


Counterfeit Jesus, Counterfeit Missions
The other day my wife and I were running (in the spirit of complete transparency we were doing more walking than running) around a beautiful bay located about a mile from our house here in San Diego. Our route took us past an elderly couple, probably two years older...
Catholicity, Creeds, and Converts
Ever since the mid-twentieth century, Christian missions work has been fighting to escape the specter of colonialism. Unfortunately, the fear of perpetuating such forms of cultural imperialism has caused some Western missionaries to abdicate their role of teaching the...
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas, or Heaven?
In 1942, Irving Berlin wrote a song that was quietly listened to by a nation at war and tens of thousands of soldiers – men and women (my mom and dad were two of them) – who put on uniforms, many of them living in the middle of hostile war zones. For them...
Lessons from John G. Paton
If we think of missions and, more specifically, missions to unreached language groups, John Gibson Paton looms large.[1] Paton is a towering figure, primarily because of what the Lord allowed him to accomplish through unbelievable hostility and the level of suffering...