Less statistics and more transformation. I fear the way we focus our evaluation of success in missions primarily on the Quantitative model of Unreached People groups seems to be motivationaly deceiving and spiritually limited in scope. Do you really thinkRead 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.
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Barriers To Godly Leadership
What are some of the most common barriers that keep leaders from finishing well. If we are aware now, we can be on the alert for the trap that is designed for us personally. In the Arrow Leadership Program, leadersRead more…
Insecurity breeds misleadership.
Insecurity breeds misleadership. Insecurity erodes confidence within leaders and makes it very difficult for them to lead others. Nevertheless, many Christian leaders are insecure. Insecurity is tied to the paranoia I spoke of earlier and is crippling too many leadersRead more…
Poverty and the Fight Against Corruption
I would like to suggest that the Christian church in general, and evangelicals in particular, are not paying enough attention to, and addressing, the problem of corruption as a main contributor to, among other things, poverty, inequity and injustice worldwide.Read more…
Is the Islamic Deity the same as the Judeo-Christian God?
The idea of God in Islam is derived from the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah (sayings and deeds). Both these sources show how “God,” “Allah” in Arabic, differs from the Judeo-Christian God. There is plenty of evidence in the Qur’anRead more…
Common Trials Have Three Predictable Victories
Trials are common and 3 predictable victories are inherent in each one. In order to embrace the sovereignly ordained victories resident, a believer’s definition of “victory” must align itself with the biblical perspective on each possible outcome of trials. TheseRead more…
While Creation Awaits Christ’s Return
Every day I walk, and nearly every day I find something I can pick up and toss out that keeps the environment a tiny bit cleaner. I recycle everything I can, and I reuse or donate everything I can. ChristiansRead more…
Réaliser l’unité du corps du Christ au sein du couple conjugal
Réaliser l’unité du corps du Christ au sein du couple conjugal L’Epître aux Ephésiens parle de l’unité au sein du corps du Christ, l’Eglise. Le chapitre 5, verset 21 à 33 fait une grande contribution à la réalisation pratique deRead more…
A 21st Century Reformation: Back to First Principles
The sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation left a profound mark not only on the church of Jesus Christ but also on the history of the Western world and, as a sequel, on the history of the whole world. Today, the state ofRead more…
A 21st Century Reformation of the Church: A Wider Welcome
During my last visit to Ethiopia I joined students at Addis Ababa University for a meeting of the Evangelical Students’ and Graduates’ Union of Ethiopia (EvaSUE). They are part of a remarkably courageous Ethiopian church that survived the repressive regimeRead more…