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Building Humility and Penetration into Ministry – Vulnerable Mission
This video-link, recorded on 18th Oct. 2010, will be of interest to folks wanting to hear about vulnerable mission from Jim Harries by way of personal testimony. This lecture was originally given in Eastern University, Philadelphia, USA.
1 in 10 Australians Now Live in Poverty
Today, October 19, 2010, an article (http://bit.ly/deOGHo) was published in Christian Today citing a report released on Monday from the Salvation Army (http://bit.ly/cgrnPQ), noting that 1 in 10 (2 million) Australians now live in poverty. Other findings include: 70% ofRead more…
Capellanías
Hecho en falta el evangelismo hacia los presos y enfermos.
The Pathway to my Office
Everyday I walk to work. My pathway, rough and dirty, takes me past a cemetery, across a field, alongside the morgue, until I reach my office. At every step along the way, death marks my journey. This is somewhat startlingRead more…
Our God of prosperity NOW and NOT YET… Just a matter of time!
In my part of the world, it seems sometimes that we have lost faith in God. Our religion is a nice story but we have forgotten to take the WHOLE Gospel. A woman in my church could not eat vegetablesRead more…
Evangelism in Indonesia
Evangelism problem in Indonesia is increasingly complex, one of which is the law of new building for Christian worship must reach 100 adults. Therefore, creating a small Christian fellowship is very strategic to form a new Christian community.But because ofRead more…
Clean Water, the Church and the Great Commandment?
I sense a growing interest among the Church to find new ways to integrate both sides of the “Gospel Coin”—the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. New wineskins are developing as the church, para-church, government and non-profit worlds look forRead more…
Is It Possible to Develop a “Balanced” Argument for Prosperity?
A fifth type of argument for prosperity actually consists of arguments against certain forms and expressions of prosperity. Here I consider the quest for a “balanced” rationale for prosperity, one that at least strives to take into account the entireRead more…
Reconciliation Across Social Class
One of the most common topics in the Bible is God’s compassion for the poor. In the Old Testament almost every time Israel left God, they were rebuked for two things: serving idols and mistreating the poor. Jesus also clearlyRead more…