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By WordTruth authors | Article
Believers have at least 8 biblical responses when prayer answers are not readily observable. This article lists these responses (with verse references). God’s three answers to prayer are "yes, no, or not…
By James Carroll | Blog
It’s a beautiful summer evening in the city. Traffic is uncharacteristically heavy around the large, downtown church. Parking lots are overflowing and vehicles of every description line the surrounding…
By Lars Dahle | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Lars Dahle as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Media Messages…
By Dr Calvin Chong | Article
An article that I read recently gave six reasons why pastors should blog.[1] There is value in pastors keeping weblogs because blogging provides them opportunities i) to write, ii) to…
By Carver, T,Yu | Sermon/Message
An excellent article. More than ever we must stand for Biblical Truth. Agreeing with the author I would like to add the following statements: “The problem with pluralism, atheism, secularism…
By Mary DeMuth | Blog
As a former church planter in France, I remember weariness. There were times I’d fly back to the states for writing related work. I could barely share my story without…
By Stephen Murray | Blog
How do you bless your city on a personal level. Many might have read Tim Keller’s advance paper for Cape Town 2010 and been really convicted by the approach to urban ministry he sets…
By Sérgio Paulo R. Lyra | Artigo
The Urban Ministry of Jesus and the Missio Dei Dr. Sergio Lyra 1. Defining Our Terms Considering that the proper understanding of terms is essential to the understanding, we decided…
By WordTruth authors | Article
Definitions of truth are all over the map, literally. Truth is distorted accordingly. Truth evaluation depends on a biblically based definition that is applicable to every aspect of life. Those…
By WordTruth authors | Article
Definitions of truth are all over the map, literally. Truth is distorted accordingly. Truth evaluation depends on a biblically based definition that is applicable to every aspect of life. Those…
By Krish Kandiah | Article
It was a hot day and I was running late and I was lost. Not a great combination. In a sweaty, stressed and rather disjointed way I managed to ask…
By mumo p. kisau | Testimony
Yesterday I attended a Philippino Church service, at Maui, Hawai’i, where the preacher talked about the subject of overcoming bitterness. His four point sermon was very interesting and well received.…
By Colin Buckland | Blog
Graham was a local pastor from a free church somewhere in the depths of Europe. His call to leadership was clear to him; he had felt that God had put…
By Krish Kandiah | Article
John Piper was interviewed this week about his decision to pre-record his sermons and then show them instead of having a live preacher. Piper explained that because his church had…
By Steve Evans | Blog
For a word, there is no meaning outside of context. In a way, that is also true for stories. Consider an iceberg. When we tell or hear a story, all…
By Jim Harries | Blog
Cody is right (http://conversation.lausanne.org/resources/detail/10174) to advocate ‘global partnerships’, when partnerships can be truly partnerships. That I understand, from the basis of the word, where two (or more) people or groups…
By Lars Dahle | Blog
"I should have known something about Matrix before going out to South America as a missionary. It was difficult for me to relate meaningfully to the young people I worked…
By Cody C. Lorance | Blog
[FULL TEXT] Having read carefully through the advance paper submitted by Ram Gidoomal, I wanted to offer a few thoughts in response. In particular, I want to discuss the distinction…
By Eddie | Blog
Let me admit straight away, that I’m not a great football fan; I’ll also admit that the title to this post is just a little hyperbolic!Football as a Conversation Starter…
By Stephen Murray | Blog
One of the great challenges of urban ministry is the versatile and dynamic nature of a global city. On the one hand global cities are becoming more and more like…
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