Just a brief response to Stuart’s article on truth and secularity. You suggest that the movement toward secularization that has been underway for about 150 years continues unabated and is taken up by postmodern descendants. I am not sure thatRead more…
The Urgent Need for Developing Media Awareness
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion fromRead more…
A Fresh Call For US Missionaries
Ida Scudder was the granddaughter of the first medical missionary sent by the American church. John Scudder, her grandfather, went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1819, and later to India, as a missionary doctor. Ida was born in 1870Read more…
Full Session: Dogma and Diversity Multiplex
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Dogma and Diversity – Stefan Gustavsson (Part 1)
Swedish apologist and writer Stefan Gustavsson recalls the interaction between Christianity and humanism, two dominant streams in Western thought. He outlines several inadequate responses that the Church has made in response to the rise of Enlightenment humanism and secularism. (SeeRead more…
Western News and Entertainment Media: Global Agents of Secularization?
The well known British author and newspaper columnist A. N. Wilson once again made the headlines in 2009, when he made a public turn from being a high profile critic to becoming a committed Christian. Recently, I came across theRead more…
Full Session: Dogma and Diversity 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…
Craig and Moreland on The Church Condition and It’s Relevance on Indonesian Churches
In their (latest?) book, “Philosophical Foundation of a Christian Worldview” Craig and Moreland is proposing a view about the church’s condition as this: “…Despite their Christian commitment, they remain largely empty selves. What is an empty self? An empty selfRead 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…
Truth Matters, Stand Up for Truth
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Carver T.Yu 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…