Archive for March, 2009
March 28, 2009 at 6:16 pm
· Filed under Missions, Theology
Many people think that a Calvinist missionary is an oxymoron. Well, in behalf of my fellow “evangelistic electionists”, check this out:
The Genevan Church Planting Explosion
After they had such wonderful theological training and missiological experience, many of the Christians returned to their cultures once persecution subsided. The result was an explosion of contending, contextualizing, and church planting, which is the logical result of the first two works. In fact, in France there were only five underground Protestant Churches in 1555, but by 1562, 2,150 churches were planted, with some three million people in them. Furthermore, some of the churches were megachurches, with anywhere from four to nine thousand people in attendance.
Additionally, Calvin sent church planting missionaries to Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, and the free imperial city-states in the Rhineland. The Atlantic Ocean was even crossed by church planting missionaries Calvin sent to South America and what is today Brazil
via Calvin on Missiology & Church Planting | TheResurgence.
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March 28, 2009 at 3:01 pm
· Filed under Theology
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March 27, 2009 at 9:07 am
· Filed under Uncategorized
No blogging for the next few days because of the National IBP Convention. Then, next week, we’ll be taking a much-needed vacation!
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March 26, 2009 at 8:33 am
· Filed under Law
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March 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm
· Filed under Links, Ministry, Missions
My friend, Edmuneil Mamon, the Baptist Missionary Association of the Philippines (BMAP) Filipino missionary to Cambodia is back in Bacolod with his family for vacation. Click on the link to know more about his ministy HERE.
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March 24, 2009 at 11:20 am
· Filed under Law, Quotes, Vocation
We should all seek justice in what we do… [The Talmud states,] ‘Every judge who renders a fair decision is like a partner of the Holy One in the act of creation’ (Talmud, Shabbat 119b). The Talmud also promises that ‘a judge who decides a case in accordance with true equity causes the Shekhinah, God’s presence, to dwell in the midst of Israel.’
… By seeking justice, you share in the divine power. You can bring God into the world. Failing to bring justice into the world also has cosmic implications, for lawlessness drives God’s presence into exile.
Lawyers of judges can find God in their careers by discerning how God would want us to behave in this world…
Lawyers or judges should know that their actions reflect upon God. If God cares about justice, then the way we administer justice implicates God.
(Jeffrey K. Salkin, Being God’s Partner)
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March 23, 2009 at 8:51 pm
· Filed under Uncategorized
The Hebrew term for oppressing workers, oshek, means ‘taking advantage of a worker.’ The Bible generally assumed that workers were relatively powerless and easily intimidated.
Oshek means not paying people what they deserve or not paying the going rate for a particular job or not paying someone on time. The Torah teaches, ‘You shall not abuse a needy and destitute laborer, whether a fellow countryman or a stranger in one of the communities of your land. You must pay him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets…’ (Deut.14:15).
(Jeffrey K. Salkin, Being God’s Partner)
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March 21, 2009 at 12:11 pm
· Filed under Spirituality
There is great gain in godliness with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world; but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
(1 Timothy 6:6-8, RSV)
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March 21, 2009 at 12:03 pm
· Filed under Life and Living
The “spirituality” of the 24/7 global marketplace goes like this:
He who dies with the most toys wins.
Look out for #1.
Nobody gives a damn: remember that!
Get the most, give the least.
The bottom line is the top priority.
(Catherine M. Wallace, Selling Ourselves Short)
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March 20, 2009 at 11:03 am
· Filed under Bar Exams, Law
I found this on the web a few minutes ago and I thought I should share this with the Filipino law students who read this blog:
Click HERE.
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