A Partial List of My Early Writings
- Kant’s ethical theory. Unpublished article. 1973
- Augustine’s theory of illumination. Unpublished article. 1975
- The apologetics of Gordon H. Clark. Unpublished essay/critique. 1975
- Van Til’s presuppositionalism: Effectiveness and sensitivity. Unpublished essay. 1976
- La Apologética: El debate entre evangélicos. Unpublished essay. 1976
- Biblical doctrine of Scripture. Unpublished essay. 1977
- Acts 1:16-22. Unpublished academic study. 1979
- Para hacer el punto: Cómo desarrollar un punto del sermón Unpublished mini-course. 1984
- El sermón: La proposición. Unpublished mini-course. 1984
- El sermón: La oración transicional. Unpublished mini-course. 1984
- La importancia de la evangelización. Unpublished article. 1987
- Una pauta sencilla para evangleizar. Unpublished article. 1987
- La oración. Unpublished study. 1987
- La comunión y el matrimonio: Tres principios bíblicos. Unpublished article. 1987
- La importancia de la comunión. Unpublished article. 1987
- El diezmo. Unpublished study. 1987
- La mayordomía de las posesiones materiales. Unpublished study. 1987
- La naturaleza de la adoración. Unpublished meditation. 1987
- La importancia de la adoración. Unpublished meditation. 1987
- El servicio, la compasión y el poder. Unpublished meditation. 1987
- La naturaleza del servicio. Unpublished meditation. 1987
- La importancia del servicio. Unpublished meditation. 1987
- The city: The eschatological garden. Urban Mission. Volume 5 Number 4. 1988.
- El trabajo y el reposo en el reino de Dios: Fundamentos bíblicos para una cosmovisión cristiana. Unpublished course/study. 1988
- Lo que creemos 1: Algunas creencias que compartimos con otras iglesias evangélicas. Unpublished course. 1988
- Lo que creemos 2: Algunas creencias que nos distinguen de otras iglesias evangélicas. Unpublished course. 1988
- La doctrina de Dios. Unpublished course. 1988.
- La soberanía de Dios y tu vida. Unpublished course. 1988
- Perspectivas teológicas para entender la palabra de Dios. Unpublished course. 1989
- La antropología bíblica. Unpublished course. 1989
- La disciplina eclesiástica: Guía de estudio por Gary Waldecker basado en parte en un libro por Jay E. Adams. Unpublished course. 1990
- Plotinus: An explanation and short critique. Unpublished essay. 1992
- Aristotle: His Influence on the Roman Catholic Church and in Chile Unpublished essay. 1992
- Cuando Dios se acerca. Unpublished evangelistic sermon. 1992
- Kissing frogs: A Christ-centered look at Matthew 25:31-46. Unpublished essay/sermon. 1993
- The Great Adventure: The Lord Sends us Moving. Unpublished essay/sermon. 1993.
- What is culture? Unpublished essay. 1993
- El temor al ridículo. Unpublished article/sermon. 1993
- The fear of being ridiculed. Unpublished article/sermon. 1994
- God’s grace in the midst of my mistakes: The history of my first church planting experience. Unpublished article. 1995.
- The contextualization of the gospel in Chile. Doctor of Ministry project presented to the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary. 1997
- The shadow man: A historical novella set in Chile. Unpublished novella. 1997
- Toward a theology of movement: Missiology from a Christ-centered kingdom perspective. Unpublished manuscript. 1997
- Summary Version: Toward a theology of movement: Missiology from a Christ-centered kingdom perspective. Unpublished manuscript. 1997
- Training that Promotes Movement. Unpublished article. 1997.
- The story of God’s mission. Unpublished essays/sermons. 1997
- The birth of Laughter: A Christmas message from Genesis. Unpublished article/sermon. 1998
- The new heart and the flesh. Unpublished essay. 1989
- El modo del bautismo. Unpublished booklet/course. 2000
- Covenantal education. Unpublished article. 2001
- Toward a theology of preaching Christ. Unpublished article. 2001
- A brief statement on contextualization. Unpublished article. 2002
- The impact of capitalism on education. Unpublished article. 2002.
- Dewey on how democracy and education support one another. Unpublished essay. 2002
- Truth and reality: Truth-finding techniques. Unpublished essay. 2002
- The mutual influence of identity and growth. Unpublished essay. 2002
- The impact of visions on reporters of science. Unpublished essay. 2002
- Core values of Mission to the World. Unpublished article. 2002
- Authoritative word, powerful deed, and loving presence. Unpublished article. 2002
- Of stories and heroes. Unpublished sermon/essay. 2003
- De historias y héroes. Unpublished sermon/essay. 2003
- Critique of Mission to the World’s ‘Preventing unhealthy dependency overseas.’ Unpublished article. 2003
- Church planting movements: Training leaders. Unpublished article. 2003
- Church planting movements: Thought patterns. Unpublished article. 2003
- Organizational learning project: Exploration of change effort at Mission to the World. Unpublished research. 2003
- Flow, river, flow! The centrality of Christ in church planting movements. InVision, August 2004.
