The Magna Carta and the Bible
Why is the obvious so unobvious? This year we should all be celebrating the 800thanniversary of the Magna Carta. But sadly, the Christian influences on…
Global History and Events
Hudson Taylor and the Founding of China Inland Mission, 150th Anniversary
This summer marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the China Inland Mission by James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905). Taylor was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China and founder of…
The Door of Humility
It’s a small door, only about four feet tall and two feet wide. You have to bow down to go through it. The threshold…
Genocide in Iraq
The word genocide should never be used lightly. But it must be used when it accurately describes what is going on in a region—like…
The Gospel and the Growing Sex Abuse Allegations of Penn State, the Citadel and Syracuse
Every sex abuse scandal in history, like the one at Penn State, screams out three things. First, that we are sexual beings; second, that…
Earthquake/Meltdown in Japan: The Deeper Issues
Danny Iverson IV is one of my presidential interns here at RTS Orlando. He grew up in Japan. His parents are missionaries there. There…
Remembering The Reformation on Reformation Sunday
Reformation Sunday is the Sunday in October closest to October 31st. On October 31, 1517, in Wittenberg, Germany, a brilliant and brave German monk…
A New Era of Missions: The Partnership Century
In the mid 20th century, a growing shadow darkened the continent of Europe. It was the darkness of a totalitarian Third Reich. Area after…
Why Do We Need the Lausanne Movement? (Lausanne/Cape Town Memo #14)
After a week here in Cape Town at Lausanne III, two more convictions stand out. First, the evangelical movement worldwide is growing, outpacing many…
The Shift of the Christian Center (Lausanne/Cape Town 2010 Memo #13)
Where is the center of the Christian world? I remember having a conversation with my dad about this back in the 1980s. At the…