REGULAR FEATURES A Second Look: Worth a Venture by Gary Corwin In the 20/30 Gap: Recovering Prayer Discernment in Our Agendas and Strategies by Nikki Toyama-Szeto Excellence in Missions: Beyond
by Patrick W. T. Johnson IVP Academic, 2015. —Reviewed by Dennis J. Horton, associate professor, Religion; associate director, Ministry Guidance, Baylor University, Waco, Texas. The significant shift in Western
Iraq is suffering, Assyria is in pain. Biblically, the Assyrian Empire was stretching all over the Middle East, including Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and parts of Iran, and some other regions. As the Bible talks about doom in Assyria and Iraq, we can sense strongly that the children there are resurrecting hope, peace, and forgiving those who trespass against them. They are Christ-like.
by Ruth Meyers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2014. —Reviewed by Michael Jordan, dean of the chapel, Houghton College. Ruth Meyers’ Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission attempts to reconcile the
by Gary Corwin PAIN AND SUFFERING are part of the human condition that we all seek to avoid if we can—that is, unless we are seeking something we esteem
by Todd M. Johnson and Cindy M. Wu Baker Academic, 2015. —Reviewed by Edward L. Smither, dean, Intercultural Studies, Columbia International University. In this new work, Todd Johnson
The case for ministry education for the Global Church is frequently made (Greenman and Green 2014) and millions of dollars annually are poured into Bible schools, colleges, and seminaries in the West and in the Majority World, yet the envisioned effect is not realized. Perhaps it is time to revisit our assumptions and rethink our training model.
by Noel Castellanos Intervarsity Press, 2015. —Review by Tim Baldwin, adjunct professor, Educational Ministries, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. When Noel Castellanos and his wife moved to San Jose, they
Recent world events have raised the sensitivity of many members of sending churches to the risks which missionaries expose themselves and their families. These missionaries’ examples inspire some to take greater risks for God in their own lives.
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