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My old friend Mike Crain went to Heaven last week. He was probably the first to do evangelistic martial arts evangelism, starting as a college student in 1965. I had the privilege of working with him and being mentored to some degree by him. He believed in my martial art when my usual instructor...

You are correct. The ninja (忍者) were the spies of feudal Japan. There were several clans, and they could be hired by a feudal lord, etc., as spies or assassins. So yes, they operated from the shadows, always wearing black, even to cover most of the face. If you actually saw a ninja, you were...

He was a self made master. In other words, he started out with Wing Chun and trained in it quite a bit, but never learned the whole style, so no one considers him to be a master of Wing Chun. He trained somewhat in other Chinese styles, but never to the level of instructor. So, was he a master...

This is all well and good, though I would disagree about the start of the Church Age. (I much prefer "Church Age" to "Age of Grace," since there has always been the grace of God.) The first local church was in Acts 2, of course, and the only time the word "church" appears in Acts 7 only...

Good post. Thank you.

We don't need to learn rock climbing; we just jump to the top. And we look at ropes as possible weapons. :Ninja

Actually, I believe and teach that dispensationalism is a Bible based theological system. The KJV uses the term "dispensation" four times (three more times as "stewardship"), including one time in exactly the same way we teach what a dispensation is in dispensational theology: Eph. 1:10...

The very term "dispensation" (Greek oikonomia) means a stewardship. Dispensational scholar Charles Ryrie's definition: "A dispensation is a distinguishable economy in the outworking of God’s purpose” (Dispensationalism, p. 33). So your #1 definition is off, but the #2 and #3 put together are...

I respect any martial artist who has actually competed and put his techniques on the line. Norris did, Lee did not.

There are a few who have tried to resurrect the ninja lifestyle and martial art, but nothing similar on the samurai, except in the bamboo sword fighting sport of Kendo. However, there have been quite a few movies and TV shows with a samurai theme.

I don't know where you are getting this. 1. The Keswick Movement, which you are calling a "higher life" movement, started in 1875 in the English town of Keswick, not America. 2. The speakers at the first yearly meeting were all solid evangelicals. Eventually, great fundamentalists such as Hudson...

I think that was about the insurance company rather than the government, but I agree with you as the statement stands.

This is a good, informative site: AB506 Resources. It covers the issue of one on one times with children. Our policy is that (1) no adult should be alone with a child not a relative, and (2) no adult should be alone in a restroom with a child not a relative. Years ago we had an incident where...

If the law is interfering with the worship services, doctrine, etc. of the church, then it is a violation of the separation of church and state. However, what you described sounds more like a safety issue, and if so the insurance company and the government are proper in requiring this. The...

I took a seminary class from him in 1993 on apologetics. He's a top flight scholar on that, and maybe the leading scholar on the resurrection. He also likes the Shroud of Turin--believes it's real.

Samurai sword versus no sword and no gun? Dead opponent. Samurai with no sword? He would use traditional jujutsu, which could be deadly depending on the particular style of jujutsu. So it depends on how trained the opponent was in his fighting method. Ninja with weapons? Dead opponent...

Except that ideally all missionary translations should be done from the Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek.

That's over-simplifying it.

I don't think so.

The Holiness movement--Wesleyans, etc. Resulted in perfectionism, belief that sickness is always from sin, etc. The Keswick Movement--R. A. Torrey, Hudson Taylor, and many other prominent fundamentalists of the day. Keswick theology is not emotionalism, but a well thought out theology of...