Patrick Fung of Singapore speaks of the inadequacy of the mission concept of global equilibrium in understanding diversity in unity. He focuses on the Lord’s power, the Lord’s redemption and the Lord’s sovereignty. Download Options PC users: Right click aRead more…
Bible Exposition: Ephesians 1
Sri Lankan Christian leader Ajith Fernando explains Ephesians 1. He shows how this chapter describes the full picture of salvation, its outworking, and its wonders that we are to declare. Download Options PC users: Right click a link and chooseRead more…
Haste Breeds Shallowness & a Dash of Prufrock: Lausanne Theology Discussion (5 of 7)
Question #5 – Am I ridiculously naïve to think that God could actually give us (the Church) a lasting and significant common ground at Cape Town that we will be so deeply compelled by that we then univocally, unswervingly, andRead more…
“Pithy Spiritual References?
In a recent response to a conversation, one of the commentors made the above statement when someone questioned the lack of Biblical references in one’s writings. As in: why make pithy Biblical references. The responder then said he/she did notRead more…
From Collective Affirmations to Enduring Commitments: Lausanne Theology Discussion (2 of 7)
Question #2 — How do we really go about accomplishing something at Cape Town? How can we ensure that specific calls and charges and challenges that are made by speakers, presenters and others at the Congress translate into genuine andRead more…
Rediscovering The Gospel Of Reconciliation
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Antoine Rutayisire as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Morning Plenary session on “Building the Peace of Christ in our Divided and Broken World.”Read more…
A Comment on “What to do when two people who love Jesus have two different points of view?”
This blog is a sympathetic response to Leslie Keeney’s “What to do when two people who love Jesus have two different points of view?” If it is true that they will know we are Jesus’ disciples by our love forRead more…
Unity in Christ: The Gospel Truth Dressed Up in Many Guises
I have had occasion to worship in many different churches: different denominations (Apostolic Faith Mission, Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Mar Thoma, Methodist, NCMI, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Vineyard), different countries (Bolivia, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, UK, Zambia), different languages (Afrikaans,Read more…
Partnering in the Body of Christ toward a New Global Equilibrium
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Patrick Fung as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Morning Plenary session on “Partnering in the Body of Christ toward a New Global Equilibrium.”Read more…
Local Leaders in the Global Church
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Paul Joshua Bhakiaraj as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Local Leaders in the Global Church.” Responses to this paper throughRead more…