INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
Johannes Nissen is Associate Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the Department of Biblical Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Nissen’s areas of research emphasis and the majority of his publications focus on faith, ethics, the Bible, (the Bible and ethics, New Testament, research methods) and the Church (diaconal work, ecumenical work, liturgy, and [...]
Archive for October, 2007
New Testament and Mission: Historical and Hermeneutical Perspectives by Johannes Nissen
Published by October 25th, 2007 in Books, Missiology, Theology and Western Christianity. 2 CommentsiFeedReaders
Smatterings: Links of Interest…
Published by October 23rd, 2007 in Bible and Scripture. 3 CommentsiFeedReaders
A few links this week:
TSK reviews the latest Brian McLaren offering: “Everything Must Change.” What I like is the additional resources he recommends that address similar issues from a broader perspective. At the same time, Brian puts things so well. I look forward to reading it myself but found this review helpful. [...]
Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of Gods Mission in the Bible by Arthur F. Glasser
Published by October 18th, 2007 in Bible, Books, Kingdom, Scripture and Theology. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
SUMMARY
Contending that “only if the church understands the full biblical revelation of God [from both Old and New Testaments] concerning the mission of God’s people, stimulated by confronting Scripture with today’s questions, will they be responsibly challenged to offer to God the devotion of heart, strength, time and resources essential to its completion,” the authors [...]
Mission in the Old Testament: Israel as a Light to the Nations by Walter C.Jr. Kaiser
Published by October 17th, 2007 in Bible, Missiology, Scripture, Spiritual Dynamics and Theology. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
Dr. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. is the Colman M. Mockler distinguished Professor of Old Testament (and former President) of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously, Kaiser served as academic dean and Professor of Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
THESIS
Kaiser’s thesis is that the formative theology of Gen. 12:3 (the call of Abraham) [...]
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Love Invades History
Published by October 15th, 2007 in Spiritual Dynamics and Theology. 3 CommentsiFeedReaders
“The ultimate theological foundation of mission is this movement of God toward human beings. Mission is first and foremost the God who comes. Moreover, God’s mission is the invasion of love in history. The important thing is that God finds us in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is God in search of [...]
Rick Warren “out of context”
Published by October 11th, 2007 in Church, Global Issues, Justice, Poverty, Social Issues and Western Christianity. 4 CommentsiFeedReaders
Out of Context: Rick Warren | Out of Ur | Following Gods Call in a New World
“The American church as a whole needs to move from selfish consumerism to unselfish contribution. Those are poles apart. To start with a woman whos most interested in how many diamonds shes got in her tennis bracelet, and move [...]
Telling God’s Story: Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation
Published by October 8th, 2007 in Church, Leadership, Scripture and Spiritual Practices. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
Book review from a new book by Dr. John W. Wright, called Telling God’s Story: Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation. Excerpt:
Drawing on Robert Bellah, Wright offers a diagnosis of recent trends which has left pastors in a situation such that the managerial demands of a pastor are contrasted with the therapeutic needs of those [...]
Updated “What this blog is about” page…
Published by October 7th, 2007 in My Story. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
Over the past two months, I have been going through a fairly significant process of personal spiritual renewal and refocusing. More about this in future posts. In the meantime, I have rewritten the “what this blog is about page” in a way that reflects some of this. Looking forward to [...]
Helen Barrett Montgomery - The Bible and Missions
Published by October 2nd, 2007 in Bible, Books, Church, Faith and Politics, History, Leadership, Missiology, Politics and Theology. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
INTRODUCTION
Helen Barrett Montgomery may be on of the most influential Christians you have never heard of. Her groundbreaking text The Bible and Missions was required reading for one of my Fuller classes (review follows) but her life is more an inspiration than any of her individual writtings.
Montgomery (1861-1934) was a social reformer, [...]
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