I recently joined podcast host Justin Brierley on the Unbelievable? show to discuss the question, “were missionaries good for Africa” (and elsewhere, as you’ll hear). We were joined by Victor Simz, known online as the Z Historian, is a Zambian historian who has charted the impact of missionaries in East Africa. We share the nuanced story of missionary activity in the colonial...
Issue 1.4 | May 2019 In this Article: often we misread the darkness, and the signs that light is breaking in; that God is already here. A handful of years ago, at a time when the darkness seemed to cling suffocatingly close to me, my father remarked, “You know, sometimes when we are in a place of darkness, and there is no light at the end of the tunnel, we don’t realize that the tunnel has a bend...
Issue 1.3 | January 2019 In this Article: how suffering becomes the place in which God subverts evil, even before he ends it. Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you...
You Are Not Forgotten is a Christmas talk that tells the story of a forgotten tribe, and how, despite the fact that they lived in the middle of the most unexplored region in the world, God had not forgotten them – nor has he forgotten you.
Today What pain and darkness The God of the universe broken beneath …..the perverse hand of man Majesty slurred Purity marred Beauty blackened Justice perverted. Today What joy and hope For upon the crooked tree where …..the faithful hand of God is nailed Sin implodes Death dies Hell is humiliated Failure collapses Under the weight …..of forgiveness. Today On this dark but...
Prayer | March 2018 Lord, I need a crucified heart. But I … what I look for is a silver bullet, a “how to”: how to do correctly how to understand correctly so that I may achieve greatly for you. If I had a crucified heart A heart in the likeness of your divine heart I would submit to the other without fear of the power the other possesses. If I had a crucified heart a heart in...
Reflection | February 2018 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (Colossians 3:1-2) There are many things on earth to occupy our concerned attention, and so many of these are evil. This week Western media has been profiling the most recent...
Issue 1.2 | February 2018 In this Article: how God uses the failures we experience, as individuals and as a Church, to return us to our high calling. Perhaps you are like me, and your heart lifts high at the sight of wild country: mountains, unending forests, or vast plains. It is as if the hand of God has not yet been interfered with by the hand of man. There is little such wilderness left today...
Issue 1.1 | January 2018 In this Article: the Church's quest for success, the humiliation to come, and the grace that covers all. There is no shortage, today, of ambitious Christianity. Whether it has to do with the evangelization of cultures or the eradication of evils, the transformation of sectors or the renewal of the church, we are all caught up in the desire to see great things happen for...
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