Few themes trigger a neuralgic reaction among evangelicals more quickly than the atonement. The atonement is the bedrock of Christian faith. In Jesus Christ God acted for our salvation. But the meaning of the atonement is not easily grasped; an element of mystery surrounds God’s saving action.
Over the past few years, a variety of non-profits, including many Christian organizations, have begun to publish lists or “catalogs” of projects which donors can fund for needy people in a particular place. Strom sets out to see for herself what happens to contributions given to charities via these gift catalog programs.
Discussions of contextualization among evangelicals inevitably provoke a niggling question: How far can we go in making the gospel relevant within human cultures and contexts without giving away too much of the gospel in the process?
This volume’s chief value is found in its summary and analysis of four ante-Nicene Church fathers who dealt with the issue of religious systems in competition with Christianity.
The Mission Handbook is an essential book for at least two reasons: first, as the key directory and reference tool for our North American missions movement and second, as a definitive report on the progress (or decline), achievement (or lack) and health (or illness) of our sprawling, diverse, God-driven regional missions enterprise.
Schlorff confronts those who take contextualization too far in respect to Muslims.
“May God give us grace and creativity to push the boundaries, to create, to re-evaluate, to change, to redesign, and to serve with greater effectiveness and servanthood.” This is the challenge given to all involved in mission training in this new book.
This book should be read, absorbed and its insights worked out in all evangelical ministries.
Marjory Foyle has finally written her autobiography, which is great news to those of us who consider ourselves humbled to be her legacy of open and honest struggles and caregiving.
Philip Jenkins demonstrates how close the thought world of the global South is to that of the first century culture of the Bible.
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