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Smoothing the Paths
A caste Hindu tells her story.
compiled by Frank L. Roy
DURING the five years that I attended a Christian school, I learned a good deal of the Bible. But my caste pride was a roadblock to accept its truths. Christianity for...
India
Looking for a Way Forward
With a billion people and a growing prominence on the world stage, India has also experienced a rise in communal tensions. And the church (by some measures)
is in decline. Some are looking for new...
Break the Christian Cocoon— Let Hindus See Jesus
I am concerned with how little focus is given in our mission planning to target the Hindus in India and overseas. There are about 746 million Hindus in the world and they comprise 13.3 percent of...
The Burden of the Past
India has been a key mission field for Western missionaries for decades. Yet it remains, at best, 3 percent Christian. In examining the causes, Dr. Herbert Hoefer addresses the effects of the...
India
With a billion people and a growing prominence on the world stage, India has also experienced a rise in communal tensions. And the church (by some measures) is in decline. Some are looking for new...
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God's Glory among the Nations: What Is It Worth to Us?
As evangelical Christians, we often speak of living to glorify God. I usually sign my columns here with, "For His Glory." But what does that really mean in our everyday lives? How does this desire...
How the World Religions View Suffering
The attitude of Buddha toward suffering. The gentle Buddha...summed it all up in the startling conclusion: "Existence and suffering are one." He went further than saying that there is suffering in...
Follow-Up Reflections on Churchless Christianity
If you could envision an India won for Christ, what would its religious life be like?
—Herbert Hoefer
Returning from a recent trip to India, the original author of the astounding study...
Christ-Followers in India Flourishing– Outside the Church
A Review of Churchless Christianity, Herbert E. Hoefer
Here a younger man brings to light a truly epochal study not yet taken seriously. Is it too radical for us? Is this like Peter at first protesting against God's welcome to the Gentile household of...