Robert Calvert summarizes five responses of the Church to pluralism. He provides some examples of effective ministry at the personal, church and city levels. (See Robert Calvert Part (1) Download Options PC users: Right click a link and choose “Save as”Read more…
A response to Truth Matters, Stand Up for Truth
As part of my preparation for attending Cape Town 2010 I’ve been reading the advance papers. The latest is Truth Matters, Stand Up for Truth by Carver T.Yu. Below are a few highlights and then my comments. Carver starts theRead more…
Inside-Out Living
This message by pastor Tim Keller has helped me cultivate a gracious tone in my service with Jesus.
Making the Case for the Truth of Christ: Exploring a Biblical Model
The major theme for the opening day of the Cape Town Congress 2010 is “making the case for the truth of Christ in a pluralistic, globalized world”. In order to encourage and equip each other for that key task, weRead more…
Full Session: Dogma and Diversity Multiplex
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Full Session: Truth & Pluralism – Plenary 2
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Christian Conflict; is success possible
I have read many of the conversations concerning pluralism, atheism, apologetics, unity, evangelism, etc and I am having trouble getting past the division among Christians much less the attacks from other theists or atheists. This conversation is more of aRead more…
Christians in the public square: An attractive networking model from the media world
The MediaNet.org is a recently established network in UK of Christians in the media. I had the privilege last week of being guest speaker at their regional meeting in London. It was a delight to share the Gimlekollen story and theRead more…
Speaking truth – scattering darkness
Part of the power of contemporary secularism is that it feels like a modern faith meta-narrative that provides an answer to all other faith perspectives. According to Paul’s devastating analysis, truth is the only remedy to futile thinking, darkened understandingRead more…
Authentic Evangelism
Here is a paper I am going to give at the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians gathering in a 10 days time. Any comments to make it a more useful paper would be gratefully received. ’Word, Words and Worship:Read more…