When 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 MoreOne of my most memorable theater experiences was taking one of my boys to see Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, a Broadway show based on J.K. Rowling’s famous book series. My wife, who is bewilderingly lucky, won the ticket lottery again and got me and my son two seats—first row, house right. We felt like kings…
Read MoreHow long should a typical sermon be?
You might imagine the question being asked in a seminary homiletics class or perhaps by a seasoned preacher to a group of young pastors. Over the past few years, I’ve noticed…
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 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 MoreI lead a congregation in Rome that thrives on handshakes, cheek kisses, and physical contact. During our services, friends often embrace as they pray for one another.
Not anymore.
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 MoreTim Keller’s How to Reach the West Again lays out a compelling proposal for how we might effectively engage the emerging culture of a post-Christian West today. My hope is that…
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