Dangerous Love: a story of tragedy, faith, and forgiveness Ray and Helene Norman lived in Mauritania serving the Muslim people over the time of 9/11. What follows in their family’s life shows that God gives courage, not only to face extreme circumstances, but also to make uncomfortable choices. In the midst of it all, His
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“Undoing Babel would imply eliminating linguistic difference and giving everyone a single language to speak. In fact, the gospel does something quite different—uniting people in one community whilst retaining their different ethnic, social and cultural differences.” —Ian Paul
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Cross-cultural mission work is hard. The difficulty of learning the local language and culture often presents missionaries with a seemingly insurmountable task. It is in the grind of everyday missionary life that overseas workers are tempted to take shortcuts. In his book, No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions, Matt Rhodes lays out
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Translators navigate a constant tension between form and meaning. English Bibles, for example, may keep the word order of the original writing in one passage (maintaining more of the form), but in other passages change words around so it is easier to understand (clarifying the meaning). Is there a right way to make decisions about
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“It is not sufficient for the Church to attend to tactics: she must attend first to truth.” —Lesslie Newbigin
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“In the early years, it’s easy to keep going; it’s easy to think, Next year will be the year. But when the next year passes without seeing the fruit we hoped for. . .” At Camp Week, E. Wagoner shared lessons learned—or that certainly have sunk in deeper—since first being sent to southern Mexico in
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“When we think about the gospel and the Great Commission, it’s all about coming and going. Come is the invitation. Go is the imperative. Both were given by Jesus and both demand a response from the ones to whom he was speaking.” —Bobby Hile
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Tuesday, November 15, at 7:00 pm ET Join us on November 15 for a 1-hour update with DW from a town in southern Colombia. Learn why we are building a team there and what their role is in reaching the jungle peoples. Email subscribers will receive a registration link. Not subscribed? Sign up now to
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“If you are going to be a missionary (or a pastor, or a Christian) your priority needs to be to get to know Jesus and to deepen your knowledge of him. Cross-cultural training and theology are important, but a first-hand experience of Jesus’ work in your life is the absolute key.” —Eddie Arthur
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“People of God, it’s your responsibility, God is saying, to lift up My name to the nations—to all the people of the earth—and when you make a mess of it, I lose fame, God says. Have you ever wondered why God did that? He put his own glory at the stake of us frail, failing
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