Rethinking Evangelism in America

Robert Schmidt* *Robert Schmidt served as a missionary to Nigeria in the 1960s, a campus pastor at several universities, and a professor of theology at Concordia University in Portland. A fuller treatment of “The Coming Kingdom” was recently published in the Nov. 2013 issue of Missio Apostolica – The Lutheran Society for Missiology.   The…
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Expanding the Concept of Scripture

Robert Sylwester Emeritus Professor of Education University of Oregon   Evangelicals responded very negatively to Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution.  Retrospectively, they might have said in effect, ‘Well that’s interesting.  Gather credible data, and when your actual discoveries pose significant theological implications, we’ll take another look.’  The scientific community did seek credible data, and when DNA was added…
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