Understanding Postmodernism III: Post-Structuralism
This is the last installment on understanding postmodernism, this time via post-structuralism. We will see that post-structuralism definitely serves as the parent for some of the ideas espoused by...
View ArticleImagine Heaven ... a World with No Label
I said in my last post that I'm a post-label kind of guy. To think of it, I really hate labels. Heaven must be a place where no label exists. There are two labels which I hate especially:...
View ArticleYou Can Leave Your Titles at Home: On meeting Ronald Fung and other...
The phone rang. I picked it up. “Hi, I’m so and so, the executive director of so and so denomination. Are you Sam Tsang?” the voice gruffly demanded. “Ah, yeah, just Sam is fine,” I replied, “Who...
View ArticleI'll be praying for you ... or NOT!
Recently tragedy struck my former church community. On that particular Sunday morning, I sat depressed in my pew. My pastor Harry, a kind, godly and caring man, came over to say hello. Having told...
View ArticleAsk the Experienced OR the Educated?
My blog originates from a Facebook post my friend wrote. He said, “While in seminary, my preacher professor said, ‘I’m not much of a preacher, but I hope to coach you into being good preachers.’” The...
View ArticleA Short Reflection on Filipino Hostage Tragedy
I'm writing this short blog about a week after the tragedy in Philippines out of respect for the victims and their families. What has happened sparked different reactions, many of which are quite...
View ArticleHomiletical Violence
This is a short blog full of quotes from some of the best descriptions of bad preaching by Anna Carter Florence in her article "Put Away Your Sword!" in What's the Matter with Preaching Today...
View ArticleRelevant Irrelevance? On Keeping an Alien Text (Revelation) Alien
I’ve had some fun this semester teaching a class for the first time. I’m teaching Advanced Preaching with a special focus on exegeting and expositing Revelation on the pulpit. The results have been...
View ArticleChristmas or Xmas? Keeping Christ in Christmas in 2010?
Introduction I haven’t blogged for a while because of busy writing and speaking schedule. A friend’s Facebook has brought me out of my blogging hibernation. She asked the question, “Is anyone...
View ArticleDealing with the Religious Mode
Introduction This post is inspired by my friend’s Facebook note. As a highly intellectual young man, Michael is a PhD candidate in biblical studies under the famous Ben Witherington. In all my...
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