DMOG Final Exam (CIU) Graded A+

______ is a 2 billion dollar industry. Short Term Missions How are short term mission trips good? -Doctors go and work -Great tool for teaching the people that go on trips 00:37 01:22 How are short term mission trips bad? -Causes more harm than good -Takes jobs away from nationals -People use it as a vacation -Should just send the money What are the 2 parts of Lamentations 3, and why does Castor say it's important? 1- Mourning 2. Joy It is important to to be joyful and mournful at the right times. What are the two competing narratives for Mark Siljander? Religion & Politics Castor said he does not need the ______ to convince a _____ to become radical. -Qur'an -Muslim The Dubai call the Bible _____. God's carving Mike Barnett said ______ "All religions have condoned the killing of innocent people at one point in history." J. Rankin said _____ "We see spiritual warfare as a battle for God's glory and the best defense is an offense of missions and evangelism." (Remember how good God is) According to Castor, Donald Trump needs _____ & _____ in order to win. -A strong stance against Muslims -A positive stance for Israel Samuel Zwemer said, "We do not have our enterprise because we lack the _____ and we lack _____, and that leads to _____." -Passion -Faith -Conviction What does Castor say in response to Islam being evil? "Islam is not inherently anything. There are two kinds of Interpretation: -Peaceful Interpretation -Violent Interpretation Who said, "Muslims hate America because they hate our freedom." George W. Bush "What lies beneath is the meaning" "Worldview is like an iceberg" Castor likes this opposed to the onion. Coca-Cola They had a dream that everyone could have a coke within an arm's reach at any time anywhere in the world. We use the word _____ way to much. _____ is a better word. -Identity -Identification What are the four layers of the onion? 1. Behavior 2. Values 3. Beliefs 4. Worldview When approaching the lost the _____ approach is better than the onion because _____. -Narrative -People remember stories Pashtuns fought against _____ and harbored Bin Laden in _____. -Russia -Afghanistan How many languages do not have their own Bible? 1859 What is Diaspora? "Jews live outside of Israel" -First used to describe Jews as a scattered people. ETIC How people on the outside think (Foreigners) EMIC How people on the inside think (Natives) Define: People Groups The largest group in which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance. Who are the unreached people groups? -Less than 2% evangelical -No access -No one is there who can tell them What is the "Golden Calf of Missiology?" People Groups Is there such a thing as one word in one language that has a perfect match in another language? -No -Dunia people do not hold to the heart. The stomach is important to them. Does a group need their own scripture translation? Yes, people are better reached in their own tongue. Nanavati Principle -The Cow story -The person who was wrong gave the option to take his life or the life of the cow. -Blood had to be paid Who are the Nacirema people? -American spelled backwards -Book written to describe the culture of America through the lenses of another culture worldview What is Ethnocentrism? -The belief of superiority of one's personal ethnic group -Can also develop from racial or religious differences What is the Homogeneous Unit Principle? -"Birds of a feather flock together" -We seek to be around others of the same culture or appearance What is the most segregated day of the week? Sunday Morning Know the Chicken Story Wife wanted to raise chickens. Chaffin tractor Supply Company, big barrel of chickens, peeps. Have to buy 6 chickens at a time. Kids chasing the chickens in the back yard. Castor builds cage with chicken wire, temporary cage. Wife and son scream NOO, two wings, Owl flew down and grabbed two chickens Castor tried to scare to scare owl with hammer Owl flies into trampoline net and drops the chickens Castor tries to cover chickens but owl is fearless and flies in and grabs one chicken Sister in law is vet tech, lung was pierced and blowing outside of the chickens body Went into garage and grabbed a set of pliers to sever the spinal cord Grabs axe instead, chicken stretches its neck out, cuts the neck off clean Wife wanted to bury chicken, castor wanted to throw it into the trash Out of the corner of his eye saw an owl on his way to the trash Threw it in the air and owl swoops down and grabs it just as it hits the ground Kids are crying and so they go back and buy two chickens Daughter tells the worker the story and she sells them two chickens Finishes the pen, they grow up and they become free range chickens Son comes in screaming, a snake bit the head off one of the chickens Red tail chicken hawk, flew down and took the head off Son is terrified of birds of prey, would herd the chickens back into cage Castor tries to use it as a moment to teach a lesson, If you could spend your life in safety and never encounter anything painful but it meant you had to spend your life in one room would you want that? Son says yes, failed teaching moment In-laws brought dog over, chewed on chicken like a chew toy Chicken, Talula, crawls under wife's skirt and dies at her feet Neighbors took chickens after he had enough IPA International Phonetic Alphabet According to Dr. Chris Little there is no such thing as: -a biblical culture or -culturally objective exegete -pure theology Contextualization Communicating Christianity in such a way that elements of a host culture are: -confronted -confirmed -and/or transformed so that people accept or reject it for the right reasons and not for the wrong reasons. Paul Heilbert Defines worldview as assumptions about reality. Western Contextualization Christmas and Easter Does a group need their own scripture if they understand 80% of the trade language that scripture is in? Why? Yes, not all words translate into the same words in other languages. Ethnolinguistic Share Language, Culture In Duna culture, what part of the body was faith associated with? Stomach What is wrong with our focus? We tend to focus on how sinful we are instead of how amazingly good God is Whole gospel to the whole world, no longer west to the rest If you hide and isolate yourself with your sin, you become an easy target, Satan want to sift believers Dr. Eugene Nida "There is no such thing as a word in one language that has a perfect equivalent in another language" Missionaries to the Duna people were thought to be The Duna people believed that they were cannibals What's the difference between Lamentations 3:1-19 and the 3:20-66 3:1-19 is equated with bad things 3:20-66 is Thanksgiving Why Castor doesn't want to talk about Satan Fear of looking stupid Satan behind the closed countries to Christianity & persecution Give 3 shortcomings and 2 ways to make short term missions better? Shortcomings: -Long term mission has decreased -Costs a lot of money, takes away from long term missions -Takes away from nationals -Lack of leadership -Lack of work to be done Better: -Specialized missions trips (doctors) -Missionary plans trip