Quote of the day

The Student Volunteer Movement founded on 1888 is considered the most successful missionary recruiting organization of all time. Its leader Arthur Mott uttered these words which I believe should be the motto of a modern missionary.
“Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.”

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Quote of the day

“The Good Life,’ comfort, convenience, and a painless life, have become necessities that people view as basic rights. If they do not have these, they think something has gone wrong. So when something like inconvenience or pain comes, they do all they can to avoid or lessen it. One of the results of this [...]

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The Open Secret

One of the most common metaphors used in the New Testament to describe the relation of the church to the gospel is that of stewardship. The church, and especially those called to any kind of leadership in the church, are servants entrusted with that which is not their property but is the property of their [...]

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Please take off your shoes

I am teaching Asian Religions at the Mission Training Center. This is the reason why I picked Six World Faiths edited by W. Owen Cole. At this point, I don’t have any idea who Cole is, but I will find out soon. I haven’t done any book review in this blog, but this time I [...]

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Quote of the day

“The Spirit of God is called the Holy Spirit because it makes our life here worth something living, not because it is alien and estranged from life. The Spirit sets this life in the presence of the living God and int he great river of eternal love… the operations of God’s life-giving and life-affirming Spirit [...]

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Quote of the day

“As for me, Jesus Christ is the scripture, the inviolable scriptures are his cross, death, and resurrection and faith through him.”
Ignatius

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Moltmann on Academic Theology

I started reading Jurgen Moltmann’s Experiences in Theology. I agree with Frank it is fun and enjoyable to read and judging from the few pages I had read so far, the book’s language is clear and simple but not simplistic. A characteristic very hard to find in a theology book. It is readable compare to [...]

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Nietzsche on Christian freedom

They would have to sing better songs to make me believe in their Redeemer; his disciples would have to look more redeemed!.. Truly their Redeemers themselves did not come from freedom and the seventh heaven of freedom.

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Karl Barth on archaelogical research

I do not like books that try to prove the rightness of the Bible by archaeological research, but the results of this research are an important help in understanding the biblical witness to Christ. However, no historical research can help us prove God’s revelation as reality. Historical research will never be an approach to the [...]

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Karl Barth on fundamentalism as heresy

It’s a tiring Sunday for us. I feel sick. The works in the field and the sudden change of weather from hot during the day and very cold at night is getting on us. All the family members got the common cold virus. I’ll be sleeping early tonight. But I think it’s good to post [...]

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