Local Cross-cultural Missions with Hospitality: A Gospel Ministry that Follows Integral Mission Model Chun-wah KWONG Massive and rapid population migration, as one of the key features of globalization, opens up an opportunity for local cross-cultural...

Let Your Light Shine: The Convergence and Divergence of Christianity and Chinese Culture Curie Li QU In Christ and Culture, Richard Niebuhr sorts out five ways Christians have approached Western culture throughout history, i.e., (1) Christ against...

The Separation and Union, Continuity and Discontinuity in Death: A Comparison of the Social Function of Greco-Roman Death Rituals and Related Rituals in Early Christianity Kai-hsuan CHANG In this article, I rely on ritual theories to explore the social...

Convergence and Dispersion as Theological Concepts in the Old Testament WONG Fook Kong The Bible is the story of God and his interaction with this world. Like our much more limited stories, it is filled with “convergence” and “dispersion.”...

To Stay or to Leave? Reflections on Four Biblical Characters in the Second Temple Period Elaine W. F. GOH This essay reflects on four biblical characters, namely Esther, Daniel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, in the Second Temple period. The author attempts to find...

編者的話 鄧紹光 貧富不均是一個全球性的社會現象，不單現今世代如此，古代的舊約及新約世界也是一樣。因此，本期《山道期刊》以「貧與富」為主題，邀請不同學者撰文討論，範圍包括舊約、新約、早期教會、基督教倫理等不同領域。...

編者的話 吳國傑 近年，許多香港人受著種種負面情緒困擾。國際間，中美貿易戰帶來政治危機，俄烏戰事引發通貨膨脹，新冠疫症導致封關鎖城。在本地，反修例風波促使人際關係撕裂，政局改變衍生矛盾的情緒，香港移民潮下出現離愁別緒。凡此種種都直接間接影響港人的心情，城市彷彿被厚厚的陰霾籠罩。2023年的統計研究指出，香港人的快樂指數在亞太區排名倒數第一；當中尤其以年輕受訪者的快樂指數最低，普遍對生活感到悲觀。作為蒙神差遣在地上作鹽作光的教會群體，我們當如何回應時代，為黑暗的世界帶來亮光？今期《山道期刊》以「在盼望中活出信仰」為主題，期盼藉著眾學者對舊約聖經、新約聖經和靈修神學的研究，給身處困境的現代基督徒帶來啟迪。...

Editor's Note When Wong Fuk-kwong published this issue of "Sandow Journal", Hong Kong was under impact: the COVID-19 epidemic was still prevalent, and a large number of people immigrated to other places. In response to these phenomena, the special topic of this issue is "Gathering and Dispersion". There are a total of six special articles in this issue, three of which are in the biblical studies category and three in the practical theology category. ...

Hospitality - Fulfilling the Integral Mission of Missions Hospitality to the Little Stranger In the New Testament, hospitality is the mark of a Christian. Extending hospitality is not only polite and civilized behavior, it is also deeply spiritual. Martin Luther and John Wesley, the forefathers of the church, regarded hospitality as a sacrament and the mystery of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, "Immanuel." More importantly, the Bible has a lot to teach about hospitality. Romans 12:13 says: “Be hospitable to guests.” Here “hospitality” can be translated as “opening the door of your home.” Mark 9:37 also records Jesus’ teaching: “Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” Hebrews 13:2 also says: "Do not forget to welcome strangers in love; for some who have welcomed strangers have even welcomed angels without knowing it." There is also Matthew 25:35, 40. Verse: "I was a stranger and you welcomed me in...Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did these things to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."...

關顧者的一份「理解」——同理心 理解受關顧者的生命經驗 　　每個人都渴望得到別人的愛和關顧，期盼自己生命路途上的遭遇、經驗被視為真實的，能得到別人的接納與重視。這是人的天性和基本需要。...