My father was an ordinary Italian man, nominally Christian and devout to Saint Antony, but with little grasp of basic gospel truths. One day he was visited by a couple from the local evangelical church. They asked if we were Christians. His answer…
Read MoreIn Rome, I think the main question people have when it comes to Christianity doesn't really center around God. For example, it is not the question of “Is there a God?” or “How can there be a good God if there is suffering?” or “Is the Bible trustworthy, or is it oppressive and exclusive?” It centers around…
Read MoreI'm passionate about answering people's questions, and I particularly enjoy helping people see how the gospel comes to bear on those questions—not in a simplistic way, but in a way that brings a sense of resolution. It’s interesting to…
Read MoreWhen I went to Amsterdam, I felt spiritually abandoned. I couldn't find God until I realized that, for me, he had been part of my former culture to an extent. Not only that, but God was so interwoven with the whole social dynamic of…
Read MoreWhen I first started reading Tim Keller's articles, I was fascinated by this whole idea of contextualization. We take this idea for granted now, but 30 years ago it was pretty radical. And the temptation is always to copy. So here I am in the center of Athens, trying to mimic…
Read MoreToday, we're having a conversation about a great question: “Why should Christians in Europe be motivated to share the gospel with anyone else?” The whole vision of City to City Europe is to see…
Read MoreGrowing up in the 21st century is a scary proposition. With a rapidly-changing job market, contradicting narratives vying for attention, and an unstable romantic landscape, a young adult’s desire for success often gets…
Read MoreOver the past generation, UK society has—in line with much of the West—undergone seismic cultural…
Read MoreThe notion of conversion is in itself a uniquely Christian idea. In much of Asia, non-Christian faiths typically focus more on…
Read MorePost-Christian culture, post-Christian society, post-Christian ethics, post-Christian values are all subjects of a more-or-less worried Christian circle trying to grapple with…
Read MoreKing Street winds through Newtown like a river giving life to all sorts of communities and endeavours. People come to drink and gain life from the area. Newtown, for some, is…
Read MoreThe traditional narrative of global missions has been churches from the Christianised (and now, ironically, post-Christian) West reaching the rest of the world. This has…
Read MoreAs a second-generation Hispanic urbanite, I feel the force of the challenges presented in How to Reach the West Again on a daily basis: in the home, with my neighbors, and even in the church…
Read MoreThis discussion is premised on two basic ideas about African society.
The first is this: unlike Western society, which Tim Keller observes has rejected the idea of a “sacred order,” the African conception…
Read MoreWhen God moved us to Istanbul, it came as both a surprise and a calling that made sense. Nonetheless, it was a process that took us five years…
Read MoreIn 2015, I attended City to City Asia Pacific’s Intensive, an international church planting training delivered in three cities. During that time, one of the trainers…
Read MoreThe demise of Notre Dame deeply affected people far beyond one country, despite the fact that much of the continent is post-Christian…
Read MoreIn an increasingly Post-Christian world, we need to get much better at asking questions.
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