I think I need more prayer support too. Especially, after being sick for the most part of the week. Lord have mercy, deliver us from the evil one.
Category: Theology
Sivin Kit on the Wrath of God?
I giggled when I saw the photo the Star used for their article The Wrath of God? I look a little slimmer and younger right? Sure! Because this picture was taken quite a few years ago. 🙂 Anyway, the experience of answering the questions posed by Liz Tai was helpful to force me to work…
N.T. Wright on the Postmodern Movement 2
“That’s utterly . . . utterly ridiculous.” The Brits have a great way to express hyperbole. “The doctrine of the fall is never the last word.” This continues from N.T. Wright on Heaven 1. (Thanks to LRPtv)
Random Links #332 on Mission & Reconciliation
The countercultural vitality of mission Vintage John Stott. We often go to one of two extremes. Either we are so keen to live in the world that we imbibe non-Christian ideas and standards, and become conformed; or we are so keen not to lose our distinctive identity that we withdraw. The best way to avoid…
How witch hunts, inquisitions, jihads, holy wars, and new denominations begin …
ROFL This was good after some stress! (HT: Brian McLaren)
Seven Theses on Public Theological Praxis
Reading Public Theology as Christian Witness: Exploring the Genre by John W. de Gruchy, has been so timely as I continue refining my own thinking in the context of Malaysia today. His seven theses is a helpful place to reboot myself. 1. Good public theological praxis does not seek to preference Christianity but to witness…
N.T. Wright on Heaven 1
“Heaven is important but it’s not the end of the world!” I just came back from a wake service, so a lot of this absolutely relevant. With so much hell being experienced here on earth, it’s good to relook at the word “Heaven” again. But reengaging it in a way that has much earthly use.
Random Links #331 on Public Theology
Pentecostal Corruption: Prosperity Gospel is a Scam I still have fond memories of the hyper-pentecostal phase of my own journey. Prosperity Gospel did spoil it for me. When a major tenet of your theology is that people who invest in your church will experience wealth, while the facts show that your congregants are among the…
Random Links #329 on Theology
Egoism versus Pluralism: The Crucifix Decision He’s not as well known as Jürgen Moltmann, and Wolfhart Pannenberg in the English speaking world, but Eberhard Jüngel is always worth conversing with. How can the Christian church represent this universal claim of the gospel which in truth is a universal consolation without problematicing its capacity for pluralism?…
10 Future Topics I want to Write About
I’m always alert to 101 things floating in my head whether it’s when I’m driving, listening to a lecture, engaged in an intense conversation, or whatever. Here’s a list of 10 future topics I would like to write. 1. The place of Religion in Public and Private Tertiary Education in Malaysia. 2. Major Ecclesiological issues…