The Hermeneutics Quiz I wonder how I will score? Reading the Bible in a Postmodern Context Story, Listening, and Discerning …. Biblical theology and systematic theology Nice jolt … …there’s no one-way street from exegesis to dogmatics – the traffic always moves in both directions. And as Bultmann rightly insisted, there can never be a…
Month: January 2008
Leron Shults talking about Sex
I must confess … there were quite a number of light bulb moments during this talk!
LeRon Shults talking about Food
It was quite refreshing to listen to a theologian start talking from the topic of Food … and of course, it’s never just about what we consume physically, but more of how in our relating with food, and relating with others during the consumption of food theological insights which are relevant for transformation 🙂 Here’s…
I Love Church
Thanks Jason Clark for this post (which I will reproduce here with some recent pictures of Bangsar Lutheran Church) There I said it. I sometimes wonder if at present that kind of statement puts you up there with the ‘crazies’. Kind of like saying Margaret Thatcher was a warm gentle person, or that Tony Blair’s…
Random Thoughts after Leron Shults Transforming Visit …
Well … so much has happened the last few days, that I haven’t had enough time to reflect and blog about it. Maybe tomorrow. But, one thing is for sure the last two days has been pretty “transforming” whether it’s in the more formal settings of seminars and talks to the informal games we play…
Leron is here … so far so good
Leron Shults has arrived safely, and we’ve had a pretty good intro to Kuala Lumpur I think 🙂 He looks happy, and we’re happy to have someone who’s so open and willing to interact with us for the Day seminar 9.30am -4.30pm as well as Evening meeting at 8pm, Friday, January 18, 2008 at Bangsar…
Did You Know 2.0
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Workaholics Many people see what Seth writes as idealistic. Some people will never understand. Personally, I quite like this: “The passionate worker doesn’t show up because she’s afraid of getting in trouble, she shows up because it’s a hobby that pays.” A Cure for Burnouts (by Tony Campolo) You got it right Tony … “Far…
Becoming … Changing … with F.LeRon Shults
I’m looking forward to welcome Leron with Yew Khuen tomorrow. And especially looking forward to the conversations we will have in private and also during the simple Conversation with F.Leron Shults event on Friday. To those who haven’t decided to come you are still very much welcome 🙂 The Day Time Seminar-like-conversation event starts on…
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Embodying the’Great Story’: An interview with James W. McClendon I think I will get his three vol. systematic theology someday 🙂 and his Biography as Theology. … It helps to distinguish between primary and secondary theology. Primary theology is the church trying to think out its own convictions, and this gets expressed in sermons, prayers,…