It has been 15 years since 17 people began a new church in Moscow, Russia with faith and prayer. Since then, we have seen amazing fruits of God’s work. The Lord has blessed the local church with remarkable growth, resulting in hundreds of saved individuals, growing ministries…
Read MoreBy all accounts, humility ranks as one of the most important virtues of the Christian life. In his classic book Humility: The Beauty of Holiness, Andrew Murray famously…
Read MoreMy 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 MoreWhile Paul delivers at least six speeches in the book of Acts that work as models of good preaching, his discourse to philosophers in Athens (Acts 17) usually gets…
Read MoreInteracting with culture is crucial to doing ministry in major cities—but it must be done with biblical wisdom. Even if we live in our native country, we are surrounded by groups and generations who are culturally different from us. This is especially…
Read MoreVery early on, as I began to understand my role as a follower of Christ in the contemporary art world, I felt I had to really challenge the assumption of scarcity…
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 think the most pressing one we address is the question, “Is Christianity a White man's religion?” A number of different Black religions have formed on the assumption that…
Read MoreWhen I look at the political scene and social media and all of these industries that are driven by what could only be defined as a wall—people being at each other’s throats—I see people tired of being at war. By being a church…
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 MoreWhat can the world learn from Europe about evangelism?
Tim Keller, Tim Vreugdenhil, Stephan Pues, and I explored this question at a livestream hosted by City to City Europe on May 6th. Our conversation…
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 MorePart of the challenge the church faces today is that a lot of our discourse about mission stays within the community of faith. Our engagement with culture can be on a highly-articulated, but theoretical level…
Read MoreI live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which is known to be one of the most politically liberal areas in New York and the U.S. Within blocks from my home…
Read MoreOver the past generation, UK society has—in line with much of the West—undergone seismic cultural…
Read MoreOver the last days and weeks, I’ve seen post after post from Christian friends and pastors on social media about God being in control of the current pandemic. But I’ve also seen…
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…
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