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 More“The night before last I was taken away to the central investigation area of the Qingyang branch of the Chengdu Police Bureau. This time I…"
Read MoreStories have a certain power.
Protagonists, villains, redemption arcs, rising and falling action—all these elements and more come together and form frameworks for how we see the world...
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 MoreI remember when I heard the news that my teacher passed away.
I took Japanese dancing lessons from this teacher for several years in the past. It was an original style that she came up with and called “praise dancing.” She was…
Read MoreWhen we look at the many problems faced by modern cities, the natural but troubling question arises—is there any hope for cities? Will they manage? What will happen to our city? Maybe you have heard the saying…
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 MoreFor far too long, I lived under the strong impression that worship was an exclusive, two-way relationship between Christians and God. My idea of worship was…
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 MoreContextualization is adapting the expression and practice of biblical truth to people of a particular culture, so it is as understandable and compelling to them as possible, without compromising…
Read MoreIt is not just our media which is becoming social. An increasing number of voices are pointing out that the extraordinary success of Facebook, Twitter and the like are actually a visible symptom of a much larger trend…
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 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 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 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…
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