Changing while God does not All-Africa Institute for Excellence in Christian Leadership Development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4 May 2011 In one of Jesus’ briefest and least quoted parables, the Master commends to his listeners a very fortunate man. Jesus explains to us with striking brevity one of this man’s virtues: He is capable of making [...]
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changing while God does not (Matthew 13.52)
Posted in denkschrift, textures on May 4, 2011 | Comments Off
por invitación: con el espíritu de la Reforma rumbo a Lausana 2010 (Alexander Cabezas Mora)
Posted in denkschrift, por invitación on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
El 31 de octubre 1517, es la fecha que se conmemora la Reforma Protestante. Este hecho nos recuerda el gesto de aquel monje agustino, doctor en teología, quien luego de un proceso de reflexión y lucha interna, decidió exponer sus ideas. Su intención original era convocar a un debate teológico con los eruditos de su [...]
In defense of an ugly duckling: thoughts on the embattled seminary
Posted in denkschrift on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The seminary or theological college finds itself today under more fervent attack than perhaps at any time since the modern seminary became a fixture in Christian circles. Its critics are many, articulate, and sometimes scathing. Let me enumerate three principal criticisms to which seminary staff and leadership must respond if they are to remain viable. [...]
the Warren and Charlie show: reflections on a phenomenon
Posted in Americana, denkschrift on May 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you had told me a year ago that I’d be sitting in the third row of a stadium-like conference venue with 37,000 pilgrims who’ve gathered from the four corners to listen to Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger scrape their chairs up to a table and answer questions for a day, I’d have [...]
Four Things You Must Do in Your New Life as a Graduate of Clark Theological College (Convocation address, 35th Graduation, 18 April 2010, Aolijen, Nagaland)
Posted in denkschrift on April 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Mrs. Banuo Z. Jamir, Addl. Chief Secretary & Commissioner Nagaland; members of the board of Clark Theological College; Rev’d Dr. Takatemjen, principal of the College; Faculty and Staff, Graduands and Students; Family and Friends of the Graduands; Supporters and Well-wishers of the College: A strong rain hurled its refreshing liquid onto the roof of my [...]
living the moment, iTunes randomness, and divine sovereignty
Posted in denkschrift on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On an Indianapolis afternoon when it seems as though Spring my have decisively wrenched the world from Winter’s icy grip, human need runs deep in the streets. As in this poor man’s heart. iTunes, as is parroted in the way that becomes truisms with their undeniable kernel of truth, has changed the way we listen [...]
What makes a great teacher? (with thanks to ‘Mr Wolf’)
Posted in denkschrift on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we speak, my oldest son beavers away at a history degree at a fine university in this country’s Pacific Northwest. Our telephone conversations and Spring Break bike rides on Indy’s wonderful Monon Trail are punctuated by discussions of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the continuing relevance of Plato’s Republic as well as the merits of [...]
Scripture interrogates the community.
Posted in denkschrift on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In his fine essay in the March 2010 number of Christianity Today, Darren C. Marks (‘The Mind Under Grace. Why theology is an essential nutrient for spiritual growth’) articulates an assumption that both modernist and post-modernist ‘true believers’ might well find startling: ‘Scripture interrogates the community’. Marks pens his essay a defense of ‘dry’ theology [...]
Making Community Together: theological schools in concert
Posted in denkschrift, tagged theological education on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An address delivered to the triennial conference of the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education Sopron, Hungary October 2009 A concert is a lovely thing. Whether the Hong Kong Philharmonic touching just last week such disparate notes as those composed by the early classical Haydn and the late Romantic Berlioz or U2 rocking Chicago’s Lincoln [...]
cutting Rahab into pieces: O’Hare Airport, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathetique’ Symphony, John & Anita Nelson, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Costa Rica, and a traveling man’s soul
Posted in denkschrift, textures on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ensconced in a miniscule workspace at one of O’Hare Airport’s Red Carpet Clubs, I come upon these words from Isaiah chapter 51 in my daily reading: Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon? Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who [...]
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