Spreading the Word!
Since introducing MAST in my early December blog entries, my posts have been on a wide variety of other subjects. Today I am circling back to MAST to update you on developments over the past few...
View ArticleBusiness Consultant Needed
Business As Mission (BAM) has been a growing strategy in international mission circles for more than a decade. The basic premise is that international business and missions are not only compatible, but...
View ArticleEarthquake in Nepal: An Update
This weekend the television news of the earthquake in Nepal was regularly interrupted by commercials for the upcoming release of the film San Andreas. Images of Dwayne Johnson leaning out the open door...
View ArticleContrasts: Bible Translation Today (MAST Update)
I receive a lot of email. To some, email is a huge hassle. I don’t mind it at all. It is a great way to stay in touch with lots of people all over the world. Today in my email stream I had two messages...
View ArticleNepal Earthquake: 5/1 Update
Providing food and tents for a community to the north of Kathmandu. In this community, 98 of the over 140 houses were destroyed by the Nepal Earthquake, according to the local contact with whom we have...
View ArticleDid you feel it? (5/2 Nepal Earthquake Update)
You heard about the earthquake in Nepal. You saw the photos and videos. But did you feel it? Did it move you? I’m grateful that our friends and ministry partners in Nepal were not physically injured by...
View ArticleBeyond Good Intentions
Some years ago I reported to the board of directors of the ministry where I then served that we could definitively say that we were among the most well-intentioned ministries in the world. It was not a...
View ArticleFast, or “Too Fast?” (MAST update)
If you were dying today without the gospel, would getting God’s Word today be “too fast?” The latest issue of Christianity Today includes an encouraging initial report on the emergence of a new trend...
View ArticleMy “Secret” Mission
When I’m not traveling I spend a significant amount of time at my desk. It’s a great desk. When we furnished our office with an office cubicle system I opted instead for antique oak furniture for my...
View ArticleThe Dogmatic Response to Miracles
For several months I have been thinking about Jesus’ healing of the man born blind (John 9). The facts are simple. The man was born blind. Jesus gave him sight. This is not a fable. It is not even a...
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