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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The book, "Encountering the History of Mission: From the Early Church to Today" by John Mark Terry and Robert L. Gallagher, is part of the Encountering Missions series of books. It was published in 2017 by Baker Academic. I strongly recommend it for anyone interested in Christian missions--- especially Evangelical Christian missions. I don't have …
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What makes history... history. One can look at it as repeating cycles of human drama. It can be seen as class struggle, social and/or technological progress, paradigm shifts, or clashes of civilizations or ideologies. But one popular one is the "Great Man" Theory. In the words of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), "The history of the world …
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