Posts by: Georges Houssney

PodCast – Episode 01- Arab Spring

By On August 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Biblical Missiology, PodCasts

 

Welcome to the first Biblical Missiology PodCasts.

In this episode a panel talks about the Arab Spring.

Episode: 01

Title: Arab Spring Discussion

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Panel:

Georges Houssney – Lebanese born, is Author of “Engaging Islam” and Director of Horizons International in Boulder, Colorado, [...]

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Muslim Follower of Jesus, is this possible?

By On August 8, 2011 · 18 Comments · In Biblical Missiology, Christian Muslim Background, Contextualization, Cultural Issues, Hermeneutics, Insider Movement, Missiological Criticism, Unity

In the last twenty years or so, the phrase “Muslim follower of Jesus” has been used to identify those who allegedly accept Christ in their hearts, acknowledge him in their mind, yet still retain their Muslim identity. My big question is: “Can you call yourself a follower of Christ, and by the same breath deny [...]

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Assessment of the Bridging the Divide Consultation Houghton College, NY. June 20-23

By On July 13, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Contextualization, Cultural Issues, Insider Movement, Missiological Criticism

Introduction: Houghton College hosted a consultation to bring together mission leaders to address the controversy pertaining to the Insider Movement. The organizing committee invited almost 100 people to attend. Fifty people on both sides of the argument attended.

Many of those invited were not able to attend. But those who did constituted a [...]

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How to Explain the Trinity to Muslims

By On June 14, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Biblical Missiology, evangelism, Islamic Studies

Many of those who desire to share the Gospel with Muslims struggle with how to explain the Trinity to them. Muslims are quick to argue against the concept, saying things like “you Christians worship three Gods,” or “God cannot have a son.” These difficulties have caused many to avoid the subject altogether, developing methods that [...]

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Analysis of Paul’s Acts 17

By On April 4, 2011 · 12 Comments · In Biblical Missiology, Contextualization, Insider Movement

Paul’s speech to the Greek philosophers in Athens takes up a space of just 11 verses, yet it has occupied theologians and missiologists for decades. There is hardly a book on missions that does not use this story to support a variety of views on missiological theory and practice.

Back in 1974 when I first [...]

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The Intrigue of Primitive Cultures

By On January 17, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Contextualization, Cultural Issues, Missiological Criticism

This article is not meant to be a comprehensive position on the impact of the gospel on other cultures. It is a critique of missionary practices that give culture more value than it deserves. Certainly not everything in any culture is evil or bad or needs to change. This issue will be discussed in course [...]

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Jew to the Jews, Greek to the Greeks? Part III

By On August 2, 2010 · 13 Comments · In Biblical Missiology, Christian Muslim Background, Contextualization, Cultural Issues, Hermeneutics, Insider Movement

Parts I and II focused on 1 Corinthians 1:29-23, which is one of the key passages used to justify the Insider Movement. I have shown that Paul never said he became a Greek to the Greeks. The passage, in fact, defeats the concept that we can be Muslims to Muslims. Paul did say however that [...]

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Jew to the Jews, Greek to the Greeks? Part II

By On July 20, 2010 · 48 Comments · In Biblical Missiology, Christian Muslim Background, Contextualization, Cultural Issues, Hermeneutics, Insider Movement

Introduction

In Part I, we have established that Paul never said that he was Greek to the Greeks. We demonstrated that the text must be read in its context, which is broader than the chapter and extends to Paul’s entire discourse, encompassing all three chapters of 1 Corinthians 8, 9 and 10. We expounded on [...]

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Jew to the Jews, Greek to the Greeks? Part I

By On July 8, 2010 · 12 Comments · In Biblical Missiology, Christian Muslim Background, Contextualization, Cultural Issues, Hermeneutics, Insider Movement

Before writing this article I asked a few people who wrote these words, “I have become a Jew to the Jews.” Without hesitation each of them had the same answer “Paul.”  Then I asked “What else did Paul say in the same passage?” Again each one answered the same: “and a Greek to the Greeks.” [...]

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“Sola Scriptura” Biblical Authority in Missions

By On June 28, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Biblical Missiology, Hermeneutics

The missionary movement stands on the deck of the Great Commission ship sailing in a violent ocean of strategies, theories, and approaches. Wave after wave of uncountable interpretations of the Bible strike this fragile vessel. I wonder how long this ship will resist before it is shipwrecked!

As I travel and interact with various missionaries, [...]

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