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What does it look like to respond rightly to the trials we face in life? Book four of the Psalms (90–106) provides us with such a picture. We often think …
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An unstated assumption among many Western Christians is that the church in the West, being strong and established, has much to give and little to receive—particularly from those outside of …
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Western society is strongly individualistic in orientation. This reality stems, in large part, from its roots in the Enlightenment and the philosophical and industrial developments of the Modern period. One …
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Are the nations expected to come to God’s people or are God’s people to go to the nations? Mission scholars have long debated this question, particularly regarding the Old Testament …
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We usually think of Christian obedience as an active pursuit, but is there a passive component to it as well? Jeremiah Burroughs—the 17th century English puritan—thinks so. In his classic …
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Some perceive Christianity as an undue burden that robs people of life’s pleasures. That is, it locks people into a set of rules that inhibit the enjoyment of life on …
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The topic of contextualization has generated a lot of debate within theological and missiological circles in recent decades. The term (though not the practice) is relatively new. It surfaced within …
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“When we consult God’s Word, we find that no duty is more binding, more exacting, than that of prayer. On the other hand, we discover that no privilege is more …
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Secular ideologies over the past several centuries have, by and large, failed to achieve their goals for Western society. David Bosch writes, “The dream of a unified world in which …
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I recently copied the entire book of Acts into a document, and began crossing out every mention of gospel proclamation, along with all that resulted from it. Additionally, I crossed …
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What would Acts look like if all instances of speaking the gospel and all instances of the power and leading of the Holy Spirit were removed? According to Acts 1:8, …
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Early in the book of Acts, Jesus identified two currents that were to propel the gospel forward into the unreached world. Acts 1:8 records Jesus telling his disciples, “You will …
