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 Jayakumar Christian is the Associate Director of World Vision India who has a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary as well as a few Masters degrees in Social Work, Missiology, and Divinity.
In a nutshell, when Jayakumar writes about “Poverty, Power and The Kingdom of God” (the book subtitle) – he knows what his talking about.
His book, “God Of The Empty-Handed”, is divided into three parts:
1) “Learning for History” is a look at the different ways people have defined ‘poverty’ and the underline assumptions that led to that definition. For example, are those who are poor, poor because of a lack of resources? Training? Maybe they are just backwards?
The best part about this selection is Jayakumar analysis of each view – the pros, cons and the real life results. He pulls no punches – tackling views from economists, politicians, relief workers, and theologians with equal vigor and intelligence. Continue reading God Of The Empty-Handed by Jayakumar Christian
Some want to live
Within the sound
Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run
A rescue shop
Within a yard of hell
-C.T. Studd
Tis my heart. Yet I ask myself – “Could I do that? Could I really run a ‘rescue shop’ at hell’s doorstep – amidst uncontrolled passion of the human heart fueled by the dark lord of world?”
I know that the Creator of Heaven and Earth will give the necessary strengthen to those whom He calls and sends.
Yet, I also know myself.
I know how vastly different I am to those within that world – to those who live according to another philosophy of life. A philosophy that sees no wrong in uncontrolled sexual experimentation or chemical use – a philosophy at home among the red light party districts of the worlds mega-cities. Continue reading Within A Yard of Hell
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The clash between the individual gospel and the social gospel leaves me cold. An individual gospel is a soul without a body, and a social gospel without an individual gospel is a body without a soul. One is a ghost and the other is a corpse. Put the [...]
Today is a very special day for Requisite Danger as we have a gorgeous guest author – the amazing E!
Yelp. She is so famous – she only needs one letter to introduce herself. 
Enjoy.
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 Nashville, Feb 2009 Dear Friends & Family,
Wow – it’s hard to believe that 2009 is over already…and that the last time we wrote a letter to all of you was nearly a year and a half ago after our last trip to Paraguay! Sorry we haven’t been better at staying in touch! The time since then has been eventful and life-changing, so we wanted to make sure we got out a holiday note this year to fill you all in.
In our last letter in Sept. 2008, we mentioned that our little church was facing big changes as we and our fellow VLI-grad took on the leadership of the church. Along with our new service time and name, the PRV has been growing by leaps and bounds since then. We’ve seen some turn-over in attendance as is expected when there are leadership changes, but we’ve been excited to see new faces and have been consistently having 30-40 people every Sunday. We still have a good core group from before that have been stepping up in leadership more and more. This summer we finally made the official break from the VB and became our own church entity and just this month we finished jumping through all the hoops and are an official part of the USA Association of Vineyard Churches. Of course through all of this my (E’s) job has gotten bigger with the addition of accounting and more paperwork, but with more people in the church taking on event organization, etc. it hasn’t been too hard to handle. Continue reading The Long Awaited, Overdue 2009 Newsletter
Similar to Winter and Hawthorne (the Perspective book), Michael Pocock, Gailyn Van Rheenen, and Douglas McConnell combined the works of various authors into one missiologoy book. The main difference being that each chapter of The Changing Face of World Missions was written expressly for the book instead of being chosen from previously published works [...]
At 782 pages, the Perspectives book quite the read. In fact, it is less of a “book” and more of a compilation as it is comprised of 124 articles from various theologians, missiologists, pastors, missionaries, and church leaders.
At first it may seem that there is no way a book with that many [...]
"I only do what the Father is doing; I only say what the Father is saying”
A quote from our Lord – and our motto for living.
Unlike a lot of believers, Jesus didn’t always push for a salvation decision – shoot, there where times when he didn’t even tell the people his name!
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Most likely, there were a few who read Part 3 and reached for the tar and feathers. Before you pack the car and head my way, let me toss a few more logs on the fire.
Growing up I was taught that the most important thing you can do is tell someone about [...]
A missions theology based solely upon God's glory and love also poses some difficulties. This theology of missions is very ambiguous and open ended, lacking a true vision or focus that the church can grasp.
In contrast, a Kingdom Theology of missions provides the necessary vision of destroying the works of the devil while [...]
Personally I now see the center of all theology and, as a result, missions as the Kingdom of God. The phrase the “Kingdom of God”, or “basileia tou theou” in Greek, refers to the reign and rule of God over all creation.
This concept goes beyond personal salvation or the idea of Christendom [...]
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Who Writes This Mess? My name is Joshua Hopping and I am a Son of the Most High journeying through a foreign land following the Wild Goose (i.e. the Holy Spirit) one step at a time.
As I journey along the Way, I have the privilege of serving as the bi-vocational pastor of the Payette River Vineyard Christian Fellowship. I am also a voracious reader who loves studying church history, theology, and world missions.
This blog, "Requisite Danger", is a record of what God is teaching and showing me as I try to follow Him wherever He leads as well as occasional random thoughts. I pray that you will join me in this journey through online/offline interaction as this life is lived in community.
May His grace and peace be upon you.
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