James G. Raymo, M.A. Use of Strategy One discussion that arises periodically among advocates of the world Christian movement concerns the use of strategy and planning in missions versus the spontaneous guidance of the Holy Spirit. Recently in a missions class at a local seminary a professor referred to the spontaneous work of the Holy […]
Carmen J. Bryant, M. Th. Introduction Sola scriptura! The conviction of the Magisterial Reformers was that the doctrines of the Church were to be based on the Bible alone. Furthermore, they were persuaded that these truths needed to be understood by every Christian. To bring these convictions into reality they had to overcome linguistic attitudes […]
Alec Brooks Follow God’s Calling Even in a Dingy Cellar! When Clement Studebaker, the American car manufacturer, was looking for a preacher to fill the pulpit of the new Methodist church he had built, he wrote to the vice president of De Pauw University asking him to recommend his finest student. Without hesitation the vice […]
George R. Foster Confrontation and Forgiveness There is a time to forgive and a time to confront. There is also a time to confront and forgive. The problem had gone on far too long, but it was not easy to deal with. How do you face the head of a nation with the double accusation […]
Tim Freeman M. S. Thirumalai The paucity of good education for the poor and needy in many countries of the world is being addressed in many locations through the starting of new schools by missionaries, resulting in great blessing, but also raising questions about this strategy by those who recall the checkered history of “mission […]
Tim Freeman M. S. Thirumalai Growth in Short-term Missions Demand Growth in More Focused Skills in Translation The need for efficient simultaneous oral translation is now felt more acutely than ever. Short-term missionaries and groups of teams that go on short-term missions to nations around the world have increased tremendously in recent times. These individuals […]
John G. Kayser, Ph.D. You cannot estimate prayer-power. Prayer is as vast as God because He is behind it. Prayer is as mighty as God because He has committed Himself to answer it. — Leonard Ravenhill The Role of Prayer in Missionary Work Prayer is increasingly being recognized as a critical part of missionary strategy. […]
Alec D. Brooks Headship of Husband and His Servanthood A husband is not given headship over his wife so that he can get her to serve him. He is given the responsibility of headship so that he can serve her. Soon after a young man was married, he handed his wife his trousers and said, […]
Dr. Tan Kok Beng Our Lord tells us that we “will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you” (Acts 1:8). Paul tells us that He is the “Spirit of poser, love and sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). Without the Holy Spirit in our life, we cannot live victoriously. The weakness of our flesh […]
Harold J. Brokke God gives us an amazing directive in Romans 6: 11: “Consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God.” What powerful words these are, and yet what tremendous questions they raise. Most of us believe we can and should be alive to God, but can we be dead to sin? What does […]