Monthly Archives: October 2009

More Than a Command

October 21, 2009 – 2:28 pm

Since the advent of Protestant missions, the dominant motivation for missions has been an appeal to the “missionary mandate.”  Thus, missions became a response of obedience to a particular set of commands, most notably those texts commonly referred to as embodying the Great Commission.  In contrast, Lesslie Newbigin has pointed out that in the New [...]

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The Boundaries of the Church

October 14, 2009 – 2:24 pm

Nicea is a line in the sand about boundaries.  The original Nicea formulation contained all kinds of anathemas to protect the boundaries:

whoever shall say that there was a time when the Son of God was not or that before he was begotten he was not, or that he was made of things that were [...]

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Being a ‘Glocal’ Preacher

October 5, 2009 – 9:06 am

All of us who are involved in regular preaching and pastoring know that preaching does not occur in a vacuum, but is a contextual event.  Authentic preaching must faithfully bridge the gap between the sacred text and the local context.  This is a challenge which all preachers of the gospel face.  However, today the forces [...]

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