Contextual Theology Among Evangelicals
Recently at a conference, I heard a speaker remark that when the Western world writes it is called theology but when the majority world writes it is o…
Category: Book Reviews
Devoted to the Call
Rachel Wightman serves as the associate director for instruction and outreach at Concordia University, St. Paul, with experience and training in libra…
Truth vs. Misinformation
Rachel Wightman serves as the associate director for instruction and outreach at Concordia University, St. Paul, with experience and training in libra…
A Diverse World of Faith
How can anyone cover “world religions in seven sentences?” This book is one of several in the series, “Introductions in Seven Sentences,” whic…
What Made the Early Church Share the Gospel?
This book by Matt Burden may be a shock to those who perceive that the Great Commission has been the church’s driving force for missions since Jesus…
In-Depth Answers for Training Cross-Cultural Workers
Many books have been written about mission and missionaries, but what does the life of a missionary look like? On Being a Missionary provides an in-de…
Experiencing God
Harold Netland has written a careful and readable analysis of what kind of weight (and how much weight) we should lend to religious experience when co…
Does Hebrews Address Missions?
What does the book of Hebrews have to do with mission? “Reading Hebrews Missiologically” aims “to tease out the theology of mission in the book …
Forming an Anti-fragile Faith
Missionary activity is dangerous and risky work. The risks of kidnapping, uprisings, crime, government interference, and terrorism build a stressful e…
A Primer on Cultivating Prayer
This slim prayer guide includes a modest number of notes at the end (149–152), illustrative anecdotes scattered throughout, and, most notably, it is…