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Category Archives: Missions/Missional
SAYING YES TO GOD IS WORTH IT!
CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA
1958: “Christianity in China has been confined to museums. It is dead and buried.” (Mao’s wife)
2017: 70,000,000+ Christians in China
(HT: Matt Smethurst)
BROTHERS AND SISTERS EVERYWHERE
GOOD DISCUSSION OF MISSIONS
CHURCHES DYING
Christianity Today: But what about the old saying, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”?
Historian Philip Jenkins: That was said by Tertullian, who came from the church in North Africa, where the church vanished. If you were to look at the healthiest part of Christianity right around the year 400 or 500, you might well look at North Africa, roughly what we call Tunisia and Algeria. It was the land of Augustine. Then the Arabs, the Muslims, arrive. They conquer Carthage in a.d. 698, and 100 years later—I don’t say there were no Christians there, but there certainly was only a tiny, tiny number. That church dies.
The rest is here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/march/24.52.html
CRUCIAL DISTINCTIONS
It seems we are living during a legitimate epoch change. I reviewed a book on this topic and here is terrific summary of the issue:
LIVING FOR WHAT MATTERS
It may not be as radical as what these folks did.
Then again, it may.
Whatever it is, make sure you don’t settle for simply having the America Dream. That dream is much, much too small.
DO EVANGELICALS HAVE ROOM FOR PROPHETS?
Wise, well-written, and challenging profile of a courageous Christian:
THE PRACTICALITY OF SOUND SCHOLARSHIP
If you ever wondered about the impact of a scholar, read this truly arresting and encouraging article:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/january-february/world-missionaries-made.html