I read this first post on the Amahoro Africa Gathering in Kampala Uganda with much interest and delight. Thanks Aryantungyisa Otiti for the summaries. Here are some sentences which pulled me in 🙂 I’ll throw in some unrefined Malaysian appropriations in italics. “… Edward said – we may not all be able to write books,…
Category: Theology
Practical Theology
I haven’t started REALLY reading this book yet. But one thing for sure, I love the diagrams in the book especially the “floor plan” diagram which gives a overview tour of what the author wants to convey. When the spark came after seeing practical theology not in terms of skills and technique to apply the…
Theology of Hope
Jurgen Moltmann’s Theology of Hope: On the Ground and the Implications of a Christian Eschatology totally online! A group of us were asked whether we looked towards the future with a sense of hope. Let me pick out some sentences from a famous chapter from the book to help me sleep with more confidence tonight…
Christ the Center
I saw this book at Gladsounds Bookstore for many years. Finally I got it because it had 60% discount!!! It’s thin 88page book. When I showed it to some friends over dinner one night, the few who looked at it gave me a “wow this looks like a complicated book” look 🙂 The Light of…
Theology for beginners (4): Israel
Sad to say the temptation to “filter” the role of Israel into an end time or merely a preparatory framework minus the more theological-historical input in fact misses the point of the place of Israel in our Christian thinking. Ben’s fourth post broadens our horizons. ___________________________________________________________________ Summary: The story of ancient Israel is a story…
Theology for beginners (3): Gospel
Here’s the Third offering from Ben Myers (who was so kind to leave a comment – to say hello!). The word “Gospel” seems to be in the air as far as this blog is concerned. I’m still in reorientation mode … I seem to always function in this kind of rhythm of change – orientation-disorientation-reorientation…
Theology for beginners (2): Theology
I liked the idea that this is the second post rather than the first which was on “Faith”. It’s a nice way of indirectly expressing humility our attempt in “studying God” and articulating this whole process. __________________________________________________________________ Summary: Theology is the attempt to express faith verbally in a responsible way. We find ourselves, then, in…
Theology for beginners (1): Faith
For all the nuances in terms of italics, then you’ll have to go to Ben Myers’s original post. As one who’s grown to appreciate “Theology” that affects all of life from the most personal to the most public, I’m delighted by this series and am following it closely. 🙂 for me it’s more of seeing…
Jesus Role in History – Bishop N.T. Wright
We need to be “hit with a strong dose of inaugurated eschatology” 🙂
Searching the Scriptures
*this is one of my favorite pictures of Elysia lately and I think her new Godpa agrees too!* I love this quote by Martin Luther and it has helped me a lot in terms of reading the Scriptures and encountering Christ in the process, Luther’s famous words are … “The Bible is the cradle wherein…