Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Michael Herbst as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Morning Plenary session on “Making the Case for the Truth of Christ in a Pluralistic,Read more…
Contextualization Series: Why Contextualize? (3/3)
[READ FULL ARTICLE HERE] In this post, I provide the fourth of four (for now) theological foundations for pursuing contextualization in mission. This foundation has to do with the whole Church being whole and thus has something significant to sayRead more…
Truth – The Measure of Life and Relationships
Biblical Truth measures all aspects of life and relationships. Basic to this evaluation is an accurate definition of truth that is applicable to every culture. Ultimate Truth has its source in God the Father, Son, and Spirit and is explainedRead more…
Truth – The Measure of Life and Relationships
Biblical Truth measures all aspects of life and relationships. Basic to this evaluation is an accurate definition of truth that is applicable to every in every culture. Ultimate truth has its source in God the Father, Son, and Spirit andRead more…
THESE BEGGARS AGAIN!
We first heard this expression from a Missionary (?) (He is Nigerian and raises support in Nigeria to minster especially in Nigeria) staff of Great Commission Movement. According to him, Bitrus Ghani who shared the thought, feels that most “supporters”Read more…
4 Questions for John Piper
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 grown so much they now had 3 campuses – spreadRead more…
Wholistic Education in the Church
A paper that looks at education in the church and suggests the basic inadequacy of a “spiritualistic” education… one that ingores major aspects of the human condition. It provides suggested alternatives… but only in the broadest terms.
Primary Themes of Ephesians
The book of Ephesians is our focus during the Cape Town 2010 Congress. Below are some of the themes in Ephesians that the expositors team has been discussing. We encourage you to join the conversation with your own perspective onRead more…
Churches making their message app-licable
For tech-savvy Christians or for just about any of the faithful under 35 years old, it’s a no-brainer: Spreading the Gospel means using the tools available now … and for a growing number of churches, that means having their ownRead more…
UK Lausanne Meeting – Gospel, Church and World
I spent last Friday in London at a meeting of many of those going to Cape Town 2010: The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization held in Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010. In the afternoon we were privilegedRead more…