Thanks Jordon Cooper for making The Millenial Matrix by Rex Miller available to check it out. Leadership Network introduced us to the concepts of The Millennial Matrix© & The Ministry Transition Timeline© in Winter 2000. And now the harcover book is coming out! 🙂 but it’s going to be very expensive for us here in…
Month: June 2004
Theology for Everyone
Thanks Stephen Shields for this Christianity Today interview with NT Wright. Here’s some quick catches … … One of the reasons that I left the academy some years ago and went into full-time work in the church instead was that I found I was getting more of a buzz myself out of meeting clergy who…
Christianity is Asian?!
“The church began in Asia. Its earliest history, its first centers were Asian. Asia produced the first known church building, the first New Testament translation, perhaps the first Christian king, the first Christian poets, and even arguably the first Christian state. Asian Christians endured the greatest persecutions. They mounted global ventures in missionary expansion the…
Evangelism for “normal” people
I found this book hidden somewhere in the 1 Utama MPH bookstore. The price was good, the footnotes showed we had common influences (e.g. Clark Pinnock & Robert Brow, Brian McLaren, Lesslie Newbigin, C.S. Lewis, David J. Bosch, N.T. Wright, etc). That was enough for me to get the book and begin browsing through it…
Random Thoughts after The Day After Tomorrow
I was actually suprised that I enjoyed this movie. Rotten Tomatoes Movie Review compilation is mixed (as usual) The special effects were spectacular of course, the message straight forward, the focus on people were pretty touching at times (if dwelt longer may have drawn out some tears from us), and the music was actually haunting…
The Medium is the Worldview
Rex Miller’s article The Medium is the Worldview – Beyond Postmodernism has some important points for “reflection” & “action”. I’ll just pull out a few that hit me! __________________________ … The nature of print created a mindset that produced Modernism. The nature of broadcast created a mindset that produced Postmodernism. If we look at the…
“Evangelism” is a good word!
“Evangelism” does not seem to be a popular word in many circles – even Christian circles nowadays. I was intrigued to read it now being used by those involved with Open Source projects and software development. I found the lessons very relevant actually. This article is worth some “translating” for our own context.
ACLC ~ Completed
Well, I didn’t expect that the whole LWF Asian Church Leadership Conference (ACLC) would require and demand the amount of energy from my limited resources 🙂 But, I’m thankful I could somehow play a part in facilitating the event and learn what it means to serve. Rev. Ginda Harahap said there’s three kind of leadership…
Lutheran Communion & more!
It’s kind of a “dream” worship gathering for me personally. And it was really special to hear the words of institution spoken in Arabaic by my new friend and Arab Christian brother Rev. Samer Azar (from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordon). The middle eastern dimension was very enriching and authentic. On top of that,…
20 Point American Rant
Thanks to Geoff Holsclaw for this link to get one thinking (one may not agree with every single point). Read on just in case the link doesn’t work … (quite an exercise of self-therapy I must say *smile*) ________________________