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Chaos at Tahirir Square

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

Chaos reigned at Cairo’s Tahirir Square first in January 2011 against President Mubarak then again on January 25, 2013, when demonstrators took to the streets demanding the government step down. Confronting them were those supporting the Muslim Brotherhood believing that Mr. Morsi had been elected democratically and fairly. 

The Role of Storytelling in Effective Leadership

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

One of the engaging features of the Global Leadership Summit lies in the ability of a diverse group of speakers to tell stories that capture the audience’s attention, convey the speakers’ understanding of their subject, and build rapport with audience members. 

God’s Transforming Story: How the Metanarrative of Scripture Can Change Lives

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

We all love a good story. In 2012, moviegoers worldwide spent the equivalent of US$62.4 billion at the box office. Something happens when a story is told. Stories move us emotionally and move us into action. There is power in a good story, and in the wake of post-modernism the power of storytelling is needed today like never before. 

Orality in North America: Keys to Gospel Advance

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

A woman in the small group that I led couldn’t wait to tell her hyperactive four-year-old nephew about Samson’s strength. She had just learned the Bible story and began telling it before she remembered the ending. Her nephew was just recovering from a very serious eye injury, but the woman skidded right into the conclusion, including how Samson had his eyes gouged out. 

Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

Michael J. Gorman. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2015.   —Reviewed by Ezekiel O. Ajani, PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. Go on in the work where to God has called you, and He will do all things well. I hope our preachers preach and live the gospel—I am.” These were the words of . . . read more

Becoming the People of God: Creating Christ-centered Communities in Buddhist Asia (SEANET series vol. 11)

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

Paul H. De Neui, editor. William Carey Library Press, 2015. —Reviewed by Larry Poston, professor of Religion, Nyack College. In this newest addition to the SEANET series, Paul de Neui collects the thinking of a variety of missionary practitioners into a potpourri of thought regarding contextualization of the gospel message and the institutional Church in . . . read more

Builders of the Chinese Church: Pioneer Protestant Missionaries and Chinese Church Leaders

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

G. Wright Doyle, editor. Pickwick Publications, 2015. —Reviewed by P. Mary Ho, executive director, All Nations Family, Kansas City, Missouri. Mission history proves again that there are not too many new lessons under the sun, even in a country as diametrically confounding as China. This biographical compilation of nine pioneers chronicles what historian Kenneth Latourette . . . read more

Christian. Muslim. Friend: Twelve Paths to a Real Relationship

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

David W. Shenk, Herald Press, 2014. —Reviewed by Edwin R. Zehner, lecturer, Ph.D. Program in Asian Studies, Walailak University, Thailand. David Shenk is an author with more than fifty years of experience working as a missionary among Muslims in Somalia, Kenya, the Philippines, and elsewhere. Drawing on the resources of his Mennonite tradition, his pacifism . . . read more

Common Sense, Common Ground, and a Common Fallacy

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

by Gary Corwin Recent events have raised the public profile of a question as old as Islam: “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?” The news reports and articles generated by the latest focus on the controversial question have run the gamut of historic opinion, but have left many confused. Part of the reason, . . . read more

Reincarnation, Oblivion, or Heaven: An Exploration from a Christian Perspective

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ted Esler
July 1, 2016

Bobby Bose, SAIACS Press, 2014. —Reviewed by Timothy L. Eckert, PhD Intercultural Studies, missionary to the FulBe of West Africa. The global situation is increasingly one where cultures and religions are meeting and interacting across the world, particularly in urban centers. Bobby Bose’s tome is a response to the theological challenges Christians increasingly face in . . . read more

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