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By Cody C. Lorance | Article
Earlier today, I "tweeted" the following: "Pointing out all that I think is wrong with someone else’s faith is not the same thing as proclaiming the Gospel." For a few…
By Cody C. Lorance | Article
Perhaps no other word in the ecumenical vocabulary has aroused more fears, created more unnecessary controversy, and, more often than not, succeeded in sidetracking urgent issues in the life of the…
By Cody C. Lorance | Article
I have come across an article by my friend, H.L. Richard. I am posting below a link to the article and strongly encourage any of you that are interested in contextualization…
By Thomas Hieber | Article
The sun was shining brightly as I stepped out of Athens ‘Evangelismos’ metro station on my way to the Pakistan consulate which is located in the very center of the…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has formally submitted a bid to the United Nations General Assembly for recognition of Palestine as the 194th member state. He declared in his address to…
By John Gilchrist | Article
Muslims have asked me umpteen times about the genealogies of Jesus Christ. One of them persistently asked me recently, “can you answer the two geneologies [sic] of Jesus?” Like many…
By Cody C. Lorance | Blog
Today I want to respond briefly to something that was posted on Toby Sumpter’s blog that purportedly comes from a book by Peter Leithart entitled Against Christianity. Sumpter’s post seems to be…
By Hussein Wario | Article
Tonight is 27th night of the Islamic month of Ramadhan. Most Muslims around the world keep watch tonight because they believe tonight is the anniversary of the “Night of Power,”…
By Hussein Wario | Article
Abdul Seid writes: The bible says in Gospel of Matthew Ch 4 V 8 “Again, the devil took him (Jesus) to a very high mountain and showed him all the…
By Hussein Wario | Article
Muslims’ month long fast enters the second week. I wrote last week to show how God Almighty did not institute it. You can read my article, which utilizes the Qur’an…
By Cody C. Lorance | Blog
Recently, a rich article was posted to the Lausanne Global Conversation entitled "Highly Contextualized Missions: Surveying the Global Converstation". Since the article was focused on one of my favorite topics I…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Muslims have started their annual fast during the Islamic month of Ramadhan as of dawn this morning. One of them asked me yesterday, “Have you spotted the new moon yet?”…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
A Salafi—a Muslim who adheres to the version of Islam of Prophet Muhammad’s time—wrote to me, “Speak out against the Oslo attacks, you terrorist!” I have had discussions with this…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Blog
Muslim fast during the Islamic month of Ramadhan is projected to start at dawn on August 1 this year, after the sighting of the new crescent at dusk on July…
By Lausanne Global Analysis | Article
A special feature of Cape Town 2010 was the opportunity for people around the world to witness the live events via the 650 GlobaLink sites and afterwards to participate in…
By Lausanne Global Analysis | Research
Evangelicalism is a dynamic Christian force in the world today. From the onset of Evangelicalism in Great Britain in the 1730s to the United States in the nineteenth century and…
By Lausanne Global Analysis | Research
It is exceptionally difficult to estimate the numbers of Christians in the world’s two most populous countries, China and India. Both China and India are among the countries with the…
By Lausanne Global Analysis | Article
Sudan has suffered through two catastrophic civil wars since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1956. The first Sudanese Civil War lasted from 1955–1972 and the second from 1983–2005.…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
There are conflicting reports over Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s apostasy case, Mission Network News reports. The AFP reported over the weekend Pastor Youcef was no longer on death row. Now…
By Hussein Hajji Wario | Article
Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who has been sentenced to death for apostasy faces execution any moment. Now that the Iranian Supreme Court has upheld his death sentence, he could be…
