The other day as I was driving to work, “The Little Drummer Boy” came on the radio. I’m sure we all hear this song at least once every year around Christmastime, but its full meaning is something that I hadn’t really recognized until I heard it this year. Let’s look
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I enjoyed reading “Whatever Happened to the Work Ethic? The financial bust reminds us that free markets require a constellation of moral virtues” by Stephen Malanga. Darrow talks extensively about the Protestant work ethic that can help impoverished peoples understand the biblical worldview that lifts people out of poverty and
I can remember times when I was confronted by injustice, my father would challenge me by saying, “Take the high road.” I knew what he was saying. Interestingly, I think that is exactly what Jesus was saying when he spoke about a narrow road that leads to life, but wide
This just in from DNA Trainer Chris Ampadu in West Africa: Last week’s visit to Lome, Togo for a Vision Casting amongst denominational leaders was phenomenal. Samaritan Strategy Africa has been working in Togo for the past five years but it has been very difficult to bring all the churches
This just in from our Africa affiliate, Dennis Tongoi: In the first two centuries Church was more of “family”- people gathering in homes eating together and fellowshipping as key activities. As the Church grew and the Greek culture embraced it, church became more of a philosophy- with the focus on
John echoes this in Revelation 11:15, that “the kingdoms of the world will become the Kingdom of God.” According to Paul’s second letter to the Corinthian church, the knowledge of the Glory of the Lord is the message that we as the Church need to proclaim. It is “the light
God is glorified most when Christ becomes visible within us; when we are conformed to the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29, Gal.4:19, Col. 1:28-29). A good example of this is found in the book of Habakkuk, which is a book of transformation. It gives the account of one man’s spiritual
I do not think transformation is an end in itself. With the concept of transformational development I’m trying to move slightly away from the term “transformation”. Transformation became quite a “buzz word” and needs therefore clear definition. Both transformation and development can be defined as “moving towards God’s intentions.” The
The other day, I was sitting at home when I heard this commercial begin to air on our television. Was I really hearing this right? I couldn’t believe that “Jane Roe” would be speaking out against abortion. The woman who fought to make abortion legal in the United States is
