Gleanings from the Field
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| Blog Name: | Gleanings from the Field |
| Url: | http://www.dahlfred.com/blogs/gleanings-from-the-field |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | missions, evangelism, Thailand |
| Description: | reflections and observations on life and ministry as a missionary in Thailand, from a Reformed perspective |
| Popularity: | 113 Followers |
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Thai Belief in Guardian Spirits for Babies
The other day our house helper was holding our baby Caitlin while I (Sun) grabbed a bite of lunch. She suddenly realized that Caitlin had a double cowlick on her head and, after confirming that the baby was born on a Monday, foretold that Caitlin would be feisty and strong-willed just like one of her sons who had similar traits. The week before she had told me that as an infant her son was so strong-willed and hard to please that she went through a Thai ceremony in hopes of making her son more manageable. With a group of elderly people around, the ceremony required her to ask aloud, “Who’s baby is this? Whatever spirit or ghost or demon out there that owns this baby, come and claim h
The other day our house helper was holding our baby Caitlin while I (Sun) grabbed a bite of lunch. She suddenly realized that Caitlin had a double cowlick on her head and, after confirming that the baby was born on a Monday, foretold that Caitlin would be feisty and strong-willed just like one of her sons who had similar traits. The week before she had told me that as an infant her son was so strong-willed and hard to please that she went through a Thai ceremony in hopes of making her son more manageable. With a group of elderly people around, the ceremony required her to ask aloud, “Who’s baby is this? Whatever spirit or ghost or demon out there that owns this baby, come and claim h
Paul’s Motivation for Missionary Service
A number of years ago I sat in a missions class watching an animated video of jumbo jets plunging into the ground one after another while a voiceover told me, “Every year, such-and-such number of people die without ever hearing about Christ, which is the equivalent of so many jumbo jets full of passengers crashing each day, killing everyone aboard.” I forget what the exact numbers were that the narrator told us, but it was quite large. The point of the video was to drive home the gravity of the need to urgently send out missionaries to those who had never heard of Christ. The planes crashing were to help us get our mind around a very large number and to be a motivat
A number of years ago I sat in a missions class watching an animated video of jumbo jets plunging into the ground one after another while a voiceover told me, “Every year, such-and-such number of people die without ever hearing about Christ, which is the equivalent of so many jumbo jets full of passengers crashing each day, killing everyone aboard.” I forget what the exact numbers were that the narrator told us, but it was quite large. The point of the video was to drive home the gravity of the need to urgently send out missionaries to those who had never heard of Christ. The planes crashing were to help us get our mind around a very large number and to be a motivat
"From Buddha to Jesus" - a Book Review by Larry Dinkins
From Buddha to Jesus: An Insider’s View of Buddhism & Christianity, by Steve Cioccolanti (Sweet Life International, 2007, 240pp.) —reviewed by Larry Dinkins You wouldn’t expect
From Buddha to Jesus: An Insider’s View of Buddhism & Christianity, by Steve Cioccolanti (Sweet Life International, 2007, 240pp.) —reviewed by Larry Dinkins You wouldn’t expect
Should All Missionaries be Tentmakers?
It has been asked whether missionaries should support themselves with secular employments (rather than accept full-time paid support) for the sake of being a good example to believers? A missionary working full-time in the secular world without monetary support from home would be a benefit to the church in two ways: 1) gives an example of living out the Christian life in
It has been asked whether missionaries should support themselves with secular employments (rather than accept full-time paid support) for the sake of being a good example to believers? A missionary working full-time in the secular world without monetary support from home would be a benefit to the church in two ways: 1) gives an example of living out the Christian life in
Thai Christian Books (or the lack thereof)
For English speakers, there is a massive amount of Christian books and resources available but for many other languages in the world, it is simply not the case. Two recent experiences really drove this truth home, as it relates to Thailand. I had the chance to visit Bangkok Bible Seminary (BBS), take a tour, and talk to some teachers and students. When we went up to their small library to look around, I was surprised to see that only about one-fourth of the library
For English speakers, there is a massive amount of Christian books and resources available but for many other languages in the world, it is simply not the case. Two recent experiences really drove this truth home, as it relates to Thailand. I had the chance to visit Bangkok Bible Seminary (BBS), take a tour, and talk to some teachers and students. When we went up to their small library to look around, I was surprised to see that only about one-fourth of the library
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