I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon Richard Bauckham’s book The Bible in Politics: How to Read the Bible Politically in BLC’s not-yet-organized library. Scanning through it was very rewarding before and after dinner. Imagine my left hand trying to get Ewan to sleep, and my right hand flipping through the pages 🙂 Tomorrow, a…
Author: Sivin Kit
man of one wife, father of four kids
The Kit Family in Epiphany 2008
One of the highs for me this week, to catch up with old friends and getting to know new ones. While it was FREE for all of us, many thanks to those who made the Monday dinner a reality. Someone paid for it and Pastor Victor Wong managed to organize it with his team. I…
Random Thoughts before a cold water shower!
It feels great to finally finish reading and begin probing initial thoughts from Constructing Local Theologies. There’s so much covered in the book that I will need to slow down and dwell on quite a number of concerns and observations with a specific Malaysian focus. I’ve also tried to give it a little bit more…
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The Mutuality of Theology and Science: An Example from Time and Thermodynamics After Leron’s visit I’ve been thinking a little bit more on a trialogue between two religions and science, I can see some immediate insights here. The Three-fold Sense of Scripture: An Evangelical Grammar for Theological Hermeneutics conventional, canonical and contemporary … or I’d…
We have a Dream – For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … and For Malaysia
This is awesome. There’s is a lot from the west and especially the United States of America which I don’t find helpful for our context. But … These are good vibrations which needs to reign from Brother Martin to Malaysia.
LeRon Shults talking about Fame
I missed a segment on Leron talking about money. But here’s two clips related to fame. So we had quite a journey from Food to Fame during the intense day sessions. I’m glad to read Leron is safe back at Norway. I’d be looking forward to read his reflections soon. After meeting Leron and listening…
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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…
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…