Theology and culture: Directions of Christian Theology

We can surmise that theology have two directions, downward and upward. Or we can use the conventional terms, theology from above and theology from below. In simple words, theology from above placed more emphasis on the Scripture. It considers the Word is the main source of theological thinking. Theology from below, on the other hand, [...]

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Theology and Culture: Thinking about God

We came here for cross-cultural ministry. Our priority is the proclamation of the Kingdom and I consider that theological education is an essential part of that ministry, the empowering of the locals to think for themselves theologically. We came here to teach about God but I realized, as perhaps other missionary found out later that [...]

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Theology and Culture: Thinking about God

We came here for cross-cultural ministry. Our priority is the proclamation of the Kingdom and I consider that theological education is an essential part of that ministry, the empowering of the locals to think for themselves theologically. We came here to teach about God but I realized, as perhaps other missionary found out later that [...]

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The peril of a narrow road

The inner streets in Thailand are surprisingly too narrow. It made me speculate that these streets were designed to be used by motorcycles. I actually was impressed with myself when I could actually fit in the van and made a successful pass whenever another vehicle drove by from the opposite direction. I would make admiring [...]

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Inductive Bible study

I first learned about Inductive Bible Study when I was a first year student at the seminary. It was a requirement for our preaching class. It is describe as a method that uses the Bible as the main source of information about the Bible. There are three basic parts to inductive Bible study (1) observation: [...]

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Great Christian we should know: Robert De Nobili

Robert De Nobili was born in Tuscany, Italy, of a rich and influential family and entered the Society of Jesus in spite of their opposition in 1597. He came to India in 1604, and in the following year settled at Madurai.
Finding that almost everywhere Christian converts were mainly from the lower castes and that the [...]

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The mountain named "dissertation"

I am supposed to be writing my paper on full-time basis. But I guess writing while doing cross-cultural mission is next to impossible. I know this is just a lame excuse. A friend advised me that if I could find time to write at least a few sentences a day, I might be able to [...]

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Chosen By Grace

Because we can’t afford hotel rooms wherever we are in Chiang Mai we usually stay at our friend’s English Center. There are many reasons why we like to stay there. First, it is free. Second, we can be by ourselves and third there are lots of books in there and we love books. While browsing [...]

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2008 is here!

Whether we are in the Philippines or in Thailand, December proved to be the busiest month of the year for us. This is the reason why this blog has not been updated for a while.
Nevertheless our hearts are full of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord as He has given us opportunity to celebrate Christmas [...]

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Back to blogging

Whether we are in the Philippines or in Thailand, December proved to be the busiest month of the year for us. This is the reason why this blog has not been updated for a while.
Nevertheless our hearts are full of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord as He has given us opportunity to celebrate [...]

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