Jon L. Dybdahl
Jon L. Dybdahl, Ph.D., is the president of Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington.
Articles by Jon L. Dybdahl
Spirituality: Biblical and nonbiblical–Part 2 of 2
December 2015
Prelude
In 2008, Review and Herald Publishing Association published my book Hunger: Satisfying the Longing of Your Soul. In the volume I tried to do two things. First, I wanted to testify to the journey…
Spirituality: Biblical and nonbiblical— Part 1 of 2
October 2015
Prelude
In 2008, Review and Herald Publishing Association published my book Hunger: Satisfying the Longing of Your Soul. In that volume I tried to do two things. First, I wanted to testify to the journey God had taken me…
Doing theology in mission
November 2005
Mission and theology go together. True theology should move us to mission, and mission rightly practiced should lead to theology. However, while Paul undoubtedly had a theology before his Gentile mission, his theology,…
How culture conditions our view of Scripture
January 1988
The Bible students I have had have demonstrated to me that a person's religious and cultural conditioning affects the way he or she relates to Scripture. What they have taught me has broadened my approach to the Scriptures.
Case…
Cross-cultural adaptation
November 1992
How should Masai tribes people recently converted from animism worship God as Christians? How should we preach Jesus to Muslims on the Indian subcontinent, where some biblical phrases like "Son of God" are widely…
Helping your church through 10/40 window emphasis!
November 2001
Global Mission's concern and the General Conference's priority to reach the 10/40 window1 often does not receive much notice in local churches. Wrapped up in local concerns, many churches show no particular…
Doing theology in mission part 2
January 2006
Once a missiological consciousness is understood and, hopefully, practiced, what are the next steps we can take to effectively proclaim the gospel? I suggest that we must recognize three core changes that have taken…