I don't buy a lot of books. The availability of Christian books that I am interested in here in the Philippines is limited. I also have limited resources. So I really feel fortunate when I ordered four books that were delivered a few weeks ago. All four I have found to be very useful. I …
Tag: contextualization
Bad Contextualization of the Gospel
I am happy to say that I don't hear this much anymore... the idea that the gospel message needs not be contextualized or made to be recognized relevant to the hearer. On occasion, one hears someone quote Isaiah 55:11, believing that God word accomplishes what it is supposed to do, despite us. So shall My …
Theology and Anthropology, Part 3
I think of this part as a bit more straightforward. Cultural Anthropology is important in contextual theology. Consider the above image. The Bible comes to us as divine revelation that is embedded in certain source cultures (Ancient Jewish and Hellenstic-Roman particularly). If we accept that the canon of Scripture is closed, and identify that the …
Is the Bible Translatable? Part 2
This is part 2. Part 1 speaks of different views of translatability. This part looks at some practical reasons to accept the translatability of the Bible. A. Since translation always happens anyway, recognizing the validity of translation helps ensure that distortion is minimized. This sounds backwards. Those who support the untranslatability of Scripture (whether it …
Is the Bible Translatable? Part I
Is the Bible translatable? Now when I am asking that, I am not asking whether the words of the Bible can be translated into another language. I am asking: Can the Holy Bible be translated into another language and still be the Holy Bible. Can the Bible be translated and still be reliable? These two …
The Devil and the First Church of Job’s Friends
The Philippines gets bombarded with all sorts of theories as to what is “Christian” when it comes to psychology, pastoral care, and counseling. In truth, anybody from the West (or East) with the ability to make words with their mouth eventually comes to the Philippines to share their lack of insight with others. During the …
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Some Thoughts on Culture, Communication, and Missions. Part 4
Taking the ideas of Part 1 through 3 further (see links below), I would like to extend it to Incarnational Missions. See the figure below (Figure 6) Figure 6. Incarnational Missions Modification In this case N, S, and C stay the same (natural world, society, and culture respectively). P again is the people group in …
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Contextualization Presentation of the Gospel
<div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/WernerMischke/contextualizing-the-gospel" title="Contextualizing the gospel" target="_blank">Contextualizing the gospel</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/WernerMischke" target="_blank">Werner Mischke</a></strong> </div> Great presentation on Contextualization of the Gospel. Related Sites: Jackson Wu Blog Werner Mischke Blog
Do missionaries destroy cultures?
I wrote a similar article previously. Perhaps this article here says it better.