Read my post-congress reflections upon return from Korea, focusing on some of the stories, strategies, and stumbling blocks that made up my experience on the other side of the planet, with 5000 other delegates. … More Lausanne 2024 in Seoul: Partnership in Evangelism and Justice for a Troubled Planet
What might be accomplished at a global conference on Christian ministry on our planet today? Here are some thoughts I have just before I left for the congress in Seoul, Korea. … More Challenges and Opportunities at Lausanne 4 Global Mission Congress in Korea
A generic letter to a student from a developing country seeking to come to Canada for their education. Consider it a word of caution calling for prayerful discernment. … More A Letter to Graduate Students Coming to Canada from Developing Countries
Four of Global Scholars’ office staff reflect on a board member’s book on gender bias in Bible translation. Did you know that the views of translators affect the words that are chosen for translation? … More Gender, Faith, and Scripture: Translation as Interpretation Bias
A meditation on boat idioms as a way to talk about the culture wars that rock the church today. “Whatever floats your boat” is inadequate, but “don’t rock the boat” is also unwise. Is it even possible for us all to “be in the same boat” anymore as smaller Protestant denominations? … More NO LONGER IN THE SAME BOAT: How the Storm of Culture Wars Leaves Us Out at Sea
Here we present personal stories of Christians in China’s universities–testimonies from students, professors, and from those in the diaspora. China has a longer relationship with Christianity than you might guess… … More Faith in China’s Universities: Students, Professors, and Growing Global Networks
This documentary film is being shown in churches to spark conversation on sexual ethics, although it is not trying to portray both sides of the ethical divide. Yet it points out the complexities of Biblical translation, the tensions of family relationships, and leaves us wanting more. … More Two Stars for the film _1946_: Lessons in Bible Translation and Ethical Debate
The Life of Pi is a parable for the church today as it offers an apocalyptic vision–a tale of both destruction and revelation. … More End of the Frontier: Church, Apocalypse, and _The Life of Pi_
A REVIEW OF: Jonathan Pettigrew and Robert H. Woods, Jr. (eds). Professing Christ: Christian Tradition and Faith-Learning Integration in Public Universities. Pasco: Integratio Press, 2023, pp. xxxii +199, £13.67/$17.00 (ISBN: 978-0-9991463-3-0). (A version of this review first appeared in the Society of Christian Scholars Book Review page.) “If I fail as a professor to include religion and … More Educating for Life: Professors Professing Their Faith as Well as their Disciplinary Knowledge
This is the story of one student in the M.A. (Biblical Studies) program we sponsor with scholarships at The University of The Gambia. We are helping teach students to be Christian teachers in their country. … More Student Profile: Sang Gomez, The Gambia, Bible Teacher in Training
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