Tag Archives: Missiology
Some Book Reviews
I write book reviews from time to time that by God’s grace are published. I’ve written reviews for Faith & Mission (the former journal of SEBTS), EMQ, Missiology, and Themelios. I’ve reviewed the following books (hyperlinks are to the individual … Continue reading
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Blog Series on Insider Movements
On Between the Times, the faculty blog for Southeastern Seminary, a new series is being posted on a missiological strategy called “Insider Movements.” This series is being written by Dr. Doug Coleman,* a missionary to Muslims for over a decade, … Continue reading
What Do Buddha and Jesus Have in Common?
Corduan, Winfried. Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions. Downer’s Grove: IVP, 1998. Hagen, Steve. Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day. New York: Broadway, 1999. Lim, David and Steve Spaulding, ed. Sharing … Continue reading
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The Church and Cultures–Anthropology in Action
Luzbetak, Louis J. The Church and Cultures: New Perspectives in Missiological Anthropology. American Society of Missiology Series, No. 12. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1988. In this twelfth volume of the prestigious ASM series, Louis J. Luzbetak (1918–2005; his obituary is a must … Continue reading
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Your Church and Mission
My good friend and dear brother in the Lord, Dougald, and I are working together to assist our local gathering of believers to come up with a handbook of sorts for everything our church does related to missions. Our goal … Continue reading
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Missiology = Theology + Pragmatism ?
Having just read through some literature on the Church Growth Movement, I have started thinking about the relationship of theology, missions and pragmatism. For some, the word pragmatism carries negative connotations. Its the idea of doing something because it works. … Continue reading
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Culture Change and World(view)s
Its is duly noted that a discussion of the relationship between language, culture and worldview is necessary in the overall discussion at hand. However, I shall wait for that discussion until a later time. Until then, the following is a … Continue reading
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Paul Hiebert and Biblical Worldview
This is a continuation of my previous post In Transforming Worldviews, Paul Hiebert argues that the goal of conversion to Christianity includes the transformation of a worldview into a biblical worldview. Certainly being a noble goal, one wonders what he … Continue reading
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Interdepence and Church Planting
I’ve been reading through some key missiological works as part of the mentorship portion of my PhD. I’m starting to trace some themes that have kept recurring. Especially since the 1960s and increasingly today, missiologists have at least given lip … Continue reading
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Evangelism in the Early Church
Green, Michael. Evangelism in the Early Church. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004. Find on Amazon. In Evangelism in the Early Church, Michael Green has given us insight into the world in which early Christians lived, thought, worshipped and evangelized. … Continue reading
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Life as Mission – part 4 of my growing understanding of a theology of mission
The following is the final post in a series summarizing my nascent thoughts on a theology of mission. You can view the previous post here. Merging missio Dei with missiones ecclesiae Thus, given a proper understanding of God’s providence and … Continue reading
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Who’s on first? Evangelism or Social Ministry
John R. W. Stott, pictured above, in his renowned work Christian Mission in the Modern World, says that there are basically three options when it comes to understanding the relationship between evangelism and social reponsibility: Social Action as a Means of … Continue reading
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Coming to Jesus and Going with Him
Matthew 11:25–30 At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing … Continue reading
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Revival in Korea: The Nevius Method and Self-Support
Korea, for the most part of the 19th century, thwarted Western imperialistic encroachment. Charles Gutzlaff, a Pietist missionary, attempted to enter Korea in 1932 to distribute Bibles. Though he passed out some scriptures, he was not allowed permanent entry by the King … Continue reading
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Toward Convergence–Part 2 [Revised]
As we continue to process what was experienced this past weekend at the Convergent Conference, (See my part one here), I believe that the conference made a positive impression on all of us. Though two of the speakers have diametrically … Continue reading
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