Alongside a suburban maze of intersecting streets lie several acres of dense woodland. A nondescript gate separates the solitude of this natural oasis from the hub-bub of its man-made surroundings. Nestled in seclusion beyond the view of the passer-byRead more…
Suffering and ministry – an interview with Ajith Fernando
Yesterday afternoon I had the privelage of participating in an interview with Ajith Fernando. The interview was arranged by Jon Hirst who heads up the Lausanne Blogger Network. Please also see this article by Jon Hirst on the Lausanne Blog (Barriers don’t equal thwartedRead more…
Ajith Fernando: Towards a Theology of Frustration & Fatigue
“Ministry and frustration go hand and hand. And I was very much concerned that people were interpreting frustration as a sign that this is not where God wants them to be. And because of that I felt that many peopleRead more…
Does the Western church need a Theology of Suffering? (An Interview with Ajith Fernando)
I recently had the opportunity to join other writers from the Lausanne Bloggers Network in a phone interview with Ajith Fernando (yeah technology!). Fernando will be one of the plenary speakers at the conference in Capetown and works in SriRead more…
Bearing Witness to the Love of Christ with People of Other Faiths
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Michael Ramsden as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Morning Plenary session on “Bearing Witness to the Love of Christ with People of OtherRead more…
From ‘Calvary Road’ to ‘Harvesters International’: An African Perspective on the Cross and Gospel of Prosperity
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Poverty, Prosperity and the Gospel.” Responses to this paper through theRead more…
The Poor, Blind, Lame & Crippled
[READ FULL TEXT HERE] (EXCERPT:) “. . . And so I got to thinking, what if we really did go out and do that? What if we had specific church plants that were focused entirely on bringing in the disabled? .Read more…
I prefer comfort over lordship.
I just finished the book, The Heavenly Man. What struck me about it was Brother Yun’s use of dates. I found myself paralleling his life (not in what I suffered, but what I was going through at the time ofRead more…
C.S. Lewis: The Problem with Pain
The existence of suffering in a world created by a good and almighty God—“the problem of pain”—is a fundamental theological dilemma, and perhaps the most serious objection to the Christian religion. C.S. Lewis 1898-1963 Known to his readers as aRead more…
Martyrs of Love
Comfortable Christians will produce more comfortableChristians. Martyrs will produce more martyrs.Read more…