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[[ca. 1690 map of Jerusalem by Daniel Stoopendaal::rmn]] The map of content serves as a natural ...
My Book List
These are all of the books I've read with links to any notes or reviews of those books. This ...
Kindle Finds
Because of my work, I do a lot of digging around for good deals on Christian scholarship. I frequ...
A Whole Bible Theology of Mission
A whole Bible theology of mission is integral to a healthy [[Biblical Theology of Mission]], and ...
Biblical Theology of Mission
This note is on my list of [[Important Questions to Answer]]. Outline [[A Whole Bible Theolog...
Contextualization on the Mission Field
This note is on my list of [[Important Questions to Answer]]. History of Contextualization In 1...
Core Missionary Task
The core missionary task (CMT) is the language the International Mission Board uses to describe t...
Critical Issues Facing North American Missionaries
This note is on my list of [[Important Questions to Answer]]. Move Past the Rhetoric of Multipl...
Equip Potential North American Missionaries
This note is on my list of [[Important Questions to Answer]]. What is meant by "reaching a c...
Gospel Saturation
Gospel Saturation is the idea that every man, woman, and child in a region would have access to t...
Hiebert on Contextualization
Paul Hiebert was one of the most significant missiological thinkers of the 20th century among eva...
How to Read the Bible
The following is a condensed crash course in the basics of biblical interpretation for personal s...
Important Questions to Answer
The following questions are a good representation of the major areas of my study. All fall within...
Local Church Strategy for Diaspora Missions
This note is on my list of [[Important Questions to Answer]]. North American cities are curren...
Introduction to Great Commission Studies (MIS5000)
[[The following resources are for my in-class instruction.::rmn]] Personal Reflection on Calling ...
Mission and Missions
In [[Invitation to World Missions (Tennent, 2010)]], Tennent notes that until the 16th century, t...
Mission of God
Summary: The Bible tells the story of the Triune God who has a cosmic mission for his ultimate...
Mission of God's People
The Bible tells of how God has selected for himself a people through which he will accomplish spe...
Mission of the Church
As God's New Covenant community, the church is responsible for the [[Mission of God's Peo...
The United States is the Most Diverse Country in the World
[[The following data is from the World Migration Report 2020 of the United Nations.::rmn]] Accor...
Testimonial Ethic
The Christian ethic is testimonial in nature. We engage in social action not because we believe i...
Introduction to Christian Missions (MIS5100)
The following resources are for my in-class instruction. Critical Contextualization The first mo...
Urban Missions
This is a topic note that compiles all the notes that relate to urban missions. Look below to see...
Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues (Hiebert, 1994)
Worldview Wordlivew consists of the "fundamental assumptions about the nature of reality....
Pathways » Reading List
Books Priority of Missions Ashford, Riley. Gospel of Our King. Baker Academic, 2019. DeYoun...
Pathways » IMB Explainer
Pathways » IMB is a cooperative equipping cohort facilitated by churches in the Union Baptist Ass...
Pathways » IMB FAQs
If you have additional questions about equipping for international missions through Pathways » IM...
Pathways » IMB Instructional Guide
Introduction The goal of Pathways is the growth of the gospel. In the book of Acts, Luke makes it...
Academics should have their own personal website
As someone who works in the academy, I'm a big believer in academics having their own space o...
Christian Podcasts
The following is a list of podcasts on an array of topics within Christian life and practice. Pod...
Christianize and Civilize
"Christianize and Civilize" was a common call of the [[Modern Missions Movement]] durin...
Deliberate Practice
[[Note in progress. This note needs exanded.::lmn]] The term Deliberate Practice was coined by K...
Develop Healthy Boundaries in Ministry Schedule
Principles to consider in setting ministry boundaries The development of boundaries within minist...
Experiential Learning
In 1984, an educational scholar named David Kolb published a theory about how people learn. His g...
Focus on What is Good
Attention plays an outsized role in determining the quality of our life. In his book Deep Work, C...
Generational Shifts Lead to an Urban Boom
After a long period of decentralization away from city centers and into suburban and exurban sett...
Globalization and Localization
[[Note in progress. This note needs exanded, and I need to find the exact reference in Hiebert...
Learning Domains
In the 1950s, an educational theorist named Benjamin Bloom proposed a significant concept that co...
Pastors and missionaries should consider their own personal website
Certain aspects of ministry for pastors and missionaries are aligned with the concept of being a ...
Self-obsessed Worship
The adjustment in lyric content in worship has significant consequences for discipleship. If the ...
Spiritual Disciplines
Spiritual disciplines are a type of [[Deliberate Practice]] which serve as the primary means of g...
Starting a Personal Website
I am convinced more people need their own personal website, and I am not alone. A whole movement...
New Immigration is a Missionary Occasion
The city is making a comeback. After a long period of decentralization that began in the 1920s wi...
There is Always Someone Better than You
[[Need to parse out this concept of "epistemic humility" as I believe it is a really im...
Things not to do on your personal website
Most of the people with whom I dialogue concerning personal websites are in some form of public m...
Transformational Discipleship has Much in Common with Habit Formation
The concept of [[Transformational Discipleship]] essentially pushes against an anemic understandi...
Transformational Discipleship
Incorporate Bloom's learning domains Adapt Kolb's cycle Find some illustrations of bo...
Deep Work (Newport, 2016)
Main Takeaway Newport's book is an excellent read on the current state of knowledge work, and...
Gentle and Lowly (Ortland, 2020)
Main Takeaway This was perhaps the best book I read in 2020. Ortland's work is both educatio...
Terms of Service (Martin, 2022)
Book Outline Part 1: How We Got Here This section of the book sets the stage for Martin's arg...
The Mission of God (Wright, 2006)
It is my objective in this book not only to demonstrate (as many others have done) that Christian...
The Mission of God's People (Wright, 2010)
"There should be no theology that does not relate to the mission of the church — either by b...
Missions Bibliography
The following books are a selection of works that I regularly recommend to pastors and ministry l...
The Church is a Community of Practice
The concept of communities of practice was coined by Etienne Wenger in a 1996 article, and it art...
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