Vol. 4 No. 1 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Article: “Everything They Owned Was Held in Common” Peter D. Skewes-Cox, PDF Book Review on Daughter Zion Talks Back to the Prophets: A Dialogic Theology of the Book of Lamentations, Naeyoun Cho,… Read More ›
Month: May 2017
Introduction to World Christian History
This latest introduction to World Christianity comes with some bold new claims and unique perspectives. It carefully builds on the existing resources and secures a place for itself with a fresh emphasis. However, to those who have journeyed with Earl… Read More ›
Decolonizing Preaching: The Pulpit as Postcolonial Space
The colonial period ended long ago, but the impact of colonialism and imperialism persists in a new guise. Ongoing effects of colonialism/imperialism continue to shape a post-colonial world order and the lives of those who live in this post-colonial reality…. Read More ›
Sermon: “A Symphony of Grace”
Good morning family. What a privilege it is to stand before you and add harmony to God’s symphony of Amazing Grace. As people of God, as members of the body of Christ, we are part of this marvelous symphony we… Read More ›
Amazing Grace: A Word for the Less Than Able-Bodied
Introduction I am an amputee. Upon my disability I immediately became a member of the one minority population to which anyone may belong at anytime any place under unanticipated circumstances. An infection in my leg resulted in gangrene. I was… Read More ›
Rev. Oscar T. Lohr: The Apostle to the Satnami People
Introduction Christian missionaries have strategically been the vital agents of socio-cultural transformation in most needy places around the world. They have contributed significantly to the development and modernization of societies and communities in particularly remote and backward areas. During the… Read More ›
A History of Charismatic Influence on the Anglican Church in Nigeria
Introduction Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. It is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the River Niger flows south through the Western… Read More ›
Daughter Zion Talks Back to the Prophets: A Dialogic Theology of the Book of Lamentations
Mandolfo uses a number of methodologies to construct her theory, dialogic form criticism, including: Mikhail Bakhtin’s dialogism, Martin Buber’s existentialism, Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive criticism, Hilde Lindemann Nelson’s master narrative theory, Max Black’s interaction view of metaphor, Marvin A. Sweeney and… Read More ›
Everything They Owned Was Held in Common
Everything They Owned Was Held in Common The Gospel of Luke provides a view on wealth that is unique in the Synoptics through a description of the practices of Jesus and his disciples, and extended teachings on wealth that are… Read More ›
Kazakh Muslim Background Believers’ Response to Ancestor Practices: Contextual Approach
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate what Kazakh Muslim[1] background believers (KMBBs) believe about their dead people from their culture and from the church to which they belong. In order to achieve this goal, the study… Read More ›