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David Platt Becomes New IMB President
…aid God had done a unique work in his life over the past 12 to 18 months. “This is not something I saw coming,” he said. “The only way I can describe it is that He’s been instilling in me a deeper, narrowing, Romans 15 kind of ambition, where [the…
Restoring What Was Lost
…aid it was good. God then created mankind in His image. “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky.…(Genesis 1:26-27) So God created mankind in his own image. “God saw all…
Good News! God Honors Us By Entering Our Story
…ate to bless the entire world and care for all peoples of this world. God entered Moses’ story to save the people of Israel from bondage in Egypt. God entered the community of Israel by directing them to build a tabernacle where He could dwell, with the promise “My name…
Three-Story Method and Set of Bible Stories for Evangelism
…aid of him. More and more people were born. They, too, did shameful things. However, God chose a man and promised him, “I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you, and I will bless the whole world through your descendants.” That man believed God. In the…
Honor and Shame in Latin American Culture
…aids). Failure to meet such expectations brings shame, as does associating with one who does not “behave his status.” Appropriate dress plays an important role in gaining access to government officials and other persons of importance. “You dress up to the highest status possible for you.” To make a request…
The Gospel of Purity for Unreached Peoples
…aid, “Be clean.” Two miracles happened. One, the leper was cleansed. Two, apparently Jesus did not himself become unclean! His personal purity was untainted. This was unthinkable to the Jewish mind. Third, we observe that Jesus was concerned for the man’s reintegration into his own community: “Go and show yourself…
…ated that Millennials are the generation with the fewest number of Jesus Followers of any previous generation. But how has this well-documented turn-away from Christianity affected this generation's view of the Bible? Has their view of the Bible suffered along with their disinterest in the Christianity? In a recent study…
A Challenge for the Thai Church
…aiding in the flow of civility and friendliness. • Each Thai is to an extent a giver and receiver of bunkhun. Blurring occurs between doing your duty as a professional (manager, teacher, etc.) and doing a personal favor, making it impossible to avoid bunkhun relationships. Just “doing your job” can…
The New Buddhists
…aid, “The monks told me that if I did as little good as an elephant wiggling his ear or a snake flashing his tongue, I will go to heaven.” Very few Buddhists would be willing to say that they have done enough to reach that stage of enlightenment known as…
What You Need to Know:
…ate in community activities. For example, Buddhists often enthusiastically support blood donation campaigns. 9. Look for godly qualities. For example Buddhists would generally consider it below their dignity and a terrible evil to have their elderly parents placed in a nursing home. Much respect and consideration are shown to the…
The S.O.I.L.S. of the CPM Continuum: The Sliding Scale of Strategic Time Investment
…ategy plan for the city or people group he or she represented. As my wife and I met with them to review these plans, the questions that rained in were “Where do I start?” and “Whom do I give my time to?” It would make sense that each participant, receiving…
Deconstruct and Recalibrate
…additional article about patron-client relationships and their impact on how we lead, teach, and work with southeast Asians.
The Transformation of a Mission Hospital in Congo 2: Western Medicine and Spiritual Transformation
…aid, “When you lay hands on him, be sure that you have a scalpel in your hand”. He was to remove the mass again – yes – but also to do something about the cause or the boy would be back again after six more months due to conditions that…
That Man Who Came to Us
…aid out to welcome the guest even at the late hour. Nicodemus’s robe and bared shoulder show he is a religious devotee. When Jesus raises a cup of water, the two followers suddenly recognize who he is. The water container in the front is northern Thai style.…
The Fingerprints of God in Buddhism
…aid by God himself and see what will happen! For a Christian to dive into anything Buddhist leads to much confusion early on. An easy way to declutter our understanding is to study how Buddha saw reality. The Buddhist world is basically divided into two spheres with unique and opposite…
God of the Thai
…aid God created mankind with different colors and animals with different kinds and species....”2 Based on this story I had two conclusions: first, Lambert and I are running into the same problems and second, though they acknowledge Jesus is very good and there is no one like Him, the majority…
…addressed separately, they both share the Great Commission mandate and a critical need for strategic intelligence and biblically based risk-management processes. Strategic Intelligence for the Faith-Based Organization Broadly defined, strategic intelligence provides policymakers in government, the military, business, and non-profit organizations with information on a wide variety of issues in…
Story and Song
…aid before the people. There are stories of Abraham and his sons, stories of the prophets, stories of Jesus, stories of God’s community and the apostles, stories that address the felt needs of the community, and stories that change and reshape the listeners’ worldview. Extended family conversions will take place.…
Next Steps in Ethnodoxology
…ates to frontier missions--why not begin exploring more? What follows are a number of resources, tools and traiing opportunites we have collected to get you started. Community International Council of Ethnodoxologists (ICE) (Sign up for our free newsletter) Global Consultation on Music and Missions (GCoMM) Regional networks: …
A Case for Contextualized, Artistic Communication in Mission
…ate, biblically grounded artistic communication in the mission, worship, and spiritual formation of the church. Why is ethnodoxology a crucial issue for the Missio Dei in this century? Unfortunately, the commonly held misconception that “music is a universal language” has long blinded us to the need for contextualization of artistic…