Preaching for biblical literacy It is the best-selling book of all time, with billions sold worldwide, yet it is increasingly becoming the least read book on our shelves. Within the evangelical church today, there is a such a crisis inRead more…
Not the Gossip Game!
When I talk about orally passing Bible stories from one person to another, someone frequently asks me, “Won’t people garble the mesage in the process, like in the ‘gossip’ party game?” That game, sometimes called the “telephone game,” involves multipleRead more…
Introspection
Introspection “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…” (a) I have been thinking about and meditating on John 3:16. I have been under the conviction of the Holy Spirit to make some changes in myRead more…
Major Priorities In Eradicating Bible Poverty
As we enter into discussion about the Scriptures and their place in mission, there are at least three major questions to ponder. Why are people’s lives not transformed as we might expect where Scriptures are available? Why do one billionRead more…
Major Priorities In Eradicating Bible Poverty
As we enter into discussion about the Scriptures and their place in mission, there are at least three major questions to ponder. Why are people’s lives not transformed as we might expect where Scriptures are available? Why do one billionRead more…
Why Scripture In Mission?
I had the good fortune of studying missiology at Fuller Seminary. I wanted to know all that anthropology and sociology and church growth experts had to offer about how to help people know Christ. I took a course onRead more…
Sowing Subversion In The Field Of Relativism
Globalization and migration have brought religious pluralism—something that Asians have lived with for millennia—to the West. Singaporean theologian Mark Chan mines his experience as an Asian believer to help Christians everywhere evangelize those who have been blinded by the fallaciesRead more…
Scriptural support of cooperation
This is a small sample of passages that illustrate biblical teachings around sharing of responsibility, wealth and power.Read more…