If we are to live as “resident aliens” in the West, as I suggested at the end of my article last week, then we will have to understand that there are several significant elements to the real success of ourRead more…
About the Lausanne Global Conversation
The Lausanne Global Conversation was an online platform for connecting participants in the Lausanne Movement's Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa (Cape Town 2010) before, during and after the Congress.
The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library. Other content contributed by Global Conversation users is archived on this website. Read more »
LA PERSUASION DE L’AME & LA CONVICTION DE L’ESPRIT.
Persuasion: Grec: “καί ‛ο λόγος μου καί τò κήρυγμά μου ούκ ’εν πειθοι[ς] σοφίας [λόγοις] ’αλλ ’εν ’αποδείξει πνεύματος καί δυνάμεως (…)”, Κορινθιους Α 2:4 Latin: “(…) et sermo meus et praedicatio mea non in persuasibilibus non sapientiae verbis sedRead more…
Fasting during Ramadan, Muslims and a Skyscraper
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 to arrive at its conclusion, HERE. I discussed how theRead more…
Making Partnerships Work
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Power of 2 How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life Rodd Wagner and Gale Muller Gallup Press, 2009, 238 pp. ISBN 978-1-59562-029-3 What makes a partnership succeed?Read more…
A Response to: “The Lausanne Global Analysis of Highly Contextualized Missions”
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 wanted to direct your attention to it. I have alsoRead more…
Integrity and Partnership in Mission
The idea of “integrity” is something that is complete. It is whole, without missing parts, full, perfect, with appropriate weight and measure. When referring to a person, it’s about the pure, proven, without cracks. When we speak of mission,Read more…
Did God Institute the Fast during Ramadhan?
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?” I told him it was only 1:30 p.m. my time,Read more…
truthful commitment
The truthful commitment means to commit to the truth. The Cape Town Commitment deliberately dropped the eschatological urgency of life and commitment of the church. Without the Eschaological urgency, you will have static world view that stagnant world may continueRead more…
truthful commitment
The truthful commitment means to commit to the truth. The Cape Town Commitment deliberately dropped the eschatological urgency of life and commitment of the church. Without the Eschaological urgency, you will have static world view that stagnant world may continueRead more…
Can a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ, be a Terrorist?
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 gentleman on a wide range of topics. Since I haven’tRead more…