by Steve Thomason | Aug 23, 2013 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, The Missional Church
Sanneh, Lamin O. Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture. 2nd ed. American Society of Missiology Series.Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2009. The Author Lamin Sanneh is the D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity at Yale...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 22, 2013 | Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church, The Trinity
I am currently reading Translating the Message by Lamin Sanneh. His thesis is that translation is the process of entering the vernacular and allowing the Gospel to find its own voice within the host culture. It is a helpful revisioning of the standard polemic against...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2013 | Books - Missional Church
Welcoming the Stranger: A Public Theology of Worship and Evangelism. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. The Author Patrick Keifert is Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He has also been an adjunct professor at the School of Law,...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2013 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Books - Spirituality, Spiritual Formation
Farley, Edward. Practicing Gospel: Unconventional Thoughts on the Church’s Ministry. 1st ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. The Author Edward Farley is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. He...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 19, 2013 | sermons2013
Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 listen to audio Unity in the Body | A Sermon on Ephesians 2:11-22 from Grace Lutheran – Andover, MN Last Friday Lona, Ethan, Micki and I went on a college visit to Concordia College in Moorhead. It was a really great day. At one point in...