Editorial: Missionary Mountain Peaks and Glaciers
I was really in the catbird's seat last summer, cruising through the majestic Canadian Rockies in a tour bus, admiring the scenery and thanking God fo…
Category: Volume 35 – Issue 4
What Happened to ‘Faith’ in ‘Missions’?
Walking by faith not only gives glory to God it also adds spice to life as it promotes adventure and character traits so foreign to a world or life wi…
Global Report: Sticks and Stones
But the death of Graham Staines has become a cause celebre in India, forcing a secular, democratic, and yet largely Hindu nation to confront difficult…
Ruts
Ruts. They're predictable. They're comfortable. And they're deadly. Combining as they do, peaceful repose with minimal achievement, they have been com…
Peoples on the Move
Missionaries today can focus their energies on all kinds of needy peoples or special ministries, such as tribal work, urban evangelism, street childre…
Nomadic Peoples: Why They’re So Hard to Reach
Reasons nomadic peoples have been neglected by Christian missions, and suggestions to help change that.
Postmodernism, the Western Church, and Missions
Why does the evangelical church and missions community find ministry so challenging at the end of the 20th century? In a word, the answer is postmoder…
Postmodernism: An Evangelical Blind Spot?
I believe that postmodern thinking is totally non-Christian, but I also believe in the power of the gospel.
Some Thoughts on Missionary Burnout
I am a pleasure seeker seeking the joy of the Lord. I resonate with George Muller, who said that the first and primary business which he ought to atte…
Incarnational Learners
Any reference to incarnation must, of course, take into account the miraculous taking-on of human flesh by the Divine.