Volume 45 – Issue 1

Breakthrough! Steps to Research and Resolve the Mysteries in Your Ministry

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Nussbaum’s approach focuses on deciding what level of research you need to solve a particular problem.

Letters from our Readers

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THE SHARIA OF GOD
This letter concerns Bradford Greer’s “The Sharia of God: A Contextual Bridge for Islamic Contexts” (July 2008).

The Audacity of Hype…and Humility

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With all due respect to politicians and members of the mission community, isn’t exaggeration and truth-shading something to be avoided?

Converting Colonialism: Visions and Realities in Mission History, 1706–1914

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by Dana L. Robert, ed. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 2008, 320 pages, $40.00. —Reviewed by James Bertsche, former missionary

Language and Labels

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Can the Church be a thought-leader in shaping language that ascribes and affirms human dignity by recognizing the God-given identity of all humanity?

Escaping the Devil’s Bedroom: Sex Trafficking, Global Prostitution, and the Gospel’s Transforming Power

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Dawn Herzog Jewell is bent on confronting the evil of sexual exploitation around the world and invites her readers to choose one of two options.

Missionaries and national leaders can make face a subject of theological investigation, working together to develop a biblically-specific, biblically-informed understanding of face and face practices.

Jesus and the Cross: Reflections of Christians from Islamic Contexts

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David Emmanuel Singh brings together eighteen scholars from Afghanistan, East Africa, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Palestine, and more to explore Muslim objections and barriers to understanding the cross of Jesus.

Toward a Cross-cultural Identity of Forgiveness

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The author looks at individualistic and collectivistic worldviews and explains how the Church can move toward a cross-cultural identity of forgiveness in respective cultures.