I want to introduce you to a new on-line journal: Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis. The link is http://missiodeijournal.com You can download the journal to read or save in pdf format. The issues are themed. The theme of the first issue was “Rediscovering Missio Dei” and the second issue’s theme was [...]
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I preached on “Good News to the Poor” recently and heard that a study group was using the sermon and discussing poverty and what to do about the poor. The verse about “always having the poor with you” came up in the conversation as it often does, which led me to do a little studying. The [...] We have hosted a gathering for missions professors, missiologists, and missions trainers now for about a dozen years, picking up the meeting after it had been idle for several years. The one day event takes place at the annual National Missionary Convention. Attendance ranges from 20 to 40 each year. It is an occasion where [...] Last week I had the opportunity of bring four evening messages at the Oregon Christian Convention. This was the 158th year of the convention. I’ve been to the convention many times in my life; it is part of who I am. It was an honor to be asked to speak. My title was Unfinished Agenda: [...] For years people have sat in front of computers and made lists of “unreached people groups.” This has been a major mission paradigm, particularly among Evangelicals, since the Lausanne Conference in 1974. As can be expected, of the compiling of lists there is no end. The latest iteration makes the claim that a group of [...] If you have not heard about this year’s North American Christian Convention, please check it out their website. The dates of the convention are July 6-9, and it is being held in Indianapolis. There are some great speakers — Brian Jones, Ben Cachiaras, Dick Alexander, Mary Kamau (from the Hope Partnership in Nairobi, Kenya), and [...] Here is a really good article from the New York Times. I loved his line about wanting to be a Polish nun when he grew up! Today driving home from church services, westward on 56th street here in Indianapolis, I looked up and saw two birds flying in tandem. At this time of the year you see a lot of Canada geese flying, so my first thought was Canada geese. But that thought was dispelled in a second as I got [...] What do you think of when you read or hear read the words of Mary’s song, the Magnificat, Luke 1:46-56? Three answers come to mind. First, some think of the great classical music based on this passage. Pachibel and Bach set these words to music, for which we should all be grateful. Second, this passage [...] I never understood that Bible passage that talks about the Son of Man separating the sheep from the goats (Mt. 25:31-33). I wasn’t raised on a farm and whenever I was with farm animals, it was always cows and horses. In America, sheep are do distinct from goats, that it just didn’t make sense that they would [...] |
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