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Missions History of the East– Can These Bones Live?

On By missionmusingsIn History in Missions1 Comment

Occasionally I get to teach Missions History, and one time I was able to teach Church History. As I reflect on these topics, I am struck again by the shocking lack of respect given to the missions movement(s) of the Eastern Church in the first millennium (primarily) and to a lesser extent in the second …

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Honoring “The Other Guy.” Part 2

On By missionmusingsIn Faith and Doubt, Parables/Allegories1 Comment

Thomas’ primary claim to fame is as a DOUBTER. But I would like to suggest that a better description of Thomas is as a FAITHFUL DOUBTER or perhaps FAITHFUL SCEPTIC. I have suggested before that “faithful and doubting” might be better than “faithful.” Faithful and doubting means a faithfulness that has been tempered in the …

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