The notion of Unreached People Groups (UPGs) has been an important one in world missions for a number of decades now. A UPG is usually understood to be a distinct ethnic group that is incapable of reaching itself with the Gospel. In other words, there are either no believers or so few believers in that […]
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1. Introduction With the words “I have become all things to all people” the Apostle Paul summed up an explanation of the principle which was foundational to his mission. Interestingly, these words appear in common parlance today with various meanings. Often they are an expression of frustration – used by those who feel that they are
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Paul W. Barnett. Paul and His Friends in Leadership: How they changed the world. Abingdon: The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2017. 160 pp. Paper, ISBN 0857465449. Look for the book here. This book stood neglected on my shelf for many months before I finally got it down to read it. What prompted me was reading Aimee
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1. Background and early influences Roberto Nobili was born in 1577 in Tuscany, Italy. His family was part of the Italian aristocracy and had close connections with the Roman Catholic church hierarchy. To the disappointment of his family, Nobili did not pursue high office in the church, instead opting to join the Society of Jesus.
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Shumack, Richard. Jesus through Muslim eyes. London: SPCK, 2020. 145 pp. Paper, ISBN 0-281-08193-6. Look for the book here. What’s the Issue? Recently a Muslim friend asked me this question: “You seem to know so much about Islam and understand that Muslims also love and revere Jesus. So why haven’t you become a Muslim
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John Martinkus. The Road: Uprising in West Papua. Carlton: Black Inc., 2020. 128 pp. ISBN 978-1760642426. This is one of the most disturbing books I have read in a while. I say that as someone very familiar with the terrible war being waged on the Uyghur people by the Chinese government. Author and investigative
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“It has long been recognised that new churches, to become mature, must become self-governing, self-financing, and self-propagating: those were the measures of the old indigenous principle. Contextualization takes a big step further. It insists that believers must “do theology” from within their own culture, and not simply learn a system of theology developed in another
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Bosch, David J. Witness to the world: the Christian mission in theological perspective. Marshalls Theological Library. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1980. x. 277 pp. Note: This book is still available in various formats here and here. David J. Bosch (1929-1992) was head of the Department of Missiology at the University of South
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Conn, Harvie M. Evangelism: doing justice and preaching grace. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 1982. 112 pp. Paper, ISBN 0-87552-206-8. Athough this book by the late Harvie Conn is quite old now, it remains one of the best books on evangelism you will ever put your hands on. It is relatively brief but dense
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Alexander, T. Desmond. From paradise to promised land: an introduction to the main themes of the Pentateuch. Carlisle: Paternoster, 1995. xx. 227 pp. A brief survey of the Pentateuch The books of the Pentateuch, which have influenced major faiths and impacted many people, have been composed as a single literary unit with a plot
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