Drew Yancey encourages his students at the BibleMesh Institute to write papers on topics relevant to their ministries. So he was thrilled when two students preparing for missionary service in the Middle East wrote on approaches to Bible translation in the Muslim world. “It was really fascinating to have some back and forth with them,” …
The philosophical literature on free will and moral responsibility was revolutionized in the 1960s and has grown enormously since. There are many great resources connecting the philosophical literature with issues in Christian theology (e.g., recent monographs by Guillaume Bignon and Michael Preciado), but here are five books I would recommend for anyone who wants to …
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9 (ESV) One of the most amusing books in the evangelical world came out several years ago and is entitled The 77 Habits of Highly Ineffective Christians. Understanding that sometimes satire makes a point better than a straightforward proposition, its author, Chris …
Easter Sunday marks the greatest day the world has ever known. It is the most glorious day for the Church; the most significant day for all of humanity; the most beautiful day for all of creation. To regard it as any less is to underestimate its gravity for our life today and underappreciate its glory …
Editor’s note: This post is excerpted from The Proselytizer, the autobiographical account of 20th-century Greek minister Panos Zachariou, who witnessed divine intervention during business failures, poverty, war, captivity in a German concentration camp, mass execution, and repeated imprisonment for sharing the gospel. The account was edited and prepared for publication by his son Philemon Zachariou, …
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; 7 let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:6-7 (ESV) Tourists were lounging on the …