A scriptural definition of truth is vital. When truth is not accurately defined PRIOR to discussions and/or deliberations, then inaccurate conclusions are inevitable. Truth is not in the eye of the beholder. The first agenda item for personal life andRead more…
God’s Purposes in His Children’s Trials
Trials are integral to life and missions. Recognizing God’s purposes in trials of life is basic to a growing disciple of Christ.
Diaspora Churches Mushrooming Everywhere
The amazing work of God in the last two years in seeing millions of diaspora people get to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through church planting is unprecedented in history. I am a witness in the planting ofRead more…
Missions as Pilgrimage
We go on mission trips to find ourselves — that truest part of “us” that we wouldn’t otherwise know or be able to tap into. We don’t go on mission trips to save people, to help the “less-fortunate,” or toRead more…
ISLAMIC SEDUCTION OF “CHRISTIAN” WEST?
Islamic Seduction of “Christian” West? A. “Tolerance” in Islam vs. the West stance of “Mea culpa” Since its foundation, Islam chose to assimilate the ethnicities it conquered by providing a degree of tolerance to those whoRead more…
The Floating Communities
Before the creation of airplanes, there were boats and ships! Like planes, ships are evolutionary machines. They have gone from small boats to supper tankers, from fishing boats to cruise ships, from tug boats to container ships, from sail boatsRead more…
Elders! Elders! Elders!
Elders, Elders, Elders! Having lived for one year now in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, it is my straightforward observation that indigenous Christian churches here tend to be small, relatively feeble, and often lacking in strength of leadership. Pastors are typicallyRead more…
Iberoamerican Church and the Missions Movement
A time for gratitude: A church that experiences the work of the Holy Spirit “And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.” (Acts 11:21). To begin with, we wantRead more…
Iberoamerican Church and the Missions Movement
A time for gratitude: A church that experiences the work of the Holy Spirit “And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.” (Acts 11:21). To begin with, we wantRead more…
Learning to get along with my two global families
(Originally published in the Urbana 2009 daily newspaper) Anyone who is married will tell you how challenging it can be to get along with the two different extended families of the bride and the groom. While the groom ponders theRead more…