Overcoming Obstacles: A Practical Theological Reflection on Daily Devotion of Congregation Leaders SHEA Chi Fung This article is an exploration of a palpable but rarely discussed discrepancy between belief and practice. Most Chinese evangelicals...

Transcendence and Self-Transcendence: From Post-Modern Philosophy to Christian-Confucian Dialogue LAI Pan Chiu This study aims to address the issue concerning whether and how philosophy as a discipline is to be related to theological studies by...

The Morphological Freedom of Transhumanism: From the Perspective of Human Vulnerability HONG Liang This paper examines the concept of morphological freedom of transhumanism, starting from discussing the issue of human vulnerability in current theological...

Apocalyptic Paul and Insights from Interdisciplinary Studies: Social-Scientific Approaches and Cognitive Linguistic Approaches Kai-hsuan CHANG The application of interdisciplinary studies to the New Testament texts has become a significant trend...

Biblical Theology, Neurotheology, and AI/AGI/HAI/BCI: A Challenge from Interdisciplinary Integration for Biblical and Theological Studies Philip P. CHIA Interdisciplinary studies are in fashion again, though this round is very different from that...

Some Uses and Abuses of Interdisciplinary Research in Biblical Studies WONG Fook Kong The purpose of this essay is to discuss some uses and abuses of cross-disciplinary studies. Firstly, the external information included must be reliable, eg,...

Editor's Note The topic of this issue of Sandow Journal by Wong Fook-Kwong is "Interdisciplinary Integration of Theological Research." How to properly discuss this big topic in six articles is really a challenge. Nonetheless, the articles included in this issue cover a variety of aspects and can provide the reader with some insight into the field. ...

Andres Tang HRJ's Associate Editor The theme of HRJ over the past 20 years The theme of the first issue of HRJ was "Character Formation and Church Ministry", and the theme of the 40th issue is "Discipline of Faith Communities". If the beginning and the end are representative in some way, then these two issues demonstrate certain characteristics of the "Sandao Journal": paying attention to the church and providing rigorous faith reflection for the church. It is not difficult to get this impression by simply classifying the themes of the forty issues (see chart). ...

Wong Shun-shing Th.M. Student It would be a pity if there was no Sando Journal. "The Mountain Road" reveals the passion for learning of Baptist Theological Seminary teachers and scholars, as well as their love for the Chinese church. Each teacher and author has his or her own expertise. Some are well versed in theological doctrines, some delve into the New and Old Testaments, and some are good at ethical thinking. Reading The Mountain Road allowed me to enter their perspective and see the past, present, and future development possibilities of the theological world and the church through their eyes. ...

Sin Kam-kong Conservative Baptist Missionary in Macau The Sands Journal is the latest research result and masterpiece of many theological experts. It is rich in content and provides me with the best material for in-depth reflection when I face ministry such as pastoral care (1, 12, 15, 24 issues), preaching (10 issues), teaching (13, 24 issues), leadership, and even missionary work (9, 18, 30 issues). ...