The occidental missions and their roll in the third millennium “Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you” Php. 3:17 The roll the occidental missions willRead more…
Steward Leaders Enable Others to Claim Their Birthright
The Oxford online dictionary describes a birthright as “a particular right of possession or privilege one has from birth, especially as an eldest child.” Bible commentaries generally concur that a father’s eldest son in those days was recognized as theRead more…
Salt and Light: Christians’ Role in Combating Corruption
What part does corruption play in your life? That may seem a strange question to ask an audience such as this. Many may answer that, of course, as Christians, we would have nothing whatsoever to do with it. But othersRead more…
Wealth, Poverty and Power – Active Involvement
Corina Villacorta asserts that as Jesus acknowledged the sorrow around him and acted in response to needs, so Christians must take an active role in government, society and organizations. We should fight against injustice, oppression and environmental degradation as we fightRead more…
A Small Version of the Grand Narrative
A response to Ajith Fernando’s ’Embracing Suffering in Service’ Editor’s note: Shortly after Libby Little wrote this response to Ajith Fernando’s article on suffering, she received news that her husband had been brutally murdered while returning from a medical mission inRead more…
A 21st Century Reformation: Recovering the Supernatural
One of the big surprises of the 20th century was the dramatic growth of the churches in the non-western world. A bigger surprise was that, as Philip Jenkins asserts, those churches growing fastest are all strongly supernaturally oriented. ’In thisRead more…
Rejecting the Cross
A response to Ajith Fernando’s ’Embracing Suffering In Service’ In his insightful article, Fernando laments a contemporary idea of vocational fulfilment in ministry that has removed the cross from its core while adopting efficiency as its measuring standard. He pointsRead more…
Full Session: Wealth, Poverty and Power Multiplex
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session by using the next arrow or by clicking the playlistRead more…
The dilemma of post-Communist nations and religious freedom
After two wonderful, yet puzzling, weeks in Romania (my 44th trip since 1990, I’ve been confronted with the paradox of change that is really not change. The power of the Eastern Orthodox church remains in a “semi-official” context. Yet, theRead more…
Declaration and Demonstration
The evangelical strategy of Jesus was by declaration of the gospel supported by the demonstration of the in breaking of the Kingdom of God. Jesus commissions his disciples to teach and heal, etc. The same principle is for theRead more…