A woman in the small group that I led couldn’t wait to tell her hyperactive four-year-old nephew about Samson’s strength. She had just learned the Bible story and began telling it before she remembered the ending. Her nephew was just recovering from a very serious eye injury, but the woman skidded right into the conclusion, including how Samson had his eyes gouged out.
Michael J. Gorman. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2015. —Reviewed by Ezekiel O. Ajani, PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. Go on in the work where to
Paul H. De Neui, editor. William Carey Library Press, 2015. —Reviewed by Larry Poston, professor of Religion, Nyack College. In this newest addition to the SEANET series, Paul de
SINCE THE MID-1990s when the term was first coined at a missions conference, “Business as Mission” (BAM) has gained wide acceptance in mission circles and generated much excitement as the new paradigm of missions for the twenty-first century.
by Jackson Wu William Carey Library, 2015, $19.99. —Reviewed by Nathan Hart, pastor, Stanwich Church in Greenwich, Connecticut; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary. I grew up in the American Midwest, in
MY PURPOSE IN WRITING THIS ARTICLE is to assist both translators and non-translators in understanding the proper and traditional application of meaning-based translation principles to the translation of ‘Son of God’ and ‘God the Father.’
by Rebecca Kim Oxford University Press, 2015. —Reviewed by Pam Arlund, director of training, All Nations Family, Kansas City, MO. Missions “from everywhere to everywhere” is a common catch
THE WORLD IS OVERRUN with technology!” When it comes to missions, is that good or bad, helpful or harmful, God-ordained or devil-inspired? My goal in this article is to help us answer three important questions: What is technology? What do God and the Bible say about technology? and In the case of missions, is technology culturally neutral—why or why not?
In this section, we honor seventeen individuals for their faithfulness in ministry.
AS A TEACHER, privileged to work among indigenous people for almost forty years, I am uneasy with a recent trend in teaching curriculum for tribal people. I refer to the issue of orality, which welcomed in a fresh view for biblical training among traditional groups.
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