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By Michael Collins | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Rev Steve Bundy | Article
People with disabilities are shown as central to the teaching on the kingdom of God in Luke 14:1-24. However, to understand the message regarding those with disabilities, we must also…
By Nagina Victor | Sermon/Message
Dear brothers and sisters. Incidents in last few months have killed so many lives on earth. And that was reminding me a sentence in a TBN movie Magido. Satan in…
By Augustine Musopole | Sermon/Message
I was very excited to read the Cape Town Statement. I said to my self, the evangelical prodigal child is now arriving to her theological home now that love has…
By Alice Tlustos | Testimony
What a pity if prayer is a means to achieve something, if it is just a "magic" way of using one’s spiritual power. I am convinced that, as we embrace…
By Jean-Claude Chevalme | Article
God is coming back for a spotless bride, and the Church is far from being so. There will be oneness in the body of Christ based on love yes, but…
By nic paton | Blog
After a discussion around the use of the idea of Hell in preaching, theology and mission, a pastor friend of mine remarked, "If you take hell away, there goes my…
By Ajith Fernando | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Sri Lankan Christian leader Ajith Fernando explains Ephesians 1. He shows how this chapter describes the full picture of salvation, its outworking, and its wonders that we are to declare.…
By Brendan Bowles | Sermon/Message
If being stewards of the climate is part of loving God and our neighbours, then obviously we should pray about it. Here is a monthly climate prayer resource from Climate…
By Emil Kisgeci | Testimony
God’s attitude towards the people outside the church is that He loves every human being and has no favorites. What will happen If I go into a shell, if I…
By Jetteke N. | Article
A few thoughts from ’On Hope’, by Joseph Pieper. A book so excellent I am reluctant to write about it, as every sentence in the book contains profound truth and my…
By Miroslav Volf | Article
A response to Ajith Fernando’s ’Embracing Suffering In Servicer’ ’Thus God wears the mask of the Devil, and the Devil wears the mask of God; God wants to be recognized…
By Ajith Fernando | Article
I felt humbled as I returned from teaching pastors in the deep south of Sri Lanka. In these pastors’ experience, it often takes ten to fifteen years pioneering in unreached…
By John Houghton | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by John Houghton as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “The Environmental…
By Facebook Community | Blog
We asked our facebook community the following question recently. Please see the responses below and be encouraged. Please feel free to share your own examples as comments. The Question "Did…
By Mary DeMuth | Blog
I read with alarm this post about the American pastor who is burning the Koran on 9/11. I really have no words, other than it seems like bullying. As if…
By Rebecca Pippert | Blog
Are there others skills that free us in personal witness? What are skills that will help believers gain greater freedom in witness? We need to learn how to ask good…
By Martine Audéoud and Rubin Pohor | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Martine Audéoud and Rubin Pohor as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session…
By Rebecca Manley Pippert & Bishop Benjamin A. Kwashi | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Rebecca Manley Pippert and Bishop Benjamin A. Kwashi as an overview of the topic to be discussed at…
By Leslie Anne Neal Segraves, Chad Alan Neal Segraves | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Leslie Anne Neal Segraves and Chad Alan Neal Segraves as an overview of the topic to be discussed…
