"'So be it Lord; Thy throne shall never, Like earth's proud empires, pass away; Thy kingdom stands, and grows forever, Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.' To her very great credit, Queen Victoria, Empress of India, asked for this hymn to be sung at Continue Reading
May 8, 2011
Thank God for our Bible Women: Some Thoughts for Mother’s Day
When I was in India teaching I met with many strange and exotic things. It is said that India assaults all of your senses at once. This was, in a way, true for me. Yet in the company of God’s people, as my family and I went to great, expansive Continue Reading
October 20, 2010
Lausanne Lesson # 5: Peace is Possible
Yesterday the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization dealt with the desperately needed issue of reconciliation; a reconciliation that must come, through Jesus Christ, out of the brokenness of our sin condition in the world today. That theme hit Continue Reading
May 6, 2010
Bible Women: Some Thoughts for Mother’s Day
When I was in India teaching I encountered many strange and exotic things. It is said that India assaults all of your senses at once. This was, in a way, true for me. Yet in the company of God’s people, as my family and I went to great, expansive Continue Reading
The Lord of the Monsoon: As the Tide of World Attention Shifts to the Indian Ocean so Must the Mission of the Church
The smoke of ten thousand camp fires rise from primitive villages and green jungles mingles with the heat and gasoline fumes from snarled traffic in innumerable, economically booming and yet humanity-crippled urban mega-centers, while locusts and flies Continue Reading