Brother Yun, the “heavenly man”
I have just finished listening to a reading of Paul Hattaway’s biographical book, The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun. I won’t describe the life of Brother Yun...
View ArticleAccessibilism and missionary motivation
Gospel exclusivists frequently express grave concern that, if Christians were to believe that God saves some people who do not hear the gospel from a human messenger, they would become unwilling to...
View ArticleCalvinism and Christian Missions
Michael Horton’s presentation Michael Horton devotes chapter 7 of For Calvinism, to an inspiring defense of Calvinism against the charge that its doctrines discourage missionary activity and prayer...
View ArticleThe church in the Middle East: God’s puzzling providence and irresistible Spirit
Jesus said: “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it” (Mt 16:18). He has been doing this for almost 2 millennia now, and the process has made an extraordinary study...
View ArticleThe major contribution of 19th century Protestant missionaries to the rise of...
In secular western societies today, proselityzing missionaries are viewed very negatively, but Robert Woodberry (son of J. Dudley) has demonstrated conclusively, through massive research, that one of...
View ArticleCan democracy survive without Christian values and morality?
Unless there is a direct or indirect Christian ethos in government, we will not survive as a democracy. (M. A. Raju) A couple of weeks ago, I posted regarding the contribution of 19th century...
View ArticleMission experts speak to the “same God” issue
I was delighted to hear voices from the missionary world speaking to the issue that has become serious in the procedure begun by Wheaton College to terminate the employment of Lrycia Hawkins, because...
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