December 4, 2015
ISIS is a descendant of an Islamic revival which took place in the 17th century. Over time this contributed to the establishment of today’s Saudi Arabian […]
November 30, 2015
ISIS (Daesh)* is a flowering thorn attached to a stem and rooted in a life-sustaining soil. ISIS is the bloom; an extremist messianic Wahhabism (Salafism) is […]
November 17, 2015
Jesus promised us we would face persecution. Killings, discrimination, persecution come with the cross. When a Christian is beheaded, thrown in a cage, doused with gas […]
November 4, 2015
The idea of writing this book first came to me when browsing through a bookstore in Florida. I came across Evangelicals for Idiots. Amused, I flipped […]
October 19, 2015
Flying low over the sparse rolling hills of Mongolia, it is hard to imagine that from this barren, landlocked landscape rose one of the most widespread […]
October 7, 2015
Bulgaria is a country hidden from our main stream of attention. Yet even with its rich and troubled history, Bulgaria’s Christian community is resilient, modeling Spirit-risking […]
September 18, 2015
The stark reversal of Albania’s religious life was impossible to miss. As I walked down the main avenue of Tirana to the location of our final […]
August 2, 2015
As I walked toward the meeting hall, several impressive young Iraqis looked my way with smiles of welcome. It was not what I expected for a […]
July 23, 2015
Africa, the “dark” continent brought to light by missionary David Livingston, stretches from the Mediterranean in the north to the mixing of the Indian and Atlantic […]