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I find it interesting that Eastern meditation has become a fad in our postmodern world. The cover of this week's Time magazine shows actress Heather Graham in a lotus position practicing Transcendental Meditation and the caption "The Science of Meditation." The cover story, entitled "Just Say Om," opens with ...
Missionaries and church leaders frequently emphasize power because the worldviews of the cultures in which they minister are power-focused. In many contexts the cognitive structures of the worldview is multi-layered. Formal religion (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism) provides perspectives about ultimate meaning and purpose in life; folk religion contributes answers ...
Since childhood, Jim had dreamed of standing before a large congregation encouraging them to faithfully follow the way of Jesus. Now in seminary, he imaged his future ministry as teaching, preaching, and counseling within the body of Christ. Although he has grown up in a tradition believing in the “priesthood ...
Something needs to change!
Theologians are fond of denigrating strategy. One of my colleagues will speak at a leadership meeting on "What the Church Needs Most." The description of his presentation says, "What we most desperately need today is not better strategic planning or even better leadership skills--we need true ...
Theologians are fond of denigrating strategy. One of my colleagues will speak at a leadership meeting on "What the Church Needs Most." The description of his presentation says, "What we most desperately need today is not better strategic planning or even better leadership skills--we need true ...
I have been significantly influenced by C. Leonard Allen book The Cruciform Church. The word cruciform, meaning “shaped or arranged in a cross,” was intentionally selected with the hope that it might become a significant metaphor shaping Churches of Christ (Allen 1990, ix). The book’s emphasis, expressed in its ...
Why do the Ten Commandments begin with the injunctions:
"You shall have not other gods before you,"
"You shall not make yourself an idol,"
"You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God"?
What led Moses to proclaim the Shema, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our god, the ...
"You shall have not other gods before you,"
"You shall not make yourself an idol,"
"You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God"?
What led Moses to proclaim the Shema, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our god, the ...