The Missionary Who Wouldn’t Retire

Lesslie Newbigin, born 100 years ago today, launched a new career at age 66 by calling Western churches to act like they were in the mission field.
Krish Kandiah
It was an unlikely adventure to launch a global ministry—a tediously long bus journey from Madras, India, to Birmingham, England. It was an unlikely background for a champion [...]

The Purpose-Driven Life or The Joy-Driven Life

The Joy-Driven Life
Death to deadly earnest discipleship!
“It is astonishing,” wrote Karl Barth, “how many references there are in the Old and New Testaments to delight, joy, bliss, exultation, merry-making, and rejoicing, and how emphatically these are demanded from the Book of Psalms to the Epistle to the Philippians.”
Indeed, from “Shout for joy to the [...]

What about Israel?

‘All Israel Will Be Saved’
God’s ‘first love’ awaits Jesus’ second advent.
Collin Hansen
As Christians anticipate the advent of Jesus this holiday season, they focus once more on the birth narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Sermons will praise Mary’s faith and courage. Carols will extol the holy infant, so tender and mild. Scripture readings [...]

Philip Yancey and Christianity (today)

Billy Graham said about him, that “There is no writer in the evangelical world that I admire more” Let’s see what he says about evangelicals:
(from Christianity Today)
This will be my final column for Christianity Today—for a while, at least. After writing Back Page columns since 1983, I have decided to take a break. Since this [...]

Charles Darwin’s 10 Mistakes

1. “Warm little pond” theory: There is no solid evidence of life arising spontaneously from a chemical soup.
2. Simplicity of the cell theory: Scientists have discovered that cells are tremendously complex, not simple.
3. Theory about the cell’s simple information: It turns out cells have a digital code more complex and lengthy than any computer language [...]

If You Go to Church, You Die – Gospel for Asia

If You Go to Church, You Die – Gospel for Asia.

Is Halloween a Witches’ Brew?

Is Halloween a Witches’ Brew?
Or
have Christians been spooked out of celebrating a part of their rich tradition?
By Harold L. Myra
The contemporary Christian often finds Halloween an uncomfortable topic. It’s a bit like walking past a graveyard and detecting among the tombstones a thoroughly raucous party in progress—a bizarre mixture of horrible screams and [...]

When Atheists Believe

The confounding attraction of the Christian worldview.
Chuck Colson with Catherine Larson

In recent years Great Britain’s chief export to the U.S. has been a payload of books by atheist authors such as evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and literary critic Christopher Hitchens. They contend that faith is irrational in the face of modern science. Other prominent British [...]

The Re-Definition of Marriage: A View From Africa

In Uganda and Kenya, where polygamy is common, Christians are defending the Bible while we disdain it.
Two weeks ago when I was speaking in a women’s conference in Kampala, Uganda, I asked the women to raise their hands if they grew up in a polygamous home. A majority of the hands went up. Then I [...]

Whar Authority Do We Have Anymore

How to bridge the credibility gap
An article by Haddon Robinson

Time has changed the way people view pastors. The average preacher today is not going to make it on the basis of the dignity of his position.
A century ago, the pastor was looked to as the person of wisdom and integrity in the community. Authority [...]