Next Term: Cross-Cultural Adaptation

Here is the list of books I will be teaching from next term.

Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence
by David A. Livermore

Anthropological Insights for Missionaries
by Paul G. Hiebert

From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions
by Ruth A. Tucker

Locations in Acts

Here are the general Areas in Acts

Churches in Acts

Luke 9 and 10 - Reading Questions

Sending out of the 12
How did Jesus send the Disciples out?
What did they take with them?
Where did they stay?
What did they do?
Do we send out missionaries today in this fashion? Why or why not?
Do missionaries have this kind of ministry today?

The Transfiguration
Which disciples were at the transfiguration?
Whom did they see?
Why do you think these two were revealed with Jesus?
What were the disciples’ reaction?
What do we learn about Jesus from this incident?

The Healing of a Boy With an Evil Spirit
Why could Jesus heal the boy, but the disciples couldn’t?

Greatest
Why did Jesus use a child as an example?
What was Jesus’ reaction to the man who was not with the disciples?
How can we incorporate these teachings into today’s understanding of ministry?

Cost of Discipleship
What was Jesus’ reaction to the men who wanted to say goodbye and bury their dead?
How can we learn from this sense of urgency?

Sending out of the 72
How does Jesus send out the 72?
What did the 72 do?
What is keeping us from doing the same as them?

Mary and Martha
What is the lesson that Jesus tried to teach Martha and Mary?
What do we need to learn from it?

Sharing the Gospel

In the Bible, there are several different ways to tell people about God. David wrote and sang songs. Jesus used parable to teach people about his kingdom. These were short stories about things that the people were familiar with in order to illustrate his message. Here are four modern examples of using different ways to share the good news.

	Example 1	Example 2	Example 3	Example 4
Audience	Children and parents	Teens in Bars	Native American Children	Adults
Location	Mexico	Thailand	South Dakota	YouTube
Message	Jesus Died for your sins	Jesus cares about you	Jesus Loves, Speaks to, and heals Children	Jesus Saved Me, and he can save you too
Method	A ten minute drama	English Lesson	3 short dramas	song
Language	Spanish	English and Thai	English	English
Description	Narrator spoke Spanish and actors mostly mimed an interpretation of the Gospel message.	Read and studied a portion of scripture in Thai, then English, used the parallel structure to teach grammar as well as drive home the point of the story.	We taught the children and they performed short plays. Each play featured stories from the Bible involving children.	A singer put his testimony to music. He compares his life and sins to the life and death of Christ.
Scripture	Genesis 2, 3, 4 Mark 15, 16	Luke 15:3-7	Samuel 3, Mark 5:21-43, Matt 19:13	John 17