Tag Archives: Missions

16 Dec, 2007

The Next Reformation

To accomplish the Great Commission, the church must disciple all the nations and peoples. But how is this done? Can we finish the task if we are only building traditional church halls and then praying that people enter therein, and not only people, but Jesus himself as well? The fact is, this method has not [...]

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21 Aug, 2007

China Prayer Countdown – OpenDoors

Brother Andrew and Open Doors have organized a prayer countdown for the China Olympic Games taking place next year August 8-24, 2008 in Beijing. Go there >>

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18 Aug, 2007

Fear Enforced Religion in Malaysia

Reading an article about some of the current events in Islam in Malaysia today, I found it worth while to relate one of the interesting points the stood out to me.
The article, “Islam’s war on sin dims bright lights in a nation torn between cultures” posted at UK-based Times Online reported on the actions of [...]

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14 Aug, 2007

Taking the City

By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.
Proverbs 11:11
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. Proverbs 11: 10
There have always been cities. Big, condensed, pliable containers of culture, pride, [...]

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25 Jul, 2007

Darfur Sudan, a place to pray for

Darfur, Sudan is known as one of the more harrowing examples of the refugee problems in today’s world. Below is a link to a photo essay on the situation in Darfur.

Scorched Earth by Monika Bauerlein

There are 10 [...]

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02 Jul, 2007

Brother Andrew Interview

Recently an Interview was conducted through Christianity Today with Brother Andrew on the Muslim World. He has a powerful wakeup-call for all of us. I should also note that, if you pay attention, you can also see how there is a line throughout the interview that is evidence to the increasing separation of what is [...]

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06 Jun, 2007

The Problem of Evil in the World

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03 Jun, 2007

Cultural Isolation and the Church

America was never a cultural ‘melting pot’–that has been established. What is interesting is the the lack of mixing among Christians. It’s actually harder to be a congregation of diverse cultures than it is to be a congregation of just one culture.
It doesn’t mean that the different cultures are unable to get along. But then [...]

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24 May, 2007

Intercultural Competence

Bringing all my studies, observations, personal conceptions, and ideologies from the past seven years into view, I find that I treat intercultural competence in a way that seems to be anything but status quo. For me, intercultural competence carries significant weight in the values of creativity and experience. A person can love a different culture [...]

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01 May, 2007

“Myths about the ‘Third World’”

In this video Hans Rosling animates statistics of the world which serves to show some definitely astounding things…very eye opening indeed.
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“the improvement of the world must be highly contextualized” – Hans Rosling

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