Celebration (Part II)
This is a continuation of "A Theology of Celebration (Part I)." You are welcome to read that one first. However, I have decided to make this second part more briefly than originally. Part one was written close to the time when some Christians were expressing the belief that Valentines Day may be "Un-Christian" and therefore …
Snapshots of Faith
Years ago, my wife and I wrote an article for a symposium on disaster response held at University of the Philippines (Baguio branch). We started writing it and then when more details came out it was clear that the topics they were covering were FAR different than our focus. We finished the article anyway (at …
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 …
Muslim Ministry Book
Adesegun Olayiwola gave me permission to print off a few of his books for those who might want a paper copy and not want to pay for shipping from the US. Copies are at my office in Baguio City. Cost is 200 pesos per copy.
Normalized Persecution
"I support religious freedom. I think the free exercise of religion is very important to a free society. But when I hear evangelicals say they must stand in solidarity with a particular candidate to protect their religious freedom, what I hear them saying is they want to avoid the persecution that every Christian generation except …
Top Posts for 2019
Greetings to all. 2019 has been a good year for me this year... overall. As far as this website, I have enjoyed putting up posts periodically. However, I tailed off a bit towards the end. Partly, this was because of book work (my own and others), and partly because I was working on another blogsite …