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The Stuff of Basic Evangelicalism
…Earlier today John R. W. Stott died at the age of 90. I can’t think of another evangelical theologian who would come close to Stott, both in the depth of his diligent scholarship and in the breadth of his unifying work in the global Body of Christ, especially through the…
Celebrating 10 Years of Insight
…“I had no idea what I had here,” related Mariah, Insight class of 2004. “It wasn’t until I was in college that I realized it, and I wished I would have taken more advantage of the time.” Mariah was speaking in terms of transformative knowledge and community, both common themes…
Poverty, Process and Progress
…The "Arab Spring" that has recently taken over the headlines brings one question to my mind: should a Western construct called democracy be planted in a non-Western culture, where the prerequisites of that construct (the thought development, experimentation, etc.) are absent? Western democracy developed over centuries and was a torturous,…
A Hand Up Not a Handout
…In the decade following the collapse of communism, churches operating in post-Soviet Ukraine could once again practice their faith openly and freely. Yet they faced great need: With the economy in shambles, laypeople struggled to find work and provide for their families. Some churches in the United States stepped forward…
Church Planting Movements from One Indian Perspective
…Why don’t most ministries produce the kind of fruit evident in the book of Acts? How is it that “all of Asia” heard the word of the Lord in just two years (Acts 19:8–12)? How can the house church movement in the West complement effective congregational models like that of…
Syncretism
…On Saturday, Dow and I were working to translate Bible study materials from English to Thai. We hit the word “syncretism” and had to work hard to find and to understand the meaning. The best we came up with was, “A bird with two heads.” (From L sun, “with” and…
Rapidly Multiplying Churches
…If I asked you, “Should every person on earth have the opportunity to understand the gospel and follow Jesus regardless of his language, culture and location?” You would likely say “Of course, but how? We have never been able to accomplish such a huge task thus far.” But should that…
A Church Planting Movement in Cuba?
…Among the movements we have witnessed around the world in the latter half of the twentieth-century, none is more dynamic than the one that nearly escaped our attention in our own American backyard. For 20 years Protestant churches in Communist Cuba have been multiplying at an unprecedented pace. The movement…
You Can Know God Personally
…CHAPTER 3 YOU CAN KNOW GOD PERSONALLY Before the days of television, jet airplanes, and superhighways the ancients had more time than we do to discuss ideas and issues. A favorite discussion topic was, WHAT IS SUMMUM BONUM? What is the greatest good? The good from which all other good…
75 Years as a Disciple-Maker
…MF: What are your thoughts about the Great Commission? First, according to Matthew 24:14, God’s timetable awaits our obedience to the Great Commission. What Christ meant by His words, “This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations” is a matter for…
The Measure of a Ministry
…“A mist in the pulpit is a fog in the pews,” Dallas Theological Seminary pillar Dr. Howard Hendricks once observed. If our church and mission leaders are unclear or confused about their objectives and priorities, then those they are leading will be even less focused, less effective and less satisfied…
Exporting
…An old Navigator once told me, “Laborers are like manure. It stinks when they are all in one place. You have to spread them out to do any good.” Probably no one reading Mission Frontiers would argue with the idea that laborers need to be spread out. However, some may…
Discipleship Deja Vu
…Where have I heard this discipleship theme before? My bookshelves remind me why this all seems so familiar. The Training of the Twelve, by AB Bruce, is a classic from 1871. Closer to our time, The Lost Art of Disciple Making by Leroy Eims was popular in the 1970s. Things…
Radical
…This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. I will show the holiness of…
A Call to Radical Disciple-making
…Is God trying to get our attention? I have never seen anything like it. Pastor David Platt of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama released his book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream in May of this year. It already has 370,000 copies in print and…
Going Radical
…Dr. David Platt, the 32-year-old pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL, is challenging the Western church’s reinterpretation of Jesus’ teaching by which we justify neglect of the nations, the lost and the poor while heaping up treasures here on earth: “We are giving in to the…
A Radical Shift In Mobilization
…This past May, a condensation of Dr. David Platt’s Radical sermon series was published as Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream1. Its dramatic reception may herald a tipping point in North American mission mobilization (370,000 copies in 18 printings in the last five months), as widespread dissatisfaction…
A Big Mistake
…How can something be God’s sovereign will and also be a big mistake? While heart-wrenching to us, we know God is glorified through suffering. While we can’t understand, it can galvanize believers to pray and seek God to turn this to advance the gospel. By now you have heard that…
The Sweat Lodge
…Numerous Native American tribes use a sweat lodge ceremony as a place of prayer, dedication and worship. The Lakota people call it the inipi ceremony. As a spiritual tradition, it has been controversial for Europeans for over three ce nturies. That a counterfeit sweat lodge has been in the news…
Progress After 400 Years
…Four hundred years ago on June 24, Chief Henri Membertou, along with 20-33 other Mi’kmaq tribal members, was baptized into the French Jesuit faith. The monument marking this historic occasion stands today on the Listuguj reserve in the Gaspé peninsula of the province of Quebec, Canada. Unfortunately, though the marker…