The Receptivity Principle: A Tried-and-True Guide for Missionaries
Missionaries should test potential areas of service and do the majority of their gospel proclamation where it is likely to produce fruitful results.
Self-Reliance or Mutual Dependence? A Vision for the Worldwide Church
Drawing from 2 Corinthians 8, the author digs deeper into the truth that to be a Christian is to
be both a recipient and a giver.
Selfless Love: The Missing Middle in Honor/Shame Cultures
Seeing salvation as a shame-to-honor story will open up the possibility of finding redemptive analogies in honor/shame cultures.
Waiting on Dibel: The Growth of Pentecostalism among Spanish Gypsies
Using the example of the extraordinary growth of Gypsies in Spain, the author explains the importance of being open and attentive to God’s movement.
The Impossibility of Thwarting God’s Plan: Reflecting on Theological Prejudices
Insights on the prejudices of biblical characters enable the author to see his own prejudices, and to understand how God still works his purposes through us despite them.
“What about My Singleness?” Encouraging the Single Person toward Ministry
Working in mobilization has brought me into contact with many serious inquirers and applicants for long-term missionary work. As I’ve interviewed hundreds of single, young adults, eventually a common question emerges: what about my singleness?
Unpacking Cape Town 2010
Corwin offers his impressions of Lausanne Congress 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Writing Missionary Newsletters
I read the Letters to the Editor in the October 2010 issue with interest. As someone who worked in Nepal for much of the 1990s, I found it hard to treat those we wrote to as anything other than friends.