Ajith Fernando lays out the essentials of cross-cultural discipleship. The challenge of cross-cultural discipleship belongs not only to missionaries but to all who call themselves Christians. Between globalization, immigration, refugee crises, generation gaps, the rise of the religiously unaffiliated, and many other cultural shifts, the world in which we live and minister is a multicultural …
The plethora of challenges confronting the faithful after a long and bitter divorce between church and state. Two weeks ago, the Notre Dame caught fire and burned. In the aftermath of the blaze, fundraising efforts to repair and reopen the church have raised millions of dollars. But they’ve also highlighted disparities in the ability of …
The latest synagogue attack has shaken fellow Orthodox Presbyterians—but it implicates all of us living in a fallen world and divisive culture. Last weekend’s news of another synagogue attack was shocking but, sadly, not a shock. Mass shootings, while thankfully not routine weekly occurrences, have become a matter of “when” rather than “if” in modern …
A Sri Lankan priest reflects on celebrating the Resurrection amid the tragedy of last week’s attacks. On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he …
Fewer than 1 percent of missionaries end up among the world’s least-Christian peoples. New categories aim to highlight the areas most desperate for the gospel. The term “unreached people groups” transformed how evangelicals approach the Great Commission, revealing how it was not enough to have missionaries in every country if there were still populations with …
It turns out the Bible’s idea of worship is mostly about posture, not music or praise. To be human is to worship. That much is clear in the Scriptures (Ps. 150:6), declared in our creeds, and evident from history. But while the impulse to worship seems innate, what we mean by the word worship varies. …
Christianity was once viewed as an expression of colonial power. More recently, it’s become countercultural. Nearly 300 people are dead after Muslim suicide bombers attacked three churches and three high-end hotels on Easter Sunday this week. Christians—the majority of whom are Catholics—make up less than 10 percent of the population of the majority-Buddhist nation and …
Bethany CEO: Too many kids need loving families. And that’s why we decided to comply with Michigan’s new requirements. For 75 years, Bethany Christian Services has demonstrated the love and compassion of Jesus Christ to vulnerable children by serving them and connecting them with families. In addition to pregnancy counseling, private adoption, refugee resettlement, and …
The use of fetal cell lines from the 1960s is another sticking point in the vaccine debate. For certain Christians, the decision of whether to vaccinate comes down to the origins of the vaccines themselves. Some pro-life parents cite a moral disgust and a deep lament over the use of 58-year-old aborted fetal cell lines …
How our emotions—even the unpleasant ones—point us back to a loving God. Emojis. I love them. Thumbs up, thumbs down, cry-laughing, heart-eyes, blowing my top: They are so handy and expressive! Most of us have over 90 facial-expression emojis on our phones, all meant to communicate how we’re feeling with one tap of a button. …