There seems to be a trend these days concerning the need to be generous. I do hope it is more than a trend. However, it seems to create a greater schism at times between the haves and have nots, betweenRead more…
Mark 10:13 Revisited
MARK 10:13 REVISITED by Nancy Tichy First published as six entries in the KdZ Kan Make a Difference blog – 2012 The afternoon was warm on that Judean hillside. Ardent followers and curiosity seekers alike were milling around waitingRead more…
Bible Exposition: Ephesians 1
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. Download Options PC users: Right click a link and chooseRead more…
Healing the Wounds of Ethnic Conflict
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Rhiannon Lloyd, Joseph Nyamutera and Anastase Sabamungu as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Peace to the Nations: Ethnicity in theRead more…
A Counterpoint to the Prosperity Gospel: God in the Midst of Ruins
I was telling some friends about a prayer said at our wedding. It was not your usual prayer asking for God’s Blessing: May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may liveRead more…
Are you a blessing? *****
I received this testimony from a young Swiss woman via Facebook. It really encouraged me, especially the post script, and I wanted to share it with you because it illustrates what the Holy Spirit does behind the computer screens. –Read more…
Bless Your City
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 out, but you’re left wondering how you live consistently withRead more…
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. Personally I reflected on those moments that people have attemptedRead more…
Peace To The Nations (Zechariah 9:10): Ethnicity in the Mission of God
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Dewi Hughes on behalf of an international advisory group, as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Ethnicity and Identity.” The advisoryRead more…
The Blessings Of The Other
A response to Samuel Escobar’s ’Migration & Ethnic Conflict’ Samuel Escobar raised one of the main challenges of migration, which is the acceptance of the ’other’—the one different from us. Migrants, as the ’other,’ are often regarded as threatsRead more…