Category: Blog
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Anglicans need to return to their conciliar roots
My article was published in the latest issue of Ecclesiology – a fully peer-reviewed theological journal published by Brill. It came out in June and was made available for full view and download. When I checked recently, I found that the free access to my article has ended. Here are some of my points in…
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“I’m right, you’re wrong” – there’s no need for understanding?
Video for my mission ethics class next week. If you know Peter Boghossian you know this is fun. We all live in our own ethical habitat and don’t normally welcome the idea of “understanding others” because the idea of good life (ethics) has been fed to us by the same people who are living within…
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Personhood and Ethics
We were discussing ethical habitats and the understanding of a fixed moral order in the minds of a host of Western moral philosophers in class yesterday. And I saw this today. Wolfe’s points fit nicely with the understanding of virtue ethics, especially narrative ethics, one which Stanley Hauerwas champions. They are also relevant and helpful…
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What’s the Purpose of the Law if we can’t actually keep it? On Missional Ethics and Deuteronomy
I am reading a book on mission ethics in the Bible. It strikes me that there is actually a very clear and strong logic for mission ethics in Deuteronomy. Here’s the bottom line: We can’t save ourselves. God saves us. God wants us to observe the Law given by Him. The Law doesn’t/can’t save us.…
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Talk: What is Incarnational Mission?
The registration link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUof-qhrz0jH9C5F0HdzgzH6VNW3x8ODygs — This talk considers the arguments for and against the missiological concept of Incarnational Mission. It presents a case for the concept to be applied within a framework of Christocentric Missio Dei. This is a talk which follows the talk I gave for the book launch. The following will be discussed:…
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Disappointed with leaders? Followers have themselves to blame too!
We have seen people criticizing and venting their anger at leaders who fail them. They have all the rights to do so. But aren’t these leaders put in the position by this very same group of people? Some would say, “I’ve never voted for that political leader.” Well, if you live in a democracy, you…
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Upcoming Talks
As promised, there will be follow-up talks after the launch.The first talk will be held on Friday, 22 April, 2022 at 8pm via Zoom.The title of the talk is “What is Incarnational Mission?” I will attempt to define Incarnational Mission and give an account on its relevance for the church today.You may find the poster…
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Writing about the Anglican Church
Writing about the Anglican Church, especially the Anglican Communion, is a tough job. Recently I took the challenge of reviewing a book on Anglicanism. It turned out to be a response paper and one which is yet to complete. The amount of reading and further research resulting from the attempted review above was much more…
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Review on “Makeshifting the LMS: Strategies and Tactics in the Digital Classroom” by Eric C. Smith
This is a review I wrote to complete an online course: Smith uses Michel de Certeau’s theoretical framework to outline the situation of online pedagogy. The Learning Management System (LMS) is depicted as the overarching structure (“strategies,” according to de Certeau). It has caused much uneasiness to theological educators who are transiting from traditional, non-digital…
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Don’t follow leaders that have no Vision!
If there’s no vision, “Christian” leaders asking for submission are calling for followers to submit to them instead of God. Christian leaders are often frustrated when followers don’t follow them. They shouldn’t be. Technically and ultimately, all Christians are Jesus Christ’s followers. Christian leaders should be concerned when those entrusted to them are not following…
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