- In pursuit of a ‘grace-based’ organization. Unpublished article. 2004
- Against “flat eschatology.” Unpublished article. 2005
- Toward a theology of movement: Selected writings. Unpublished compilation. 2005
- Priority systems: A Christ-centered look at personality and culture. Unpublished manuscript. 2005 (final version)
- The meaning of the incarnation. Unpublished article. 2005
- Two key issues for a theology of mission. Unpublished article. 2005
- Quick observations on ‘Making disciples not dependents.’ Unpublished article. 2005
- A mission rooted in creation. Unpublished article. 2005
- Culture and contextualization. Slide presentation. 2006
- Plausibility structures and the Gospel. Unpublished article. 2006
- El Camino De La Cruz En Una Cultura Dirigida Por El Éxito. Unpublished article. 2006
- On the nature of a missional church. Unpublished essay. 2006
- Dependency in missions. Unpublished article. 2006
- Review of Pete Scazzero’s “The emotionally healthy church”. Unpublished manuscript. 2006
- The need for explicit Christ-centered communication Unpublished article. 2006
- La centralidad de Cristo: ¿Qué es esto? Unpublished article. 2006
- Quick response to “Mission structures and management principles for the 21st century” (by Ed Walker). Unpublished essay. 2006
- The Scent of Jesus. Unpublished essay/sermon. 2006.
- Organizational change at Mission to the World. Unpublished essay. 2007
- Investing as a way of doing mission: An alternative to the efficiency model. Unpublished essay. 2007
- La inversión como forma de involucrarse en la misión de Dios: Una alternativa para el modelo de eficiencia. Unpublished essay. 2007
- Covenantal training. Video presentation. 2007
- Entrenamiento de pacto. Video presentation. 2007
- Christ-centered contextualization. Video presentation. 2007
- La contextualización Cristo-céntrica. Video presentation. 2007
- A radical proposal for training pastors. Unpublished article. 2007
- The locus of astonishment: Implications for missions conferences. Unpublished article. 2007
- Collective priority systems: Changing an organizational culture. Unpublished essay. 2007.
- Contextualization in ministry: A Christ-centered perspective. Unpublished presentation. 2007
- Working against ourselves: The hidden effects of organizational realities on ministry. Unpublished essay. 2007
- Preaching Christ–always. Unpublished essay. 2007
- Predicando a Cristo–siempre. Unpublished essay. 2007
- The Christian art of talking to yourself. Unpublished article/sermon. 2007
- I Already Have My Square!: The Relationship between Missionaries and “Nationals” in Mission Strategy. Unpublished essay. 2007
- Interruptions and the Mission. Unpublished article. 2008.
- The contextualization of the Gospel. Unpublished article. 2008
- Diary of an introverted child of the covenant: Entries from December 1975 – April 1976. Unpublished diary. 2008
- The sweetspot of church planting: The view from 30,000 feet. Unpublished article. 2008
- Humility: A cultural blind spot. Unpublished article. 2008
- Mobilization: What is it? Unpublished article. 2008
- Evaluation of the novel “The shack.” Unpublished critique. 2008
- The Wonder of it All: Accomplishing the Mission through a Laugh of Joy. Unpublished article. 2008.
- The power of faith in Christ: Putting our faith to work. Unpublished article. April 2008.
- Dependency in mission: A theological perspective. Unpublished article. July 2009.
- Organizational Learning: Becoming a learning organization. Unpublished article. August 2009.
- Longings of the Heart: A theology of creational desire. Unpublished tract. 1994. Updated March 2010.
- God’s “Secret” Weapon: Christ the Head and We the Body. Unpublished article. 2010.
- Bold Humility: As We Wait. Unpublished article. 2010.
- Putting “Missional” in its Place. Unpublished article. 2010.
- Organizational Learning from Cross-cultural experiences: An Ethnomethodological Case Study Examining the Relative Importance of Social Structure and Cultural Values During Dynamic Interaction. A doctoral dissertation submitted to the faculty of The Graduate School of Education and Human Development of The George Washington University. 2010.
Some of these writings—and around 800 others—can be found on my website: On the Mission of the Church.
It is currently password protected. For access, send me an email (see third rail of fence in header above).