EditorialSuffering: it’s awful. We hate it. We run from it like a gazelle fleeing from a hungry lion. We will do almost anything to avoid it. But suffering is an inescapable part of living in this world....
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FeatureThe following is excerpted from chapter 24 of From Seed to Fruit: Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues among Muslims (William Carey Library, 2008). To order copies, see page 2 of...
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FeatureThe following is excerpted, by permission, from the Introduction to Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram...
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FeatureA contemporary worship song includes these lines for the believer to voice to Christ: “Like a rose, trampled on the ground, you took the fall and thought of me, above all.”
Excuse me? Did Christ...
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MarginaliaWhat I’m about to talk about does not normally “count” as suffering, but I’m going to include it anyway. While this issue of MF provides clarity to the realities and dimensions of physical...
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OtherAlthough it is difficult to pinpoint exact moments or fixed dates when historical movements begin, it is probably roughly accurate to say that the modern “frontier mission movement” began to gather...
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OtherWhat happens when you bring 350 global mission strategists from around the world to collaborate on matters relating to reaching the world’s least-reached people groups? The Holy Spirit begins to...
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OtherFrom May 2008 to June 2009 I had the privilege of working with the international team that produced the Atlas of Global Christianity. Editors Todd Johnson and Kenneth Ross assembled this team and...
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Raising Local ResourcesAbout a year ago I was asked to speak in a small church in Kampala, Uganda. I had been there for other meetings and was asked to preach on a Sunday morning. Normally I decline such invitations,...
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Further ReflectionsA basic premise in effective communication is that the intended message makes sense to the hearer. When it comes to areas of theology, we tend to focus on what we say more than what will be heard....
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